The Traveller's Dressing-Wrap The dressing-gown which is to accommodate itself comfortably to corner in a suitcase must be chosen for other qualities than warmth. It should be made of a fabric that is negligible in weight and bulk, while, as the object of the garment is mainly decorative, its fresh and dainty aspect should be capable of easy renovation, A reliable washing silk supplies perhaps the ideal material for the travelling dressingwrap, and a ichly flowered shantung or printed Japanese silk makes a very attre tive garment that will survive end-washing. Schappe crepe in plain colour trimmed with con-tresting fah Crepe-de-chine lower-printed or plain, and washing tarin also represent a good choice, though these materials crease more than shantung, and are less adapted to the narrow cut and simple style of the present-day wrapper. Some of the more substantial printed cam-bries and Oriental crepes also provide delightful ttle dressing-gowns, and a soft cretonne or French linen too, makes: a practical and pretty hot-weather wrapper.
Those who are susceptible chills generally like a. bedroom wrapper of thin woollen fabric even in summer weather, and in such cases pink nub's veiling' ined with blue, fower-pattened delaine lined with pale green, or a cashmere satin in some attractive colour will make charming dressing-gowns that of-for adequate warmth without adding much appreciable weight to the sit ease or proving too bulky for its limited " space. The woollen Wrapper hus, moreover, the advant. suge of being almost" uncrushable, hho matter how tightly it be packed, Trimings for the travelling Ved: room wrap should always be of the flat variety, for crumpled frills and furbelows. are no ornament. Lace fodgings should be passed over in favour of facings and bindings of contrasting colour, and satin. ribous be superseded by silk cents or ties of the material. H.W.
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