The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 29, 1904, Page 11

WENT into trunk packing when was 18 years old and I have it for three years. ve years isn't a long time, vyou are bullied and ry minute ot are all rich you deal with the £ fortune you have 13 in one spot. patrons leave it le apartment in a telephone on long it goes tin- I used to enjoy w I often wish all the work I hone rang one f a well known I shall call Mrs. ¥ trunks,’ he midnight And it was no light ere large and were to nations. Six were for e my fine lady was THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL T e e e ———— three trunks packed quickly. One was for shir{ walsts, one was for Paris gowns and one was for every day d ‘But, madame,’ I said, ‘you have no trunk for negligees and small cles,” 1 finally persuaded her to oW an extra trunk for the gowns bo of every day and by that time I had all four t racked. “That is the trouble. They seldom give you trunks enough. They expect to crowd ev \ing Into a trunk, smashing it A ¢ then they ex- pect to take the things out in good shape. -y the trunks with com- partments, and ven 2 trunk has t is an old- nothing of that kind hollow trunk with a tray, £0 to work and make com- With a little tack hammer boxes to the sides I place the frail er- <wear such as the bows, aists and things d. 11 to pack shirt n wire frames. I take a set attach them to a pole, ists over them. eves and the bust andle tissue paper, and, finally, I put ety pins to keep all firm. look v all stuffed and T pon a pole. Then ) 1d pile them into with plenty of tissue paper They take up more room it it is the only way to v first hit folding men’s s a trick that has been learned by very few people. There are valets who a gentle do not know how to fold an’s clothing. But a great . even rich men, do not keep nd these are the times wihen I am called upon to fold men’s cloth- . er s six were to be divided ing. I found one woman hysterical antry houses, and the because she could not fold her hus- res port. All must band’s trousers. e “ house was to . e is a clear little Dresden e 2 ina Jady in society. She dresses a ver 1 great deal and lives in nigh style. She t me is one of the best patrons I ever had, egENog ables, for I put I would rather do without her € d eat; and by fee than k her trunks for her. 4 k I had most of the trunks “Well, she sent for me two weeks packe ago, & hurry czall, to come and unpack an is to do the most dificult her wardrobe. Her trunks had been I take the thousand dol- packed at Palm Beach, and, now, she r e s pack them in tissue was back in town for a few days, she paper to matck gown. This is tc ed the things taken out. She had evold tt crocking off. There en d her e fabrics which stain upon a shirt . - n if wrapped up top. And I knew what this paper. . I called her in. ew me several rolls of cot- * ‘Mrs. B.’ said I, ‘there is a spilled . e aper of all colc bottle of cologne in youf trunk.” s of narrow satin rit Impossi said she, looking 1 paper boxes of ‘for I had my trunks . t with me a sm a professional trunk @ ok numbering the trunks. y well,’ T said, ‘but wait until T the pages in my book 4 Ar T the trunks, I make a I went down, lifting up st uy e es of the articles that the soz_:d garments until I came to e trunk. When she a bottle of toilet water with a crack C ination my lady can in the side, through which a pint of £ her maid, who violet-col had leaked out. w a find anything id Mrs. B., and et nts down she sat and cried. hurry ca t night to go *“Well, of course, I went to work and . ¥ some tment on cleaned the waists, for which.I charged Fift . The n wanted a good round price. I am a profes- — — — — —— =SORROWS= 1 - — — EARLY if not all children quite Sometimes innocent children are e y show signs of fear. How- brutally whipped for the purpose of the very young child prob- s no fear whatever. Such hesitate to go into al- kind of danger. That such st will admit. T a child is likely to be as he if proper care is be prevented from than temporary control n. If not dealt with proper- injuriously affect them all Foolish the parent fears are the signs of They should be considered ,atural result of living in the nagination in which the chiid such they will hold sway " r the child's mind until developing and careful treatment remove es. of great importance that the s of children be dealt with in great rness and with much considera- tior Yet, how often the thoughtless nt makes then a subject of ridi- is the ever, making them less fearful. From what has been said upon the emotions and the imagination of children it will be seen that no treatment could be more unwise, Surely the time has come when those having the managing of children should have some idea of the significance of childish fear. All should see clearly that it is not cowardice, and that the child may really be braver than the man who fears death in the front line of battle, and yet be fearful. Fear is the perception of danger. Cow- ardice is being afrald to brave the danger. Some children seem to fear nothing. With such something is radically wrong. While it is not expected or best that all should be as fearful as are those who have lively imagina- tions and sensitive emotion, yet is is best that children should have some fear. 1f they have not, at every turn they will be meeting with accidents which most children’ would avoid. Chil- dren who have no fear would not hesi- tate to go near many places which every chi'd should avoid. Such a child is evidertly almost entirely lacking in those mental powers which every child should possess. Children have many different kinds of fears. Some are governed more by one kind, and others by entirely differ- ent kinds. Some have reasonable fears, others have unreasonable fears. The sensible child will fear the fire which has burned him, or anything else which has injured him in any way. If talked with and shown that at a certain dis- i Wm. J.Shearer’s Thirtieth Talk to Parents tance, and under certain condltions, no unpleasant consequences will follow, it {s quite easy to train him to be no more fearful than he should be. A great many of the child's fears are the natural result of a vivid imag- ination, which has been unduly stimu- late@. by senseless stories of nurse or parent. Of all fears these should be dealt with most tenderly. i The children of nervous tempera- ments are generally those most sensi- tive to such fears. Many of them suf- fer almost daily and nightly such an- guish as would drive theilr parents into insanity. Greatly are such chil- dren to bte pitled if their parents, be- cause of real, acquired or pretended lack of fear, have no sympathy with these fears. There is no use telling children that they are unreasonable. How terribly many children suffer from the awful dreams which awaken them from the deepest sleep! Indeed, it is hardly possible for us to sympa- sional waist cleaner, as well as a trunk packer, but I always get extra rates fer cleaning. I understand dry clean- ing and I can do a silk gown equal to eny professional. “I was called to a very swell house the other day and I found a hand- some woman whom I recognized as Mrs. Van D. ‘You have never packed trunks for me,” said she, ‘and I would like to try you. The trouble is with my sleeve ruffles. No matter how they put them in the trunk they come out all crumpled.” “‘Like the cow with the crumpled horn,’ I suggested. “She lifted her lorgnette at me. ‘As 1 was saying,’ sald she, ‘my sleeve ruf- fles come out a sight. I want you to pack them for me so they will be flufly.” “She went on at some length, giving me the impression that she did not care what became of the rest of her ward- robe as long a$ her sleeve ruffles were not crushed. “I nearly got into a scrape once, but was saved partly by luck and partly by my wits. “My patroness, who was a soclety woman, gave me a lot of gowns to pack. As usual it was the eleventh bour and there was not a minute to spare. Among the great confusion of erticles laid out upon the bed I noticed & pile of stationery, and I saw a letter sticking out of the sheets of paper. It was a letter in a man’'s handwriting. ‘Put the stationery into Mr. Blank's trunk,” said she; ‘there is no room in mine. “So I gathered up the stationery and packed it with Mr. Blank's belongings, but before I did so I slipped out the letter. But what to do with it I did not know. 8o, picking up Mrs. Blank's nightrobe I put the letter in the sleeve. I knew she would be sure to find it. \““After the trunks had gone she came in the room in a great flurry. ‘Did you see a letter addressed to me?" asked she. ““‘Yes, madame; sald I, ‘and, think- ing you would want your mail as soon as you reached your destination, I slipped it Into the sleeve of your night- robe.” “‘“Thark you and thank you again,’ gald she, but she looked at me narrowly and paid me $10 extra. “Dressmake#s would Hke to get me to pack the trunks which they ship to their patrons. But they ask you to work hard and they pay you very little money. They are my worst customers. I prefer to work for private parties. “You probably heard of Mrs. Y. She is an ornament to Paris soclety, to New York and in Chicago. I pack- ed her skirts last winter when she was going away. ‘My skirts fit me,’ said she, ‘untll they have been in a trunk. After that they hitch up in the middle of the front and look aw- ful, especially my dress skirts.” “‘That is because they are folded down the middle of the front,” I re- plied. ‘A lady’s skirts should be fold- ed on each side of the front seam, but never right in the middle of the front. A fold in the front makes them hitch up.’ p"'.A’lu'l'llng how to fold is the Im- portant thing about trunk packing. 1r Fold things zs they should be foifed and you will find them in good cen- dition. That is & safe rule for any packer to follow. - “The second rule is to use plenty of stuffing. I used to stuff with cotton, but I find that rolls of tissue paper are better. I take the papes and roll it in long rolls. Then I take bunches of the paper and use it freely. Hats are kept in shape with tissue paper rolled long and twisted around the crown. The same with all the perish- able things of the wardrobe. “Each pair of shoes ought to have trees. But trees are not always pos- sible to obtain, so I flll shoes with cotton or with sawdust bags. I take a dozen of these of all sizes. They are useful for slipping in the shoul- ders of coats. Trousers legs can De folded and I flat in the bottom eof a trunk, but when it comes to pack- ing a man’s derbies and silk hats in a trunk, with no hat box provided in- side, it takes all the skill of a profes- sional packe “I work very quickly and I charge $1 an hour. I can usually manage to pack a trunk in an hour. If I am busy all day I earn eight or tem dol- lars, and this is enough for any girl. “T take nice dresses and nice waists and all sorts of nice dress belongings and do them up !n tis: paper. Then I write on the outside the name of the article within. Then I tie the whole up with pretty satin r! “The appearance of a deal. I have a nice way I take it In sets if there is ti it out, and I do each set up If the sets are run with lect tissue paper to m: One can tell then at a glanc ngerie that is inside ribbon tch the tinct art. I have packed ¢ trousseaus in for an indefint unk: pose I need to be careful, for the bride is too blissfully happy to care how her belongings are packed, but all the same I take a great deal of pride in doing 1t Just right. I make the trunk look as pretty as I can, for the bride’s many friends see it before she goes away. “Patrons desiring their clothing scented can be accommodated. I make dozens of sachet bags and I lay them in between the waists and skirts. They are of varying sizes and they rum all the way from a pad which is big enough to cover the bottom of & trunk to small bags which can be scattered through the lids of trunks and through suit es. “I also make pads for hats, to slip inside the linings, and I make glove sachets the size of lozenges and I per- fume hoslery and slippers. A trunk packed by a professional packer Is & dainty thing, Indeed. 1 have pscked trunks which, when opened, smelled like a bunch of violets. “Trunk packing is a nice occupation when you have time to pack properly. I stuff the bows of slippers with cot- ton and I run little rolls of paper In under all ruchings to keep them from flattening. I place tissue paper under all metal buttons so tiat they will not crease the cloth and I place all small articles in boxes with a label on top telling what is inside the box. “I don't think I would change my profession that of Queen of Eng- land. I love my work. I am inde- pendent and I enjoy visiting nice homes. Do I make money? Well you ought to see what I charge in sume mer!"” for = m—— | m— AND FEARS=| - | l thize with such if we should. What parent cannot remember some terrible dreams which -unnerved him, even after he was old enough to know that so far as is known there was absolute- ly nothing in dreams? Surely such a parent should be most patient with the fearful apparitions which are intensely real to every child. Many a child has been Injured for life and condemned to become & nerv- ous wreck because of the parents’ dis- regard of these fears of imagination which run riot when we are asleep and judgment is off guard. Like the insane person, the child in his sleep, to a certain extent, sees the images as if they were real. In too many cases the exciting and terrible stories told by parents to their children are the direct cause of many of the worst dreams of children. Some parents have never given any consideration to the claims of their children when they are about to retire for the night. Is this not a mistake? It may be argued that children should learn to go to bed when they are told and to go to sleep promptly. Let it be acknowledged that this is the case. The fact remains that there are times when they cannot do so. Often yqung children will e for hours thinking of hobgoblins and a hundred other things which excite and scare them. If re- ports can be belleved, many times thoughtless or selfish parents and nurses try to scare children to sleep by telling them terrible storfes of what may happen if they do not go to sleep at once. Such treatment is barbarous, and, if It cannot be stopped In some better way, it justifies attention from the Society for the Prevention of Cruel- ty to Children. Surely if thers is oné time that a child should hear only kind, quieting words, it is when it is about to go to bed. The last thoughts before go- ing asleep are likely to be the ones which not only determine the kind of rest the child will get, but even the character of the child in the future. If you have kind words of approval, give them now. See that, except in cxtreme cases, the nervous child Is not put to bed with harshness. The hour before going to bed will be remembered 16ng after others have been forgotten. If you no longer stop to give a kiss to your boy or girl after he or she is in bed or ready for bed, do not wonder that that child is getting to think less of the blessings of home.