Packing Points.

If your case will hold a tennis racquet and an umbrella, good! Put them in first. Even strapping them on the outside is better than carrying them loose.

Don't forget coat-hangers, folding ones that slip in unobtrusively.

Have a zip on your sponge-bag. Don't bother about a large, expensive-looking one: tooth-brush, paste, face-cloth, soap, are all it will require to hold. Have a separate hold-all for other toilet accessories, and limit them as much as possible. I suggest cleansing cream and powder base in small jars or tubes, a tiny jar with extra powder-supply (boxes of powder can be messy things when travelling); talc; another compartment will hold a small box of hair clips, hair-nets, and slumber cap. With a set before you leave and by caring for the wave during the holiday (two bathing-caps in the sea, a net in a high wind, clips in a slumber cap, a cap at night) it should not be necessary to carry setting lotion. A manicure outfit and a small, strong hair-brush (probably rubber-cushioned) will find a place in the hold-all. Take what you can't do without in the way of sunburn lotions or bath salts.

Be strict about shoes. Wear your street pair, take play shoes or sandals, sand-shoes, evening shoes, bathing page 75 shoes. Always pack shoes first and remember that shoe-bags are tidier and more effective than paper.

Take a bathing-bag with you, and pack your swim suit in it. Make sure that last Sunday's sand is well shaken out before packing.

A big bathing towel is fun, but not for travelling. Take a modest-sized one, only one and rinse it out when necessary. You can boil it when you get it home again.

Don't leave the thought of luggage straps and labels till the last minute. Check up your travelling gear in good time and don't expect Aunt Mabel at the last minute to come down in a taxi with the bag you've simply got to borrow.

I assume that everyone will book, train, steamer and hotel reservations well in advance.