26 Union Wednesday, July 6, News 1994 Living -1 tr B. Jacket is laid face up, with centered collar flat, sleeves and hem draped (method 1). vi 4 6 A. Straight dresses or straight long skirts, if any, go in first. Otherwise start with your jacket.
C. Full skirts are folded lengthwise and packed horizontally. Place hem first, draping the waistband. are You'd know without her bare-essentials list that you need a travel alarm clock, shampoo and toothbrush but how many would think of a pocket knife (Swiss Army are type), flashlight and core center. sink stopper? It's a book that packs a wallop Author solves the over- packing needs.
She made my list of impossible-to- bag and unfurl specific segments, makfind travel items into a family business." ing it a cinch to re-pack," "there's a Going," was the first travel store nite need for more security for peace of in the Bay Area of California and Ju- mind. Use a security wallet." dith became its resident expert. Her top recommendation is a versatile Customers asked so many questions and wallet that can be used as a loop wallet, a she needed so much time to answer them money belt or a shoulder holster. Its loop individually, she began to give demonstra- has a steel cable running through it; so tions and classes in packing. Finally, with does its detachable, adjustable strap.
It large companies asking her to put on can't be cut off. It's safe for passport, shows for their employees, she wrote "The credit cards, cash and traveler's checks. Packing Book." The most comfortable way to wear it, Most-often asked questions are "What she continues, is to fasten it to your belt or shall I do with dirty laundry?" "What if I strap it around your waist and tuck it behave to unpack and re-pack in a different neath the waistband of skirt or slacks. place every day?" "Do I need added secu- One member of the audience comrity today?" plained that her dress had no waistband The answers, says Gilford, are respec- and was told to pick clothes that allowed tively, "as your dirty laundry grows, your for this basic security. clean clothes get smaller," "open your Gilford's lists are invaluable.
You'd E. Long -sleeved shirts are next. Collars face up; sleeves and hem are draped. F. Short -sleeved shirts, T-shirts, and knits next.
Shorts and swimsuits are last. The containing underwear is placed in the Photos reprinted with permission from "The Packing Book" by Judith Gilford. The bundle. problem gage gests. traveler," is the "You're she star not of a emphasizes.
travel tourist; today. you're "Carry-on It a helps lugteach you to eliminate the unnecessary know without her bare-essentials list that and NOT TO ACCUMULATE THINGS AS you and toothbrush but how many would Gilford says to bring along several maneed a travel alarm clock, shampoo YOU GO." think of a pocket knife (Swiss Army type), nila envelopes; at the start they will hold flashlight and sink stopper? She also sug- itinerary, research and notes; en route, fill and gests unusual items to do away with ward- them with brochures and memorabilia robe wrinkles and spots. mail each one home to yourself. Possibly the most important chapter is "The carry-on traveler is the happiest the one devoted to packing the carry-on. It camper," she repeats.
"The carry-on can depends on Gilford's Bundle Method for a suit not only your wardrobe, but also activi- your 20, 21 or 22-inch long carry-on with one, physical endurance and the type of two or three compartments. ty required by your plans." The Bundle which uses up the Airlines have been cracking down on the entire space and is made of layered cloth- size of carry-ons. but many of allow time. two per ing wrapped around a core. By completely passenger.
Check this 45 ahead inches total is filling the immovable carry-on, so it's less likely to wrinkle; -height by width by depth; usually it is 21 the wardrobe The usual limit is it has no sharp folds or creases. or 22 inches long. Gilford advises leaving expensive jewel- "If it's soft you can no pummel it in a and watch at home. Wear a cheap wed- into submission. There's flexibility ry ding ring instead of your own, she sug- Continued on Page 27 Roger gave Virginia Kelley heartache had mothered Roger too much: That notion somehow made its way finally -through my elaborate defense system.
Roger was living he was living there, he seemed. to be living everywhere and nowhere. Sometimes he had no money at all; other times he was LEADING WITH MY HEART: MY LIFE PART 4 OF A 5-PART SERIES By ZEDRA JURIST ARANOW udith Gilford realized there had to be a huge audience for help on howto-pack when overflow crowds started lining up for her demonstrations on the subject. "The Packing Book Secrets of the Carry-on Traveler" a natural result. Her book solves the problem of overpacking, the most common travel mistake, laccording to Gilford.
Others include forgetting important items, packing at the last minute and losing luggage. The last would vanish in a hurry if more people would learn to be carry-on travelers. This book could be required reading for that. Gilford's family zeroed in on the packing scene when Judith, then 21, went shopping to get her younger brother ready for a youth trip and couldn't find what he needed. She remembers now, "My mother, a clinical social worker, was a very resourceful person and attuned to people's By VIRGINIA KELLEY with JAMES MORGAN rolling in it.
My husband, Dick, never said much about Roger to me, but he didn't have to. Everybody who knows him knows when Dick Kelley is angry or displeased about something. It's a look, an attitude. Dick said that he hated seeing me being taken advantage of by Roger. Roger is shrewd.
When he was living in Little Rock, he would make sure he called me at least once a week just to check in. It never occurred to me that he would lie to me but, as Dick says, "he would tell you one thing and do two others." Dick saw things more clearly than I did, and yet, as a stepfather to a grown man, he didn't feel it was his place to interfere. Especially when I would inevitably take Roger's side. Looking back, I see that I made easy for Roger to get away the lie that had become his life, Do, 20 1 D. Slacks are packed horizontally.
the creases and place the waistband along the edge, then smooth and Courtesy of Virginia Kelley Estate The day that son Roger Clinton got out of prison was "one of the happiest of my life," Virginia Kelley said. Match drape. Pa 7 you know, I never once asked him' how he was making a living? he was in Little Rock, supposedly playing music but not really seeming to have many engagements, I didn't say, "Roger, how are you getting money?" I guess I didn't really want to know. Today I even wonder if my decision to stop mothering Roger, to let him stand or fall on his own, was just one more way of denying what I knew deep in my heart -that there was a problem of some kind. After his drug bust, I would learn about something called "tough love," though I would have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into it.
On the other hand, I've talked with people in the business of treating alcohol and drug abuse, and the words they use to describe such conditions are cunning and baffling. You can be sitting there having a conversation with your child, your spouse, your best friend, and you might not have any idea anything was wrong. As I've told you, Roger's father could be drunk as Cooter Brown and still straighten up when Mama Clinton called on the telephone. It's hard to know, after the fact, whether you could've done anything to make the situation different. I'm sure, however, that my decision to stop mothering Roger was a case of too little, too late.
Maybe I should've had an inkling the night Roger came home with a knife hole in the canvas top Continued on Page 28, Too little, too late have started new friendship When the golden sun is shining, Down beneath the deep blue sea, When of others you are thinking, Will you sometimes think of me. Love, Agnes. By GILLIAN GAYNAIR The New York Times IAMISBURG, Ohio Each mornM ing, slices Barrington of Barbara toast share on a Schiewetz the cup back of and tea porch Agnes and of Barb's Miamisburg home. They watch the squirrels. They chat.
Just the way old friends do. After all, they've shared half a century together. Yet they met for the first time. two weeks ago. Barb is 64.
Agnes is 59 and lives in Sydney, Australia. They built their friendship on paper, as pen pals. At her son Gordon's urging if you don't hurry up and get over there, one of you is going to (die)!" Agnes finally made her way to America to meet her friend. Barb admits she was a bit apprehensive about Agnes spending a month at her home. "Yes, we've been writing to each other all these years, but we really don't know each other," she said.
"I was telling everyone to pray for me that we'd be compatible." And they are. Sort of. Barb loves to hunt and eats meat. Agnes is a vegetarian. Barb enjoys sports, especially baseball with her grandchildren.
Agnes, on the other hand, loves crafts; she makes and sells porcelain dolls at her ceramics shop in Sydney. Not very alike, but "we have our tongues," Continued on Page 27 A.
