The title promises practical advice, but the poem gives us something stranger. The speaker lists what he uses in a "glass country," a place where everything seems fragile, transparent, or easily broken. In a land like that, you can't be rough or loud. The two things he names are "lips for business" and "rice for a bed," and both are oddly gentle.
Lips for business could mean speaking, bargaining, or kissing, and the vagueness is part of the charm. Rice for a bed suggests sleeping somewhere light and simple, maybe even a bed that won't shatter anything. Rice is also a humble food, so the image sounds like making do with very little.
The mood is quiet, wry, and a little dreamlike. The speaker seems calm, even amused, as if travel means moving carefully and carrying almost nothing. The poem leaves us to guess what "glass" really stands for, and that open space makes it linger.