Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-04
LADIES' POCKET.BOOKs.
How They Wear Them-PulI Backs
and POFtemOnnaies-T
10 PickDOekcla. Etc.

and POrtemOnnaies-T lions
10 PIckpOekets, Etc.
The feminine heart is truly delighted
when a fair day offers to her an oppor-
tunity to successfully do some shop
ping" With this we can hardly find
fault, and if it really does crafty the
fair sex in any manner to view all the
goods in the store, bother the clerk about
an hour, and charmingly tell him, We
will call again; hope you will have that
same shade Of blue left, we are content.
We are not married. Now if the ladies
do not always gladden. the heart of the
outwardly smiling shop-keeper by really
purchasing his tempting display Of
goods, they generally make a show of so
wanting to do, and therefore conspicu.
ously carry in their hands a splendid
pocket-book. Sometimes this receptacle
for the currency of the realm does really
contain portion of Uncle Sam lately
much. abused paper. Sometimes it
doesn't. But that is not the point in
question. Ladies, have, for vanity 4
sake merely, since really beautiful porte
monnaies have bounded into fashion,
been wearing them for ornament only,
carrying them in such manner that
the fine quality and worth is easily
perceived. In the majority of cases
it is clasped gracefully in the
hands. This calls the attention
of the observer to the pocket-boek,
and the suppressed pretty little hands,
delicately eneased in neatly fitting
gloves, at the same time. If the hands
are large the portmonnaie is attached to
the side by a beautiful silver plated
chain, and the unsightly members are
hid in some artistic way. In the cold
days of winter we have noticed that ex'
pensive mulfs are used. 1t is pity that
some enterprising furrier has not before
this contrived some like arrangement
for the feet: Since the classic pull.
backs" have come into vogue it is i'm
possible for the fair sex to carry their
purses in any other manner than men
toned above. If the miniature saving
fund is placed into the depths of the
usual side pocket of the dress, it OIL
course spoils the contour Everyone
knows that il Powers had placed lumI
on the side of the Greek Slave, it would
in some respects mar its beauty. Al
least we think it would. But what
have Greek slaves to do with pull
backs?' Merely a simile, questioning
reader. That's all
The matinees given at our various
theaters attracts audiences the great por
ton of which is composed of young la
dies. Now, where am to place thiI
pocketbook, is the question that riseI
to the pouting lips. " can't hold m!
pocketbook, that sweet silk handkerchief
programme, opera-glasses, fan and tha
bag of caramels all at oncel" The EN-
barrassing pocketbook, along with tn,
other rather miscellaneous collection o
feminine articles, is finally placed on tn,
lap, where it offers a splendid opportU
nifty for pickpockets and Others of the
ilk to quietly make away with it. Thi
is done while the fair owner is deepl.
absorbed in the tender pathos Of tn
play. Carrying pocketbooks carelessl
in the hand while engaged in shoppin
is placing great temptation before tn
criminal classes, and giving them an OF
portunity and advantage of which the
are not slow in availiDg themselves.
our ladies must have purses land the
will as long as dear old " papa keeps
bank account), let them use them !
such a way that they will be perfect
2 safe and secure from being accidental
r lifted"