The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-11-27
HOW LADIES CARRY PURSES.

HOW LADIES CARRY PURSES.
Peculiar Uses Of the Feminine Pocket
book.
1t is an effeminate trait. and one sell
dom noticed by the ladies themselves.
that the majority of them never use a
purse after the manner of men. 4 W om-
ems pocketbook is really an article of
dress, convenience, and an ornament at
the same time. It would be an excep-
tional curiosity to hear OF a lady going
out without her purse, even if She had
but ten cents in it, and no immediate de-
mand TOR that, nor any use for it, SO far
as she knew, while out.
Ihat such wonderful variety Of purses
are manufactured yearly, establishes the
TACT mat they are necessary or popular
part OF the feminine dress, and that there
IS demand for the taste and attention of
purse makers in the great world of FASH
lonable trade that is of no meager i'm
portance. A lady's purse is presumed to
be designed fer the purpose of CARVING
sums OF money, but the majority of them
-" AAAAA"'oAS sSllUpS.
IL IS safe to affirm that nine purses out
OF ten owned and carried By ladies con-
tain dozen Or more articles foreign to
money.
60 into any of our fashionable uptown
retail bazars any day, and watch the
process of the opening of hundred
purses, more or less.
First or all, the manner of getting at
the contents of her purse is Womaaly pe-
cullarlty, really ludicrous and interesting.
From the amount of delving and divine
OF the feminine fingers, the Iabcrous die,
64ns into the compartments, it would
seem as II all the money was glued fast
to the uttcrmost corners.
Why women have SO much hcuble in
getting at their money, particularly small
change, is good deal Of study.
A man whisks out his pocketbcok and
nnclasps it with enterprising energy, and
seems to alight on the money he wants
the first thing, as if it was fail to the ton
and running over. He gives it q sort Of
emphatic bang and snap as he clasps it
and thrusts it back into. his rocket. in
'ess time than lady consumes in fishing
LII oo' vi loi 'OCh5l.
With woman the hard work seems to
be in getting hold of the money, shallow
as the purse may be, for it oeelns to be
stored away in marvelously secure and
secluded manner.
p Ladies frequently suffer the greatest
annoyance when trying to make change
hastily in a crowd or paying car fare In
hurry. The pennies wont come out, in
spite of the eager, nervous scratching thew
keep up inside the mysterious purse. The
next and perhaps the greatest object of
interest attending a lady's pocket-book
IS its contents, apart from its storing ca
Dacity for money. ..,.
Examine one of them, and it will be
found to contain bits of dress goods =
small samples of ribbon and woods, a
broken machine needle, g piece ct lead
seencil about an zach and half long. witt.
'aa point 8bsokeht Is als css la, in q
piece ct white paper, a Photograph, a
.eclpe OF some kind, generally for cake,
lalr-dye, OR some new cosmetic; msrri-
zee notice rom some paper; two or three
addresses, mostly Of spiritual mediums,
ortune.tellers and dress makers; a button
n two, dried verbena leaf, a broken
'ar-ring and q wishbone.
Is it any wonder they have such diff
ulty in finding their change? Yet, in
ne darkest night, and On the shortest
!otlce, If necessary, they could go to-
hat purse and find any one of the articles
contains. The majority Of these purses
re carried in an outside pocket OF in
heir lands, and generally half open. It
$ remarkable that ladies are rot more
frequently robbed Of their pocketbooks
han they are. The purse at home has
knack of never being in the
anne place twice, and never can be found
uickly. When it is wanted a grand
tarch is Instituted, from all the pockets
all the boxes, drawers and hooks in
my lady's chamber" It seems to be-
brewer on the wing, getting behind the
lg Bible OF under the large cover, be-
ind the bureau, into the work basket,
nder the bed, on the mantle, and in the
aby-wason.
It there are aay bills in the female
urse thew are generally crulnp!ed up in
mysterious wads, or rolled around a
en-cent piece and few pennies. With
1e masculine pockeI-book 1t Is quite the
everse-it is always carried in particu-
ar pocket-lf it contains bills, they are
enerally we'll folded, although there are
xceptions; when a man has. but little
loney, the more carefully it is folded
p. But the feminine portnonusie is al
'ays demoralized-no matter what de-
a note may be, five, ten or
Venty, it is all the same, admirably
rammed into the little receptacle.
1t appears to be the general Impression
lat ladies have more difficulty in keep
e money inside the purse taan gentle
emen. 1t has faculty of being always
low tide and at all times hard to be-
ot out by force, but evaporates in a.
ysterlous way, perplexlng to the owner
I'd annoying to the furnishing agent.
NO woman's purse is literally empty
zen if it contains no money. There NAV
ot be ''millions in it,n but in ninety
me cases out Of a hundred there will be
small variety stock for private use with
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