The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-02
TRUNK TALK.
Facts for People Who Come Home with
Their Baggage "Smashed.n

Facts for People Who Come Home with
Their Baggage "Smashed."
"Our trade, said trunk manufact-
urer, "makes a splendid barometer of
the business interests of the country.
When there is a big demand for trunks
it means not only that people have made
enough to be able to indulge in the lux
ury of travel, but that firms are sending
out statesmen more largely than before,
and that the commercial world is be-
coming more and more animated and
trade brisk"
/" How long will trunk last?"
"That is a question l can not readily
answer, simply because it depends en-
tirely how much travel it has. Many
people don't use a trunk more than
once year, and good trunk used at
that rate ought to last lifetime. but
then there are others who travel most
of the time. Their trunks are left most
of the year to the tender mercies of the
baggage-smasher, who is the trunk
makers best friend. The railway COM
panies, with their stalwart. go as you
| please methods of handling trunks, are
q source of revenue to us, and we APP
preciate their Efforts
"What kind of trunk do you sell the
most of ?"
"The most popular style of trunk
here is the SaratCga or French trunk.
More Of these are sold than any other,
think, because they are so we'll adapted
for ladies' use. They have more COM
partments in them, more little trays, hat
receptacles, and, best of all, a deep bot
tom that will hold wardrobe. There
are only fifty styles of Saratoga trunks,
besides the steamer The trunk has
not been invented yet that can complete
ly withstand very many railroad trips.
A good Saratoga should last one or two
seasons before going to the repair shop.
They are q good deal cheaper than sew
eral years ago. Now these trunks are
most used by fashionable ladies, and of
course the sale is enormous each year.
''What would you call the best trunk
for general use??'
The canvas-covered trunk. Their
sale increases every year, and they are
found to be stronger and more able to
stand rough usage. They have more
wear in them than the leather-covered
| ones. The body of the trunk is made
out of strong white pine and the top of
tough Eastwood. The secret in making
good, lasting trunk is to have good
top So many trunks are piled one on
top Of the other, they will be giving
way or breaking in. Theater or prop
erty trunks are, of course, strong, be-
cause they are covered with bands.
They have only a limited sale. The tin
or crystallized trunk is manufactured
almost especially for Southern trade.
The colored people there will have no
| other than a variegated, fancy colored
tin or zinc trunk. The European leath-
er-bound or canvas-covered light trunk
| is used almost exclusively for tourists.
In Europe only forty five pounds of bag
gage are allowed free of charge.
How about sole-leather trunhspn
-"They are not nearly SO popular as
they used to be. hear rawhide trunk
has been made that will resist all at
tempts to smash it, but [ imagine the
drawback will be when it gets wet and
shrinks. The trays will not fit then and
the drummer will have to telegraph to
the city for new trunk. IN r Mail
and Express.