Milford chronicle., 1895-02-15
THE MODERN TRUNK.
Fiat Topped and Lighter. Stronger and
More Convenient In Many Ways

Flat Topped and Lighter, Stronger and
More Convenient In Many Ways
The modern trunk has fiat top, and
the round topped trunk Of only fsw
years ago now looks old fashioned beside
It. The fat topped trunk stacks easier in
baggage car, it packs away better in a
storeroom, and It makes very good seat
In room In a summer hotel In fact,
the fiat topped trunk, with a suitable Gov
ering, Is not unknown as a seat in places
Of permanent residence. Women's trunks
are made now even larger than the Sara
togas famed in story, but though their di-
mensions may be greater their weight,
filed. is not The trunk itself Is lighter,
to start with, and women don't pack
things together in a trunk as tightly as
they used to- More women than ever wear
elegant dresses, and more care than ever
Is taken in packing them. The larger
trunk gives plenty Of spread for dresses,
and they are packed more loosely. This
big modern trunk, though larger than the
Saratoga, Is vastly easier to handle. In
cross section It is about square, so that its
resistance when turned on its end Is pretty
nearly uniform and not complicated by
the ciroling edge of the rounded top A
skillful baggageman, after be gets one Of
these big trunks started, can walk down
a platform with it, rolling it about as
handily as he could roll barrel
A good sized trunk Of this sort would
be one about feet long and feet
square. These trunks are made Of wood
covered with leather, have steel cor
ners and are finely fitted generally A
good trunk Of this sort costs from S15 to
S25. Though light, they are very strongly
made, and they last for many years.
Within the past ten years more attention
than before has been given to mems
trunks, which are now made with, it
would seem, every possible convenience.
Trunks are now made with a place for
dress suits, with place in which ties can
be laid without folding, with places for
collars and for cuffs, with a space for
shoes and a place for a silk hat, with
places for a manicure set and other toilet
articles. There are men s trunks with tray
for each suit Of clothes With such trunk
at the end Of his journey, whether at Chi
cago or San Francisco, man can take
out from its compartment a dress suit or
any other, and put it right on in a fit con-
dition TO wear without the necessity of
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trunks Of this kind cost from $50 to $25
Following the idea Of subdivisions for
different uses, some sole leather trunks
are now made with spaces for dress suits,
and so on. A sole leather trunk of this
kind is nearly square in outline, large,
deep enough, but rather fiat in appearance (
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Dress suits and other snits may be carried
In the top quarters of the trunk, while the
main body of the trunk is used for general
packing. Such a trunk costs about $40,
and it makes an imposing looking piece
Of luggage.
Not so many sole leather trunks are sold
now for general travelling purposes as for
nerly, but there is still "a steady demand
'or them, more especially for long distance
iravel, say around the world with journeys
If the beaten track, away from railroads,
)ver mountains perhaps and in regions
where the traveller confines himself to the
ictual necessaries Of comfort, which he
lesires to pack into the smallest possible
pace. A sole leather trunk is still the
lest thing for such use, for stagecoach
ravel, for packing on mule back and so
N, and it is the most durable. A mem
Ter of firm Of well known trunk manu-
aoturers said he had known a sole leather
runk to go 450, 600 miles and still be in
ood condition.
Steamer trunks are coming into general
se for men and women for short land
rips. They are sold now for such uses
he year round, and the sale of them is in
reasing New York Sun.