The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-12
THE HOME.
NEW GRIPS.

NEW GRIPS.
The new grips are models of compact
ness. L recently passed a most interest
ing hour examining under the guidance
OF courteous salesman, travelling cases
ana bags for men and women, the ma
lorlty OF them of English manufacture.
one OF delightful possibilities was APPLY
termed the one-night-stay. bag and al
though bnt sixteen inches in length is SO
modelled as to hold considerable. This is
the Oxford Club, described as the English
cabinshape. 1t is made of good morocco,
durable bottle green or russell brown in
color. The top opens squarely in two
pieces, which, turning back, leave an
ample space to be filled rejoicing in free.
dom fro III awkward corners and cramped
under-hinge space. This bag, like all
others of superior quality, is mounted
very simply. Elaborate display of brass
work on travelling bags is the hall mark
of cheapness. The ultra fashionable girl
has gher grip made to order, and to this
end she carries to the shop the various
silver utensils from off her toilet table
that she would be likely to require en-
voyage. Pouches and straps are made to
fit these exactly, and her bag holds all
that is useful, nothing that is superfiu-
GUS.
Ii your visit to country or seaside is to
be of longer duration there is yet more
commodious grip awaiting your purchase.
This, if 1 may be pardoned the term, IS
feminiied dresses u1t case. For some
seasons past girls have been borrowing
(?) their brothers dress-suit grips, and it
is quite possible that humanitarian
arose among bag makers and devised a
means of quelling family disturbances
The peace keeper-for did ever woman
borrow possession of one of the lords of
her household that he did not require it
that same hour or day?-is known as O
ladies' evening dress box. 1t is about
twenty-eight inches in length and holds
to nicely ruff1ed bodices and befounced
skirts, with all the other adjuncts of an
up-to-date evening toilet A debutante,
who somehow has the successful knack
of getting everything a trifle different
and more chic than her sisters owns an
evening dress box made or black en-
ameled canvas with trimmings of tan
leather. The Household.
BRACELETS
Bit by bit old conceits in the jewelry
line are creeping back into favor. Now
it is the bracelet that is making fresh
bid for recognition. Some charming de-
signs are noted in jewelers. cases, and
they vary from the slenderest chains to as
massive gold bands as ever encircled the
aristocratic wrists of fair women of the
old regime.
Very old, by the way, is the bracelet.
Bible authorities tell us that among the
Israelites it was worn by both sexes, and
rarely were men and women seen with
out them. Among the Roman warriors
the bracelet was presented as mark of
distinction. las q reward for some act of
valor. On days of ceremony and triumph
the lucky possessor of a bracelet wore it
suspended on his breast as a general of
today wears his orders and insignias.
The bracelet lost prestige in France, for a
time, and women chose instead to wear
large siiken cuffs embroidered with gold
and jewels. The knights of old wore
bracelets, but tied them under their cuffs
CT frills of lace, for they were tender
cages d. amour, too sacred for prylng
eyes. In fact the very name of the orna-
ment is traceable to this bit of sentiment.
The history Of the chamberlain of
bears witness to this. On his ayowment
Of eternal fidelity the lady demanded of
her swain that he wear continually an
emblem of attachment. ION the first day
of May, which will be tomorrow she
tells him. ''You will place gold brace
let of some kind on your left arm and
wear it for year. Next day he returns
wi a rvn1do1, nj nd h, Ill "a
his wrist, and from that time the name
bracelet has distinguished this piece of
jewelry. Table Talk.
HOUSE PLANTS. 17
1t should be borne in mind that plants
lifted and potted in the fall cannot fail to
receive q severe check at precisely this
time when growth and DEVELOPMENT
should not be interfered with. Two or
hree weeks later they will have to be
taken into the house. and they will not
have recov cred from the injury done by
mutilating and disturbing their roots.
Their vitality will be weakened. ana this
will make them all the more susceptible
to the facilitating effects of removal to
the house, where they will get more heat
and less fresh air than they need. The
combination of these unfayorable infiu-
encse puts the plants at a great disadvan-
tage, and gives them set back from
which they will not recover for months.
BECAUSE of this never advise any one to
put her plants out in the garden during
summer, writes Eben e. Rexford in
Hatper's Bazaar. If kept in pots you
have them under control at all times.
Sudden changes and severe shocks arc
thus avoided. They may not grow as
vigorously as plants in the open ground.
but what is gained by such growth if it
has to be sacrificed when they are taken
up in the fall5 And we prefer the yigor
GUS growth after they are taken into the
house-when they are needed most.
put many of my plants out Of doors in
their pots, on veranda with an eastern
exposure. and leave them there till the
last of September. If any reporting is
necessary II can be done ct intervals dur
ing the season, and with but very little
disturbance to the plant The result is
that when the plants are removed to the
house about the only change they under.
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