The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20
THE HOME.
A CONVENIENT nAa

1t Ia especially desirable when travel
ling In Europe, where hand baggage is
almost necessity. to be able to get as
much as possible into small commas.
andbone does not feel like Carrying
around an unnecessary weight of leather
l have spent mush time recently In plan.
ming bag for use on a European trip.
The result is so satisfactory that 1 feel
that other travellers may like to profit by
1t.
= bought a yard and two-thirds of thick
wooden cloth such as Is used for GENTLE
mems clothes, mixture of olive brown
and gray. cut of piece nineteen
inches wide. and thirty-eix inches long
for the body of the bag. The pieces for
the ends were eleven inches wide and
fourteen inches long, and were cut from
what was left on the width.
Before sewing In the ends piece about
| fifteen and one-ha1f inches long and
twelve inches deep was cut from the re-
manning portion for an outside pocket.
A broad hem was double stitched ut the
top and the other edges were turned down
one-third of an inch, basted and pressed,
before 1t was stitched. on the bag. A
double row of stitching through the mid
die from top to bottom divided this pock-
ct into two compartments, each of. them
| la rye enough to hold your satchel guide
book or a magazine. On the other side
a pocket eleven and one-half inches long,
and ten inches deep, was put on the same
way making one pocket large enough for
rubbers. These outside pockets came
nearly to the bottom of the bag and at
equal distances from the ends.
Then for the inside pockets two pieces
of fine SILICA of the same color, the width
of the bag and eleven inches deep were
fnishei with an inch hem at the top and
basted to the sideseams, the lower edge
stitched across the bottom of the bag
Another little pocket made Of the wooden
cloth, seven inches long and eight inches
de ,p was put on the inside about in the
middle of the bag.
When all the pockets were fitted In
place, the end pieces were basted in, fit
ted perfectly at the corners and then
stitched around. One of the SILICA pieces
on the inside was stitched to the cloth
through the middle, making it into two
pockets. 57l
took 1t to a bag maker, selected some
olive colored leather and q sixteen aud
one-h half inch iron frame fitted with brass
lock and clasps, ordered handle made
large enough to slip over my arm, and
finished with Tapped seams SO there
would be no rough edges to wear the
gloves.
The cloth was fitted into the leather
covered frame, fulled in q little at the
ends and stayed with leather Mt the
hinges.
The frame and making cost me IS 30.
the cloth was less than $1.00, and SO
have for less than s. GO bag which
weighs only two pounds two ounces, Is
quite stylishly mounted, will lock as Sc
curely as leather bag, has seven pockets
and has been found by actual trial large
enough to hold two dress skirts, two
waists, two night-dresses, two sets of
underwear complete. a pair of boots, rub
bers and slippers, besides box of gloves,
ribbons and lacss, a hot water bag and
several other articles. More, in short,
than could be carried in leather bag
which of itself would weigh eight pounds.
Mrs. Lincoln in American Kitchen
Magazine.
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
A cork that Ia stepped for few mo-
ments n hot vaselins will, it is said,
serve all the purposes for which glass