Arizona republican., 1902-06-28
High Priced
 Travelling Bags

Travelling appurtenances were never | before so handsome and so costly as they are now. Of course $2,4G0 IS a record price for a leather traveling bag, but the fact that that sum was paid for one not long ago to a New York firm is evidence of the tendency of the times.
 Needless to say it was an American who bought the bag and it is also true that nowadays when a prosperous American goes travelling be is known the world over by the quality as well as the quantity of his baggage.
 Europeans. even the richest de- ! clared world wide traveler. fin com parison with Americans appear to be remarkably indifferent concerning the style of their travelling accessories. For instance. I have seen an English wo- man oi title going about complacently with a clumsy. shabby portmanteau such as q lady's maid over here would eye with disdain.
 English travellers are not invari- ably indifferent in this respect he added. Neither are Americans al ways unduly extravagant. but it is the latter the designers have in mind every year when turning out novelties in trunks, bags and bcxes.' Women are our best customers, said a dealer. If there is one thing more than another a fashionable wo man tries to avoid it is a shabby tray cling outfit particularly q shabby bag, hich is apt to be more in evidence during a journey than a trunk or suit case. For that reason we pay par tcular attention to rev designs for bags.
 Bag, by the way. is the approved name just TOW instead of sacnel or grip, which have lost vogue along with alligator skin. The array Of new styles of leather is one Of the most in terestinG features of this scason's dis play for travellers.
 Morocco of a very dark crown colcr and an extremely fine twilied grain IS conspicuous for beauty and price. and there are also moose skin. buffalo, broncho Texas steer. pig. lizard and sea lion. The processes through which these skins pass before being made up are responsible for the enthusiasm with which they are received by fash ionable buyers.
 Steel gray and a soft cocCa. brown are among the newest Of the lighter shades. and seal brown is preferred to | black in almost all the feathers except seal. in which black still holds it's own- l The bag of square box shape is the newest. The more expensive makes have a folding back or hinge top, l which gives ready access to the inte- | for pockets that hold all the toilet ac- i cessories, such as hand mirrors. combs. ! brushes. cologne bottles, etc, all l shaped to suit their receptacle.i. ! The modish bag for man is almost
 the same as that fer a woman in size
 and finish. the main difference being ' that the former includes shaving inn pleuents and larger brushes
 To d great extent it is the interior fittings which fix the cost Cf q bag EX-
 ternally, the very handsomest of then | is exceedingly plain, being finished with only q narrow mounting and
 clasps of dull or bright gold-Nhich for
 the moment is preferred to silver i but not so the inside.
 The lining is of the scftest, finest leather. and so are the pockets. which are filled in some cases with articles of sterling silver or of sterling silver ovcrlaid with gold, each engraved with 1 the owners monogram. crest CT in itials. When cost is not to be consid- cred, the engraving is replaced with relief work representing the finest carving A single gold crest on one article may cost $50 CT twice that sum. i Such crests and monographs. too, have their fashions. The style most in ] favor just now represents clusters of
 fine beads every one Of which is cut
 by hand.
 A typical bag or the smartest vari- { ety, by way of illustration. is of boN shape about sixteen inches long. eleven or twelve wide and twelve inches high, made of the finest dark brown mo- rocco. The lining is dark blue watered silk. The pockets are of morocco and are filled with toilet articles of ster- ling silver. plated with gold. The bag is mounted in dull gold. The price is $500. This is woman's bag. A com { panion to it fCr a man is several inches i larger and lined throughout with i leather.
 | Next to the bag. the steamer trunk { th!+ year shows most novelties in de sign. Nothing but leather is used in i it's construction b3 the manufacturer,
 who caters to the fashionable. As q matter of fact. leather steamer l trunk Is dpI 10 De cheapest Tn the eHfi by reason of it's superior wearing qual- ties but aside from that thrifty con sideration + is both the costliest of it's kind and the most stylish.
 Many women still prefer the forty inch long and twelve inch high model, considered the best for carrying dress skirts, and made with one tray, but many more choose the folding steamer trunk designed primarily for men. l. is shorter than some of the others but is divided so conveniently into three compartments that there is not an inch of waste space anywhere. and no tray to lift in and out.
 The top of the trunk parts in the middle and as it folds back. shows a covered compartment on either side alongside of roomy middle cOmpart- IHent intended for the heavier apparel. Flat pockets are attached to the GOV ( CTS of the side compartments.
 Mere fancy leather than usual is used in making steamer trunks in con junction with the heavier English pig