The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18

xcId, has ever bseu offered for sale In con-
nection with the bag family.
II was learned at one Of the leading
jewellers that they are receiving orders 70
mount bags which have been worked oy the
women who bring them in and who nave
more or less talent for fine needlework, ana
tina so far these nave been OF silk orna-
mented with beads. The jewelier was OF
the opinion that to copy an imported bead
bag would be beyond the skill OF even the
cleYerest amateur.
Scarcely less ornate than the bead
bags arethe many varieties made OF leather.
Nearly everything new is in bag design. 10
find a pocketbook minus a handle Is not
easy.
Ask for a pocketbook and n In always
directed to the bag counter, where bags OF
every size, possible shape and color are
suspended from a small chain or .tortineG
with "A strap handle. To describe IN detaii
these bags would a a o
In brief, the seeker after novelty viii ASK
for buffed alligator, which may be had IN
shaded tan, green, mode, brown, ecru.
mauye and other colors, or for horned back
alligator, which shows a mixture OF a hghter
and a darker shade OF brown, or for levant,
a smooth finish, one tone leather colored In
vivid green's as well as more subdued shades,
or for notified calf. which generally COM
bines two colors. like green splashes on ecru
or on silver; brown on tan, darn blue on
gray.
Then there is green morocco, which in
some of the FINER grade Bags n pocket
books-witb handles, of course-s appliqued
with elaborate gold tracings.
Now as to size. The most stylish are
deeper than they are wideand comparatively
small that 10, about six inches deep when sis-
pended from q chain and about five anda bali
inches wide n not quite so deep when
folded a. a pocketbook with q handle: But
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every one of the fancy designs is fitted with
a tiny mirror md powder puff as well a.
with several pockets, a favorlte design
holding an opera glass and a folding. Tan as
well. For general utility as well az beauty
their equal has never been seen.
According to the quality Of leather and
the finishing OF these novelties is their
price. FOR instance, one made OF levant
and eight inches long cost S22. On the
other hand. a smaller bag OF notified calf,
which included an opera glass and several
In this same class is a matinee pocket
book sold for g., which contains only an
opera glass and q small pocket for money,
and closed resembles an oblong box 4 by
a little less than 3 inches. Across one OF
the square sides is a holding on strap and
the material OF the case is a composition
resembling a smooth leather OF pink, blue.
green or ecru.
In place Of the opera glasses in the hand
Oillt NdA ICOACr VI Y OoSo N "a OoStG
pocket for cards, lined, like the rest OF
the receptacle, with heavy watered silk.
A beautiful specimen OF horned back ALI
gator, which when folded was perhaps
5 by 4 inches. and was fitted with mirror,
card case and coin and currency holder,
cost SIS; and the price OF another, OF buffed
alligator, mounted with sterling silver,
gilded, and a short gilded chain, and which
was 5 inches long by "a wide. was $40.
The interior Of the latter showed a pocket
uyifhtn n nnokAf Aaah faafaninU with n
gilt clasp, a mirror and two small drawn
pockets OF watered silk.
Small mottled calf bags lined with roam
are among the very popular because OF
their comparatively low price and dressy
appearance and one Of the very few elon-
gated styles OF bags Of fine quality made OF
alligator, morocco, lizard or seal is finished
with an open face watch in the lower left cor
ner, a fashion last seen here about eight
years ago.
Women lucky enough to have left over
pooketbooks and card cases equipped with
a watch may now get them out and be In
the fashion.
There are three new rist bags. any one
of which meets a warm welcome from omen
who shop much and want a serviceable
pocketbook for everyday wear. The first
is made OF goat seal Ia about ten inches wide
by Ave and one-half deep, is mounte with
gun metal and lined with smooth gray
leather.
The second is equipped with dual COM
partments OF exactly the same size sid by
side but opening independently. When
one Ia open no one would suspect that there
was a second. consequently the woman who
is given to placing her purse and other
valuables in her bag and then forgetting
to close il has only to tuck away most OF
her money in the side she does not use for
small change and samples in order to be
able to shop with a quiet mind. OF course,
as a man suggested, it is possible that a
woman might leave both commandments
open, but hardly probable. The third bag
also has a safety device. The chain which
forms the handle is drawn across the mouth
OF the bag from opposite sides when it is
opened thus form ing an awkw ard barricade
not favorable to pickpockets.
A round shopping bag Of India goatsk in
in dark blue, brown, red, black, green, tan,
and drawn together at the mouth with
leather strings is useful for the out Of town
woman who carries small parcels home with
her. The bottom OF the bag is not unlike
a collar box finished with "a soft top.