The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23

difference do.s ., make Tn" American
woman BAYS a n"v bag and i proud ~
49, n"wn">~ And now now his Eng
ii.h inagalIn" Intimate - that ih- Brit N
woman 4, going to du likewise
NV onlv comfort said "a" American
who has carried The same bag Tor 'if''-'',
vsar~ aud more. - that hes Ing't N
irg.a ines for women arc about "a
.rIrg a ~ such fUa, 'ers a.. - weather Naf'
wnuld n. ~ he rot" II a com a.
Nd ihs n inaNeS siIch q 3. NJ fITe".
"u,r - ~" what the fashion O., VA ihi~
,arti-,ll- ma':ar. If it did -urr.oeo
I -hrIldn' have had the co,Iraga 10 carry
NV beloved old bag all this time j.
mas taken some nerve anyway
-N"I ough: to see the cnn;emp' with
Nhi,h 'hr avera ~ Pullman porter takes
81 when I board train And many
IA" ,urioIs look ! have ~%en nv follow
- s-s'ul, gers best NV on n a. u IerChcS with
Imnvdsni ehrontery on the very top ~
ia" haI of hand luggage waiting for "a
a. dI-embark at the plat form The
red "a pDod portsrS Offer me their servlc"~
with Altering cagerness until they 40
NV bag Then they suddenly ln~a al
h"ir "nt uSiasfn about serving me
II ,prt ainly - disr"pIt able looking
'h"un's no derving thai But WHY shOuld
| he fpr,s.d into getting acquainted with
q neH bag Maybe we shouldn't he con-
genial COMPANY a. all
Nv bag and 7 have grown old trav-
eIllflE kHN nor We nave Tten IOEf'tNfF
~ fair Wea' her aud foul in many lands
"a MANY clims- We have gone together
49, mIlcS up the Nile and into the heart
nG The North woods. My palm it, Ii~eh
80 cumforta ably . the curve ~ its handle
ms arm adjusts itself 50 easily 10 The
familiar weiRh'!
I have fitted the kew in the lock oh ~
must I've thousands ~ times. Many more
thousands ~ times | have OPENED the bag
and thrust my hand into H. diving 10 such
a a l.
article ! always have diagram NJ ~
and itS contents before my minds eve
Long custom has made me perfectly
familiar with ". Certain articles 60 N
certain plac"s They or their prNdA' %
sors have gone m Just those places FOR
five ten. fifteen years. Tn. side pockets
are as sure to yield heir special diversified
contents as a potato patch TO weld poia-
toes OF ? cornfeld corn
Every square inch ~ the inside IT nv
hag - familiar and dear to me There ~"
a few stains. and each one calls M some
incident which make. me smile now ~ !
remember through what mishaT~ ] haNs
learned my preseni wisdom ~ packing
Ouisld" Their" ar" ~" rema ins ~ rom"
toreIyn pastsr~' only - few 81 Thorn
i like them well enough IN nv TRUNKS
and on larger hays aud suIt cases hut
have tN"d them on this hand bag sITUs
my fret "Oing abroad fifteen years az"
You would not know that those old frag-
remember Just what they were and som"
nG the queer epI."des th"v entaied Mo.
| carried tho bag lthev were frc,h th"u grI
rather conspicuousi into some oIt - go
vav corners II INV own country
And think of tho hands besides nv '"
thai have lifted that hs~' tCvJ'.'7
donkey boys Canadian habItAnt. -"
orr dark'"s Freroh bonn"- Gr""k guard.
Rrfi1n 'ailorm"'' "npuyh rsilvrv r..
isrs - ~ good ,I7ed town hu-' %.
fVtasNda a fpys err
nav" carried that bag.
Perhaps tho ssnIfa~v orPuk- Vr' ..'
up their own hands "a hyg'enr. l.r
and give that very fB". as a''r'" 8"
foT my throwiuR n-.av ms "li ."| of.
'o-npanion Bui ! think fhs = .
been goir0 to ca;cn ANYTHING fr.'" '. ~
handle I'd have he'd ~ ard dicd = .' ..''
ago They're Just - likely :" set n-"a-.
or the plague or Egyptian s"r" '.v..-
= hR'" - - coming ." lhe'n who.
carry 'heir nev bag - y hon <" '.'.
forth with INV old on"
-Of course u was y good L'y 'n
vttI None ~ your tuprrnf 100 i.'.
lad - ''hels would ever has' o.
lone and honor VI" nn-""- Nuo
troubles me most ~ the feet that air.
! don't beiie"e iha' confirmed fra 90. s.
are going to follow this shiny lTGE
fashion. even n II comes m. an '.
To l,~ forced - do 40 IN spite ~ rry.'
For MY faithful old bag oh 90.
ran 10 really sent inenial abnu
taken almost its last voyage nad'
last journey The handle has h"G.'
peel; the leather packets ar" s"rnv''
" ~ literally on it, last legs ''f
three ~ the six knobs on which o. r
rest 81 are remaining ! haNeUe'"r hoo
p~nBya worth ~ repairs pu' upon '
won't begin nov N has come q" ~" -
~ its road
And I. uneasy and uncomf"r'an"
tho pr~sence ~ an INT ried IRA yelling
panion. must Willy nilly Join ~" -'0"'
~ the shiny luggage carriers