Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03

- TACTICAL hand bags of good shape
II in coarse grained tan, blue, green or
mauve leather, having safety strap
crossing the top of the frame and clasping
| it at one side, are fitted with purses and
memorandum books. The same shape in
puffed beaver skin of any color has an out
side pocket and a satin lined interior
equipped with mirror, powder book and
card case.
/ Both buffed and horn alligator-green,
brown or gray-is made up into roomy
bags, with wide frames of gilt or gun
metal and strap handles, which are at
tached to the sides. Some of these bags
have the bellows bottom and all of them
are kid lined and hold square purses.
Beaver pelt, English morocco, plain or
notified pigskin and bronze leather bags
have etched gun or silver frames, pockets
on each outer side, strap handles, kid
Innings and purse, powder puff, mirror
and card case equipment.
Sealskin is largely employed for bellows
bottom bell shape bags and burnt orange
morocco or brown beaver for airship
shapes. The latter have inside frames
which, clasping together, make five sep
arate compartments. Embossed leather
and soutache braided suede are used chief
ly for the new draw string types.
Pale green grained walrus is made into
moire lined bags of avenue style, fasten-
ing with fancy clasp of metal set with
emeralds, and also for those of the flare
bottom type which have strongly rein
forced corners. Both kinds of bags have
large front flaps concealing pockets, and
inside are special compartments for
viniagrette, salve jar, memorandum pad,
mirror, purse and puff.
Automobile leather bags, made in one
piece and frameless, are of various at
tractive tones, notably amethyst. They
usually have strap handles, outside, flap
covered handkerchief pockets and suede
lined interiors, fitted with oval mirror,
change purse and chamois powder sacks.
Party bags of white, mauVe or gray
moire, lined with a matching shade of
satin, are ribbon embroidered, medallion
decorated, edged with inch wide gold lace,
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equipped with MORE strap handles, which
slip over the arm. A more elaborate type
of bag has a disk shaped mirror bottom,
is of silver or gold net over pale green,
blue or rose satin. The net is fiorally
embroidered with silk, the edges trimmed
by means of ribbons matching the satin
mounting. OF the same shape are bags
of delicately tinted kid, which have a.
supplementary change purse attached via
a flap, and of knitted silk, incrusted with
tiny beads of bronze, silver, gold or one
tone of color.
Opera muff bags of sash ribbon, bro
caded silk or plain satin apparently are
fashioned after the familiar draw string
order, but actually have two compart-
ments, so that by means of an aperture
through the centre they may be used as
muffs.
Bags of Powered silk or embroidered
satin, kid lined, are mounted upon metal
frames, and are of regulation shoppingI
size and shape, while those of patterned
tapestry almost entirely covered with gold!
galloon braiding, applied in lace effect,
are novel looking affairs, which resemblel
very small sized knapsacks.
Handkerchief pockets are of two dis
tinct classes. Those intended for ordinary
use are small, fiat affairs in alligator,
morocco or seal of the various dark
shades and have leather chatelainel
handles. For special occasions there are
square and diamond shaped pockets or
white pongee, embroidered with mono
gram, of howered sash ribbon or of plain
satin edged with silk cordage.
Enamel with gold is a fashionable ma
terial for oblong hand purses suspended
from linked gold chain. Round purses,
decorated with medallions or embossed /!
with cat and owl heads, are of metallic;
finish. or of horn alligator with a claw
equipped, flap covered frame and a back
strap.
Vanity cases include those of elephant
hide, which open fatty and reveal six
small and three long compartments; of
handsomely engraved sterling silver in
bag shape, leather lined, and containing