The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-11-03
The Woman and the Handbag.

me woman ana the handbag.
1T any proof were needed that wo-
man must always remain an insolu-
BILE mystery to mere man, the incredi- |
Bile and unintelligible trust that they |
repose in the security offered by a |
handbag would supply the deficiency.
In yesterdays issue of this newspa-
per there was typical handbag item.
A woman had handbag containing a
lot of valuable papers, about a thous-
and dollars worth Of jewels and $35
in money stolen from a table in
hairdrsssing establishment where it
was carelessly reposing
If the average man has lot of jew
els and money, the first thing he
thinks of is putting them in a place
of security. And to save his soul he
can't think of any safer place than a
bank or a safe deposit vault in bank
He never thinks of carrying them
around with him in excess. He feels
uncomfortable with them.
But it seldom seems to occur to a
woman-at least, to judge from the
frequent handbag robberies-that
there is anything safer than a nice
light handbag, carried carelessly in
the hand and deposited at random on
tables, on the seats of cars, and on
any other place that happens to be
most convenient at the moment
The thought of bank apparently
sends chills down her back The mas
sive building is to her symbol of in
security. The mere idea of safe de-
post vault probably brings her to the
verge of nervous prostration. In all
the range of vision there is only one
thing that stands firm and sure-and
that is light handbag.
There is every reason to believe that
many women feel that the security is
enhanced if the clasp on the handbag
permits it to fall open automatically
every now and then, either spilling or
exposing the contents to public view.
The popularity of this variety of hand
bag leaves little room for other infer
ence.
If cyclone were seen to be coming
in the distance, the customary funnel
shaped cloud growing blacker and
blacker every second, it is our candid
opinion that some women would make
a desperate effort to get into their
handbags as a result of the prevailing
obsession as to the absolute safety
which those little articles afford.
Why this feminine trust in hand
bag? Nobody knows. 1t is one of the
unsolved mysteries of sex. You may
take up handbag and examine it with
the naked eye without seeing anything
in its construction to justify the I'M
limited confidence reposed in it. You
may look at it under the microscope
and the secret remains a secret still.
You may exhaust the wisdom of a
Bacon, the acuteness of a Sherlock
Holmes, the inventiveness of a Jules
Verne, the patience of Darwin, and
the great riddle remains the same AT
every turn you come across nothing
but the great, the inexplicable fact
that women do trust handbags and
that no experience seems to shake the
sex's confidence in their security.
There are no doubt exceptions to
this rule. There are possibly women
who do not commit themselves so
unreservedly to the cause of the hand
bag, But from the evidence afforded
day after day by the daily newspapers
they are in the minority. The vast
majority cannot bring themselves to
think that handbag is not much SAT-
er than a steel vault.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.