The Washington times., 1918-02-07
Did you eOer-

ed! Never. yesterday l Just nap
pened to be OF the second floor,
near the Eleventh street eleva-
tor, when a new shipment Of
bags was being opened. There
were bags of materials and
bags Of shapes that you never
dreamed could be made into bags.
For your very best bag there
was a new one of accordion
pleated silk, in either pink or
blue, with the softest, loveliest
lining Of cream silk. The top
was so arranged that when open
ed it formed a circle, and you
could easily find anything in its
depths without the usual scram-
Bile. ibid you ever wonder why
the thing you want always gets
in the bottom-most bottom Of
your bag?) The top was bound
with gold lace, and a gold cord
formed the handle. An ideal
valentine, this.
Another bag Of gay cretonne
was of a distinctly new cut,
quite indescribable, but there
were turned-back corners, end
ing in large tassels, and the han
dies were much smaller than
have been used on most of the
bags. This bag also had that
great virtue of opening wide, so
that you could see its contents
at one glance. Indeed, when ]
think Of it, that wide-opening
virtue seems to be the feature
of almost all Of the new bags,
for there was one with a round
ed top, Outbound, with gilt
guimpe handles, beautifully
lined, that opened so splendidly
that snap fasteners were used
to hold it closed.
Still another cretonne bag |
was a regular service bag, with
stiff sides, handbag-top, with
leather strap fastener end leath-
er handles. A most substantial
bag, ready for almost any bag
service.
l just can't begin to tell you
how many styles and color COM
binations there were in the ere
tonne bags, but if you will take
the Eleventh street elevator to
the second floor you will almost
think that you have wandered
into a flower garden Of old
fashioned posies, for there is
not a single bag that is not a
riot of color.
On, yes; / forgot to tell you
about a silk bag that is quite
hong and narrow, and boasts a
wide band of colored embroid
cry across its top, and is weight
ed by an extra large and gor-
geous tassel. One woman shop
per called it "The parachute
bag" and that was really a very |
good name for it.
There was a most warlike,
"doing-my-bit" bag of khaki
colored cloth, with a red cross
on the side, and any number of
shaped bags, with the bottom
made of old-time looking (but
really most modern) crash,
stenciled in birds and flowers.
l do hope that a certain snowy
haired grandmother that l have
in mind will buy the one that
was shaped like a quaint basket,
stenciled in quainter nosegays,
and topped with a green frill.
Somehow it just seemed to have
been made for a dear old lady
with her little black bonnet tied
under her chin in 4 prim little
bow.
On the Liberty counter there
were two bags that any woman
would covet, no matter how
many more she had. One is
called, l think, the BETTY BAG,
and is made of what looks like
a heavy crocheted purple silk
ribbon, with a design worked
around, border-like, in white
silk; the other was of deep blue
satin, with two huge roses in
shades of pink and rose forming
each side, which seemed just
made for a slipper bag, worthy
of being carried to the merriest
party.
Then there were bags that
looked exactly like the hand
woven silk rag rugs, and they
were in such lovely colors! I
really don't know that they
were actually intended for little
girls to carry their books to
school in. but believe that any
little girl would like to have
one, especially when the spring
days come and she puts on her
fresh Bingham frocks.
So, you see, these bags are
made for women of all ages, and
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