Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
WHAT ABOUT
YOUR SUMMER
LUGGAGE?
, LEssEp 's 'he vornan N .Ns~.
, days wh, has ,n hand ,rupps

ID days wh, has 3u hand ,rurps
and 3ags and travelling Gaze. a
abundance ann condition adequate
carry her through thl7 time - hiv.
prices. FOR truiy prices haze rore ~
Tard in i"Rgaee ahoua ar1 srro',roeu
Tho kind ~ travelling e-,.fpman, 90
wlah simply leu't p, BE- h-d e~ae~,
as re fnJ 9 vas made n rgla,4
ana We Americans haea h4f ,,o r0,..-
else - DO rs yet 60 set 20 work man.
featuring substitute for H.
ono advantage ~ uan- oerrors
about ne si'u7'lon .s mat tfers ~.
fe"er ,9oatioug and iese pfaa~,i-.
iauuting rowa1svs. ~ one 7aedr iev
luggage. Cu tho other hand. wher ..
n travel we feel .ic 9ee1 ~ har1 ~
gage because ~ me delays ~g ~
oarRoes THAT hesct the axprcsafrg erf
tranEferfng ~ TRUNKS
More than ono woman y-fHtf~7
economic has searched .ho srr-r
7ir fpr Inexpensive haze are y, my.
f7an 0n" occasion bn F. v,hieye-s9 tr
en- - tho search raH been n sr-r
rather better sort ~ yar- -hop -rhor.
one sometime finds really ere~lloy
iHggage only rlIgh.y 84ed A. -efrcea
prices ~ course y vou KIT : bsp
trunk from such source rgl sve,;'d
"nn' to make sure that 81 y.aa " o-'rre
condition inside ma y.u would bro.
aoiy also wish - take fho preoaItiy,r
~ f1m ig7tlng e thoroughly ~ aard e-
in" effects az any -ontagIpr tha. 0ra
always fears may We urlClrr ahqr.
second hand property But even %
rather doubtful method cf Rattir.-
around the situation may to+ aeip ,a
ont for there has been 4 pretty ger
ersl wedding ont n tho good and on
slightly worn pieces
once rs associated v'-rsr En..
cases and luggage generally rifh .,sf
nF g"ntlli't unt with actHal r0var-
but ~ late nis - IN gyage ..
come uO hota iu Our estimation and
price. NAM persons prefer ~
count ~ its uEhfnaas Reallv .ros,
Tent finish and workmanship ara -
.'ind IN some ~ 'ie piscev ana n fas
5@en generally coming into --a -as
n things aristocrat.c among .zpag
There : p certain kind ~ Rand ...
SaRe made ~ stout brown va.arr-r.
canvas BOUND rith aeavv v gskin
other .ea'her strips taa- ! ra-7- voc
ooking md a. 2 matter N rac. rsa
-afher better ,hau most au-learh4-
i9gage. u !s made .n England aov
efer and 4. .s very d!flcu!t "a obtaa
AZ me present tlme
For general transportation plrposes
the so-caAed packing t-tlak .sed Is +.
Used 2 good deaA. Ii Has csefg. ~
packing aendlns o.anze.a, looks an
'ab.e Enen. and We aad sev sue.
trunks On hand 20 Use ln shipping
belongings from town house - courtr-.
ana from country house back - ths
city again. Now n most places pack
ing trunks are = thing II the past.
n place of The packing trunk some
people have adopted large REINFORCED
wicker hampers that are 5raced Wit
steel and fitted with su5stantias lock-.
Sometimes they are atcea with water
proof covers OF heavy brown nater.a
out with or without suca covers the
nave little advantage as 10 price over
any other kind of packing contrap
ton.
To get around ne situation sone
people have actually gone 20 local car
penters ana cabinet makers % hav-
nicely fitted wooden boxes made wiz
neat hinges and locks They are 10.
unlike the kind of boxes that one some
TIMES sees used for shipping thestrica.
properties. = added % good work
mAnship such a box IS treated %
good coat ~ blue or green or era
paint and marked with the owners in
it!a4s It IS really nothing ID - asham
ed Of As wartime substitute so-
leather or other conventional .uggage
Needless TO say. We have grown ac-
customed 20 seeing women carry!nz
cretonne bags OF immense proportions
Nominally these ars knitting bags. bu-
not infreQuenuy they are Used n place
or the leather overnight bag, and bs
cause they are very Nght and no .onge
conspicuous, they make very gool
bag for this purpose.
A generation or more ago rone-
used 10 carry -helr snawls ana otne
apparel N home made rolls oe hea,-
linen or other fabric. Ever cleve
woman could contrivs pattern so
such roll -ase. Usually they were
bound OFT neatly with braid and some
times the initials os the owner We're
eiaoora5ely embroidered oa one sid..
sometimes they were fitted with
leather strap set iu the goods ana
somet .mes they We're used colusc
ton with 8 shawl strap -that iad.-
spensiole accessory og travel IN grand
mothers day.
L would not 5e BIZ surpr sing !.
the art of making luggage cases 81 thi~
sort were revived. Any clever wona.
might contrive a pattern for rou-
shaped case that could be made frou
heavy Waterproof fabric ana bounl
with stout linen braid Who knows.
but that inspired by the example os
our soldiers and sailors We shall be
going about with all our travelling par
aphernalia packed up IN q blue denim
kit bag fastened firmly hut s.mp,y BY
6notted piece of rope After all. out
IDEAS about suitable and unsuitable
luggage are largely an cutgrowth ~ ar
aNtravagant era, and doubtless most ~
our anscestors wended their wa
across the ocean as the land o. prom
se with their worldly effects packed ~
? wooden chest or mayhap tied IN a
arge bandana or so.