Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1910 — THE LATEST IN HANDBAGS [ARTICLE]

THE LATEST IN HANDBAGS

Novel and Varied Are the Designs That Are Now Being Shown In the Shops.

Here are some of the very newest things In the handbag line. A fitted bag for week-ends is of seal leather, with an overhanging box frame ten Inches wide. It is equipped with a leather pocketbook and seven toilet and manicure articles. The. Uning is of red leather and the frame ig in rose or green gold, with burnished metal pieces. A very exclusive and luxurious little bag is of blue cross-grain saffian leather with a frame of imitation ivory and a lining of blue moire. It han duplicate strap handles and an equips ment of change purse, cardcase and combined powder-puff pocket andi bevel mirror. There is a novelty unbreakable clasp. Still smaller, for afternoon use, is st green cross-grain saffian leather bag, five and one-half by six inches. IV has a gold-plated frame concealed between two flaps and flanked on each side by pockets. Duplicate strap han-> dies are again used here, and there come with the bag, in pockets beneath the outer front flap, a mirror. A, kid-lined powder-puff pocket and ■ slate with a gold pencil. Another bag of dark green co, nine inches wide, has a motherof pearl frame, held on by green bands. The lining is gray calfskin, with a, change purse, a powder-puff pocket and a mirror. The handle is so made as to fall flat against the bag when folded down. A bag with an overlapping box frame of German silver, one-half entering into the other like a box and its Udis of black walrus with black bag lining, and there are a vanity accessory and a coin purse. Red and blue cross-grain saffiew leather, suede, walrus and mottled or beaver calf are all in all the best choice for handbags this season.