Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1911 — WIDE CHOICE IN HANDBAGS [ARTICLE]

WIDE CHOICE IN HANDBAGS

Ail Designs and Materials Have the Sanction of Fashion This Season. The handbag is now the inseparable companion of woman. A beauty is made of sealskin with a gold top, the owner’s initials in gold adorning th 9 side that is generally presented to the gaze of the public. Oxidized silver is sometimes seen, but gold Is more favored. No longer is a handle of modest length allowed. Long- cords of leather or silk are supplied, occasionally several are plaited together, and finished where they Joih the bag with tassels. The black suede and the velvet bag also have their devotees, while leather worked in the Venetian manner is much in evidence. In Paris, and on the continent generally, great liking is evidenced for the bag of fairly modest proportions with long cords that are slung across the shoulder —In the same way as one carries field glasses—perhaps because this method displays its beauty to th« greatest advantage.