Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1911 — HANDBAGS OF EVERY STRIPE [ARTICLE]

HANDBAGS OF EVERY STRIPE

Good Point About the Newest Is That They Can Be Made to Match . the Costume. The separate handbag is flat, suspended on a cord and of fabric that Is delightful In its newness and in the possibility of matching costumes with which it is worn at small cost. That is the hopeful message of fashion’s mandate. You can make most of the fabric handbags. > » ’ There’s a tapestry bag with a pointed flap that is called an “envelope bag.” Its edges are bound with linen tape or gilt galloon, and it fastens either by a button and loop or by a patent clasp that can be bought at any notion counter.

Linen bags can be made of odd scraps of goods left from your frocks. There is no reason why you should not have *a little handbag to match every summer street dress. The shapes can be oblong, square, circular, oval. Drawing-strings of cotton cord are easily run through casings or crocheted rings on the outside. Hand embroidery can be added to the top surface of a bag. Soutache braiding Is another effective way. The fabric bags can be finished with metal tops If you wish, but the other method la just as good and a little easier for the maker.