Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1913 — Bags of Silk and Beads. [ARTICLE]

Bags of Silk and Beads.

A new sort of handbag is shown for use with street suits. It is made of silk and beads, and at first sight seems too fragile for street wear. But It proves to be useful and durable, as well as very attractive. These bags are made in several shapes, but all are small and the colors are generally in neutral tones. One bag of gray is six-sided, each panel or side ending In a point. The six points are joined to form the tip of the bag. Another bag of soft, dull yellow is four-sided, and the four sides are cut diagonally at the bottom and mitered together. Still other bags have three or two sides.

All of them havp chain handles of gold or silver beads, and are decorated with a two-inch band of the beads applied about half way from the top to the bottom. Below this band hangs a two or three inch fringe of beads, gold and silver used together.