Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1916 — TOILET CASE FOR TRAVELER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TOILET CASE FOR TRAVELER

Adapted to Every Requirement Needed by Man Who Is Frequently Away Fr.om Home. This is a handy case that would form’ a most acceptable gift to prer pare for a man who has much traveling to do. It is designed to contain % military hair brush, razor, shaving brush and shaving papers. It is carried out in dark-colored art linen, lined with sateen and bound at the edges with narrow ribbon. The center portion is stiffened with a piece of strong cardboard, sewn in between the linen and the lining, and on the left there is a loop of broad white elastic, under which the hair brush may be slipped and held in place. On. the right of this there is a pocket for a razor, provided with a fold-over flap that fastens with a push

button. On the right of this again there is an, open pocket, bound at the edge with narrow ribbon, for the shaving brush, and below all this is a large pocket for the shaving papers. The case can be cut out entirely in one piece, and the portion that forms the pocket for the shaving papers folded over and sewn down at the sides. To close the case, the two side flaps are folded on to the center portion, then the large pocket folded upwards and the top flap folded downwards. To secure the case, the top flap is Tied on to the back of the pocket for the shaving papers. This is illustrated by the lower sketch, and the initials of the owner of the case might be worked where indicated.