Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1916 — In the Galaxy of Luxuries [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

In the Galaxy of Luxuries

One might as well try to count the stars as to tell of the innumerable styles in bags that have come to the front In fashion’s parade. They are here in anticipation of the holidays, and promise to entice more money out of shoppers than any other one article in a whole galaxy of luxurious things. They are expensive luxuries, but every one concedes their right to be. Handsome beaded bags, in which the background and decorations are entirely of smair beads, bring sometimes a hundred dollars; and twenty dollars is a modest price for this particular kind of bag. Others of velvet, embroidered with steel beads, range between five and twenty-five dollars, with few that are less. There are bags partly covered with bead patterns on satin, and many showing combinations of two fabrics, as velvet and brocade or velvet and satin. They are all made of rich materials, but It is the tedious handwork involved that brings the high price. The practiced needleworker who can do this for herself can save a surprisingly large part of the cosf of these sumptuous accessories. In the picture a bag and hat to match and two separate bags are shown. The hat has a wide brim of gold lace and a crown a piece of Paisley. The brim edge Is bound with seal, and a single peacock feather poses the glorious colorings of nature against a background I’icb enough to correspond with it. The ba# Is of Paisley with tassel of fur tied with a small bow of black satin ribbon like that In the hangers.

A fairly simple bag of black velvet and satin is wrought with a latticework pattern in small steel beads. Small apples, made of satin, are suspended at the bottom, set in a little frill of velvet. They are calculated to tempt the daughters of Eve into extravagance. A more elaborate bag is decorated with beads at- the top and bottom in wide border and lattice pattern, and a narrower pattern along the sides. It closes with steel rings, and a beaded hanger is strung through them.