Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1917 — USE FOR WAR WORK BAGS [ARTICLE]

USE FOR WAR WORK BAGS

Why Not Carry Small Parcels When Shopping Along With War Knitting. Enterprising merchants have discovered a new use foe, the war work bag, those picturesque reminders of our great-grandmothers’ stocking bag. Why not carry: small parcels when shopping along with war knitting and summer reading? If Dame Fashion \kill only help, the merchants feel sure they have found a cure for the petty delivery problem. Some,, are even ready to donate bags to the £ause. The omnipresent bags are made of Une cretonne, of wnich so many wonderful and suitable designs are now to be had. They are trimmed with gold gimp and the handles are Of'colored or gilt cord. They are lined with plain puteep. Then there are very lovely

taffeta bags, the same shape, trimmed with fancy ribbons and gold gimp, though they often cost no more than the cretonnes. s Bags intended primarily for light knitting and sewing or bandage rolls are In the shape of a red cross or are of red, white and blue ribbon, three of the arms of the cross forming prickets In which things may be carried. -