Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1918 — SHOPPING BAGS AND BASKETS [ARTICLE]

SHOPPING BAGS AND BASKETS

Spacious Carry-Alls Serve for Various Purposes, but Not Satisfactory .for Going to Market. Now that most of us carry more packages than we ever did .before, we are learning to use bags for shopping. Of course, in some places there are .city ordinances against carrying knitting bags into the shops. A good deal of shoplifting has been carried on under the protection of these capacious carry-alls. But, nevertheless, we find the big knitting bags a great convenience for the stowing of small parcels. When we go marketing most of us prefer a basket, and the shops show stout baskets, with handles by means of which they may be hung over the arm; and these are better for carrying spinach and peaches in them than is a knitting bag. They come in all sorts of prices. Of course, you can get a basket of suitable size for going marketing for $5, but you can also get one for $1 or so. It pays to get one that Ur stout and serviceable, with jointed handles, if possible—that is, handles that ■wing back and forth.