People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1896 — Silk Poaches Go With the Gown. [ARTICLE]

Silk Poaches Go With the Gown.

Brocaded silk pouches, with a little fur animal’s head at the bottom, are the latest accessory to the fashionable woman’s evening toilet. The pouch closes at the top by ribbon drawstrings, and the wearer carries it by letting it swing from her arm, or she fastens it with a jeweled pin at her waist. There are long, narrow ponohes made purposely to hold the fan, and a variety of others in various shapes for the safe keeping of the handkerchief, bonbon box or powder puff. The pouches are a rather curious addition to the evening gown. They look best when carried with a costume trimmed with fur, in which case the little animal’s head is made of the same fur as that which trims the gown.