Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1896 — BAGGAGE OF AMERICANS. [ARTICLE]

BAGGAGE OF AMERICANS.

Luxurious but Compact; and Suited Every Want. > M hile the Englishman traveling may have six or eight pieces of baggage, the American, who prefers to have his luggage in a compact form, may have but one. Instead of carrying his be r longings in a number of separate packages he puts them in a trunk in which there are separate compartments tor all necessary articles. In this trunk there is a place for his dressing gase and a place,for his silk hat alftl a place for his shoes. There are compartments for a dress suit and for ofher suits, and for shirts, and for upderwear, and places tor neckwear andpther articles. Such trunks are made of sole leather, of rawhide, and Of canvas, and of various sizes. t An American going on a journey of considerable extent and, "duration might get all he desired to carry into one such trunk. He would have a number of traveling bags to' meet different requirements, fihd he would have, also a small trunk for ‘use upon occasion; perhaps upon a yachting trip; though' he might carry aboard a yacht a bag or a larger trunk. For trips of a day or two. perhaps, into the country, he has a dress suit case. These cases are made nowadays of v.-.rious dimensions, some of them to hold a number of suits. Thera is one deep dress suit«case that has at one end a compartment for a silk hat; the sale of these Is increasing somewhat! but still it is small altogether, such a case being rather cumbersome. The s»n:tn going on a short trip where a high hat would be required, as, for instance, for a coaching party, would usually carry a hat case. Hat cases are made to, carry, besides a silk hat. a derby hat and a soft hat; and hat cases are made in tvhich two hats ntay “be carr silk hat and a pearl hat. as well as a derby and a soft hot—and such cases are not very much higher than an ordinary, hat ease, the additional room required for the added hat being not so great» as might seem necessary. , If he goes into hunting and fishing he has a hunting trunk made conveniently arranged to carry his shooting and fishing clothing and equipment, and with a compartment suitably fitted for his guns; his fishing rods are usually carried, however, in a sole leather case made especially for. that purpose.—New York Sun.'