' TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, MAY 3. 1908.
Pocketbook Is Important Accessory to Fashionable Costume
Wrist Bags That Also Serve as Portable Toilet Cases Combine Beauty and Elegance of Design With Utility
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MORE than ever before the pocket
book Is to be an Important acces
sory to the fashionable costume
during the coming season. Time was
when the pocketbook was a tiny, imprac
ticable affair, shaped to hold small
change and a 'few visiting cards, and
carried in the palm of the hand; in those
times there were many lost and mis
placed pocketbooks, for if milady but
loosened her grasp for a moment. Cue
better to match a sample in a shop, or
for any other convenience, the pocket
book stood a fair chance of getting left
behind. To carry any considerable sum
of money about in such a pocketbook
meant a v continued mental strain and
worry, , particularly for the absent
minded woman.
Going even further bafik Into the hls.
tory of the pocketbook -Involves going
Into Die history of the now all but ex
tlnot pocket itself, for the grandmothers
and great-grandmothers of -the present
generation combined the two, having spe
cial' pockets placed In the linings of their
skirts for the reception of small change,
powder-puffs and such other trifles so
all-important to femininity ever since
the evolution from fig-leaf days.
With the coming of the streetcar, how
ever, and the attendant necessity of
swift delving after nickels, the coin
pocket Ib the underskirt, and even the
long, bag-like affairs that used t.0 be
, .swung Into the placket seam and distress
all observers by an aptitude for yawning
; open unplcturesquely, began to wane in
popularity. Women turned to larger
: pocketbooks and began to eliminate the
, pocket itself, which had formerly been
burdened with handkerchiefs, memor
anda, market lists and everything else
except actual coin, which was religiously
carried in the purse.
Out of the combination purse and card
" case grew various forms of the enlarged
pocketbook and then there followed
(strange that so obvious a convenience
had not been thought of before) the
wrist-bag and pocketbook with loop han
dles to slip over the wrist. In this form
femininity has solved the problem of
the pocketbook and portable toilet-case,
combining beauty and elegance of design
with praotlcal, common-sense utility. It
has only remained, for the past few sea
sons, for the manufacturers to produce
novelties and variations of design, all
fashioned after the same general plan
and this season the offerings seSm to
have reached the very height of artistlo
beauty and practical convenience.
From the extensive stock of a local es
tablishment, which carries the most ex
clusive things In leather goods. The Ore
gonian has selected the "leaders" which
are scheduled for the coming Spring and
Summer, the pictures being shown above.
Quite the newest thing out. and as an
Illustration of how far the pocketbook
and wrist-bag may go In point of size,
is the big, cavernous motor car bag of
patent leather, shown in No. 8. The In
terior, which s lined with the sofeat
and finest of chamois, has numerous
compartments Into which are fitted a
complete toilet-case, with Inside pockets
for card-case and purse, whicb are
shown separately from the bag. With
such a well-equipped handbag the fair
motorist need have no fear of wind
blown hair, dust-grimed complexion or
other casualties to personal appearance
attendant upon a brisk spin to country
place or other social rendezvous; besides,
with the loops of this smart bag swung
from the gauntlet of her motor glove,
she has the satisfaction of knowing her
self to be the possessor of the very new
est and most swagger of motor accessor
ies. The most distinctive feature of the new
pocketbooks and handbags Is the metal
handle. The smartest articles are of the
very finest leathers, such as pig-skin
and -elephant-hide, with rings or circling
handles of fine metals. Two of the
"leaders' are shown in No. 2 and No. 7,
the first of which is a seal leather bag
of golden brown tone, with ring handles
of gold.' These handles are large enough
to slip comfortably over the wrist and
the bag Itself Is large and commodious,
with compartments and lining in heavy,
prettily-toned silk. No. 7 is of elephant's
hide, in the peculiar blue-gray tone,
with fittings and clasps of gold and
hand-made gold scroll. Types of these
bags may be had at any figure from $15
to $50, and If one desires to spend more,
gold monograms will bring the price up
a few notches.
No. 4 is a beautiful design of pig-skin,
with purple linings in the flaps 'and
gold handles and clasps. This style of
pocketbook hovers around the, $35 mark.
. A dainty little novelty bag Is that
shown in No. 1, which is of fine leather
plaited fine and with strong stitchings.
One of the prettiest novelties in stamped
leather Is shown in No. 6: the leather Is
In a sea-green tone, with' raised' leaves
in dark green. That the patent leather
bag is still In the running and appears
in the new styles Is illustrated In No. 5.
With simple gold clasp and Its always
dressy appearance, the patent leather
bag Is certain of a goodly share of popu
larity. No. S shows a smart bag of alligator
skin, of generous size, and with another
variety of metal handle.
EPWORTH LEAGUE DESIRES NO
CHANGE IN AMUSEMENT BAN
Young People Society of Methodi3t Church Satisfied to Let Paragraph
of Discipline Stand.
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Rev. J. V. McDougall.
NO change in the paragraph on
"worldly amusements" in the dis
cipline of the Methodist Episcopal
Church Is desired by a large number of
members of the Epworth- League, the
young people's organization of the de
nomination, in the Oregon Conference.
A petition, bearing more than 900 names,
and representing numerous chapters
throughout the four districts in the con
ference, has been secured by Sunnyside
'chapter. This document will be for
warded to Baltimore tomorrow and will
be presented to the General Conference
by Rev. J. W. McDougall. one of the
delegates from the Oregon Conference.
While the Portland Methodist Min
tpterlnl Association went on record as
desiring only sufficient ' alteration to
'eliminate the specification of certain
.forms of, amusements forbidden by the,
.discipline., the members of the Epworth
League signed up more than 900 strong
against aiiy change whatever, and pe
titioning the General Conference to re
tain the paragraph Intact.
The poUUona to the General Confer-
ence were prepared and circulated by a
special committee of Sunnyside Chapter
of the Epworth League, composed of
Hugh C. Krum, Carl J. Hollingworth and
Letitia Densem, and required a large
amount of work. In addition to seeking
from each chapter in the Oregon Con
ference signatures to' the petition, the
committee laid . the matter before the
I Portland Methodist Ministerial Associ
ation, with the request that favorable
action be taken. The ministers adopted
a resolution calling for a revision by the
General Conference, not to remove the
ban from "worldly amusements," but
simply to eliminate the specification of
the words "dancing, card-playing,
theater-going," etc.. now contained In
the paragraph. They held that It would
be wise to have this change made to
simplify matters,, as they stated that
there are forms .of amusements not
enumerated, but which are equally as
bad, and that a- general rule applying to
all harmful pastimes should prevail.
The remarkable feature about the pe
tition secured by Sunnyside' Epworth
League chapter, however, is that the 900
members who signed it ask the General
Conference to make absolutely no
changes In the paragraph, fearing that
to alter It in the least degree would
create the Impression in the public mind
that the church has removed the ban.
POSTMASTERING
A PROFESSION
POSTMASTERS come and Postmas
ters go in the United States. It
used to be a political scandal, this turn
ing out of Postmasters when the other
party got into power or even when
another faction of the same party got
control of the Congressional District.
' Things are better now, we are told.
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name "KAYSER" you haye the
genuine, the kind that don't wear out
at the finger ends.'
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Efficiency counts in some cases. But
there is still a deal of shifting- around.
In Canada they do things differently.
When a postoffice Is established and a
postmaster appointed It is a pretty safe
guess that the office remains In the
same family. There are many changes
of government, but office-holders are
seldom disturbed.
The resultj has been that across the
Northern border postmastering, if one
may coin a word, has become a profes-
sion, like tre law and medicine. If, by
some mischance, a Canadian postmaster
should lose his Job, he would be hard
put to It to know what to do for a liv
ing, for he has been trained to but one
thing.
To take an example: When the Do.
minion of Canada assumed its present
political form the aot of union was
passed in 1867 the town of Monctan,
N. B., still had Its first postmaster, who
I had his patent, or whatever document
confirmed him In his office, direct from
the Queen of England. The Dominion
appointed him postmaciter, and he was
postmaster until his death.
But long before he died he trained
his son to the business of running a
postoffice, and his son naturally suc
ceeded him. That son Is the present
postmaster, and he Is growing gray in
the service. When he, too, passes out,
no doubt some other member of the
family will take up the work.
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