What kind of handbag will yoy carry this spring? This will be 2 difficult question to answer if you 'e seen some of the many sug: gestions which Paris and London make, At the British Industries Fair the Queen examined some of the new suede, top opening handbags in pastel colourings and ordered three in pale green, blue and beige. Queen Mary was interested in the new suede, which is being used for this purpose and is specially treated to make the dye fast, Paris bag designers are evidently prepared for women to carry all their possessions about with them and the latest novelty is a combination of two bags, one large and comfortably fitted to hold papers. cigar-eftes, etc., etc, while the smaller one holds one's money and is fastened on the opposite end of the handle. Two circular bags of brown leather joined with a heavy leather chain which allows them to be car over the arm, or square kmipsack bags are shown in pairs.
Flat antelope bags are made with Outside pockets lined in a contrasting colour and some of them have broad handles of soft leather which look like ribbons over the arm.
Other new bags are made to represent big rosettes and are carried on the arm like shields. Novelty bags for the height of the summer include pochettes of straw lined with coloured pique, and for real beach use there are miniature &addle-bags to sling over the arm, made of linen or pique with commodious and bead-embroidered pockets.
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