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Show In ancient times, peo- - - -s - pie packing for a trip had to bundle up their be- -- C: - longings in bales and Tr2 i packages and cloth or - --J-P animal skin bags. These pr?--- were bulky and liable to N, rip open en route. ' ' c4 j . Even as late as the j x 1920s, most travelers 7" -iTV-r-rX used heavy metal trunks, 3 "Eifcflr.' expensive leather hags or : suitcases made of fabri- - coid that were not very (I 1 1 '- durable. Vulcanized fiber 'IImIu-- r , 1 suitcases on heavy steel - V'vVu ry i frames were supposed to lMlr -0 e s''rontf. but they were ') "-T1 no very good looking, y, "-iif (1 and if you wanted a - -ll Xj$y lightweight bag, it would j j ' Probably be of grass t-. matting. Today, however, a new iT 1 s'l," ' I'l'llJl kind of nylon is being " . h Vv, J" 'lb used for goft-sided lug- I ' 1 M J--k( 0' f gage. Tougher, lighter " " jf$f and more abrasion resis- t. fi2 lU-ifc-, A tant than canvas, it's x1 y called "Cordura" and -- " 1 made by Du Pont for the r fj-rm M - modern way of life. j- J |