Show building trunks for flying 17 machines probably the biggest trunks ever built are four our which bew wew were made to order about a year ago by a new manufacturer and which were designed to carry aeroplanes aero planes there were two of these flying machines both monoplanes and to carry them there were built four giant trunks a trunk tor for each flying ma chine body one trunk in which the four wings each divided into two parts were packed and a fourth trunk in which were stowed tour four pro bellers each of the body trunks Is 36 feet long by about 45 inches square the trunk for the wings is 25 feet long and 12 feet broad at one end and 9 feet broad at the other while the the trunk for the propellers Is 9 feet long these tremendous trunks are finished outside in the usual fash on canvas covered with metallic trimmings they are so strengthened and trussed as to enable them to stand the strains to which they are likely to be subjected in use of course no that ever lived could sling those trunks around and in fact the body trunks cant can t be got into an ordinary side door car and have to be transported in end door freight cars the trunks have been at least once to the pacific coast and so far under the stress of handling and travel they have stood up well very likely these are the only aeroplane trunks ever built but there are made to order many trunks for many odd uses theatrical trunks built to order are designed to stand wear end and they do besides trunks for the theatrical theatric il pro bession generally there are many special trunks made to contain apparatus used in special acts by stage performers performer and there are buit bui t also trunks for traveling musicians for orchestra play ers or for vaudeville vau leville performers perhaps the most extraordinary of all inspru ment trual s is the harp trunk which Is not only of great size but also of peculiar shape another big and remarkable trunk is that made for the carrying of a bass viol this trunk like chat hat to fo the harp is made to conform to the shape of the instrument A bass viol trunk Is 6 feet in length smaller trunks of the same style are made for cellos many brass instruments are carried by hand in specially made holders but brass instruments are also carried about in trunks specially made for them the player of a big bass horn for in stance may I 1 ave a trunk especially built for it this would be a big trunk in shape and proper eions of a convention trunk type but inside there is formed a padded and plush lined deep pocket shaped everywhere perfectly to fit the inspru ment in all its varying dimensions including the big bell a pocket into which the mg big horn fits fiti snugly and in which it rides safely there may be brass instrument trunks in which several horns of smaller sizes ma may be securely stowed the xylophone player aly may have a trunk the xylophone when played rests on a table and the player wants a table that in every way just suits him he ile Is likely to have a table with fold ing legs or with detachable legs and if he travels he has a trunk into which the dismounted table and the instrument can be safely packed there are vaudeville players who play perhaps halt half a dozen instruments of widely diverse char acter and who may have a trunk built to contain them all the violin player may have construct ed in hac traN traveling eling trunk a special compartment compa rement for bis his violin |