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Show i Opera Bass of Gold Cloth. serted a wide ruche of gold or silver metal lace softem-d by an inner ruehing of some fairly good thread lace finishes the top f the bag, A dull gold braid or metnl lace is next put on, lordt-ring the bag all around and hiding the joinings, and at Ihe end is sewed a two or three inch gold fringe. One. large gold rose, or silver, as the case may be, placed on one side will give a still more hnished and more professional pro-fessional look to this bag. There is no limit to the possibilities for elaboration on an opera bag. A daiuty French print in a Utile frutuo of small pearl beads will show up attractively on one side agaiust lh gold background. Or instead of the prirlc a mirror is both useful use-ful and ornameulal. Somewhere on or iu an ois-ra bag there must be a bit of look-jug look-jug glass. If not ou one side, then on tho IhjiIoui of the bag. But if it is found ln-tieiilt ln-tieiilt to attach a mirror to the bag itself, then a tiny leather or paper bound mirror must be bought and covered with brocade or gold cloth or gilded before slipping into the bag. Eor u brocade- las silk braid and fringe may be used instead of gold or ailver tor talaris. Cord and frince enn now bn procured in every shade desired and 'u tho best quality of texture. Kibbon work embroidery is once more greatly in vogue, but not every girl is capable of this exquisite ex-quisite work. Instead oi this embroidery worked directly upon the material astonishingly as-tonishingly good effect csJi bo obtained with wreaths and festoons fojmcd of tire ribbons and silk flowers that can le bought by the yard and aypliqued on la any design desired. ALTOGETHER tho most attractive of the opera bags of this winter are , those fashioned from cloth of gold ! and cloth of silver. Lined with a gold I colored satin or silk and trimmed with gold lace, gold fnuge aud gold cord aud p' thaps flirt hc-r adorned with a large gold rose or Moral wreath, a bag of this material ma-terial in wonderfully effective. Opera bags nowadays arc made in all Conceivable sizes and shapes, some being large enough to hold purse, gloves, handkerchief, hand-kerchief, vanity box and several Other Mich "neceisitic-s"' of life, hifddcs the glasses, while others again are much smaller affairs, iu which Ihe glasses and perhaps powder box will just fit. Some are square, some are obloog, some are round in shape the maker is left free toj carry out her fancy and iu otue cases out of I en tin; size and shape of Ihe bag are dependent wholly upon the size and shape of a bit of material brought to light in the scrap box or discovered ou a bargain counter. The clever sewer seldom has to buy all new materials for auy pie-c of work she uudertakes, and in the urt of sewing the faculty of utilizing only what is directly at ha ml is by no means a minor part. It is easier, for example, to make s bag from a straight piece of ribbon or silk, but it is quite possible to obtain as good au effect by joining on three sides two twin pieces, the bottom seams belr disguised dis-guised by a gold or silken cord or a ruch-iDg ruch-iDg of gold or thread lace The gold bags can be formed of gold tissue ribbons just as well as from cloth of gold by the yard. A piece of the rib-bon rib-bon is first lined with silk, satin or ribbon of equal widi h aud length. This lining may be either of deep yellow or gray silk to tone exactly with the bag itself, or it may be of a colored satin which will harmonize har-monize with the opera coat or evening gown with which the bog is enrried. Wh.u the drawing blnngs have been iu |