The lovely Persian colors are among the most favored for bags as well as for feminine accessories of all kinds. The handsome bag illustrated shows the beautiful effects that may be evolved with Corti¬celli Persian Crochet Silk. Five colors, red, blue, black, green, and white, are woven together in this silk, from which may be fashioned Persian dress trimmings, collar and cuff sets, sashes, bands, etc., that, if purchased in the shops, would call for an exorbitant price but which may be made at home with little expense.
The bottom of this bag is made of the Persian crochet and the top is of Corticelli dress silk, black with a Persian stripe, shirred to the crochet with a narrow head¬ing. Green silk draw cords run through colored glass rings, and a ring and tassel finish the bottom of the bag. The model is unlined, and measures about 14 inches without the tassel.
Materials: Corticelli Crochet Silk, 2 balls Persian No. 1206, 1Y2 yards of green silk cord, 9 glass rings of different colors-amber, jade, red, blue, etc.; steel book No. 12.

Instructions: Ch. 3, make 9 s. c. into 2d chain, join, ch. 3.
2d row: Make 2 d. c. in each st., join.
3d and 4th rows: Same as 2d row.(Always ch. 3 after joining.)
5th and 6th rows: 1 d. c. in each stitch, join.
7th row: 1 d. c. in each of the first 3 st, 2 d. c. in the 4th, and repeat all around, join.
8th row: Same as 7th row.
9th row: Plain.
10th row: 1 d. c. in each of the first 3 st, 2 d. c. in next, repeat all around, join.
Repeat the last two rows until there are 200 stitches all around, then work 1 d. c. in each stitch, joining each row as before until there are 36 rows from bottom of bag. Break thread.

Top of Bag: Take piece of black silk with Persian
stripe, 12 inches deep and 28 inches around. Turn back the bottom of silk enough to make a ruffle one-half inch deep, shirr to fit top of bag, and fasten to the top of the crocheted part. Make two and one half inch hem at top.
At the bottom of this hem, on the outside, fasten eight small glass rings of different colors, and through these rings run the green cord. This will leave the heading extending about two inches above the rings. The bag should be about 18 inches in circumference on top of the crocheted part. Fasten the remaining glass ring to the bottom of the bag, and through this ring knot a heavy fringe of the Persian Crochet Silk. The draw cords are knotted at each end and fringed.

Abbreviations: Chain, ch. Slip Stitch, sl st.-Put needle, holding one loop, through work and draw thread through, and pull loop thus made through first loop. Single Crochet, s. c.-Put needle, holding one loop, through work and draw thread through, thread over and draw through two. Double Crochet, d. c.-Needle holding one loop, thread over, put needle into work and draw thread through, thread over and draw through two, thread over and draw through two.
Corticelli Color Card No. 15, showing all shades made in Corticelli Crochet and Knitting Silk (127 shades), may be purchased from your dealer or will be mailed direct on receipt of 20 cents.