Paper Bag Carrying Handle

In tying the ordinary paper bag, the string can be placed in the paper in such a way that it will form a handle to carry the package, and also prevent any leakage of the contents. The bag must be long enough for the end to fold over as shown in folowing figures:

Paper Bag Carrying Handle

Fig. 1. The folds are made over the string
Fig. 2. The string is then tied
Fig. 3, to form a handle

–Contributed by James M. Kane, Doylestown, Pa.

Source: Project Gutenberg’s The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1, by Popular Mechanics, Produced by Don Kostuch