1.   In general, the more bags the ladies carry the better organised they are to cope with life on the streets.

2.   A friend said that Rubens carried Titian in his mind as a lady carries her beloved in her heart.

3.   Perhaps it has to do with small shovels little old ladies carry when they walk their poodles.

4.   Well-dressed ladies carry their favorite breed -- the Pekinese, naturally -- in their arms on an evening stroll.

5.   Young Victorian ladies even carried code books and flower dictionaries to decipher their flowers.