The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-27
sealskin I'd Is Waarers.


What sable and ermine were in the
sixteenth century, sealskin is in the
nineteenth. Perhaps the sealskin sacque
with which Christine Nilsson astOnishcd
the New York ton, three years ago, had
| considerable to do with making a per
feet 81 rage" of this fine and glossy tex
| ture And the sacque was indeed O
marvel, not merely for the quality o.
the pelt, but for the exquisite workman
ship of the manufacture A minutely
detailed description of the marvellous
garment was published ut the time b..
| Jennie June, Just as Agassiz would have
| sent to the French academy the classili-
/ cation OF q new South American plant
or Watson would have published the
altitude and periphery OF the latest
| planet. A sealskin sacque, 1t is proper
/ to remark, is the summit of a woman 5
ambition, the zenith of her earthly dc
sires. For this she lies awake o. nights
planning and plotting against cOntin
I gencies For this she will kiss her hus
band as sweetly as Fedelma kissed Do
Silva at C0rdOva, in George Eliot 8
g Spanish Gypsy" when first they said
they loved for this she viii give he,
husband solemn kiss, a luscious kiss,
a smacking kiss, reproaehful kiss, a
kiss such as Ganymede, when played bv
Nelson, gives Orlando when played by
O'Neil or a kiss like that which Sister
Gookins bestowed upon the unadultera-
ted word the night before election day,
when maiorities reckoned up on the
other side For this a woman will
caress, coax, bless, wheedle. denounce.
exhort, defame, implore, beseech, tor
ment, tease, and torture her husband
from a fortnight after the honeymoon
until the sealskin sacque is brought
home. For 5his she will dazzle his eyes
with smiles, and tear his eyes open with
objurgations. For this she will cover
his cheeks and lips and nose with sweet
salivariness until he VOWS he would not
have looked at Hebe and would have
scorned to taste nectar and for this
she will refuse to speak to him for a
month, including Sundays. Well she
may, too, for a sealsl1in saeque is n
source of unbounded delight, although
it is not thing of beauty forever. In
deed, it is frail and perishable, if one
be deceived by a dastardly dealer into
purchasing the American dyed pelt,
which will fade into wretched muskrat
before it is worn six months. An in
stance came, recently, to the reporters
knowledge in which a weL-known lady of
Chicago bought of a leesl dealer in good
standing, a sealskin muff, glossy, and
fine and fair to see; and before she had
carried the purchase three months, she
bore it with tears in her eyes to another
dealer to inquire what was the matter
with it. It's color was washing ont
under our temperate winter sun, as a
painted cheek under a sponge. Her
lips trembled with emotion, and as the
chivalrous furrier- counsel examined the
roots of the fur and tried the tension of
the pelt, the pearly drops fell from her
eyelashes as if she we're suffering acute
pain, aud was too proud to own it. But
when he said to her, Ny dear mad
anne, both yourself and your dealer
were deceived. 1t is not every eye can
detect the American from the English
dye. This is not an Oppenbeim"-she
placed her trembling elbows on the
counter, covered her face with her
hands, and sobbed aloud. The whole
store was touched. That dealer sold
her four hundred and seventy-five dol
lars worth of English sealskin within
half an hour, and, in addition to paying
the bill, her husband petted her during
the rest of the week, until her equani-
nifty was fully restored. It is a dread
full thing to be mistaken in sealslKin.
Paste diamonds are nothing to it.