The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-11-22
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PHILADELPHIA, November IL.

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but, coming from an inter-
ested party, it has got to
bear its reason with it.
"Go to a furrier who un.
derstands furs: go to a
maker who understands
making; 60 to a seller who
has some stake in his busi-
ness; go to a merchant who
takes his share of the pecu.
liar risks that furs involve;
go to a man whose word is
as good as his bond"
y To understand furs is to
buy them raw, to watch them
through their several stages
ofpreparation, to judge them
in every state they undergo,
to know how to sort and
grade them when ready.
To make them is first to
know and then treat every
skin according to knowledge.
A seal is rarely caught with
a perfect skin. : A dozen de-
fects do not dishearten the
skilful cutter. If a perfect
garment we're only got out
of perfect skins, there'd be :
no perfect garments. Look
at the back of a sealskin
ready for lining, and learn
what the knife and the nee.
die have to do with the
smoothness, evenness, color,
apparent unity, Wilderness, of
the garment. It takes knowl-
edge and skill and diligent
faithfulness to guide that
knife and needle.
And the fit, the easy hang,
the draping. But in this land
of tailors and dressmakers
need we speak of fitting and
easy garments? And yet the
usual experience with furriers
is disappointing, Fur skins
are not SO easy to fit and hang
and drape as cloths. Expert
ence is less. There isn't
work enough to give expert
ence to many, even in the
largest cities. Furs are worn
by few; and most of the
few buy ready-made from the
wholesale shops (for "fur-
riers" generally buy their
garments readymade); and
readymade furs are very diff
ferent from readymade cloth
ing. Readymade may fit or
not fit; may drape or draw;
may be graceful or ugly.
But there is another sort
of reason for having furs
made for you. You've got
to trust the maker; and you'd
better trust a man you can
see and talk to, whose name
you can know, rather than
one behind a screen. The
wholesale maker is a man
behind a screen. You can't
get at him, if your fur goes
wrong.
There are qualities Of fur.
There are diferencesin skins.
The fur itself you can see
and guess at. The skin is
known to the maker who
sees both sides of it, handles
it, cuts it, sews it 1t may
be tough or tender, heavy
where it ought to be light, or
light where it ought to be
heavy. Nobody knows it
but the maker. Buy of the
maker then. Buy of the
man who has seen the back
of the skin.
But what if the maker
doesn't warrant his work?
Don't buy of that sort of a
maker. There are fur-mak-
ers that take the risk Of their
work. 1t is fair, in case Of
risk, that the man should
bear it who can avoid the
loss. That's the maker. 1t
is fair that he should bear
the risk of merchandise who
enjoys the profit. That's the
seller. 1t is fair for the
seller to make the buyer
secure.
The next thing is to see
that your suretyis sure.
There are sellers that war.
rant their goods more freely
than make good their defects.
1t is common in selling to
use smooth manners and
generous speech. 1t is COM
mon for merchants to be less
smooth and generous when
called on for damages.
We understand furs. Mr..
Freeland, our furrier, is we'll
enough known to be trusted;
too well to be praised.
We make our furs. Mr..
Freeland goes to London
and Leipzig for skins. Our
factory has grown to be the