The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-11-12
TManamahsr's.



sands of you have your furs in
storage here. When you want
them got out, please drop us a
line a day beforehand.
Second: Now and then a
woman has a real desire to see
how furs are cut and worked
and sewed into garments. Once
we invited you to visit the fur
work-room. That proved too
great a tax. We had to with
draw the invitation. But, if one
really has occasion to go to the
work-room and will bear the un-
pleasant smells for the sake of
the information, we are glad to
take her up. 1t is on the fourth
floor of 1901 Chestnut, next the
roof. There are forty men and
women, machines and hand-work,
steaming and stewing till ten
O'Clock at night. Ventilation
enough to carry off the smells is
out Of the question. The higher
up you go in this building the
denser the population.
The most useful garments are
coats, seal coats. We say this
with due regard to the fashion.
1t is not a mere practical state
ment Nine out of ten buy
coats. Coat styles are two
no trimming on either: The old
straight front with wider skirt
than formerly, rolling collar
which buttons close in the neck
on occasion the English style,
which is snug all over, close in
the body, close in the collar.
Both are SO to 46 inches long.
$I25 to $3.50.
For your better understand
ing ofwhat we are doing in furs
all through we ought to say
this We use more skins for a
coat than furriers commonly
use. There are two ways Of
making a coat aside from choos-
ing the skins. One is to cut
them economically; the other is
to cut them extravagantly. One
results in a coat of varying fur;
the other is uniform all over.
Of course we make what you
want us to make and we make
it as you want US to make it.
But, in the absence of special
agreement the other way, we
make our furs with a generosity
rare among furriers. Nobody
knows how much this means
but a furrier. Nobody sees the
whole effect on garment. In
deed the effect may be in the
skin and not in the fur at all
invisible. Fur work is full of
chances to do or not do. 1t is
very largely a matter of conf
dence. Nobody not an expert
can Judge it even approximately.
We do not ask you to judge it.
That would be a pretence that
you could. We make it such
that you can in part. Beyond
what you see in our work it is
such as you see on the surface.
That is what we mean when we
say 1t is done upon honor all
through.
Seal walking-jackets, perfectly
plain, not a bit Of decoration of
any sort not even a cuff or a
button in sight, close-htting
small sleeves, snug standing
collar, "a to 26 inches long
there is not much of it, but
what there is must be the finest
of fur-SI25.
Long seal dolmans, ulsters
and newmarkets, trimmed with
black or natural beaver, black
lynx, black marten or monkey,
are worn but little. We keep
a sample garment Of frequent
styles and only make to order.
$3.50 to $3.50; more for extreme
sizes.
Visites and other wraps are
seal or persianer, which latter
means a certain sort of lamb
skin that comes to us from Rus
sia--we presume it is Persian
a very good skin with pretty
curly black short hair. The
shapes are. many and various
the trimming, natural beaver and
black, black lynx, black marten
and balls and drops and fringes
of seal. 500 to S225. No
tails on fine fur garments.
Fur-lined circulars, same as
heretofore, except they have
dropped to the role Of carriage
wraps. They are very plain.
| Sicilian silk with hare collar and
edge down front and lined with
hemster, squirrel, squirrel-back
and mink sable {; $40 to 500,
Now and then a raglan, SIS to
I$I75,
We stop at tur wraps today.
1903 chestnut
Silk seal-plush wraps SIS up
coats S23 up; ulsters $40 up
and raglans $50 up.
1901 Chestnut second floor. Take car.