St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
Capricious Tastes in Furs
Among the Dear La
dies
Make Fortunes 70. Some
Firms and Bankrupt
Others.
Dame Fashions Queer Freaks
in Outside Garments
for Ladies'

who found certain remedy and cure
for badness would have ait income at
FOR King. 1t is equally certain that any
furriers who could x ow. to an absolute
Certainty. just what fur the dear ladies' of
the fashionable world would take to and
wear the next season, could realize an
independents fortune. Sometimes some
one or more large concerns in the large
fashion eenters have made a lucky
guess for season or two, and laid the
basis of solid fortune; in some cases
this has taken wings later on by some
sudden caprice Of Dame Fash
ion. This has been season
when furriers. have been at their
wits ends to know what would be
the fur. Some predicted an immense
run OIL Mink and Stables. others pinned
their faith to blaek-dyed goods. and so
1t went. In shapes, collars. peierines,
capes and stOies. all were made. Sud-
denly Dame Fashion decreed that AS
trakhan (Which had been neglected ar.
tieie for many years. should be the
thing. Capes by the thousands we're
called for, dresses and hats were
trimmed with it. These who had stock
were temporarily happy, but this was
soon exhausted; thea prices went up;
agents were sent 60 Canada to buy I'D
all that could be got. and furriers were
all wild. Mink and Sable remained
neglected. and parties having large
stocks must suffer loss. Fortunately
this season Fars are generally FASH
ionable. and there has been a ready
sale for articles In Monkey. Black Mar
ten, Lynx. and also fair demand
for Beaver and Otter. Had the
winter been cold. the sale would
have been enormous On all kinds
of furs, and will be yet should
the weather turn cold and stay so. A
sudden freak in fashion such as the al
most complete stoppage in one season
of a demand for Fui-LiRed Garments,
after they had been In great demand
for four continuous years, proved the
ruin of many large Fur House. call
that gtitters is not gotd." and furriers
do not make any such money as people
commonly suppose. Some seasons are
good and others show a heavy loss.
One article In Fur is SO firmly fixed in
the ladies' hearts that all the efforts Of
Dame Fashion. combined with those of
plush manufacturers, have been unabte
to affect it. That Is Seatskin-nothing
takes its place; nothing combines as is
does utility and elegance. A good Seal
garment is good investment. One
should use great care in buying and
never attempt TO purchase this article
through dry goods house lied by
the idea that they could buy cheaper.
Really chnice furs are rarely found ia
such places at all, and cheap furs lin
quality are not cheap in the end. The
proper place to go is to so nB house that
makes business of furS alone. one that
possesses reputation for understand.
ing all about the goods they sell and
for telling the truth about them. In
this way only are you sure of good
seal or other fur garment, and IL you
buy one and it proves poor you can at<
ways get it made right, as such house
has so much at stake that tt can't
afford to do otherwise.
The people OF the Northwest have
such firm in Ransom & Horton, of ST
Paul-an oId-eStabiiShed house, with a
reputation for honest deaiing.a thorough
knowledge of their business, and an in1-
mense assortment to select from, and
they can take our word for it that
they will get reliable furs Gust as reps
resented and at prices lower than th6
same high-efass goods can be bought in
the East. Messrs. Ransom & H0rtor
are a house that in their line would be a
credit to any city, and there are few
firms that equal them In the amount or
quality of Furs carried. Special reduc-
lions in all FurS are being offered now
by them, and it may be to your adyan.
age to correspond with them if you wish
any Fdrs; or, if in st. Paul. don't fat
to call and see them, as their storo Is
welt WArth visit.