The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-04-13

lined with?"
..There are three kinds Of expensive
fur-Russian sable, natural black fox
and sea otter. But it Is mot the lining
only that makes . coat expensive
The trimming is another very valuable
often the most valuable-part. Take
set OF Russian sable tails; that alone
costs az, 1000, nor is this surprising,
since we pay e4oofor one tiny skin as
it comes to MS straight from Russia, in
an unprepared state. ~
"Thcn, what constitutes such set?"
'Simply : plain front, collar and
cuffs, and deep garniture round the
ooet. But remember how many tails
70 to such . set, and remember, also,
thst this Is the most beautiful fur that
could possibly b had"
II suppose coat like this lasts for
sver?n
..It does last for many years, unless
ladies ore careless with it. But If you
give them very hard wear and neglect
them, It is only natural that they
should soon be spoilt
ssBut what about changes In fashion,
Is the 5000 fur coat worn whether it
Is made fashionable or not?"
stOh, no; . great number Of these
coats come back to us every year to
be altered according to the latest
fashion," ~ s.
''Are your customers of this class
very fastidious and troublesome about
these costly garments?"
mo, not In the very least. OF course.
there may be exceptions occasionally,
but, on the whole, these ladies are far
easier to please than many. They have
confidence in us; they. know that the
Arm would supply nothing but what
was thoroughly good and genuine. 1t
Is the people who want an ancient seal
skin jacket altered, or something Of
that kind, who often prove the most
troublesome. They seem to think tf1nt
we can put the fur back on the animal,
md turn it, from being worn and rot
ten, into new material. We do any
thing which It Il possible to do; but to
turn old fur into new. is beyond the
limitation Of even the cleverest fur
r1er." ss4f
"To return to the splendid panpers'
fur. What constitutes complete
wardrobe of furs?" s 49,.
"a long coat, . short one, perhaps q
third, trimmed with fur, and . mum
and cape Such . wardrobe Is worth
several thousands, and you would be
surprised to know bow many ladies
have such q wardrobe. They look upon
their furs ss upon their jewels, It
seems. I know one customer of ours
whose wardrobe otfur is worth s75, 600,
and only the other day we made . coat
for 10000, and the trimming for the
coat Of another lady. cost $1,000
"Then abolt fur. coats for men. It
looks as Il they were becoming more
popular. Is that so7" 1900.
ut is, indeed. Even six Or seven
years ago Engfkhmen seemed ashamed
/ to wear fur coats, and II you saw man
in such . coat you. set him down at
once to be either an actor, an artist or
. foreigner That is no longer SO, al
though there are still good many men
who are 4 little shy about the matter.
They want fuf coat, Bat they don't
want Tito .be recognized - such. So
they have . coet lined with fur, but
they don't have = fur collar or cuffs.
+ And since we hare made It for years .
| special feature to make fur coats at, 1t
| i quits possible for = man to wear .
| fur-lned overcoAt that looks exactly
| lNeo N erdinary opercoat. Na
'.The majority Of men, however. do
mot mind It being noticed that they
wear fur coats. And Why should they7
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