The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-28
FORTUNES In FURS
An English Furrier Gives Some
Details OF High Prices
Cozss OF Fur That Cost 5000 A,esfol
Every Year to Sais tao Lascss
Exshior-ffnc Wardro6s az
Fur Worth $4,000.
spesleing Of the -, 600 fur COO. stolen

Speaking Of the 81, coo fur coat stolen
from Lady Warwick, IN connection
with her description of herself as a
splendid pauper" under the new Eng
/ lish tax laws, furrier says ~ the West
minister Budget;
AS matter of fact, $1,000 ~ a
I lady's fur coat is absolutely nothing
/ oct OF the way In our experience. O..
the contrary. ii is rather c low price fc-
/ fur coat of lady OF means aud OF
/ social position There are large. NUM-
+ bers 81 such ladies who wea- fur coats
/ OF about s4,7J0 to Just over 6, 600. and
now and again. not SO very rarely, We
make coat Up 20 $500"
what kind of fur are these coats
lined with?-
There are three kinds Of expensive
! fur-Russian sable. natural black fox
and sea otter. But il Is not the linine
only that makes coat extensive.
The trimming is another very valuable
often the most vaiuable--port. Take
set OF Russian sable tails; that alone
costs $4,000, nor is this surprising,
since we pay 800 for one tiny skin as
Ii comes TO us straight from Russia, in
an unprepared state
Then, what constitutes s,lch n seton
simply a plain front, collar ana
cuffs, and deep garniture round the
coat But remember how many tails
so to such n set, and remember, also
that this is the most beautiful fur tina,
could possibly DC had
= suppose coat like this lasts for>
ever?'
1t does last for many years. unless
Indies are careless with it But Ii Won
give them very hard wear and neglect
them. it Is only natural that they
should soon be spoilt.7
But what about changes IN fashion,
Is the 1000 fur coat worn whether ID
IS made fashionable or not?"
''Oh, no; great number Of these
coats come back 10 US every year to
be altered according to the latest
fashion"
Are your customers Of this class
very fastidious and troublesome about
these costly garments?-
''No, not ia the very least. on coarse.
there may be exceptions occasionally.
but, on tho whole, these ladies' are IA,
easier to please than many. They Aavs
confidence in us: they know that thu
firm would supply nothing but whas
was thoroughly good and genuine. II
Is the people who want an ancient scal>
skin jacket altered, or something q
that kind. who often prove tho most
troublesome. They seem to think that
we can put the fur back on tho animal
and turn it, from being VOTE and rot.
ten, into new material. We do aDv
thing which it Is possible 20 do; hut ID
turn cid fur into new Is beyund tina
limitation of even the cleverest fur,
ricr''
ITO return to tho splendid pauperss
far. What constitutes q complete
wardrobe OF furs2'
"A long coat, short one, perhaps a
third, trimmed with fur, and a uIufH
and cape Such a wardrobe Is worth
several thousands, and you would be-
surprised to know how many ladies'
have such wardrobe. They look upon
their fUrs as upon their Jewels, 10
seems. / know one customer of ours
whose wardrobe Of fur Is worth s95, zoo,
end only the other day we made coat
for 10000. and tho trimming FOR the
coat of another lady oost s3.0c0-
Then about fur coats for men. Ia
looks as If they were becoming moro
popular. Ia that SoY'
ia Is, indeed. Even six or seven
years ago Englishnen seemed ashamed
70 wear fur coats, and II you saw a unan
in such coat you sot him down 40
onco 70 DO either an actor, an artist q
6 foreigner. That Is no longer so. AZ
though thore are still good many men
who are Little shy about the matter.
They want fur coat, bat they don't
want IL 20 be recognized Is such. So
they have q Goa. lined with far, bat
they don't have fur collar or cuffs.
And since vc have made it for yesrs a
special feature 20 make fur coats "a. ia
Is quite possible for a MAJ 20 wear
overcoas that looixs exactly
Ike an ordinary orcrcoat.
''The majority Of men, however, do
not mind 10 being noticed that thee
wear fur coatA And why should thew
surely nzln who 9oes out 90 hss club
n 70 dinner at night, in eveniag dre-s,
Which Is much thinner than the cIoshe.,
% wears during The dag. requires . fur
Dat But meas coats srs far less ex.
'sDsive than lndies'. We mako Der,
p 70 $500 or q, 900, bat We also sell
God coats. lined with nausj1rat (vvhicF
; the best fur for wear, at 60. That
5 Our cheapest coat The average prscA
man pays ~ from $50 % GOO. but
here egzio the eollar and S1fYa sorrn
n important part Of the value"
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