The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-29
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Fur capes ana eollarettes can be worn
without danger OF being spoiled at the
seaside.
A wet brush and quick drying will take
the salt water out of them.
Furrisrs renovate and clean fsrs ac-
cording te their texture. No general rule
is applicable.
Hot irons. hot sand and sawdust, benz
zine, naphtha, applications Of rattan or
hazelsticks, with elbow grease, al play
their part in cleaning n renovating.
Fur cloliaretses md. capes are best
taken care of when used in spring, sum
mer and fail. Winter garments are no.
where better taken care of than with the
party that makes a business 10 store
them. !
Moths do nor enjoy . diet Of cedarweod.
camphor, and other advertised nostrfiins,
but their presence does not spoil their
appetite for furs. A healthy rattan in the
hands of a healthy furrier means death %
moths and their larvae.
A little beating once a week improves
every fur article, after which a shaking
: will do well.
Dye furs should never be brushed by
inexperienced hands
From seaiskin newmarket a saean may
be made; this may be turned into 4 cape
and j jacket; these in turn may be turned
into Q collarette and q bolero jacket: these
can be converted into stylish and useful
seal scarfs, collar trimming, ETC., and vice
versa.
The swedes live in skins Of the eyder-
gans.
Thu Turks take heads and claws of
skins. f.
The Chinaman believes in the otter
The American factory girl buys furs(')
made of rubbish
American furs. Notwithstanding a pro-
tectiye duty. are the best made and the
cheapest in the world. German ~furriers
are considered the best wnrkmen; Swedes
anu Frenchnen the most artistic.
Seals are dyed in America as nicely as
abroad.
The American dye on Persian lamb is
equal to the European.
Expensive furs are often sent to Amer
lean dressers TO prepare from European
furriers.
Furs in America are sewn by machinery
only.
Furs are sewn together by means of a
lap seam. Indians sew furs in the wet
ASS ~ 4At&sl@ VL 9 AlP SSNAtA ~
side.
An ordinary long mink cape, which is
sold for about 500, is composed of about
1000 parts. Joined by seams about 600 feet
in length. The silk required to sew the
parts together Is ten times az long. Il
takes the furrier three days to cur and
the operator six days to sew. Before
completion it passes through any hands
Wolverias trimming. made to initiate
sable tails. costs to cut and sew $3.50 per
yard. one inch wide. material not in
Guided.
Furs, if properly taken care of, are in.
destructible. They retain their value
longer thar any article of woman's wear.
Cheap furs are as expensive as cheap
jewelry .
Nice furs eannot be mistaken
Stables have never been out of style.
Black fox skins are worth as much as
81. 300 a skin.
Natural kamschatka, or sea offers,
have been sold for $1,000 a skin.
Russian sable; of fine quality are easily
worth $500 a skin, or So a quare inch.
Crown sables are hardly ever aEowed
to leave Russian territory,
Sable tails runxfrom $50 to Sc. Their
tips are worth about $40 an ounce to
brushInakers.
The royal rhine skin costs about %
cents, and garments made of ermine are
expensive only because .arge numbers
are required. Ermine is worth but about
cents a square inch.
The most expensive furs are made and
worn in France.
Stables are the favorite furs in Russia.
Persian lamb is the fayorite in France.
England leans toward the different mar
tens.
The United States is addicted to seals.
South America loves the chinchilla.
Greeks favor the lynx.
The Germans like mink and skunk.
In an interesting article ON the subject
of .'La,es in the November "Weman's
Home Companion" Orlena L. Shackle-
ford, after giving the history of machine
made lace. goes on to say.
Handmade lace has a history far more
fascinating. Some have supposed that it
originated in Egypt. the land that gave
birth 70 nearly all the arts; but search
diligently as yon may and vol will never
discover in mummy's tomb, on sculptured
or painted wall. or in any archaeological
find whatever the pictorial or actual re-
mains Of This poetic tissue; neither is
there documentary evidence of its pres
ence there. Gauzes and nets, fine muslins
and exquisite aembroideries, fringes, knot
ted and plated, you may NEE. with fire.
Quentiy. but this fabric without a founda-
lion. this ethereal textile, named by the
Italians puncto in aria stitch in air), you
VIII never chance upon. Why? Because
it did not exist before the fifteenth CEN
fury; because it was Invented by the Eu-
ropeans wanans forming her contribution
to the Renaissance. and was nknow to
Orientals, who have even now no love for
IT'S pale perfection, and do NOT use it in
their costumes nor III household decora-
ton. It's lack Of color makes it u~nlovely
in their eyes.
"Fancifui. stories have been woven to
account for the invention of the art, and
the honor has been claimed by both Ven
ice and Flanders. Yet il did not at once
spring into being in full perfection. bur
was rather an evolution and came by
degrees.
In punto tagliato (cut point) <we first
perceive d cropping in its direction, for
with the piercings of white embroidery
we have a lighter effect. In drawn-work
fpunto tiratoj another step was gained,