The Jersey City news., 1899-12-16

and rugs annually sent out fyen txls
place was teld that the house had done
! over &ag. .e0O, 100 Of bzsiassa. bat whether
/ in one year or dariRs the whole time
canRet Fernesnber.
! / felAegFea a sealskin sack clear
| through LIS travels from the saScellsr to
/ the top Eser. 1t Vas IN thsse separate
| skins aaEa thsre. Il wss measured en-
/ the top Aeer % a 6g1re and Iasd Sat Up
sids deva and Gas By q psstssa hy EaeaRs
! sf a Qassr shaped knife a. aAarp az a
! razer aaA witAaat a kaA&ls. TAsR the
| far was stysssAs3 wet en boards BY hun
dreds Of ptxE After that It was gawed
! carefully, aad the sssas katteuee wet.
The whole was thsn lined With buekram
! in places where strength was necessary
and wadded hare and there little. Fhe
collar was sewed on. The sleeves came
next.
The whole was then put on the model
! and carefully examined for defects. Then
it was 6nalJ lined with rich sain.
1t is a miatake to tkiEk that the best
saalskin garments csnaist of 8 lasss Of
patches cleverly matched. for il is not so.
1hare are practically no more pieces In
coat made here than In one OF cloth.
Cheap houses buy UP tho sesaps, and
these ara pseced together very skilfally,
and it is only when tha garment has been
worn awhile that the difference shows.
| saw about three quarters Of a yard
square Of dyed Persian lamb, and this
from the outside locked jast like the
whole piece. It he'd been sewed b.
the poor worker of the east side and
was purchased as 4 curiosity. Turned SO
+ko% ba do ffaaro
were literally thousands of piecss sewed
together, none over half an inch wide.
So, sister women, when dealer adYsr-
tises a standard fur at price SO low just
take look at the inside OF the fur or st
least feel along 70 And out IL it is Of one
piece or an ingenious piece Of patchwork.
There are tricks in au trades.
The salesYosm is as quiet as a parlor.
A few stuffed animals stand about, and
the glass cases ranged all around might
contain auul mics, SO still 1t Is, but of in
this corner or that stands zan or two
talking with some enc OF the salesmea,
and the result Of their conversation Is a
bale or two Of fne goods to go here or
thero.
The woman whe has Revor been In the
salesroom of big fur house Ike this has
missed something pleasant 10 remember
that is, II she has ss lively Sn magma
tion as l have Why, being alone, / can
instantly dless Eyself In one Of those
priceless sable eloaks. Etop out from the
opera into ny waiting carriage, draw up
one OF the luxurious great black hearSkin
robes over nay lap, reach my palatial
home, sit down In chair covered with a
soft white bearSljn and ppt my feet out
toward the ehasrfui IRE, resting them up
On superb tiger rug With farecious
head. couldn't have all that exquisite
pleasure had | not seen sll these furs and
learned their names and uses.
learned this also a good fur OF what
ever kind has q seft. elastic feel, silky
and flexible, ready to blow this way and
that down to tho very skiA A poor one,
one that viii net wear well and viii
break of, will be coarse, harsh and rough
and without that uyiRg feel which is not
to be mistaken. Some fuyrisrs ell the fur
to lend it apparent bRiliiaRce and soft
ness, but the clever buyer who reads this
win pass her hand down the fur and look
for traces of oil on her glove. If she Is
persuaded to buy after this, She deserves
to be deceived