Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-12
RECEPTIONS IN FuRs.
MEASURES Being Taken in Ionoo" 10
Stop Frauds-sea'skin c'0aks
That are Not Seal.

IF Commerce, IN coiJu-ieti9h
0s' ...;ors, association have been dl-
x ottention to the mlSnamlhS u
,o,ufa ctured furs. and nave
-a;,ting cut tc, drapers tnd o'helS con.
o5 that incorrect designations oi
the kiad are illegal under the Aae'c''a''-
ITO marks act Of 1881 \ 1uf'he1
hoc this week been taken III pflhs-
40 question under the wider ne
of the general pubnc, and re-
voc been put forward that any
case of misrepI esen(atlSh
AZ he reported to the Chamber he
'ooss which has attended the et-
taken to prevent cotton belhe
aysed 80 off as linen, the result OF clfi
lions and fines, leads those engage
nresent crusade to think that
.-,ia,= =vindication of tha#laW W-8Ia
'--' ,.or less beneficial With regard te
~ There is probably no trade at
49,. ,irne in which there is more DE-
.n+;on oracticed, and case IN poi
80. he cited of a coat which Va -
Is5= fer sale and con@pieQoHsj> .aa.
4r.5 Real Alaska seals&in. Pff9e =
.-,...,.zas An expert %H9 sa@.z
moving that this W2s -a555=zs!h.
-. resent value OF genuine -ea.-a=.z
As.rad 10 purchase il, asIs .".=ss
roi7 down sufficient ias55i#sas s.-=a
~.sfi1ufe a sale. bUt .arel. II s-e ..az
.,o vaD5er. finding H.
with oae possessed Of ee4f s4a1 a.-s
aool;aea 10 complete t19 5.z.-s"t.
matter of fac. il #4s zz..E ~
,r;a so treated 6E full.4s as ..sy.s.-
.. "a deceive any say@ .s9s- a35te=
tieal eyes.
The ordinary baEer ia .1sea
= ,6z extent to which n.5z1# #4eeseata-
item 5s carried oa. sable especially
trao9snty described wr4Hs#H. though
here +. is particularly 6fais=tt to d
fine the precise stage Al witch this
might be said to begin. The trade II
spIf understands the exact gfadatiohs
u value between titch. japanese and
canadian sables. aad baum af9a stone
marten before til + eriess rite Rus
sian sable is reached I'D belong
10 the same famils in na.aeal- history
and it is tempting 10 the uE.sefa2dlons
dea1er to pass off the inferior types as
tho hest. 4 wholesale dealer of vast
experience AYERS mat English" men
nossess nothing Hke the Judgment OF
American or French ladies with re
gard to furs. nor will they pay the
same prices for the best. and he points
10 sable as an illustration. At the
nresent moment in London quite sec
ond rate Russian sables are fetrhlhe
TO 10 pounds per skin. Two OF 'llree'
at least would be needed for nun
r stole, and the idea OF paying per
haps, 130 pounds for such accessories
seems out of all proportion bN' DIS
"Russian sable is the accepted e'i
,orion tho cheaper sorts are topped
and dyed and labeled as sueh' anu ''''
customer who is paying perhaps -
ronnds believes she has got real SKINS.
Even the absolute lml'alloh' ""'9t'
bears the perhaps sufficiently se'i'eA5
nIsnatory name in the manufacturing
trade of hare sable. Is oite" P'".S'
hoforo tho Gust nIer as sable half'
uaro is the basis of numerous fafs
tina, are sold as one or other oil 'as
varieties Of fox whether white, slnot-
cd or celestial 4 few years ago II
VS. held 10 be rroof positive '"a9
s..in was genuine if an occasional
white hair could he seen IN ~ '9s
rna.o ara now very deltIy inserted.
ana ~siIverel fox is It's aes' p. ''i ~
rbo trne silver fox is the Fafes' O.. ~
skins. and fetehes even n'sae' Tbo
than the famous sea o2ss "a, toll.
Wholesale dealers in London sun .@a 3aa
Of a sensation in their midst some , 'So
and a half years ag-' WY" a+ opc-
u5ely perfect skin was put put up aaanas a. @' #
t;aa , ana - hroaght nearly 600 POUNDS. .,.' !,
was taken to America inoaH ,;n,a+o,v
1;a,,,onM @as 'aHe, ewes and found ultimately a
h,r hnyer at 900 pounds. What It's IS "'.'1,f is Of
"SlNGI Iva
course, the gray Canadian ast1v le1