The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Wear SealSkinS,
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New York.-The American govern
ment Is interested in the exploitation
Of sealskin. That is sentence preg-
nant with significance 1t means one
thing: TO HooveriZe on the other furs
: and use the kind which the Pacific
coast produces, writes a leading fash
lon correspondent.
1t is said that the dyes and the pre-
paration of fur for costume usage are
exceptionally good The story goes
that quite n degree of sharp irritation
has been caused among certain groups
of individuals concerning the dyeing
knowledge that st. Louis has made her
own. Whatever the outcome of the
Irritation, the fact remains that the
fur people say that women have moth
Ing to fear from the grade, the quality
or the coloration of the fur that will
bear the American label.
Everyone does not know the extra
ordinary situation which was develop
ed In the fur trade before the war
broke. The simplest piece of Ameri-
can peltry that an American girl wore
had probably made little journey half
around the world and was far more
Travelled than its possessor. You could
catch q coon in Georgia, send it to
London for preparation, across the
English channel to France to have
| style and finish put into 1t, then. from
port in France to an Atlantic port,
and finally journey 1t across the con-
] t. - -,
known and unknown, and sell it to an
American woman.
Such was the fate of piece of fur. |.
Today our peltry stays at home. We |
can catch coon In Georgia. an opos-
sum in Alabama, trap a mink in New |
England, get together all the cats and
rats the nation does not need, and turn
them out between st. Louis, New York,
Chicago and San Francisco into a mot
ley array of admirable furs.
Will Push Native Sealskins.
Fostering this condition is the Amer
lean government. Our native seal
skin will be pushed to the limit Of ex-
ploitatiOn as a fashionable fur, and
there is no reason for women to lnger
far behind tthe government in its de-
sire to have these skins sold in steady
fashion
The reason for the enthusiasm on
the part of the majority of women for
this soft and pliable fur, is its effect
upon the human face and figure. 1t is
attractive to flesh and bone
1t falls into supple folds; it brings out
the best in a complexion. RaccOon,
OposSum, skunk and all the other long
haired furs are stylish, one admits, but
they are not becoming. Silver foxes
are graceful enough in their undula-
tons and the hairs are soft enough to
keep wOman's face gentle and fem
mine, but when a stiff-haired fur is put
against the chin, the features are hard :
ened as though cold wind had passed /,
over them.
Paris is augmenting the use of seal q
skin. Capes are made with IS and 20 7
nch borders of it; skirts are made n
With floating panels of it lined with C.
'hitfOn; medieval cuiraSseS of heavy II
satin that show q CLINT of
ilk and metal in the design have long. +,
medieval sleeves of American sealskin q
which flare over the knuckles. o.
The seaiskin sacque will come back W
With the ostrich feather. These have
ways been associated in the minds f,
+ those who remember the days of old. =
fhen the height of bliss to q fashion n,
bic woman was summer in Sara h,
oga, a pair of drop solitaire earrings, in
short, untrimmed seaIskin sacque al
nd hat ornamented with two or
lore long, floating ostrich plumes. +o
The diamond earrings will not re- ~
lrn to fashion, but the ostrich feather ~
nd the sealskin coat will come out on nc
lie primrose path of fashion in the Of
lrly autumn. 60
The women of England and France -
lYe led the way. The ostrich plume ~