The Jasper news., 1918-07-18

New York.-The American govern
ment Is interested in the exploitation
of sealskln. 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
ion correspondent.
1t Is said that the dyes and the pre-
paration of fur for costume usage are
exceptionally good. The story goes
that quite degree of sharp irritation
has been caused among certain groups
of individuals concerning the dyeing
knowledge that st. Louis has made he.
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 thai an American girl wore
had probably made little journey half
around the world and was far more
Travelled than It's posscssor. You could
catch a coon In Georgia, send 1t to
London for preparations across the
English channel to France to have
style and finish put into II, then, from
q port In France to an Atlantic port,
and finally journey 1t across the @on-
tinent, drop ii into various places. well
known and unknown, and sell 1t 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 mink In New
England, get togethe" 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.
viii 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 fashionable fur, and
| there Is no reason for women to linger
| far behind 1.-THE 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 It's effect
upon the human face and figure. 1t Is
singularly attractive to flesh and bone.
1t falls into supple folds; II brings out
| the best in complexion. RaccOon,
opossum, skunk and all the other long
| haired furs are stylish, one admits, hut
they are not becoming. Silver foxes
are graceful enough In their undula-
tons and the hairs arc soft enough to
keep q woman's face gentle and fem
mime, 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 augmentlng the use of seal
skin. Capes are made with IS and 20
inch borders Of it.; skirts are made
with floating panels of 1t lined with
chiffon; medieval cnirasses of heavy
embroidered satin that show CLINT of
silk and metal in the design have long,
medieval sleeves of American sealskin
which flare over the knuckles.
The sealskin sacque will come back
with the ostrich feather. These have
always been associated In the minds
of those who remember the days of old,
when the height of bliss to fashion
able woman was summer In Sara
toga, a pair Of drop solitaire earrings,
| short, untrimmed SealSkin Sacuue
and n hat Ornamented with two or
more long, floating ostrich plumes.
The diamond earrings will not re-
turn to fashion, but the ostrich feather
and the sealskin coat will come out on
the primrose path of fashion In the
early autumn.
The women of England and France
have led the way. The ostrich plume
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