Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30

The American government Is in
terested in the exploitation OF seal :
skin. That Is sentence pregnant
with significance. 1t means one
thing; to Hooverize on the other
furs and use the kind which the
Pacific coast produces.
st. Louis Is to be tho headquar-
ters, so it is said, of the fur indus
try in this country. Heretofore Lon.
don has had the supreme place OF
the world. However, 1ourneylng
across the ocean on self-appointed
missions, either for industry, COM
merce or curiosity, has had a TABOO
put upon It by our government ana
by those united with US on the
other side.
II is easier to get to st. Louis
than to London, therefore. and the
recent fur sales in that city have
been so enormously successful that
the peltry men are not worried
about the future.
1t is said that the dyes and the
preparation Of fur for costume
usage are exceptionally good. The
story goes that quite a degree OF
sharp irritation has been caused
among certain groups Of individuals
concerning the dyeihg knowledge
that st. Louis has made her own.
Whatever the outcome of the irrita-
tlon, 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
Around World Before Reaching
American Women.
Everyone does not know the eX-
traordiuary situation which was de-
veloped in the fur trade before the
war broke. Tho simplest piece. or
American peltry that an American
girl wore had probably made little
Journey around the world and was
far more travelled than its possessor.
You could catch a coon in Georgia
send 1t to London for preparation,
across the English channel TO
France to have style and finish put
into it, then, from a pest, in France
to an Atlantic port, and finally
journey IL across the continent, drop
IT into various places, well-known
and unknown, and sell it to an
American woman.
Such was the fate of a pieco Of
FUR, To-day our peltry stays at
home. We can catch coon In
Georgia, an opossum In Alabama,
trap a mink In New England, get
together all the cats and rats the
netlon does not need, and turn them
out between st. Louis Now York,
Chicago and San Francisco into n
motley array of admirable furs,
Fostering this condition is the
American government, our native
realskin will be pushed to the limit
0f exploitation as fashionable fur
aNd there is no reason for women 10
linger far behind the government in
IT, desire 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 lts
effect upon the human face and
figure. II is singularly attractive
10 flesh and bone, 1t falls into
supple folds; II brings out the best
In a complexion. Raccoon, opos-
sum, skunk and all the other long
haired furs are stylish, one admits,
but they are not becoming. Silver
foxes are graceful enough In their
undulations and the hairs are soft
enough q TO keep w6nans face
gentle and feminine. but when a
stiff haired fur Ia put against the
chin, the features are hardened as
though cold wind had passed over
them.
Paris is augmenting the use OF
are made with floating panels of it
sealskin. Capes are made with Is
and 20-inch borders of it; skirts
, lined with chiffon; medieval ciur-
asses of heavy embroidered satin