Evening star., 1920-11-21
RABBITS AND GOATS, TRAVELLING INCOG, ].
Il FURNISH THE FINE FURS FOR PARISIANS

hairs which have to be pulled out:
and when this is done. there remains
the underground, or down" as they
| say IN the trade, as in the case OF
sealskin: and this underground, hich
is the fur We know, has to be dyed to
| get the color.
| But these sea otters are natural
down, natural color, and they are in
| destructible." says Grunwaldt. They
| can roll in the mud, soak in the rain
and be worn forever: nothing harms
/ them
But what do you expect for your
| money?
| Nowadays any girl can have a CO.
| lombia style otter. very large shoui-
| der-wrap tmade up from pieces as
J with near-satin She can buy bands
/ OF the same FOR trimming at neck
| and wrists. from Is cents to $1.35
i per yard. She can buy broad Aus
tralia style otter shawl-collar to sew
on her cloth mantle as cheap as s..
| In big garments. Il sleeved cape of
| shaved Colombia. reaching to below
! the knees and lined with silk. costs
only $50. \ sleeveless cape. called
a collet. covering the entire torso
from shoulders to elbows and waist.
can be had in opossum style skunk
for ss4. And there is big shoulder
wrap of natural marmot for SIS; of
| fox-style Sitka for S14. or of goat
style Pekan. for $3.50.
And. not to imagine that it has
! the air of cheap" you will find. be-
side these objects in the big shops
ample shoulder wraps of veritabfe
natural skunk for $120. or Canadian
beaver for $51. or Il real moleskin
coat down to the feet for 1926.
The girls in Paris at this hour are
and exceptional affairs in furs-to
cut and make up at home. To
naturalist they would be the find.
of ifetime-skins with tails: but
are they lie right onesa Are the
sizes Of the skins what one would
Cfrom youthful goap. gray tint. very
much like petit girls. 20 cents per
skin: Australia style beaver. ~
cents: Chinese marmot style sable.
53 cents: civet. 80 cents: veritable
natural nutria. $40: natural opos-
girls tsauirreD. 81: teritable ermine
$3.50: opossum style skunks. $1.50..-
and veritable natural Skunks. $3.50
to Sc. Does u skunk's tail tit pos
sum:
What tails. what tales,
In the best fashion articles you will
read phrases like these: Trimmed
with black fur" or "a band Of black
fur fastens it in front" This is be-
cause there is real modesty in certain
WTfleTS buI the neaU Ol tHe ue-
partment in the big shop. does he
know? He knows that gray and black
are much in vogue.
SO l will try. like man. to de-
scribe type of neat. straight little
dark green velvet frock with, high
neck and long sleeves tight at the
wrist-and thus adorned. 1t buttons,
little to one side. from the neck to
the hem with cut steel buttons. the
size of a quarter of a dollar, and the
fastening is outlined by a band of
gray fur which forms close e-fitting
collar and also runs around the bot
tom. A gray taffeta ribbon is tied
side.
BLACK fur" Gray fur" Y.
craze like this has a profound.
cause. The furs are beautiful. The
furs are here. And they are in such
profusion and confusion that nobody
knows exactly what is what; yet
everybody knows that furs are very
scarce and very fashionablef
Past all this walks Grunwaldt, mas
ter of precious furs. the nundit Of the
Rue de Ia Paix.f He haH no business
interest in my descriptions and may
even be misunderstood; and yet he
answers all my questions genially.
because nobody else IL HkeIy to do it
for me.
He sends for two curious big OBJ ]
long pieces of the most beautiful and
unusual fur, all smooth yet crfnkly in
design or shades. quite battling.
They are sable's paws. for Innings"
he said. land probably the only pieces
in Paris. No more will. everbe made.
Look" 80 ~.
He hands one Of the pieces over, {
showing it's under side Of bare soft
skin, composed of thousand tiny
bits. sewed together like crazy
quilt. The most beautiful, minute
stitches. -
Russians used to do this, in the