The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-08
Ho1O MiLady;s Fine Furs
Get That Way, and HoU
Some Get Their Names
MusI<rat Hide Becomes "Hudson Sealskin and "Near
Seal" Comes OFF Rabbits Back-Modern Fur Manu-
featuring Differs from Methods Employed by Indian
Squaws.

Hudson seal coat should last perhaps
eight or ten years. Arctic seal, which
is the fur of the real seal, lasts thirty
to forty years.
Protection From Moths.
Main and his wife. who assists him
room, where furs hung about the walls
and in the windows, were draped over
chair backs, or piled in a small show
case. An eagle with wings outspread
and beak opened wide as If screaming
a challenge, was mounted over the
door. A wonderful skunk cape was
on a figure at the back. There was
a peculiar odor in the air, like a mix
ture of gasoline and kerosene.
you smelled that when you first
came in, didn't your" He said. That's
/ mixture that I keep sprayed in
here all the time to protect the furs
from moths. We keep hardly any
furs here in the summer, because of
the moths and insects. In the big
tanneries, they keep furs in cold stor-
age all summer"
Mrs. Main walked back of the show
case, and began to pull out fur after
different kinds and the treatment of
| them. Most of them were unhned.
Some of the skins were cased, that
is, they had been peeled off the ami
NAL as woman peelS off a glove.
I'VE never split a mink skim she
said. "A skin may be very valuable,
but if it is split. that takes a great
deal off the market value
She handed over some skins with
peculiarly curled grey hair that
| looked as If it had been manufactured
instead of grown on some real animal.
When a Lamb Is n Krimmer.
THAT is krimmer. a lamb skin, :"
she said. In it's natural color it is
sell in such combination so it is
blended to grey like this. Skins are
not dyed as a rule unless they won't
sell in their original shade. The jap
mink is another. 1t is originally an
orange yellow. SO we dye it to either
mink or a kolinsky. Marmot is an
Grange yellow too. 1t is dyed to river
mink, taupe or kolinsky. See, this
is fine specimen" She picked up
large brown pelt with glossy fur
This is unusual-the cross fox"
1t was a fairly large skin with a dis
tinct cross in dark brown on a golden
background.
Here's a Persian lamb. You know
Persian lamb and KaraRufe are going
to be awfully popular this winter
This skin here is white opossum. : 1t
isn't used much except for children's
sets and trimmings" and so she went
on, piling fur on fur, and commenting
on each one as she went along.
I'VE handle lots of ermine," she
said as she put down the last. II
haven't one here, but as you know,
with little black tails. They change
in summer, however, ana get brown
The brown ermine is made up and
sold as summer ermine. and it's very
pretty. Sometimes there are freaks
| that don't turn white in the winter
but as a rule, they do
Use Many Trade Names.
what about trade names? Don't
| they have lots of them?"
We'll, yes" Main answered. Now
you take barenduca. That is the cor
rect name for Russian squirrel, a
/ creamy white fur with spots. 1t is
sold under at least twenty trade
names. That cape there" and he in
dictated the magnificent cape on a
I figure at the back, sis really skunk.
| but it is sold under the name of
marten. The skin of the real nnarten
/ is sold as sable. There is a genuine
sable. but it is rare and very valuable.
Coney is really rabbit. like near seal,
only it is not sheared."
Mrs. Main brought over some chok-
l erS, long. slim, cased skins, with tiny
heads. and bushy tails.
These are made by putting them
I on boards and shaping them" she
I said The animal is larger around
/ the stomach, of course. and most
people want them to be the same