Evening star., 1924-11-02


- of hog, the ears of an
elephant, the horns Of a
stag, the neck of giraffe
the breast of a lion, the COL
or of a tiger, the back of cat. the
tail of ram, the legs of camel and
the voice of an ass" Such. says Low
ell Thomas, are the attributes of the
monster who will rise out of the
earth in certain courtyard in Mecca
TO announce the day Of resurrection
according to the faith of the Moham-
medans.
1t must have been some such night
mare of composite beast that in
spired many of the French designers
this season in the fur garments they
have produced.
Once there was a certain tradition
among furriers as to what furs might
be combined. There were some furs
that were always used alone. A chin
chilla collar might be used with SEAL
sable was used with Persian lamb,
but to combine precious furs with
cheap oneS-aS some of the French
furrerS do today-or to use cheap
dyed hare or coney on rich fabrics,
would be like combining rhinestones
with emeraldS, or setting diamonds in
brass.
There are two very distinct tend
cncies in the use of fur this Au-
tumn and Winter, and you may de-
eide for yourself where your SYM
pathies rest. There are the conserva-
tive women who still feel that most
TO be desired are the fine furs-dark
squirrel, mink. white ermine. Alaska
seal, or good hudson seal, sable, sill
YER and other high grade foxes. and
others of their type. And these they
would have left in their natural col
orings or dyed according to tradi-
~
passionate pink, a soulful blue or an
intriguing mauve. Lacking the price
for any of the precious peltry, these
conservatives choose a good quality
natural muskrat, raccoon, one of the
less expensive foxes.
Then there are the tradition de-
fers, the most extreme of whom are
responsible for fur creations sugges-
i've of the composite beast who Will
Mohammedans.
Not only do they combine furs in
lmazing and unprecedented manners
md color them to suit their lurid
ancies, but they do all sorts. of new
nd unexpected things with the pelts
when dressing them. There is a fur
Failed zorenos mentioned in descrip-
ions of new French fashions, and
est you search through the geological
gardens for an animal of this name,
bear in mind that this peltry is simply
skunk from which the long and stiff
hairs have been plucked. The result
is a peltry that is very soft and thin
and less durable than the original
polecat. Then other seekers after
novelty have given the world of fash
ion beaver skins from which the long
harsh hairs have not been removed
though the timehonored tradition of
furriers has been to remove them.
Furs thus left with the coarse hairs
unplucked are spoken of as with
whiskers."
Premet has tinted South American
skunk to lovely golden fawn shade.
Martial ct Armand especially spon-
sor dyed furs, showing foxes of a
deep green, rose, blue or violet hue.
Hares and rabbits have been dyed
every shade of the rainbow, and
sometimes even dyed in ieopard-like
spots. The Biblical assumption that
the leopard cannot change his spots
doubtless still holds good. but behold
a humble farm bred rabbit takes on
strange spots and stripes to make the
world think he is cousin to the wild
beasts of the desert Other rabbits
are dyed black and then frosted"
white.
NTCSKRAT, that has long been
4V1 sheared, plucked, dyed and skill
fully treated to produce Hudson seal,
is now let out and cut in narrow
strips and colored and otherwise doc
tored to produce what is known as