Facts About Furs

Fur garments in this country ars lower in price and better in quality than abroad, and their finish, as well as style, is faultless, says Cloaks and Furs. Fine furs, such as foxes, chinchillas, sables, ermine, and sea otter, are brought to this country free of duty, so that evven if these furs are purchased abroad no duty is saved. These furs are dressed and prepared by American workmen in so superior a manner that Éuropean furriers intrust their curing to American firms. garments are cheaper today than for a long time, notwithst&nding the scarcity of seáis. Sables of all descriptlons and from all countries will form an important part of the fur business during the present season, and a little common sense, practical Information on this, the noblest of furs, will not come amiss. Sables lead for fash - ionable fur trade. All is not sable that is so-called. Sables from $2 to $250 apiece are entitled to that name. Jananese sable is of greenish gray or and has a bright yellow throat. It is worth about 12.50. The next la price, Hudson Bay sables, are light brown in color and have a pinkishbrown throat. According to color and luster and range in price from $2.50 to $30, and more for silvery specimens. The skin of the Persian lamb is dy?d in this country as lustriously and well as abroad, and garments of it are purchased cheaper in this country than anywhere else in tfie world. Persian lamb for garment purposes began to find popularity with the appearance of electric seal, or brown-dyed rabbit fur, from which the hair had been eliminated by machinery. It takes a good furrier to teil at a glance the difference between the real seal and its imitation, whereas the real Persian lamb garment is easily recognized by even inexperienced eyes. The American skunk, one of the most reliable furs, is sold under the name of Alaska sable. The skin of the ordinary black house cat, figuring under the cognomen of genet, is humorously termed "roof sable" by the trade.