Show ERMINE CO IIXG IX FASHION From Chambers Journal Fashion exerts considerable Influence Influ-ence on the fur market as any one can understand who observes how sealskin jackets come and go ifl feminine favor A most striking example occurred in the case of ermine fur For many years this beautiful fur was quite out of favor nobody wore it nobodY asked for it and by and by the skins practically practi-cally disappeared from tha market Then a year or two ago a demand for ermine mysteriously sprang upand began be-gan tbvgrow The fur merchants looking look-ing about for supplies saw none com I a I p ing forward and of course the price stiffened The Chinese wiho in former years used to supply nearly all the ermine sent to London were asked why they did not now send on skins Their reply re-ply was that they had long ago given up catching them because they were unsalable when sent to market But they set to work anew and at the spring sales this year 10000 sikns were received and sold at double as much as they would have brought a year ago and probably considerably less than they will bring a year hence if fashion keeps this skin in favor over the winter win-ter |