| Show H F 1 f 1 4 14 f N f H 1 iii e WHERE THE E WORLD WORD GETS ITS ERMINE i i i 71 i i 11 1 1 11 i tl t t 4 f f I T I K Is worn orn this thin year by h every i 1 woman who cnn can ICord afford It This 1 t I I fur far with its Ita It sharp ron cos Oil trust Trost of or glittering white while nil block black IN hi to 10 bi by I seen e n 11 In iii stolen anti and muffs and aid III everywhere e ro Siberia rill can hard hardly l ly I supply the and 1111 for Cor ermine emlie that line ha of at late lute sprung mk up ulI anya B the tho 0 j What bind of or n II creature Is time the or tr mIne anion It Is I a I little anti creature of or the family Jo of the tho tall It IH IN about 10 lichen I lon and laal Its lis tall four fOil I induce Inches Its lis lc logs gH nr are no nu id ger r than thun a n mans little linger Time The best bent kind worn horn by Jy anti the thu IOs of or millIonaIres t toll tomes iHM f from i oin Siberia Liberia Hut aro common In the northern parts of oC both England old and Scotland have hl then them In time the th stoat Canada has liaa them In hl the lire Canadian weasel Those lat mt latt t ter IlIr r however hOever lark lack time the soft flue fur till and II the pine JurI coloring of ot tho tile Siber liber Siberian Inn ian The rile U Is In summer nil nn In Hi the tho back and white while upon tho the belly multi tun In III winter In III latitudes It IH 18 ii pure white nil all over save savo BI fur for HH Ita tall tip till which Jet black In hum roland and In hl Canada no less than In 11 Siberia the thu ermino changes color nn but hut In III tin the th south sent of England l It only becomes partially white n 1 kind of oC doi ld im the tho winter The Tho change of hue hUll lit lie the animal for years mused caused fur tur furriers mars and scientists to disagree None Home said the tho ermine shod sho Us brown summer Bummer summers s 1 coat cont In hl the lime beginning ot of tile the winter will tor and L mew n a 1 font c of oC while Others rN declared that t there wan was no nn a t Idle u whatever that the hair of the th coat changed gradually front from brown to lU wll It II an Oil tho the hair hut lr of a n mans inns head hend changes To 10 settle fettle time the nn an ermine was In the fall und amid penned In a Ii d lIn came lillO Its color turned from Crom brown to white without the th shedding of or u n hoh anti thus was tins as the dispute ended rime Tho ermine nt play pIny Is IR pleasant to watch It loops high In tho rho air IIII turns mud mid runs hither and thither with Incredible It 1 uses u ell UH hs play piny 1111 to Its Us as snakes u lire tiro ro sold en Id to use their eyed Ie for tor travelers mud and hunters huntr declare that ail at ermine ap approaches approaches the lime rabbit or the rat tnt It H would destroy In III the Iho most roguish manner circling somersaulting frisking The 1 l rat lIt or rabbit witches timid advance ad quietly patchy thinking harm Suddenly then the ermine l I is upon It hits It II by h the tho throat thront la is l tearing deep In 11 Into Into to Its It Mesh loch Ermines In III thin way will till kill much bigger than thong thoin They are arc fiery Ocr and amid Indomitable and aul often octon Indeed III In the tho win will winter ter Is III the th pure purl white of et their coats hell with bright red blood bloor Th h y live In thickets anti and skull places in till the deserted burrows of moles mules They take readily to the water and they do ho not lIol hesitate to tn climb trees aft m their proy IIO Chime and poultry fall easily before 1 lom thorn them even taros are oro nut not their match Time trap wherein the time ermine Is caught Is simple amid It consists l of a n 1 stone static slab sup Blip ported by h a n slender l tick stick II to t which n a halt bait Is h Attached Tho goes Io mi dor the sub slab and line seizes the thu ball bait where w Ii r T TT V r I upon the stone Mono tolls tells anti the Iho little mul IN crushed to death Ileath though Its rout cont conta o t IS a not In III any I 1 1 Injured 1 nJ mi A l t u will ton f i om 20 to tn 30 aa of M these train going the th winter and amid will vIII average a 1 ara oni t h of 60 50 O ermines n a week AM AN K soon toon nr as II the Iho are the limo and oriel dried They nn Oro removed amid then thell they ore oro stored carefully away for Cor tho the Siberian am anti lion which takes lInea Inch February In the town of oC The rho orbit fair talt Is II a 11 feature of life lo To Mils Iris fair tin Hook Clock In 11 February dealers train from nil all tarts parts of ut the world An Art Idea den of time the rise In III the value of oC ermine skills may be lie obtained from ho tho fact that hat owing lo to the Ihu IB great emit demand d for fah or tho skins which the coronation of at the present king hint of Englund occasioned cl they sold for 2 apiece whereas I today toll they sell s ll for SI I apiece I Kleins to America merll In time the 1110 status stall Thim Thus they thy escape eKNO tho mho heavy Import duly 1111 that Is IA I Imposed on pro pre furs film Thus hull too loo It follows that It III Is possible to buy tuy IC of oC ermine at lit n is 11 reasonable In America as ae III In It h I IN H nn on old nod mistaken Idea that the line t ermine und mind sable S are arl not ship the ed out oust ot of sla but oro an retained r by the crown for fo the tho uso use of oC tho I royal family awl ami tho the court ur In n former fanner yenta when anti sables fables were nul hot so 80 HH tin iK they time aro are to tou de the tho n their taxes with Hit u 13 time the best helt of ot which were no nil n doubt huld held for tr use lire U nut lint now Iho trap trun hors pors find that flint they the do 0 much bettor better to o sell sail Ri thick their skins Akins to Ir time tho unit to pay 11 their taxes In m money hence It fo follow that all luney now the ni the w raid tint t Ihl lilt czar nr can no lunar longer r lay my claim to the Iho f 1 V V V VM N I NI NI N r Nr host best furs CUM produced In III hl hla great country Furriers fur cutters mako this sea sen season son FOn FOn In America KB a mu I week They The de tie deserve serve son BO so 10 high a wage for their work ork re required Skill kl anti and discretion they the say 11 Is IA harder to 10 stork lk than il skin because t It Is n a natural not u a dyed fur and Mid shows defects and ulIc erros very readily Tire Tho he best helt handlers of ot furs ful serve Mene as IS n II ruin thin tho apprenticeship I abroad The con course rue In Europe is IK longer and more moro thorough than It Is In this county country runk It Is Iii a n common Idea Idel a II furrier suit said lul yesterday that lIlt In iii II an UI ermine muff mut or stole the more moro black blace tails you ou have havo hl vo limo tho better anti moro more costly IH is II the he fur Clr Tails ns as a n platter matter mater of ot fact cost Cst only 50 GO cents Tolls Tails too tOC are ore great of detects anti and nn that gnat IH Is a 0 purpose for tor 1 they thoy are aro often used In a 1 piece NV N f IJ of oC there thero should houll be bl one ono tall t t to Jf If every ov ry eight Inches and ond no more 1011 I there lucre are 1110 more amore It I Is no sign you u have hm flume lino furs but rather that you OU bare hac patched and defective le Uc ones A muff mutt of oC the best belt ermine co costs o ts t M ac according 1 cording cordi ng to Its size iron from ITO JiO to JIM mo ISO A Itolo costs coals 18 from Cram to 0 A collar colar colarco costs co l from JIM to o In the time of Edward III only members nf ot time the roy royal roal l II family could wear Now Noss No anyone alon In iii England nII elsewhere ru can wear swear 1 the fur Cur provided Its cost be I forthcoming Ermine Is much used In iii heraldry and ani andIn In III limo Ih trimming of ot nobles noblee robes robts tw the tt heralds h set et tho time black tails talU on In the white fur In a n kind ot of shorthand Three II tails lulls placed diced horizontally for In Install stall it e c Ills might It Indicate a C luke duke two placed vertically n II baronet and me time obliquely n a prince |
