Europe  will  always  be  the  best  market  for  sea  otter,  for  Australian
and  Chinese  and  Japanese  furs,  for  Canadian  otter  which  finds  its
highest  price  in  Russia,  for  Persian  lamb  and  broadtail  and  krimmer
and  karakul,  for  Russian  sable  and  marten  and  the  sorts  of  furs
used  for  summer  wear  in  a  damp  cool  climate ;  but  for  general  utility
and  general  beauty  furs  such  as  fox,  Alaska  seal,  Hudson  seal,  mink,
beaver,  nutria,  wolf,  muskrat,  America  has  captured  the  fur  market
to  hold  it  for  all  time.
CHAPTER  III
THINGS  EVERY  WOMAN,  WHO  BUYS  FURS,  SHOULD  KNOW

America  is  to-day  literally  fur  frenzied.
Newly  rich,  post-graduate  rich  and  the  new  poor,  impoverished
by  the  High  Cost  of  Living,  while  professional  remuneration  has
stayed  at  pre- War  levels,  —  every  class  and  layer  of  the  social
world  has  caught  the  fad  and  affects  furs.
For  three  years  now,  summer  furs  have  been  the  fashion  in  every
part  of  America,  not  only  neck  pieces  but  hat  trimmings  and  edg-
ings for  elaborate  gowns ;  and  the  fashion  shows  not  a  sign  of
abating.  Those  who  cannot  afford  real  silver  fox,  or  sable  at  $1000
per,  buy  white  fox  dyed  in  imitation  of  silver  fox,  or  Chinese  goat
dyed  in  imitation  of  no  fox  that  ever  was  on  land  or  sea  —  and  are
happy;  and  swell  the  swelling  chorus  for  furs,  more  furs,  and  yet
more  furs.
