ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
COAT OF BOB-CAT (LYNX), WITH COYPU 
(NUTRIA) TRIMMINGS 
It contains about 11 bob-cat and 12 nutria skins. 
Value, %195 to $2 
RAT 
It is a common sight in the streets of New 
York to see fur garments that contain fur that 
in quantity goes 50 per cent beyond the dic- 
tates of good taste and artistic form. In the 
wearing of jewelry such offenses against good 
taste seldom even the dullest 
mind is aware of the fact that a human being 
overloaded with diamonds, pearls, sapphires and 
occur, for now 
rubies is a living advertisement of bad taste. 
But these observations are purely academic 
and a waste of space. Just so long as there are 
rich men and women they will envelop them- 
selves in fur far beyond their needs and far 
beyond what the traffic can stand. 
BULLETIN ss) 
SIBERIAN 
It contains about 300 skins. 
ERMINE WRAP 
Value, $3,000. 
Waste IN TRIMMINGS 
The crowning wickedness of fur fashions is 
found in fur trimmings, for the bottoms of coats 
and gowns, for sleeves, for extravagant collars, 
and to a small extent even upon hats. 
It would be interesting if some fur manufac- 
turer or dealer in fur garments would take the 
trouble to make a calculation of the percentage 
of fur that annually is wasted from the annual 
product used in fur garments. 
It is unnecessary to dwell at length on the 
so-called “summer furs,’ because they repre- 
