Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 248, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1912 — LITTLE NEW IN LINE OF FUR [ARTICLE]

LITTLE NEW IN LINE OF FUR

Chinchilla Squirrel the Only Novelty Worth Mention, and It Promises to Be Popular. It may seem a trifle premature to talk about furs; but, although the weather is still quite ‘ summery, the large shops already have begun to display fur garments of every de scription, suitable for the chilly days of late fall and even for the regular winter season. So far as can be judged at this time, there will be little new In ths fur line during the coming season Of novelty furs there is so far but a single achievement which deserves mention, the chinchilla squirrel. This is a gray squirrel so treated and tip ped that it has the softness and much of the coloring of chinchilla It seems safe to predict that It will become quite 1 popular. The French designers of small furs have sent over charming sets in this fur, combined with gray silk or velvet or used alone, and It Is alsc being used on coats and frocks though it Is not cheap enough to be used lavishly, by the crowd or to be readily commonlzed.