HOW WOMEN CHOSE FURS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 January 1928, Page 9

HOW WOMEN CHOSE FURS

DAZZLED BY PRICE Who was the first furrier? How do women choose their furs? How much champagne would bo drunk if it cost 6d a bottle? Theso and other equally intriguing questions of psychology were* discussed in a London Court by Mr Justice McCardie, tho bachelor judge. Turning to an expert fur dealer in the witness-box,,'.the judgo asked:— "On what principle do ladies choose fur coats? Do they choose on the first point that it should bo expensive ? "Not always," replied witness. The Judge: But very often it is so, I believe. I understand a woman would not often havo a cheap and beautiful coat if shov could get a more expensive coat, even though it is less beautiful. Witness: That is quite so. ' Counsel: It is quite clear that if British rat skins were to-morrow mad" the fashion at a high price thoy would foteh a high price?—They would. The Judge: I believe if champagne were only sixpence a bottle to-morrow far less of it would be drunk. £15,000 COATS Mr A. Nicholas a couriTfurrier, said Nature seldom produced a perfect skin, she always produced variety. €ab!o and Chinchilla were the most expensive furs. Russian sable coats had sold up to £15,000. A few years ago an actress died on the Continent and left a Russian sable coat valued at £12,000," continued Mr Nicholas. "She directed that it should be buried in the coffin with her." "What did you say was the value?" asked tho judge in surprise. Mr Nicholas: £12,000. I don't think it/ was buried in the coffin. His Lordship then read extracts from Mr Nicholas's treatise on fur-bearityg animals. One said:— "As in my judgment Adam was the first furrier, ours is an ancient and honourable business. Adam used it for personal and family adornment." Another passage recited:— "In the introdiirf'<-"i of your treatise it is said 'Poets are born, and not made, and the same might be said of furriers'." TRUTH FROM PLAY "I sec,'" commented his' Lordship, "that you do not attach much importance to mere colour and matching, because you quote from ■ "Rebellious Susan," and say that Henry Arthur Jones puts this truth into the mouth of one of his characters: — , Inez: Mv cloak! Quick! Sir R.: You do look well in furs. Inez: Shall I tell you a secret? All women do. The action was one in which Mr William Trevena Williams Tdris, barrister, and director of a mineral water firm, claimed from Mr RL Kimelberk, a furrier, of Islington, the return of £199 paid for a Canadiap mink fur coat for his, wife. Mr Idris contended the coat supplied was of Russian mink, not Canadian, and was awarded £63.