Rabbitskins are being sold in the United States under a variety of names, fout “Baltic Hon” to “Baltic tiger.” With the prefix “Baltic,” in fact, bunny masquerades as everything from a leopard, a black, brown, red and white fo, to a seal. All these transformations are made from rabbit furs variously dyed and treated. Other manifestations of'the rabbit, without any qualifying adjective of locality, present the little animal aa “ beaverette,” “ chinchillette,” “cony.” “electric beaver,” “mole,” and “seal,” “ erminette,” “ meskin,” ‘‘ moline,” “minkony,” “sealette,” “ sealine!” “ squirrelette,’ “ squirreline,” and “ visonette. ” The rabbit also masquerades as “ French chinchilla ” and “ Arctic seal,” “ Australian seal,” and “ Bay mim” - <
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20269, 30 November 1927, Page 12
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102Page 12 Advertisements Column 7 Otago Daily Times, Issue 20269, 30 November 1927, Page 12
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