The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 11, 1919, Page 17

ST PAUL, Minn, Deo. 11—<United Press)—American women have gone wad over ture. This was the unantmous expres gion of fur dealers tn thie big fur center today Dealers have been hard pressed to meet the demand for fure this year and the next season promises even greater demand | Prices are higher, they say, but that makes no ifference to the women—they want the best they can get and they've the money to pay for them. As @ result there are more trap. pe going Into the woods this win- t an ever in history, Dealers ® xeertain what result this will | q briag-—-but they are offering better | 4 peices in advance than they ever did , before. This looks like higher prices (or the next year, they admit. ‘There are more animals this win- ter than in many years, according to trappers’ reports, and they'll be needed to moet the demand, say deal- ore. Tn this section approximately s0 per cent of this year's furs have al- ready passed over the retail coun- 3 ters. In the Mast. according to re ports, 60 to 90 per cent of the trade bas already bought and the remain- der of the sales will be Christmas trade, It is believed The unusual run on ture is due to general prosperity thruout the) country, dealers declared, and par-| Ueularly due to the prosperity of the feminine pocketbook. “Durtng the war and since,” said) amid Pile “ Treatment family has at least one suffer. ef who should afforded by Pyramid Pile! Treatment, You can have @ free trial by mail or if you not wait.get_ @ cent bos at ny drug store. Women Are Mad Over Furs, Say Hard-Pressed Dealers the leading fur garment producer of the country, “women have earned more money than ever before, In comparison with men the wages of women have been al! out of sormal proportion. They want good clothes fur coats, fur trimmed coats, neck Pleces, muffs and fur-lived leather or cloth coats, Hundreds of women who never before felt they could af- ford good fure are buying now. “My personal opinior ts that this demand won't Iast more than anoth- er fur season. “The demand will likely be great next fall but the next year {t will drop off," he said. “The desire for furs will be largely satiated by the end of next year,” he added, expiain ing that it was merely a guess and that no one can tell what the Ameri- can woman will do. Natural muskrat, seal dyed Thusk- rat i raccoon furs are the most popular, Because of the huge demand for muskrat furs, prices for raw skins have Jumped from as low as 7 cents each to more than $2 each in 16 years, Last year prime northern muskrat skins sold for $1.70 Already some fur dealers are telling trappers they will pay from $2.10 to $2.30 for raw skins this year, As a result of high prices for raw skins every farmer boy, every settler, and every hunter in the north woods is getting ready to jump into the trapping game this month with a vim. One dealer pointed out all the things a backwoods boy could buy tf he trapped only 60 or 100 muskrat this fall and sold them at prices offered. But every boy can't trap wild ant mais and get away with {t, expert enced trappers pointed out. It takes someone who knows the game to get good skins, take care of them, keep them Intact and sell them rigit. There's been a lot of talk ae™)t fox farming, rabbit farming, muskrat farming, mink and otter farmipg and all other kinds of farming. “City folks who don't know the great out- ofdoors would naturally think the choicest furs would be those bred and raised in captivity,” mid a buyer. “They figure that animals selected, segregated, fed and cared for should produce better fur. That may be true in domestic atock, but exactly the opposite ts true when it comes to fur animals Naturally wild animals are bound to deteriornte natural state.” in New York City alone from kid- ney trouble last year. Don't a'low yourself to become a victir by neglecting pains and coches, Guard against trouble by taking GOLD MEDAL we comms ‘The world's standard remedy for kidney, . bladder and uric ecid troubles 7%.» 5 eae ‘Holiand’s national remedy since 1698) All druggists, three sizes, Guaranteed Leet the name Gold Medal em every and accopt ao imitauce | office. | | Mail Service Is Changed by Order Changes in the railway mail ver vice arising from the curtailment of train service by the U. 8. railway administration, were announced Wednesday by Postmaster Edgar Battle. Matis formerty carried by Spokane, Pasco and Seattle train No, 3, now discontinued, in future will be handled by train No. 42 on this road, leaving Seattle at 4p m. Train No. | 333, arriving here at 10 p. m_ will now carry mails formerly handled by train No. 1, which has been dis continued The Centralia and South Gend railway postoffice will be on trains No 591 and No. 692 only. Trains No. 595 and $97 will serve the | Kanasket and Tacoma railway post Welfare Session Opens January 14 Dr. Edward T. Devine, social worker of New York, will address the Washington state conference for | social welfare when it meets in Seat. jtle-January 14 to dixeuse social | problema. Mayor C. B. Fitegerald will deliver the address of welcome [to the delegates, The conference wil) last three daya Judge H. M. Taylor of the Yakima Juvenile court is president of the state confer. ence. can obtain government employment, must serve as policemen for the pur pose of gaining practical experience. (Paid Advertisement) they THE SEATTLE STAR—THURSDAY, DEC. 11, 1919. the Fatima blend. Fatima contains more Turkish (4 St , as The only inexpensive Cz Cigarette that is actually preferred to expensive ese facts show— Cigarettes, At the following, and at scores of other similarly prominent places, our Latest sales reports, carefully verified, show that Fatima fo the largest. fat oe tno Yo Not price, certainly. Men wh> patronize such places as these can buy what they want. There's no doubt about tte want Fatimas because of veerrcanresr 4 Dr. Lewis Bakor ; the Ge OCTOR’ _ ADVICE tions answered below are hs tobacco than any other Turkish blend cigarette. Not too much Turkish, like the over-rich straight Turkish brands, oot too little, a» in cheaper blends which lack Fatima'’s taste and | smoothness, Fatima contains just enough Turkish—just enough to taste right, and just enough to FATIMA eres oF ANTS te the best remedy | 4 for rbeumat: that is known, and ff taken according to directions you will socom be out again and be strong and well Get 2 drama of fodide of potassium; 4 drama sodium salicyiate; 4% 02 wine of colchicuin; onaence cardiol; 1 imwort and A ae s syru ‘lia comp. x an fake a teanpoontul at, meal time and again before going to bed. eee “Laure” says: “Some time ago I contracted a very severe cold and cough. I have tried many remedies, but they do not seem to help me atall | wish ydu would advise me what to do.” Answer. What you need ative gb syrup, one t 1 rive cold from your system. The following prescription will check your cold and cough 2% on peckage of concentrated e: sence of Mentho-Laxene and ma according to directions on the bo tie Take a tenspoonful eve hour or two or until your cold is better “Poorly” writes: and = observiny term is in bad shape, I write for a prescription. I do not gain strengt from my ¢ a Weak, listiens, forgetful, sleepte th 4 and unable to act the “Being past mid- that my on. | answers should apply to similar nature. Those wishing further advices, free, may address Dr. Lewis Baker, College Building, College- Ellwood streets, Dayton, 0. encl |addreased, stampod envei ply, full name and ad: given, but only initial titious mame will be answers. The remed tained at any well-stocked drug store. Any druggist can order of wholesaler. used nhappy May” write: constantly with consti aches, indigestion and kidney trouble My skin ts pimply and olly.” . Answer, Three grain Sulpherb Tablets (not sulphur tableta) is the best known remedy for the blooa. They are made from sulphur, cream of tartar and herb medicines which act directly on the blood, purifying it, thus causing the pimples to din- appear and the #kin to become fresh and healthy looking. | “Essex” writes: “What jo to relieve @ severe cane of kidney and bindder disease? Urine is dark, foul of odor, and passage is ir- regular, painful, etc. Have depres- sion, fever, chills, pains like rheu- matiam nd soreness in region of bladde Answer: For much symptoms |you describe I prescribe my favor- ite formula under the name of |Balmwort Tablets. Thin in @ aplen- did, efficacious remedy for ich ab- normal conditions: as per directions on tube. sbould I each sealed “Borrowful” ny: “My scalp ts covered with dandruff, my hair In jolly and straggling. “Please help me so that I may look like other girls.” Answer: You can very easily |“look like other girs” if you will ato. | wet at the dru a 4 0”. jar of plain yellow Inyo) and use tt reg- to the directions your dandruff ularly according given. It will at and make your hair soft fluffy and make it grow. Th reatment from all othere and I have “Ann” writes: “Could you pri scribe somethin to inerease m weight? I am tall and thin to suc! nm embarras: x dexree tha’ am frequently subjected to slighting re- marks.” Answi Hypo-Nuclane Tablets have been prescribed with a sealed tube of three- e Tablets, which are ‘or thone needing a micas, gosevenssing — and pleasing reeu' ‘aad ufe and. hove ont fuccess as indicated by” gratify! letters from hundreds of girls who uffer as you do. These tablets can be purchased in Packages t ¥ well-stocked drug and fu Marion Bishop, Begin their use | leave a man feeling right even if be smokes more than usnal. Why not * enough Turkish”? dues Kpetoncigme Aiea Sensible Cigarette cigarettes fovea Club Parker House Stock Exchange Buffalo, N.Y. ooo’ Hotd Chicago, Ti, Congress Hotel Edgewater Hotel LeSaite Hotel Sherman Gincinaert, Ohio University Club Columbus, Ohio Desbles Hotel Preach Ind Preach Lik Springs Honad Kansan Cle Bho. Bice Hills Gab et Club Statler Hoel University Chab Toledo, Ohio Elks Club Washington, D.C. Capito! Buii Tee Shoreham ® The New Willard : GIRL SCOUTS OF N. Y. WAR ON “BABY VAMPS” NEW YORK, Dec. 11-—A crusade against short skirts, high heels, rouge, llpsticks, eyebrow pencils and “flour face” has been started by girl scouts in the public schools and high schools. “The ‘baby vamp’ has no place In the ranks of the scouts,” said Miss local director of the 3,500 girl scouts in the city, today “We have no written regulation governing the matter of dreas or the excessive use of powder or cosmet ies, but by what might be termed a ‘gentlemen's agreement’ girls refrain from short skirts, high heels, face powder or rouge “Bach scout in the city ts to be given the task of converting at least three others from the use of facial camouflage and showing them that it Is to their advantage to give the skin and complexion a chance to de- velop naturally.” PASADENA BOASTS EUGENIEE HOOKERII PASADENA, Dec. 11.—A new dis- tinction has been found for this city. It has the only Bugentee Hookerti in captivity in the United States, The Bugenise Hookerti is a plant, native to Chile, and said to bear luscious, delectable fruit. This par- Ucular specitnen grows in the gardens of George A. Damon, at 516 8, Cat- alina ave Its existence was brought Commisioncr Jona t, Hamiton | TQ SPEAK SATURDAY City Commissioner John J, Hamilton The gift was, apparently, intended to] stigy Howley and Miss 1, J soften the blow of a communication Cook will address the Women's from Damon, who opposes a municl-|ro ocratio club when it meets in Meaves’ cafeteria Saturday afternoon pal railway project, to Hamilton, who at 2 o'clock. They will discuss state is chief sponsor for the line. = and county politics, The club preparing for 1929 election activ ities Large amounts of wood pulp come from Norway and Sweden. Break a Cold In Few Hours} First dose of ‘‘Pape’s Cold Compound”’ relieges all stuffiness and distress—No quinine! Costs little! stops nose running; relieves head- ache, dullness, feverishness, sneez- ing, soreness, stiffness. ape's Cold Compound” ts the quickest, surest relief known and Don’t stay stuffed-up! Quit blow- ing and snuffling! A dose of “Pape’s Cold Compound” taken ev- ery two hours until three doses are taken usually breaks up @ cold and ends all grippe misery, The first dose opens clogged-up postrile and air passages of head; Tastes nice. Contains no quinine. insist on Paper ~ GLEE CLUBBERS MAY NOT UNDERTAKE TOUR Curtailment the fuel administration will probably of travel urged by result in the cancellation of the University Glee club tours this year, says Graduate Manager Darwin Meisnest. 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