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Ifs. WOMEN' pL\l) FOR FURS, I* DEALERS SAY Hard Pressed to Meet Demand Which Is Growing Steadily. TRAPPERS KEPT BUSY ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. B.—American women haves gone mad over furs. This was the unanimous expression of fur dealers in this big fur center. Dealers have been hard pressed to meet the demand for furs this year and the next season promises even greatet de mand. Prices are higher, they say. but that makes no' difference to the women —they want the bes-c they can get and they’ve the money to pay for them. Asa rule there a*e more trappers go ing into the wood.:' this winter than ever in history. Dealers are uncertain what result this will bring—but they are offering better prices in advance than tjfrv ever did before. This looks like prices for this year, they ad mit- There are more animals this winter than in many years, according to trap pers’ reports, and they’ll be needed to meet the demand, say dealers. 1 In this section approximately 80 per cent of this year’s fursm have already passed over the retail counters. In the east, according to reports, 60 to 00 per eent of this years furs have already the remainder of the sales will be Christmas trade, it is believed. PROSPERITY CAUSES 810 DEMAND. The unusual run on furs is due to general prosperity throughout the coun try, dealers declared, and particularly due to the prosperity of the feminine pocket-book. “During the war and since,’’ said the leading fur garment producer of the country, “women have earned more money than ever before. In compari son with men the wages of women have been all out of normal proportion. They want good clothes—fur coats, fur trimmed coats, neck pieces, muffs and fur lined leather o"* cloth coats. Hun dreds of women who never before felt Little Happy New Year Makes a Good. Economical Start in Life No Phone, Mail s C. O." D. Orders or Layaways Children 9 s 65c Stockings, 44c Good, substantial stockings, in tan, all sizes. —Pettis hosiery, street floor, aisle five. Women 9 s 39c Cotton Hose, 22c Very fine cotton hose in tan, with reinforced heels and toes. v .. —Pettis hosiery, street floor, aisle live. $4.09 White Dinner Sets, $2.36 Set of twenty-six pieces of white semi-porcelain, con sisting of 4 dinner plates, 4 dessert plates, 4 soup plates, 4 fruit saucers, 4 cups and saucers, 1 platter, 1 open vegetable. - —Pettis basement Women 9 s 8c and 10c Handker chiefs, 5 c Fancy handkerchiefs, embroidered in one corner in white or colors. —Pettis handkerchiefs, street floor, aisle two. Women 9 s $1.75 Union Suits, $1.29 Heavy and medium weight suits in sizes 40 to 44, either sleeveless or long sleeve, ip ankle length. —Pettis knit underwear, street floor, aisle fire. Women 9 s $2.25 Union Suits,sl.69 Kayser’s sleeveless, ankle length suits, in sizes 40 to 44. —Pettis knit underwear, street floor, aißle fire. Women 9 s $1.25 Fiber Silk Hose, 79c Medium weight hose, with reinforced heels and toes, slightly irregular.. —Pettis hosiery, street floor, aisle five. 5c Toilet Paper, 10 Rolls, 29c Gold medal brand, crepe paper. —Pettis basement $2.50 Crex Rugs , $1.60 Genuine Crex rugs, in size 30x60 Inches; in blue, brown and green, with stenciled borders. —Pettis mgs, third floor. $1.85 Rag Rugs, $1.29 Good quality rag rugs in hit-and-miss patterns; also some in plain blue and gray. Sizes 30x60 and 27x64 inches. —Pettis mgs, third floor. Women s $1.25 Vests and Pants, 79c Bleached, fleece-lined garments of good quality. —Pettis knit underwear, street floor, aisle five. $2.98 Wash Boiler, $1.84 Tin boiler with copper bottom. Good quality. —Pettis basement $2.50 Gowns and Chemise, $1.89 Slipover gowns and envelope chemise of batiste and nainsook, in pink, white and novelties, in tailored styles or models, trimmed with Inset medallions or embroid ered organdy, lace edging and insertion. —Pettis undermuslins, second floor. Children 9 s $1.98 Gingham Dresses, $1.25 Dresses of pretty plaid ginghams, trimmed with con trasting color. Sizes 2 to 6 years. —Pettis Infants' shop, second floor. $13.50 Traveling Bags, $9.98 Genuine cowhide traveling bag. Black leather, two handles, 18-inch size. —Pettis basement. Children 9 sup to $6.95 Hats, $2.98 Velvet and corduroy hats, trimmed with fur aud flowers. i * —Pettis infants' shop, second floor. they could afford good furs are buying now. “My personal opinion Is that this de mand won’t last more than another fur season. “The demand will likely be great next fall but the next year It will drop off,” he said. "The desire for furs will be largely satisfied by the end of next year,” he added, explaining that it was merely a guess and that no one can tell what the American women will do. NATURAE MUSKRAT IN BIG DEMAND. Natural muskrat, seal dyed muskrat and raccoon furs are the most popular. Because of the huge demand for musk rat furs, prices for raw skins have Jumped from as low as 7 cents each to more than $2 each in fifteen 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. Asa 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 point ed out all the things a back-woods boy could buy if he trapped only fifty or 100 muskrat this fall and sold them at prices offered. But every boy can’t trap wild animals and get away with it, experienced trap pers pointed out. It takes someone who knows the game to get good skins, take care of them, keep them intact and sell them right. There's been a lot of talk about fox farming, rabbit farming, muskrat farm ing, mink and otter farming and all other binds of farming. “City folks who don’t know the great out-of-doors would naturally think the choicest furs would he those bred and raised in captivity,” said a buyer. “They figure that animals selected, segregated, fed and cared for should produce better fur. That may be true iu domestic stock, but exactly the opposite is true when animals are bound to deteriorate in captivity. They are not in their natural state. But the most important difference is the temperament of the animal. “Surprised ? Yes, guess most folks are surprised that the temper of an animal decides the quality of its fur. "You’ve seen a dog or cat bristle up its back when it gets mad? Well, all wild animals die fighting. Their guard fur is set That's the most important thing I know of in getting good fur. Their back fur is bristled jsp and It stays that way. TAME ANIMALS’ PELTS POOR. “Take a tame animal. After long cap tivity and peaceful life it loses that guard fur, and as g result the pelt is second or third grade, or no grade at all. When it is chloroformed, shot or other wise killed, there is no fight in it—no struggle—no guard fur tensed to make the pelt perfect. “The pelts of wild animals are always preferable. And they are harder to get —and naturally, higher priced. But the average woman wants the best fur ob tainable, if she can possibly afford it.”’ Getting back to . the women's fancy tastes—they're running riot, say the dealers. In the east, particularly, there is a uemaed for higher priced furs. ing is the hardest thing fur manufac turers have to battle with. Garment makers must match rat skins and coon skins in order to sell a coat. Women won’t stand for blotched garments. To match skins takes expert’s time and searching. There has been a fad of “mottled’ rat skin coats, one light and one dark placed alternately. These are mostly southern rat skins mixed with northern rat skins—resorted to by man ufacturers to reduce costs —since south ern skins are lighter and not nearly as good as northern rat skins. All the best rat skins come from the northern reaches of Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Most of the coon skins come from the southern states. Foreign furs are popular among the very rich. Russian sable coats, for in stance, sell for as high as $60,000. Each skin—the size qf a man’s two hands lengthwise—costs from S6OO to SBOO, and sometimes it takes from 800 to 1,000 skins to make one coat. Ermine and chinchilla are more pop ular now for trimming among the rich. Nutria, a south AnieTican lat, is also a high priced fur. Otter and mink are being used on slightly cheaper coats for trimming and for small pieces. Lamb-lined leather and cloth coats are also popular. The old pony coat, bearskin coat and wolfskin coats and muffs are all out of date. Few manufacturers have a demand for them any more. They are bending every effort to meet the “highfalutin’’ taste of the modern American woman and “you’ll have to ask the women" to find out if they are succeeding, say dealers. FErmCsnrGoecsCOi V MW VOMK ftTOM Toilet Goods Specials 48c Ebonoid Hand Mirrors, 330. 48c Keepclean Hairbrushes, 330. Armour’s Auditorium Bath Soap, 6 for 430. Armour’s Venetian Bath Soap, 12 for 850. Palmolive Soap, 12 for 940. Remmer’s Peroxide Soap, 6 for 480. Assortment of Toilet Soaps, 12 for 350. —Pettis toilet goods, street floor, front. Children 9 s $1.49 Outing Flannel Gowns, 95c Pink and blue striped outing flannel gowns, in sizes 2 to 6 years. —Pettis Infants’ shop, second floor. $3.50 Gloves, $2.29 Warm gloves, that are both practical and dressy, of genuine Arabian mocha skin, with half PK seams and one clasp at wrist. In black only. —Pettis gloves, street floor, aisle four. 25c Glass Cream Pitcher, 9c One pint covered glass cream jug. Pettis basement. $4.00 Velvet Bags, $2.44 Velvet bags, In black, brown, navy and taupe, with double frame top and extra size mirror and coin purse. —Petti* leather goods, street floor, aisle three. $1.25 and $1.98 Jet Coat Chains, 69c Long jet coat chains, in 46 and 50-lnch lengths. —Pettis jewelry, street floor, front. $3.98 Combination Silver Casters, $2.39 Combination mustard, pepper and salt casters, in unique silver basket, with handle and silver tops. —Pettis silverware, street floor, front. 25c Carbonoid, 19c For removing soot from flues. Use it in your fur nace or stove. —Pettis basement. $1.25 Sateen Linings, 89c Fancy sateens In blue, gray, tan, brown and purple grounds with multi-colored floral printings. Width 36 Inches. ) —Pettis linings, street floor, aisle one. 98c Overprint Repp Cretonnes, 69c New patterns In yard-wide cretonnes of excellent quality, absolutely and especially suitable for draperies and furniture coverings. —Pettis draperies, third floor. $1.65 Terry Cloth, $1.19 A combination of gray cretonne colors on a pile fab ric. Blue, rose, gold and tan are the predominating colors. —Pettis draperies, third floor. 35c Electric Bulbs, 25c 40-Watt tungsten lamps. Guaranteed. —Pettis basement 98c to $1.19 Laundry Bags, 79c Cretonne laundry bags in attractive patterns. —Pettis art goods, fifth floor. Children 9 s 79c Stamped Dresses, 59c White lawn dresses of excellent quality, stamped In pretty designs. Sizes 2 to 7 years. —Pettis art goods, fifth floor. Women’s S3.SO and $2.95 Knitted Vests, $2.48 Sleeve and sleeveless styles, in rose, purple and sev eral shades of blue. —Pattis sweater dept., second floor. INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8,1920. WILL PRESENT PEACE RUG TO UNITED STATES Owner to Present Famous Carpet to America as Pact Signing Memento. HAS ROMANTIC HISTORY SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. B.—The peace rug is to be presented to the United States government. The rug upon which President Wilson, Clemenceau and Lloyd George stood to sign the peace treaty; the rug upon which Foch and Petain received their swords from the French government, which Gen. Pershing found upon the steps of the New York city hall to wel come him home, is to be given to Ameriba. Its owner, Thomas H. Kullujaln, is to make the gift. A century of adventures more bizarre and romantic than the magic rug Itself will be concluded when it reposes in a hall of the nation’s capitol building. First, though, it will be exhibited throughout the country, proceeds going t(g®od]g sip© CsrSdniorag EASY TO BREAK RIGHT UP Don’t pass your cold to other members of your family. Don’t stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and snuffling! A dose of “Pape’s Cold Compound” taken every two hours until three doses are taken usually breaks up a severe cold and ends all grippe misery. The very first dose opens your clogged $3.75 Dress Satins, $2.59 Yard-wide dress satin in extra good quality, firmly woven and mostly in street shades. Lengths run from 7 to 15 yards. —Pettis alike, street floor, west aisle. Men 9 s $1.65 Wool Underwear, 99c Fine soft finish wool shirts and drawers in cream color. Slightly Irregular. —Petti* men'* famishing*, street floor, eat aisle. Men s $3.50 Sleeping Garments, $2.39 Garments of fine domet with hood and feet Good sizes. —Petti* men's furnishing*, street floor, east aisle. Men 9 s $1.69 Flannelette Shirts, $1.25 Gray flannelette shirts, with collar attached and pocket. —Pettis men's furnishings, street floor, east aisle. Boys 9 $4.00 and $4.50 Shoes, $2.95 School shoes of heavy calf and gunmetal calf in lace style. —Pettis shoes, street floor, east aisle. Women 9 s $6.00 Shoes, $4.35 Black and brown kid lace shoes with leather Louis heels. —Petti* shoes, street floor, east aisle. Boys 9 $16.50 Suits, Overcoats and Mackinaws, $11.75 The suits include all-wool serges and some have two pairs of knickers. Sizes in all of these garments are 2*4 to 18 years. —Pettis boys’ clothing, third floor. Boys 9 $5.95 Sweaters, $3.95 Warm, heavy sweaters in sizes 26 to 86; in best styles. —Petti* boy*’ clothing, third floor. Cotton Cot Pads, SI.OO All cotton pads in size 2.6 feet by regular length, suit able for cots or small size beds. —Pettis furniture, fourth floor. $3.50 All- Wool Storm Serge,s2.Bß Good color all-wool storm serge in good weight, sponged and shrunk. Width 54 inches. —Pettis wool goods, street floor, west aisle. Notion Specials 18c £?ilk thread, not all colors, spool, 80. 50c Sanitary belts, cloth or elastic, In white or flesh, 350. 10c Oval-eyed sewing needles, all sizes, package, 30. Cotton thread, 36 and 40. two spools, 50. —Pettis notions, street floor, west aisle. 50c Wall Paper, 30c Tiffany blends, grass cloth, foliage, tapestries, two tone cloth and, weave effects, in high-class decorative wall paper. —Petti* wall paper, third floor. 35c Printed Chatties, 19c Yard wide printed challies for cottage Graperies or comfort covers. —Pettis wash goods, street floor, west aisle. 29c Dress Ginghams, 22c Plaid and plain gray dress ginghams, in a gooif qual ity, 27 inches wide. —Pettis wash goods, street floor, west aisle. $6 Imported Tweed Coatings, $3 Fine quality fwool coatings in heather mixtures with indistinct overplaid. Width 56 inches. —Pettis wool goods, street floor, aisle 9ne. 45c Stationery, 33c Twenty-four sheets of fine quality fabric finish paper, tandem shaped and ribbon tied, and 24 envelopes to match. —Pettis stationery, street floor, aisle four. $1.25 Kodak Albiims, 79c Best quality cloth bound kodak albums in size 7xlo laches, with 60 loose leaves. —Pettis stationery, street floor, aisle four. toward a fund for the casting of an Armenian liberty bell. The bell will be sent to Armenia to ring out, with Amer ican aid, the usurping Turk. ONCE KNOWN AS LIBERTY BELL RUG. Once the rug was known as the liberty bell rug when i£ rested beneath that historie emblem during the Panama- Pacific international exposition. Then, later, the first 1,700 drafted men to leave San Francisco for France passed over Its exotic design. Still later Its owner took it to Europe, Where all the makers of peace trod it daily and finally stood upon it to sign the treaty. Its latter day adventures, replete with modern romance and history in the making, are not the oply tales or memories it holds. A romance of the far east, or Persia, is woven in its threads. More than a hundred years ago it was celebrated as the love rug. A Frenchman of royal descent had gone to Persia, where the shah’s beau tiful daughter fell madly in love with him. Her affection was not returned. One night the debonair Frenchman went a-slnmming and for his curiosity was kidnaped. Bandits held him for a high ransom. USED RUG TO SAVE LOVER. At the inn where he was held the daughter of the innkeeper also fell in love with him. It was rfco who proposed up nostrils and the air passages of the head; stops nose running; relieves the headache, dullness, feverishness, sneez ing, soreness and stiffness. “Pape's Cold Compound” Is the quick est, surest relief known and costs only a few cents at drug stores. It acts wfth out assistance, tastes nice, no quinint.— Advertisement. PETTIS BBT GOODS CO. ’thk ncw -flippyk store s.s-t. :ao3 that they weave a marvelous rug and send it to the shah, who would ransom him The moment he saw the rug. Her reason was twofold. It gave her an opportunity to be near the man she loved. * Several years passed and the rug was finally finished. It was sent to the shah. The Frenchman was as cold toward this second daughter of tho east as toward the first. The shah, struck by the beauty of the rug, immediately sent an escort with the necessary gold and ransomed the French man. Now mysteriously, this French man drops from the story. Some hint that he feared the love of the shah’s daughter' might lead to complications, for he had been installed In the palace. It was then toe disappeared. Curious paradox, the rug became many years later, the prayer rug of an English nun. The shah’s son had fallen in love with the nun, and, believing In the pow ers of the Love Rug, he sent It to her quarters. There, each night, she prayed for de liverance-from her plight and his atten tions, kneeling on the rug. The queen, hearing of her son's love, gave the nun her freedom and permitted her to go to England. KULLUJIAN TRACES FAMOUS CARPET. I’he nun passed through Trebson, a Persian port, where Kullujain's uncle kept the only Inn. Kullujain. then but Remodeling Sale of LEATHER GOODS \ ft /\ . * on Bags and Suitcases, Ladies’ wrnawu IpH /tiOZy I ACD Handbags, Brief Cases, Bill | imixf /U iJvuu Books, Traveling Sets, etc. BUV NOW ’ Umbrellas, art Factory TRUNKS-LEATHER GOODS-UMBRELLAS When ESIIIICIInCJ SO NORTH PENNSYLVANIA ST. Formerly Cappel’s Umbrella Store. FrijisCsnrGttgfCa ■ r r ~ ~ ~~~ r ~ l ___ * ~ 1 im "1 1 ~— ■■ " ■i. ■■ {listen son-you psh-fsh-psh- get cant PUN AROUNO I noflt FOR YOUR thisoio Money than any WA'f—Vou GOT TO66T ikj town / \ \ BUST AMO GUY sA f L lN X\ CU.Q || PZTTT6 TRID/TY II I ksssu r~ r~ r* j'peci^ly it. 3 m^r | ir-imkni 1 I —li; -j j j 59c Confiners, 50c Conflners of flesh color mesh with elastic strip in back. In both open front and back styles. —Pettis corset dept., second floor. $2.00 Corsets, $1.50 Flesh and white batiste and coutil corsets in low top and elastic top models, in well known makes taken from our regular stocks. —Pettis corset dept, second floor. 28c Shirting Calicoes, 25c American gray and shirting calicoes in good patterns. Full pieces, any quantity cut. —Pettis wash goods, street floor, west aisle. $4.00 Plaid Blankets, $3.25 Plaid blankets in bright colors, for double beds. —Pettis beddings, third floor. . $2.98 Combination Suits, $2.39 “Marcella” combination suits of fine nainsopk. trimmed with fine laces and embroideries at yoke and knee. —Pettis undermusllns, second floor. $1.98 Sterling Silver Rings, 89c Sterling silver circlet rings, set all around with white stones. —Pettis Jewelry, street floor, front. $1.48 and $1.98 Rings, 97c Sterling silver rings with cluster settings of 8 to 20 white stones. —Pettis Jewelry, street floor, front. $1.90 Silk Pongee Blouses, $1.49 Natural color silk pongee blouses with tucked panel fronts. r —Pettis blouses, second floor. 22c Toweling, 16c Unbleached part linen toweling which washes soft and wears well. —Pettis linens, street floor, aisle two. 45c Longcloth, 35c Splendid quality soft round thread longcloth. —Pettis domestics, street floor, aisle two. 12 years of age, heard the story of the rug. His youthful imagination was fired with the tale. In 1897 he went to England. On the same ship was the then shah of Per sia, and the tale of the rug was re vived in his mind. When Kullujain ar rived in England he traced the fortunes of the rug through newspaper accounts, which he preserves to this day, but the rug had gotten into the hands of a wealthy New Yorker. This owner car ried the rug to Pasadena, Cal., and there, on his death, Kullujain was finally able to obtain it. Then, during the closing day of the war, the new owner took it to Europe, where it has gone through more mo mentous adventures. At the palace of Safe TTUlfc for INFANTS and INVALIDS Forlnfants, Invalids and Growing Children Tho .Original Food-Drink for All Ages 50c to 75c Sample Neckwear, 35c Anew lot of sample neckwear, Including collars and sets of organdy, net and lace. —Pettis neckwear, street floor, aisle three. 12c and 15c Laces, 9c Filet laces suitable for all kinds of fancy work and underwear. —Pettis laces, street floor, aisle two. 85c Veils, 39c Ribbon bordered veils in a few shades only; there fore the great reduction. — Pettis veils, street floor, aisle two. 25c Wall Paper, 18c Plain duplex oat meal paper in all of the wanted shades. —Pettis wall paper, third floor. 20c Bedroom Wall Paper, 12Vzc Striped, jaird and allover leaf designs. —Pettis wall paper, third flora, $3.50 Stamped Haute Drettes, $2.29 Pink, blue and white house dresses, simply stamped. — Pettis art goods, fifth floor. $2.89 Bungalow Net Curtains, $1.89 Pair Curtains of double thread net, In white, cream and ecru. Length 2% yards. —Pettis draperies, third flora $8.75 Portieres, $6.98 Pair Heavy tapestry armure portieres, 2 y, yards long. In green ar.d brown. — Pettis draperies, third floor. $1.32 Window Shades, 59c Hand made oil opaque window shades In odd widths and lengths, all on guaranteed rollers. Sixes from 18 inches by 3 feet, up to 36 inches wide by 6 feet In white, tan and green. —Petti* draperies, third flora Versailles the Big Four stood upon it, aa they bent over the table to sign the peace terms handed Germany. And now the rug is about to close Sts adventurous career. Soon it will be placed In the nation’s capitol. Few will know of the shah's daughter and the Frenchman, of the prince and the nun. The peace rug, or the love rug, which ever way one might have it. Is of creamy background with pastel shades woven Into tapestry designs. Deeper browns and blues predominate. Pink roses mean love. A cross with the pear-shaped fig ure representing the sun Indicates the combination of the Persian taven keep er’s daughter’s worship and the Christian faith of the Frenchman. Rich milk, malted grain extract in Powder No Cooking Nourishing—Digestible 5