THE JEWISH NEWS-7 .4111. **411 .11141111144 ... seaostessillt Friday. August 25, 1950 Reunion . . . Reprinted From "MINK MAGIC" A Weekly Column by Laurence O'Larry le The Detroit Free Press, Monday, August 14, 1950 " SAMUEL KANTER, 56, of Brooklyn, greets his sister, Fan- ny, 62, whom he has not seen for 40 years, upon her arrival in New York. FANNY'S immi gration was aided by HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid So- ciety. Her son and daughter, are waiting in a German DP camp until they can immigrate to the United States. Argentine Jews Honor Memory Of San Martin BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) —Jew= ish delegations from all parts of the country converged on the "Mountain of Glory" in the province of Mendoza to par- ticipate in ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Gen. Jose de San Mar- tin, Argentina's natural hero and South American liberator. Dr. • Ricardo Dubrovsky, presi- dent of the DATA, central repre- sentative body of Argentine Jewry, and Dr. Moses Slinin, president of the Ashkenazi com- munity of Buenos Aires, spoke during the ceremonies. Highlighting th e • ceremonies Was the unveiling of a bronze plaque on the Monument to the Army of the Andes. The plaque depicts two great liberators — Moses freeing the Jews from Egyptian b o n d a g e, and San Martin breaking the chains of Spanish oppression in South America — and is the work of the noted Jewish sculptor, Is- rael Hoffmann. Israel Memorial TEL AVIV, (JTA)—A corner- stone for a building carrying the name of Gen: Jose de San Martin was laid at the Weiz- mann. Institute of Science at Re- hovoth, in memory of the Ar- gentine hero. The building, to be erected with funds contrib- uted by Argentine Jewry, will serve as a home . for visiting South American scientists. The ceremony was presided over by Joseph Sprinzak, speak- er of the Knesset, and the prin- cipal speakers included Argen- tine Minister to Israel, Pablo Manguel,; Joseph Mirelman, who represented Argentine Jewry; and Israel Minister to Argentina, Yaakov Tzur. Holiday Vote Problem On Colorado Agenda DENVER, (JTA) — Governor Walter Johnson called a special session of the Colorado legisla- ture to discuss the problem con- fronting this state's 25,000 Jew- ish voters, a large number of whom may refrain from partic- ipating in the ballotting because the primaries fall on the first day of Rash Hashanah. The \issue has been widely dis- cussed for some tithe, with some sections of the press advocat- ing the granting of absentee ballots to those Jews who, be- Cause of religious reasons, will abstain from voting in the pri- maries. Meanwhile, it was revealed that the Rabbinical Council of Denver, in an effort to resolve the issue, had sought to obtain an opinion from higher rabbinic authority on the use of voting machines, which does not in- volve writing, on Rosh Has- hanah. The Council's efforts, however, failed to bring an au- thoritative reply. ELL, fellow taxpayers, the melencholy days are here . . . the doleful days of hay fever . . . high humidity . . . sand fleas . . • twin-motor mosquitoes . . and those meandering montebanks of the 'fur business . the fake "wholesalers." Some of these fly-by-night phonies may have already es- tablished momentary beach heads . . . others will be along any day now. They're ambulant fakers who set up shop in a hotel room . . peddle inferior furs - 'wholesale' . . . at prices higher than legitimate. retail prices.. . . and then vanish • . . leaving their bamboozled customers holding the furs .. • and the BAG! * * * DON'T know how many Detrdit wotnen I have been fooled by these high-pressure peddlers. There must be thousands. I know I've personally talked to many, many women who fell for the fast talk of these larcenous fakers. And the girls, needn't feel too apolo- getic, either, because the fake 'wholesalers' could sell bathing suits to Eskimos! 441- * * * (411ERE'S a typical sales pitch used by these Ilirresponsible fur racketeers! The fur faker comes to town and moves his wares into a hotel sample room. He represents himself as a 'manufacturer' of fine furs. But things have been a little slow, he confides, and he has a few priceless creations that you can "steal" from him at less than cost. * * * “IF You rush right down to the bank and 1 get the money, he confides, you can ac- quire a lovely fur at ridiculous prices. You should have this priceless fur, he insists, be- cause you are the only woman in town who can do it justice. You have inimitable chic, elan, and incomparable grace. You are tres distingue ! (You are also . . . if you fall for his line ... a dope!) munity. He'll be here next week ... and next month and next year .. . to help you realize the fullest degree of comfort and beauty and service from your lovely furs. * * * “ A FTER all, a fine fur is a major invest- ta. ment for a woman. She divides its first cost by anticipated years of queenly comfort. When the first cost is too high . . . when the quality is inferior ... when she buys her fur from a stranger who vanishes into nowhere . that investment is as worthless as shares in a dry oil well. * * * 4411" JNFORTUNATELY, it's easy to be fooled U on furs. There are many grades of pelts in every type of fine fur. There are scores of manufacturing tricks that unscrupulous man- ufacturers use to cut costs in production. There is as great a variation in the enduring quality and loveliness of furs as there is in the sparkle and fire of diamonds. And those variations are just as hard to detect for the great majority of buyers. * * * KVOUR ONE great safeguard in buying furs 1 is the integrity of the dealer who sells them to you And it is rank foolishness to buy your costly furs from a character who isn't going to be around town tomorrow . • . who's going to skip town for good the moment he unloads his stock." *_ * * 44DECAUSE it's dollars to kopeks that your LI oily-tongued salesman is NOT a manu- facturer . .. that his creations are not price- less . . . his prices are NOT wholesale ... and the opportunity is not golden . . . except for the fur faker who hopes to waltz away with your hard-earned money. * * * “IN TOO many cases, buyers take their furs home . . . and begin to learn the fur business the hard way. Even if the furs are of passable quality, the price at 'wholesale' turns out to be higher than retail prices at your own home town fur shop. In a distress- ing number of cases, buyers find their gar- ments are inferior in design and workman- ship, and made of lowgrade pelts. Many a coat that seems gorgeously lovely in a hotel sample salon turns out to be a creation of old and brittle skins . . . pelts so far gone that we call them, in the fur trade 'peelers' . . . skins brought to a high lustre by glazing, but crack and peel and shed with a few months wearing. We, here at St. Clair Furs, Inc., have bees serving the style-conscious, value-minded womee who know furs. It is our proud claim that we offer you "the most beautiful furs in the world" . and at the lowest possible margin of profit. We do not believe that any furrier has a right to the tremendous mark-ups of 75% to 100% above cost of skins and manufacturing that some furriers demand. We make and sell the finest of furs . . . designed by top fashion artists .. . fin- ished by the best technicians . . . at low prices. We buy the finest peltries at rock-bottom prices because we pay cash and give you the savings. Visit our air-conditioned fur salons. We would like to show you what these savings mean to YOU. * * * “rilHERE are, of course, legitimate traveling 1 fur salesmen. But these legitimate travel-. ing men deal with retailers. They carry on a steady, ethical trade with hundreds of small fur shops across the nation . . . and they care- fully refrain from undermining the home town trade of their own wholesale customers. * * * “A ND THEY know, as you should know, that every fur garment should be backed up by the integrity and the continuing service . of a fur dealer in your own home town ... a dealer who treats you right because he wants you and your friends as steady custom- ers. This dealer is a member of your com- • n c. WO. 2-5951; Open Evenings Monday and Wednesday 301 Madison Theater Bldg. at 1567 Broadway