I bought a bear- now what?

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I feel about this rug pretty much how I feel about fur coats. If they're vintage, they're guilt free and fine by me. Love 'em. I'm a hypocrite, though. I admit, seeing a new fur coat bends my nose out of joint. But I'm a meat eater and I wear leather. I guess it's the notion that the animal is wasted only for its pelt. I don't know. Hypocrite, like I said. If I were a vegetarian who wore vinyl shoes insteado of leather, I might have more of a leg to stand on.

But the bear skin rug is second hand. Even if you were someone who thought it was gross, why would you want to see it trashed and wasted? The bear died a long time ago. Of course, this is coming from someone who wants to purchase an entire cat skeleton from the Necromancer store on Melrose, because I think bones are pretty.

So, in short, I concur with Chris. Once you find a way to deodorize it and clean it up a bit, find a nice open space for it, and declothe yourself. I bet it'll feel like quite the luxary.

You might want to get a quote from a dry cleaners, but I bet they're expensive.