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Show LIKE NEW MEERSCHAUM PIPES Characteristics ot Some of tlio Styles binokere Wefer. From tho New York Sun: M6st ot the plain meerschaum pipes sold nowadays now-adays are ot practically tho same styles as briar pipes, nnd Unshed nnd mounted mount-ed In tho samo manner. Ot tho once familiar meerschaum, that was substantially sub-stantially n meerschaum bowl with a short upturned stem part, Into which n wclchsel stemplcce was Inserted, comparatively few aro now sold. Many of tbo meerschaum pipes ut today nre of tho bulldog pattern, and many are made likewise straight-stemmed, but with bowls In various rounded forms, nnd thero nro briar-shaped pipes with droop stems. Tho mountings nro silver sil-ver or gold bands, or ferrules, nround tho stem part, where tho pit or mouthpiece mouth-piece Is attached, and, on somo pipes, a mounting nround tho top ot the bowl. In theso plpo mountings thoso produced pro-duced by Americans excel nil others In N suitability and design. With tholr pro- ductlon In modern styles and In forms adapting them to thp most convenient j and advantageous uso has comq an Increased In-creased demand for pipes of mcor-schatim. mcor-schatim. Such are the pipes usually ' i bought by tho American or English- mnn, who, It ho smokes a meerschaum, wants a stout, stock serviceable plpo. j Thero nro sold, however, some meer- schnums that are modeled moro on clay plpo lines, with tho stem part and mouthpiece ltttlo If any longc- but , very much slenderer nnd lighter than j those parts of tho pipes moro com- inonly sold. Tho Frenchman who I smokes a meerschaum wants n long and slender Pipe, ns also doos tho ' Italian, Tho plain mccrachaum plpo j mado for tho French or Italian smoker Is In design substantially llko a clay plpo, with n howl ot tho samo general i shape, though of finer lines, and with tho samo long, slender stem. But i' mado of such material as meerschaum , nnd beautifully finished, and with a I long, slender, dellcato mouthpleco of ; amber, there Is no danger of tho plpo j being mistaken for a clay plpo. Thcsd slender meerschaum pipes aro made, I somo of them, with tho stem fash- j loned to present n twist in appear- i ancc, but most ot them aro made with J tho stem straight and smooth. Thoy 1 nro made. Including tho amber bit or I mouthpleco, In various lengths, the j price ot tho pipe depending on tho length, and as with othor meerschnums on tbo quality. Such pipes havo beon mado thlrty-Blx inches In length. '. Pipes of from eight to twelve Inches In j length are the pipes of this kind most commonly sold. |