Show cheat the elephants bullai diets who alto have been afraid the scarcity of ivory would mil hill the game have another guess coming said an old player as he chalked hla his cue the other day I 1 ve been playing mith lah billiard balls made of artificial hory which was so nearly like tho the kind the elephants furnish that ou wold not notice the difference ele chants are getting pretty scarce you know and elephant a are now at most as rare as geanne gen line navajo blankets you know it Is only tho the choicest of tusk ivory that can be used tor for oil billiard liard balls one year ago regulation two and three eighth inch ivory balls could be purchased for 8 now they cost 16 apiece the ad ance la in the price ot of ivory was simultaneous with and strikingly aim liar ilar to the constantly growing value of diamonds diamond a have main bained that only with ivory balls could the delights of the game be realized this meant that hat within a few years only millionaires kings or princes could hope to indulge in the game which dates back to tile the time of the pharaohs Phara yes sir they are now malting making ivory balls that won t catch cold and they are practically indestructible they are celluloid and bone and hard ruh rub her and are then sandpapered sand papered and pot pol islieb dished M |