Show I I THE BEETLE FAKER Beetle faking in an I industry concerning con con- which tho public ImbUe knows little Itlo hut but It Is a flourishing ono one nevertheless Thousands Thousand of faked beetles are turned out annual annually in ErH England and In Franco France and amid sold both bOlh there thore and In this country to amateur naturalists at high prices Man Many Manyan an n English and American pries collector col col- col- col lector with wih more money and enthusiasm than knowledge e of or natural history has In II his cabinet specimens of oC beetles which ore ore- beyond anything that nature ever at attempted nt- nt tempted and which ho proudly to his friends as extremely rare rare Insects as In indeed n ru else U tile they in y the are arc animal for r the they kingdom are art like Iko noth- noth The Tho manufacturer of oC beetles does not confine himself 1 to giving to his specimens rare and strange e colorings but he makes ih them m up from fragments of or other beetles II in the manner which strikes hl his t fancy ne and this fancy fanc Is often on oner er very er whimsical leal indeed In- In deed deell l Nature especially In the tropics pro produces nr uces beetles betes of st strange form but nev ney- er cr so strange c as aa tho those o which come out omit of or the shop of or man Auction sales saks tale of ot lam dam a aged ed collections of or specimens of beetles are attended and tho the collections bought for lor almost nothing These Injured specimens are dl dismembered mem- mem and their various arlous Parts Put to together ether n again n at the tho fancy laney of the faker taker HP lie takes a Q beetles beetle's hod body and anel from a collection le of oC several severn I s arts of or beetles before him spread out on a R white paper he deftly affixes a A head hend there a wing winG there and a R log leg or lwi two where whre 5 he hc thinks they cy will look 1001 Quaint quaint ille le lie r w. w works rapidly using wi a clear liquid glue tho the composition of or which la Is I u a 3 secret cret of or the tho trade trie and amid which Joins tho the various parts Immediately so that the they cannot easily he pulled apart apar and ami no so 10 closely cosely that even with a ma magnifying glass It Is difficult to sec see where tho the Joining Is tb don done 01 Tho ho colorin coloring and Imitation markings s arc are done with small mal brushes antI and other Implements Implements implements ments designed specially especially for the purpose and are made permanent b by tho the built tip up buit-up insect into a n. bath hath of or some somo secret solution When hen the work Is completed on only an on expert naturalist can cnn detect tho the fraud and sometimes even cven an nn expert Is fooled at first firt and thinks ho he has hns stumbled upon a new specimen of or The bete beetle faker erl ad advertises In the papers that ho he has rare specimens for sale and would like Iko to hear from collectors In search of or such things If I tho time bait Is 19 taken nn and he gets cots a letter leter from un an amateur collector he ho offers to forward the tho specimen on apI ap ap- ap- ap I 10 u I When thin tho amateur sees tho the creature sent to him bin ho lie thinks he ho has found a prize and usually closes the tho bargain bargain bar bar- gain aln at a it good fat price The Tho faker never never guarantees tho the beetle to he be genuine He lie le simply says Bs to time the Intending buyer Thre Is the sped sped- men Take it or leave o It It I doubt If Ir spec spec- there Is another like It I In this lila countr country which statement Is probably true for It Is rarely rare rare- ly 1 that the tho faker duplicates designs Besides evolving beet beetles s out of or dismembered fra fragments and his Inner consciousness conscious conscious- ness time the faker of ot makes copies of well wel known but rare specimens 51 which command u a good market price among amon collectors col col- col- col lectors lector London and Paris are aro tho the cities where most of or the fake Cake beetles are manufactured and tho French Frenchi workmen aro are the most expert and gifted with the tho most mOt lively fancy taney in composition New New York Mall and Express |