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Show .PORTRAITS Olf .TOatBSTOltfES. Philadelphia Inquirer. Local marble dealers are taking a keen interest in an enterprise, which had its origin In Denmark, for reproducing reproduc-ing the pictures of dead persons on their tombstones. They say that it is very probable that the movement will spread to America In a short time. The pic-ture-on-the-tombstone erase started among the Danes as a result of artificial marble. A Danish master builder succeeded suc-ceeded in producing a stone of such delicate deli-cate tints that it was Impossible to distinguish dis-tinguish it from the natural product The imitation of the more expensive species was found to cost far less than the natural, and Is made in any form desired columns, plain or fluted, and capitals as readily as flat slabs. The durability is said to be as great as that of the genuine marble. It was also found that It was possible to reproduce, by carving, a picture of the deceased person, in the imitation marble, much easier and far cheaper than the work could be done with the genuine article. |