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Show Carnegie Man Finds 1 New Way to Mummify v Pittsburgh, Pa. A new proc- ess for preserving animals, from j? snails to humans, so that tbey f 5 retain their living form and T likeness has been discovered by $ X Stanley. T. Brooks, cnstodian x 3 of recent Invertebrates at Car- j X negie museum. x v Instead of the Involved and expensive methods now used, such as pickling In alcohol, em- f . balming, the wax method will $ permit scientists to wax their 6 specimens and give, perhaps per- 4 manently, the natural form and other properties of the animals While waxing in a small way has been done in Europe within x the last few months, few sam- x pies have been seen In the x United States, and Brooks' proc- ess was worked out by himself X Brooks hopes to present to x j the Pittsburgh public, within a & 2 year or so, a complete exhibit J of waxed Invertebrates ani |