Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-06-03 | Page 10 | Ivory for Toilet Articles

An object lesson nn the Ivory Industry, allowing a herd of diminutive ele. phants, carved from Ivory In a forest of potted palms, wan contained In a recent dlspla). Larger ones were carved from elephant tusks, ot sizes ranglns from one foot tn six feet In length, surround the Inclosure A depresentatlon on a smal lscnle of the straw hut In which the firms collector col-lector lives la another feature of the exhibit, and photographs show pirtles of natives In t(ie forests In search of tusks It Is a curious fact that elephants 'shed' their tusks as children shed their teeth nnd during tho season for the process the tusks arc found scattered under the trees The floor of the mlnlnture forest Is strewn with Ivory chips nnd long, flit slabs of Ivor), like planks sawed finm trees, show the material In the enrly stages nf manufai lure One slab Is mrked with outlines ot mirror and brush barks and tombs In another stage the bruash Is half made, and finally the exquisitely ex-quisitely carved complete article Is shown ready to ndorn a dilnty dressing-tnble dressing-tnble There are ilvo beautiful handles for umbrellas, wllh wonderful carving, and fans that nre like the finest lice. The grotesquo little figures in whose carving tho Chinese and Japanese excel nr shown In u larre vnrlet)