Beaver County News | 1923-10-19 | Page 4 | Ivory from Skimmed Milk

IVORY FROM SKIMMED MILK Substitute for This and Other Materials Mate-rials Is Produced by a Recent Re-cent Process. Combining beauty with utility, a material ma-terial Is being made from skimmed milk by a process recently brought to the United States from England. As lt is non-inflammable, odorless, and can be drilled, glued or dyed, It has a multitude of uses as a substitute for ivory, ebony, amber, tortoiseshell, horn, and other similar products. Besides, It may be used as an almost perfect Imitation of many natural products of great price, among them being Chinese Jade and lapis lazuli. A brilliant polish is easily obtained and It can be bent, pressed, and, to some extent, moulded, or machined. As it is a nonconductor non-conductor of electricity, it may be used In making decorative radio and lighting fixtures.' Also lt has been found valuable for ships' cabins, handrails, hand-rails, automobile fixtures, and in the making of beads, buckles, buttons, Jewelry, fancy ornaments, cigarette holders, combs, brushes, carriage handles, han-dles, parts of furniture, pencils and penholders, organ stops, and piano keys.