Show T IN SKELETON Drom al 1 A philadelphia FRENCH I 1 frenchmans MANS GREN SOME BUSINESS I 1 A heftier dealer who afat ir Os 0 irl thud thu Thou and d kelton t ir during ni III i lt arious brer aidon D 1 Deor atlo I 1 ft lel roon m Y L g that les lonn t 11 L to deal in the bones of human bucl bo I 1 would be an occupation repugnant most men yet in the t to vicinity of c i and south streets lives an old F r 1 in man an who finds in more arst pleasure in thi I 1 cu pation than anything else in hy his ki 4 his store is a veritable den dea of sti the weather beaten sign swi the door creaking dismally with e OT of wind bears ka gust this simple I 1 31 3 de do Par frie leq f which chit it is evident monsieur ra would h the world believe that he do deals a 1 exclusively in th those perfumed wates abax dear to the feminine heart evat 4 ry fly baa has a skeleton eton in the closet ho hora hor taa 1 and monsie urs family which concis only of himself is no exception cozen ton to general rule he haa has his tot thi fact he has scores of chemin cl and other w I 1 th the e majority ot henria herris I 1 the troth truth f t the he matter is the a I 1 I 1 to frenchman deals in skeletons I 1 the second floor boasts bouts ot ol only tn 1 small mail rhorah the rear one being beina ta a workshop while the other direll ver the store and froli fronting ting on ibe the tred ek erves the doable double purpose of bedaw ber and storeroom such another bedchamber as this 1 I ons occupied by the old French frenchia Fren chaia na no ably does not exist and how bow as manages to sleep the sleep of 0 fit it i among bach such grew some an insolvable mystery to the dewi I 1 have a ve been admitted to it the walls of tha the small room are am oni i dented with skulls and real life size skeletons or rather I 1 size skeletons in all sorts of grote ein positions four hideous skulls gria fcc their positions on top of the four poet f of the bed and close to the s sides ides of th h bed stands a skeleton with amu armis ont out stretched doing duty aa as a clothes clothe arul jacl the whole is dimly lighted udby up by alf a glimmer of light emanating from rom a lan made of a ghastly aku 11 ans suspended pendent arc the m middle addle of tho ceiling with thomp tanned human hide THE TIIE de lebaire himself ia I 1 an odd dooh looh 0 r man 1 I an an and d the th resemy resemblance I 1 between lc I 1 and one of his its own skeletons is decad sinking striking he ile lias has gaunt tures turee his thin upper lip and bony c being adorned with an iron gray m me tacho and imperial for a score of years ears ho he has been ran ing on hia his business in the old place hi ing emigrated from francs france in IS coming direct to philadelphia when established himself in busin business F kcf or time he had a bard hard struggle gl to kp a and d soul together owing to theira of competitors in the field the dullness of business necesis necessary ary for him I 1 in n a da tion to 15 other trade to set himself up as a 4 anti gist and he lie still runs rum bis little fief 4 though principally ab a 0 decoy late in the sixties N s hm hn the kagl of pythias were organized org in this the demand for skeletons kek tons increases I 1 they were used to a gi cat eat extent la lodge rooms de do prospered 1 a consequence since sinco most ot of his COB it rs a 4 given up alio business off and on the following in 1 tl years business was dull and brill turns but the old man bad had am amas small email for fortune time itna and fa Is no no ra why be he should longer continue con tinaa is ia business busi nees except that be has talent taken I 1 ing to his work such as every arnet tl he ae i is an artist in everyne the f inal 11 I 1 aea I 1 the word there Ts is undoubtedly alry i who can articulate a skeleton as ms as be and it is no idle boast 0 on 12 when lie claims that with egav ey folded be he can tako take a mass olam of bosa benting the human frame it and lck the skeleton as it was originally r out one bone out of place WHAT THE ban un I 1 the doctor while standi rg hi I 1 workshop a few days ago with bm butew abw rolled up over bin his skinny 4 thack forth on the subject nearest tu his AM hes this skeleton ion you see m apera I 1 have imported from france joart I 1 notice the high on 0 13 to a method 0 of f preparation prcy only by the french they dw b bones boniaby by a it process of macera tero acid the whole omenta ta K quiring two or three mouths in this country the bones are carelessly boiled and coins COMO outa and dirty in all my ice I 1 have never come across a ow sk skeleton oleton thia this ta is due to the act t tia tg chinaman believe he win w not w heaven unless bis his bones rest in the fic ery kingdom the different prices of skeletons I 1 based upon their degrees 0 of f hari and whiteness upon the the bones and the amount of a adew cism fat in their extremities for chii w the french article is decidedly dedY of I 1 v slue t than ban the A american in e or get up to this year over 2600 been imported ito this conn tili they have hare become scarce ot of latt some reason ronson and to supply the te dl I 1 und find it necessary mary to ma of paper of course I 1 have a stock of 0 tw I 1 in my y bedroom but I 1 would not pi any of these mon cical I 1 haac look upon them as dear friends friend oil M C pan ions lons hero yon you see my econs made of papier mache lachew via I 1 r teeth an and d the whole CO cove 4 a white polish which gives tb I 1 i ance of the genuino article 10 three of these each week andal and tw lr I 1 I 1 I 1 from ten to fit fifteen teen dollars NI ported genuine e article costs bo 1 to thirty five dollars and tado d twenty dollars dollar but then th n the wi aro are bought only by secret set ret de I 1 yes I 1 have grown brown old 1 J I ness and lovo love it it I 1 have taw in lay V handled over skeleton skeletons I 1 philadelphia record |