Show the trade in skeleton there lives in philadelphia an old frenchman who for over a quarter of a century has followed the profession of or ticul ator of human bonea the sign board over hie door bears the simple legend AL de blanque rie he runs this little shop principally as a decoy for he has found it necessary to ply his queer trade on the quiet in a rear room the walla arc decorated with skeletons in all sorts of grotesque positions four hideous skulls grin from the posts of the bed and close by stands a skeleton with arms outstretched doing duty as tt clothes rack the room lit by a lamp made of a skull which Is suspended from the ceiling with ot tanned human bide when the of pythias were organized bome yeara ago the demand for skeletons increased as they were to a great extent in the lodge rooms do blanque prospered a consequence the price of skeletons varies according to their dearce of hardness and whiteness the genuine imported article costs anywhere from aso to 35 and the domestic SO but the trade is about lost to this country because they can set up a skeleton so much cheaper in france there are old teeth dealers who sell the product of many aching jaws to these artio for as much as 1 a quart they have often to buy more than this to get a tooth to suit for u ek eleton with a full set of teeth Is worth halt again its value otherwise lippincotts Lippin cotts |