Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-20
HOW 10 COLOR Al PiPE
Al Tobacconist GIVES some Points j
Browning MeerschauIn.

HOW TO COLOR a PIPE
Tobacoonist ewes some Points On
Browning y Meerschaum.
Now. i have about as good 4 meer-
schaum pipe as one wants to see, said
Boston Globe man TO tobacconist
and riremaker. i foreigner, who learned
his trade III Vienna, BY the way, and
want to know how shall start to
color it2'
It is we'll you ask me If yon don't
know was the ready reply, 4for If you
attach anything more than sentimen-
tai value To the pipe you can just about
double It's value by careful eoloring.
@Meerschaum pipes need about as
much care as baby. First Of all you
must get false bowl that is, bowl
OF brierwood or meerschaum- which
yon must fit into the top Of your pipe.
Don't use the lower bowl for smoking
at all, but the false one, or you may
burn your pipe and almost spoil Ii.
Then, too, you must keep your pipe
case carefully brushed out. III pieces
of tobacco are allowed to get in ii they
harden and scratch the pipe all up.
And you must keep the pipe wiped, too.
.or the same reason, and also that It
won't always have dirty look. Your
false bowl must be wet just little on
be smoked very carefully until it gets
crust, or you will have to throw it away
and get another.
Plug cut tobacco is the best to use,
as it is not as hot as most fine cuts and
tits not as likely TO burn the bowl.
| Isn't meerschaum pipe ruined
| after it has been burned once 2" asked
the writer.
j @No. That is q mistaken idea. If
you burn your pipe SO that you find it
won't color any more, bring it in to us
and we will boil it in wax, and then
you can try your luck again. All meer-
schaums are boiled in wax and when q
| pipe is overheated that waxy polish dis
appears, and it looks dull and chalky.
In making carved pipe they cut out
pipe in wax. Then they finish the
carving and boil it in wax again, and the
/ pipe is ready for market.
@Now, here is pipe in the shape of
woman's head. with q wreath of
flowers across the forehead. The
wreath, you see, is white and chalky,
and the rest has the familiar wax
finish. That is because the wreath was
carved after the pipe had been boiled
in wax the second time; in carving the
wreath the workman cut below the wax
finish. When the pipe is colored the
wreath will remain white, as yon see it
now, and the effect will be very fine.
Where are most meerschaums
NADER"
"In Vienna. Pipemaking is trade
i pipemakers outside of Vienna and
/ Pesth. American work is often pretty,
but it lacks the finish of the European.
Foreign pipes are lighter and more
graceful than the American.
"In first-class pipe half of the value
ought to be in the amber. but both
meerschaum and amber are of all quail
| tiles. For instance, one bundle OF
meerschaum may be worth $50, while
another the same size may be worth
$500. The lighter the better is the
general rule"
Where do you get most of your
meerschaum
@We get most of ours from Asia
Minor, where it is mined, the town OF
Kouish furnishing the principal sup.
plies. The Austrian merchants buy il
at Smyrna. Meerschaum is also found
less abundantly in Greece and some oil
the Grecian islands, in Moravia and
Morocco, where it is used when fresh
as q substitute for soap. A variety
used as building-stone is found near
Madrid, and there is some meerschaum
in South Carolina. It's name, 'meer.
schaum,' is the German for sea-foam
and is given it only because of it's ap,
pearance.
"An imitation meerschaum used fol
making pipes is made of hardened
plaster of paris; treated with parafne
and colored by gamboge and dragons
blood. The French also use as sub
stitute for meerschaum a preparation
made chiefly from potato. The arti
fetal meerschaums can not easily be-
distinguished from the real, but they
are usually heavier and freer from
blemishes caused by the presence q
foreign minerals in many genuine
meerschaums.
@By the way, that new pipe of your.
is now worth from $12 to SIS. Color il
up well and in two months You car
sell it for $25. Yes, this false bow
will cost You 25 cents.
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