The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-21

The fad for Transforming big game
ticies OF furniture. has for some time
been prevalent in England. Deceased pets.
also. are mo- longer buried and forgotten,
but are sent TO the taXidermist, who
shortly returns them stuffed and mounted
10 again take their places I'm theIfamily
circle.
when the Prince OF Wales visited Rus
STA he brought back with him a huge
black bear which he had shot. l. was Dis
intention 10 have the kin alone p@reserv-
ed, but at the earnest entrcaty OF the
Princess he was prevailed upon 10 have it
stuffed. so ii was sent 10 q taXidcrmist
a few weeks later, when the Prime
entered his smoking room az Marlborough
House. he was surprised % ma inc DIS
animal standing before him, with q tray
on which were a bottle OF spirits ana "a
number OF glasses.
Since then e. has been the aspiration
of every sportsman 10 have % bear IN
ms hall or smOking-roOm. One OF the
iqrgcst stuffed bears is in the posscsaioa
OF the Baroness Eckhardstein. IL YVES
shot in Alaska and mounted 10y Roland
Ward. who gave ~ TO the Baroness on
the day she was married. I'm it's paw IT
holds am electric torch which floods the
hall with "a soft red light.
When the pet parrot belonging TO the
Zinc OF Wales persisted IN the claws
Of his favorite eat, 10 was consids'c1
100 beautiful to consign 10 Mother tarth.
sc IL was mOuntcd az "a flower ana fruit
stand. and presented 10 the Qucnn on
her seventeen birthday. ANA is now q
nseful ornament in Windsor Castle.
As usual with an "a d this ore ms
been run 20 an extreme. Some oniinais
were never intended 10 Toe tuned lAto
furniture: and the giraffe SIS certainly
one of these. Stil. one OF the most eN-
n.nsiye. uglicst. and most unc)miorta-
,ablc chairs ever constructed ,H mace
out Of a giraffe. 10 belongs 20 NY. D.
Gardiner Muir. by whom the animal was
.hot. evidently Mr.. Muir did NOT neon
10 be LETT. even II he had no bear.
From the argus pheasant some beautiful
fre-scroens have been designed. The nrst
was made FOR the Countess Mayo i"ohi &"
bird shot by the late Earl OF sins 1po'e'
Two weeks before he was assase'A'',''
A few very exquisite hrc-scrcens have
been mad from peaCocks, ana tl,N ave
by far the most gorgeous. but OWING 90
tho superstition that peacock 'f
bring bad luck IL ls hardly lk2iy lhal
ehov will ever become popular.
Bird lamps. too. are becoming fashlon-
nble. A very handsome and extremely
expensive one is made out OF the black
ewan The bird SIS stuffed and placed
in mo position ir which 10 swifns. The
neck is curved back until the head
r,acnes she center 90 the back. and IN
the bin l. held the stem " the lamp. This
IS mounted on a heavy mirror. The os-
trlch and emu are much used for piano
and staircase lamps. They are stuffed and
mounted on a stand with rollers. and the
bird carries the Lamp on the middle Of
SITS back.
There Is I'm the possession OF Sir Rob
err Harvey a horn hat-stand designed
by Sir Edwin Landseer. II Is constructed
from the horns OF stays shot in l~nVerInark
Forest by Sir Robert and his father. A
large number OF hat stands have been
made from Landseer's design, the orlgi-
nal OF which he mad for his own home
But Sir Robert Harvey's has the distinc-
ton Of being the largest and having
the finest set OF horns In England.
Among the most valuable biz game