The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-11-08
MEERSCHAUM PIPES.
characteristics of the Styles Whicn
Some of the worlds Smokers
Prefer.

Most of the plain meerschaum pipes
sold nowadays are of practically the
same styles as briar pipes, and finished
and mounted in the same manner. Of
the once familiar meerschaum, that
was substantially meerschaum bowl
with short upturned stem part, into
which a wcichsel stempiece was in
serted, comparatively few are now
sold. Many of the meerschaum pipes
of to-day are of the bulldog pattern,
and many are made likewise straight
stemmed, but with bowls in various
rounded forms; and there are briar-
shaped pipes with droop stems. The
mountings are silver or gold bands, or
ferrules, around the stem part, where
the pit or mouthpiece is attached, and,
on some pipes, mounting around the
top of the bowl In these pipe mount
ings those produced by Americans eN-
eel all others in suitability and design.
With their production in modern
STYLES and in forms adapting them to
the most convenient and advantageous
use has come an increased demand for
pipes of meerschaum.
Such are the pipes usually bought py
the American or Englishman, Who' II
he smokes a meerschaum wants a
stout, stocky, serviceable pipe. There
are sold, however, some meerschaums
that are modelled more on clay pipe
lines, with the stem part and mouth
piece little If any longer butvery much
slenderer and lighter than those parts
of the pipes more commonly sold. But
while the American and the English
man prefer generally when they buy a
meerschaum good solid pipe, the
Frenchman who smokes meer-
schaum wants long and slender pipe
as also does the Italian. The plain
meerschaum pipe made for the French
| or Italian smoker is in design SUB
stantially like clay pipe; with bow
of the same general shape, though OF
| finer lines, and with the same long
slender stem. But made OF such a
material as meerschaum and beautl
fully finished, and with long, slen
der, delicate mouthpiece OF amber
there is no danger of the pipe being
mistaken for clay pipe. Simple, ano
at the same time quaint, as such pipes
may at first appear to one unaccus
toned to them, they may easily be oo
iects of beauty, as was certainly, in al
especial degree, one seen in shol
where many such pipes were displayed
II was finished in all but the polish
ing; was about foot in length, IN
cluding the delicate amber mouth
piece, which would measure perhap
four inches, and the meerschaum wa
Of a smooth and milky whiteness, Will
the long, slender amber mouthpiec
was of light yellow, clouded witt
white.
| Such pipes are made with the bowl
placed at different angles, as is tn
case with clay pipes, and the bowl
are made rather thin walled thai
otherwise, in keeping with the genera
character of the pipe. These siende
meerschaum pipes are made, some
them, with the stem fashioned to pre-
sent twist in appearance, but mos
Of them are made with the ster
straight and smooth. They are mad'
/ including the amber bit or moutf
piece. in various lengths, the price
the pipe depending on the length, an
as with other meerschaums on tn
quality. Such pipes have been mad
Sc inches in length. Pipes OF frol
eight to twelve inches in length al
the pipes of this kind most commonl