The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03

mote OUT OF ms DrcLhers 0yo " no mus
first remove the beam from his own eye.
-Good-by,' he ohanted with q fare
well smile, and went back to his Cupid.
one,- said Mr.. Kallenberg. TT Is as ok
as the everlasting hilh. you know. Egyp
tians, AssyriAns, Chimes did wonderful
Of time. You might write a whole Sunday
edition and not begin to tell the story
The United States import about twenty
tons OF ivory. each year. but very httlt
OF It IL used for art objects. Some Of II
Ing into favor now that the silver fad !,
dying out; but tho bulk of i goes into
J plano keys. Some billiard balls are made
Of II too, and 1t s used for cutlery handles,
) London and Antwerp are the big ivory
m.rkets. Do you know anything about
an interesting story.
Kings aren't often good business mon
but leopold, King OF Tx Belsians' rs a
The speaker had the air Of ono who swal-
''. YOU the s. wsSS iSs5ss 81 him in connection
with dancers and that sort Of thing, but
he has a great head, all the same, and be
is as enthusiastic a. am over ivory. 1t
10 his hobby.
he had money to invest. He sent an
built railroads. sent out scientists for re-
search. had auctions Of palm oil and other
products from the new territory. But
what he was most interested In ives the
England had the ivory market Of the
SSTs n se 81 Ii. % o~n' uR &. hi had %i nc a ssa
prejudice, tradition. the English influence
and power. Hes . great mAn that Leo
pold:
-- MI - - ~ ~ 80
which ivory dealers and workers and col
leotors came from all parts Of the world.
@He imported from the Congo $50 tons
Of tusk ivory each year. and auctioned
II on in four lots, spring, summer,
autumn and winter auctions. Now he
him an advantage over the English mar
ket n enable him to compete, so he cooked
UP this scheme:
1T Is very hard to judge ivory. Even
an expert may often be fooled. Tn price
ranges from u a pound to % a pound. and
choice and value, The Belgian King saw
that 1t would be a great advantage TO the
Antwerp market II the buyers could be
protected against mistakes.
AN ivory sold there u graded accord
ing tISn' to f fSsi oSy.l Re1U Of es ssin 81 Put y r]u up at ssG.
A poor buyer Ia a. sure and safe as the
finest expert. He knows exactly what
he Is getting. You sec the scheme.
THAT Antwerp market has only been
going about. ten years. II now draws
ivory not only from the Congo, hut from
rivals London. In fact, / believe II IA
doing moro business than the London
market.
That's what l call a King with a busi-
4 sent him a present onoe. Van Dyok.
the singer, wanted something to take back
and present 70 the King. / showed him
an eagles head carved from a whales
tooth. / had been looking at the big tooth
one day. saw the eagle q shape on It,
and carved II for my wi amusement;
It wasn't for sale, but he could take It along
and give It to the King with my comph-
ments. He was shocked.
He'd never accept II, he said.
Well, ! don't know why, said It's
carved from American ivory, by the only
native ivory artist In America. We are
both ivory cranks. and I'm as good az
ivan Dyck took the eagle. gay Il to
the Chamberlain, and. after a while, i
The King didn't accept gifts OF that sort
as a rule, the note said. but this was 80
American, and he never could resist fine
ivory. 30 he presented his thanks. DC. :,
There are a lot Of whales teeth carved
and decorated by sailors
He showed q group Of yellow ivory tusks
about the size OF corn cobs, and ornamented
by scratchy drawings In black line and
crude coloring.
Most Of the subjects were nautical. Many
OF them were distinctly primitive, a few
exceedingly clever.
I'VE used TO have a big whaling feet
you know eaid the artist. And often the
men would nave nothing to do aboard boat
for weeks. They amused themselves doing
this. II makes al interesting collection.
Then here are some Esquimanx Ivory
carvings. They are American ivory work,
too. and some OF them ave a good deal Of
character.
He poured out on the table a pile OF tiny
ivory figures. Esquimaux dogs, reindeer,
bears, seals, musk-ox, all the animals with
which the Esquimaux are familiar
They had. AZ he said. considerable
character, though they lacked the finish
OF the white rabbits and elephants which
Mkt was turning out. on the other side Of
the room. -.
Those are made Of walrus tusks,' said
Mr.. Kallenberg. THE Esquimaux make
ivory spear handles and boat prows, too,
but ] haven't any now.
sUp In Alaska, they have found some
fine specimens 81 mastodon ivory, but II
costs too much 90 bring IL down here. You
know there's a good deal OF mAstodon
lkUIN urfels hprN VI " OiIsG itoih y
III IL fossil ivory ases old, the tusks OF
mAstodons In past sses. They get about
twenty tons Of IL out - Siberia every year
Occasion ally the tusks are magnificent,
but usually the ivory IL shattered 30 and
atsd by the geological action that
IL bring a Low price.
A MAJ Who went 90 the kIondik last
yeaJ dug out a splendid mAstOion tuck
vel CHING $50 pounds He tTsded u Tor rggs
and buttsr. IL Wa cent down here, but Il
cost o. q pound to got Il hor" 90 miles
by sledge. then boat, then rail
-The produce merchant 90 whom " ~as
consixned here didn't g"t mucl moe aan
enough o. cover freight out ~ hpm"
museum ought "a have had u tut ! b"usit
II and cot d up 1lIs uantPTtai - 90 u
would hay. lS-sn much chsaIsf % ~ LAD
come fruia Sibsf1a.
sTha issi IVORY II live ivory taken "A
llv. elephants II u ff--hrf and m"f.
,ran-pafent than tha ivory fnnW d"ai
sf.r latter has usually ls"n iun.d ~
ths ~ sns Il time aud u found AID Us
aui sonlsiiIiss ~ las t@sh huH'd As
NJ - the ivofy coin.s from Afnna.
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