The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-25


splitting and wsrDinE.
Tie employment q ivory for the e.
u-e-srca q artistic work and as a sub
stance fo- beautful articles q utility
tates hack before history There are 10
cur museum articles CT ivory. both use
III and artistic. from the tirae q Solo
-cn 20 the present DAY.
wlue ivory articles of a commercial
character have always been DO style
and always ln use by tAe rich and fas-
uI.ous. The vogue for lLe articles of
/ this kind las Leves been as great with
ia tie last L1lf century 1- ~ The pres
eut time. says The Jewellers Circular
. AM Review. Various reasons have been
. ass s1ed f1- This. one being that ivory
. Is among tLe fev valuable substances
/ that cauu1t be successfully initiated;
another that. silver having beeu so uni
rersauy used within the last few years,
there = demand among those already
/ r4ssls,lnz siIve- toilet articles, brushes
AMI similar pieces fOr a change. aud
there being 10 other adaptable metal
| except gold. which is far too valuable
/ fgr such use. ivory is found 70 he the
best substance % fully ft this demand.
However true these reason may be,
there is 20 doubt that an Impetus has
I been given 90 the sale % ivory goods
| through the perfection in manufsctur-
| in- 10 recent years.
owing 10 the fact that 10 former days
ivory was turned out from the tusk 70
/ the finished article within very short
I time many artlcles used 70 split and
| warp. while Others. such a. mirrors or
/ brush backs. often cracked by contrac-
/ ton. In the manufacture of ivory goods
/ today such results are 10 longer TO be
/ feared. because the makers Of the inner
l articles. especially the Americans, care
I fully and slowly make their goods. and
before the article Is finished and put on
I the market il is thoroughly seasoned
| and has been subjected 70 all kinds Of
atmospheric aud climatic conditions
The manufacture today roughs out his
article and lays it away for months be-
fore IL goes 10 the hand OF the polisher
aud dnlsher In articles such as mir
rors and brush backs spaces are now
allowed for expansion aud contraction
within the frame, 50 that no cracking
can take place.
The manufacture Of articles from ivo-
~ is as interesting as IL is little known
20 the average user of the articles The
ivory articles % cOmnerce-that j.. the
better articles. such as are sold by the
jewelry trade-come from the tusk Of
the elephant the African elephants.
particularly those near the equator. Civ
iug the best material for manufactur-
ing purposes. Ivory is essentially equiv
alent 20 deutlne and comes from the
pair Of upper incisors. which In the
larger elephants run as large as nine TO
ten feet IN length and weigh sometimes
as much as 100 pounds. About halt
the tusk is implanted in the mouth Of
the elephant, and this half is hollow.
the half outside being solid. In the
young animal some Of the protruding
part OF the tusk Is also hollow, leaving
but a smaller portion Of solid ivory.
The exterior is smooth and in its nat
ural state is 10 some extent polished.
extended parts in the finer tusks being
often Of deep coffee color. II is not
always possible TO judge the quality be-
fore the tusk is cut up. because the
most profound disorganization may
sometimes exist inside OF an exterior
which seems perfect When the tusk
) is cut, great care Is taken TO divide il
TO the greatest possible advantage. the
solid part being generally cut in long
thin, longitudinal strips from which
are manufactured the backs Of fat ar
ticles, while the hollow part is often
, cut into lateral rings, and from these
are manufactured boxes and other ar
ticles having an Interior.
The larger tusks coming 10 lis
country at the present time run from
100 10 100 pounds in weight, while the
= smaller OF baby" tusks run from Z
20 10 pounds, the latter being used in
the manufacture Of such articles as
puff boxes, hollow shoehorns. shaving
brush handles ana paper cutters. The
: finished articles of ivory present a
smooth. clear white luster that is i'm
possible TO be obtained from any other
substance. So beautiful are the pieces
In their natural state that very little at
tempt is made today at further orna-
mentation. When ornamentation is
used, il generally takes the form Of a
simple monogram either Of gold or sill
yer, while the latest style for those
who wish to have nothing but ivory is
20 have the monogram cut out OF this
substance and applied 10 the back. The
V vogue for ivory articles in this country
undoubtedly follows to some extent
Paris, where the demand, as all over
/, Europe, is most extensive, but the sales
; by jewellers here are now so constantly
Increasing as to insure continued use
Cf ivory irrespective OF European fash
ions.
, Artistic work in ivory, such ms carv-
|. ed pieces and figures, come today ex-
cluslvely from Europe and Asia. the
!. carved ivory coming principally from
. China and Japan through the oriental
q. | houses wbilp tho fiot1ros corno f.o....