The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-24

styles and shapes sprung on them ev-
cry day.
Some slaves of loose tobacco take to
the German pipe with its elongated
stem and cavernous bowl, and they
wouldn't think they were smoking at
all if compelled to adopt the bulldog
style of pipe that the staggering col
lege boy smokes on the street. The
German bowl is necessarily a home
luxury, because few smokers care TO
be bothered with a dray.
Another home pipe that appeals
strongly to the metropolitan smokers
is the chibook, or Turkish bowl, with
it's half dozen appended flexible stems
! and it's bowl of water through which
| the smoke is drawn. These pipes are
| prevalent for the most part in bach
elor apartments. and the feature that
| is their strongest recommendation is
| that several smokers may puff at one
| of them at the same time.
| The increase in the number or tour
| lists to the Philippine Islands has food
| ed New York with various styles of
pipes that are new to- local dealers.
They are in the main unique and are
more valuable as ornaments and ad-
ditions to collections than for the act
ual satisfaction obtained from smok-
ing them. Yet pipe smokers, who al
ways are on the lookout for something
novel, have grabbed them up, and
wouldn't trade an old reed stem and
coblike bowl for the finest meer-
schaum in town.
The large Moro pipe, which is in
tended to serve as a war club not
otherwise in use, is by far the most
novel of the recent importations from
the Philippines. 1t has an immense
stem, covered with short barbs, and
the bowl is of sufficient weight to make
1t dangerous weapon when welded
by native Filipino. There are sew
erel of these MORO pipes in this city,
and smokers have taken to them with
alacrity simply because they are queer
One pipe-smoker is the owner of
highly priced speciment that was
carved out of a steers horn. A bowl
of briar was inserted in the end and
connected with a reed stem tipped
with amber. He spends his evenings
smoking his pipe and couldn't be in
duced to try any other. 1t is heavy
and hard to handle, but he likes it,
nevertheless.
Some curious designs are to be found
in the collections of pipe smokers who
appreciate carving One man who con-
sumes a pound of tobacco every week
smokes from a snakes head ingenious
ly worked out of French briar Anotn-
er finds satisfaction in a bowl repre-
senting a dogs foot. The human skull
also has been counterfeited to meet the
fancy of the pipe smoker.
good many lovers of the meer-
schaum pipe spend their time trying
to color their high-priced treasures in
fantistic fashion, believing that they
nave the genuine article. AS a matter
of fact, scores of them waste their
breath against exceedingly deceptive
limitations.
The first meerschaum pipe made in
the United States was carved by
Charles Pollack in New York in 1860
from a block which Rev. Mr.. Tying OF
Brooklyn brought from Turkey. Pol
lack learned his trade from his faith
er-in-law in old Buda and introduced
the meerschaum industry in this
country in 1861
The literal translation of the word
meerschaum is foam of the sea-" but
1t in reality is a silicate of magnesia.
The raw material comes from Asia
Minor, wherefrom the Turkish govern
ment derives a great deal of revenue.
1t is extracted much the same was as
coal. Near Eski Shehir, an important
station of the Anatolan Railway.
where rich deposits are found, pits
from rs to $50 feet deep are dug, and
as soon as the veing is struck hort
zontal galleries. sometimes of consid-
cradle length, are made.
The stone as extracted is called
hamtash Trough block, and is sort
enough to be easily cut with knite;
Il is white and is covered by req
clay soil. The manipula ton required
before it is ready for export is long
and costly. There is some found IN
Spain, but it is not suta BILE. being TOO
full of flaws. The best quality is cali
ed "Spiegel meerschaum" Cooking
glass meerschaum. on account OF It's
beautiful luster when colored). the
first piece of meerschaum was brought
into Hungary by a nobleman about
the year 1900, who gave IL to a cobbler
on his estate to carve into a pipe bow.
As he was mending shoes, thereby US
Ing wax, some of II go on the bowl
which caused the pipe to color when
smoked.