The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-22
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shapely one taken out For the .'manikin'
body the master rolled excelsior tightly
and tied it with Irvine, making compact oval bundle of
Then he prepared three wires about long the bod
sharpening them at end until they truly formidable
These wire the feet And the head and neck First
he wrapped cotton until it about
the thickness of the neck and placing the inside the
skin the sharp point thru the top of the head Then he
carefully stuffed the with cotton, putting it thru the
mouth and eyeholes poking it into place The duck
looked funny at this with its round eyeess head
limp body eyes next after they
nicely set in putty the bird became almost alive in
The master considered the making of glass eyes
little cubbyhoe great
brilliantly colored staring eyes-green the
white for the backbird brown yellow and
kingdom before glass blowers had begun
axdemsts used coored glass beads for
For deer thew broke glass bottles having very deep
dmple and used the of the dimple for an eye
the breast rounded out with cotton and the
mankin placed inside. very little cotton was filed in
mankn the had calculated to nicely
the body Holding the bird firmly and carefully he
wire thru each foot and the leg and stuffed
with pointed wires thru the manin
firmly cnched Finally the opening in the back
together with long stitches of unbleached linen
thread naturally the seam
wire curved and the wire muscles of the
assumed standing posture the bird was ready for
finishing touches
Looking Last Like Duck.
Looking very like except for Hopping wings and
beak which dropped open as II were READY 10 squw II
placed and held by means OF the wires pro-
ecting from the feet pin thrust thru the beak to
keep pins held in At either side
the wing joined to the body there of
teatnerS were VI
greenish black lines and heavily barred
with black white the tips These feathers always
very for making trout fishing flies The
very carefully feathers the rounding
part wing that is their position in and be-
they pretty to be hidden The great
indeed entire of stuffed bird depend
its naturalness 1t would do to robin the
of duck the attitude OF Poses
activity repose be characteristic above
all else With def fingers the master smoohed and patted
blending with practlced
skill knowledge gained by observation Finally
the sharp point of the head wire was npped off, the tail was
pinned between bits would remain
ery spread rubbed lightly with arsencal
soap preserve them, the duck placed
Only other thing
before the duck member the masters menagerie
brilliant colors of the bithe yellow rich
NINE pure white black-would fade to when the
thOroly the bill must with
would be arrayed in all its glory
Leaving Dandy Duck its perch staring with
prsed familiar which it found ITSELF
complete Here various wild animals and birds
heaps of bones shaggy bison. Taxdermy
really has three branchesbrd, beast and ashland the
excellent illustration Of the second branch
1nanikn also used for mounting animals.
When bison removed the
reservng Lones the skull and lower jaw Then
he heavy iron rods, paying the
of attention to shape and This huge
clay; workmanship put the latter. in
modelling proper holows of muscles before the
robe of stretched the figure.
general plan followed in fish taxidermy The
preserved SOAP then mounted
manikn of wood excelsior and clay But when fish is
artificial ALL the finest and most
entire fish must be painted with
paints delicate tins of peculiar coorngsust hint
of exquisite the has been vanished it
rivals the golden pheasant in beauty
Nina B. Price.
A POPCORN SONG