The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-06
cAIABAsH PIPES
Fashioned from tie Crooked Neck Of
Large Gourds.

Fashioned from the Crooked Neck Of
Large Gourds.
A mysterious looking pipe, shaped
somewhat ike an ear trumpet. IS now
attracting good deal q attention IN
the windows Of cigar storts. t IS
known a. the "calabash pipe. and has
come 40 much into use that the de-.
partment 81 agriculture 20 Washington
deems Il worthy of a descriptive pam
phlet-
The information given traces the new
smokers favmite ta South AfriHa.
Caahash pipes are made froni the crook
al necks of 4 large gourd belonging %
the wen known group of plants which
includes The cucumber tire melons and
TIC sQuashes. They have for some time
heep The fashion In England aud are
now coming into vogue il the United
States Pipes made from the imported
Qourds are expensive American deai-
ers usually charging SIS and sometimes
si2 apiece for them They are the
highest pipes made for their size. are
grateful ia shape, color Ike meer
sehaums. and are said to b. delightful
smokers
Unlike The cheap pipes turned out BIZ
machinery no two Of these calabash
pipes are alike The crook Of the Gala.
bash varies So much that each mouth.
piece must be made to 80 IL and each
lining OF meerschaum Of plaster Of paris
must be specially adapted to the body
al the pipe The high cost OF the Gala
az f,f4 fa No -
the responsiveness 81 the hand labor,
but also to the fact that, until recent.
NJ, the gourds forming the bowls Of
the pipes had TO Be imported from South
Africa.
Ii has been found That the gourds
grow well id this country. The raising
of The goufds Oh d large scale II the
expectation of 4 commercial demand
however, is not advised BIT the depart
ment 81 agricultural but light and att
tractive pipes may he made Isl any one
/ from the gourls at a nominal cost
/ TO make pipe the neck end of the
gourd should BE cut of and all pith
carefully removed from the inside The
! thin outside euticle should be seraped
OIL with a sharp knife before il dries;
at least 1t comes of easier then, and If
left on win form food for mods.
The making Of the pipe should be
postponed until the gourds have become
well seasoned The necessary aeces
series arc a rubber mouthpiece, q bowl
and some thin cork strips, the cost Of
which should not exceed 80 cents
The large trumpetlike end Of the
aourd neck is cut with a fine saw at the
,.r.fa AL lr4t+ tgf,4sesh 90 That a
/ regular cheap meerschaum bowl viii
/ fit into it, having its rim flush with the
outside Of the goura- 4 few teaspoon
4 fuls Of plaster Of paris mixed with wa.
ter form stiff paste which is spread IS
4 n thick layer for half an inch inside
the rim of the gourd neck. The meer-
schaum bowl is FIRST creased and then
forced into place against the fresh plas-
ter to set slightly, not over three min
utes at most, otherwise It will stick
fast.
When push stem Is used the bowl
can be made entirely of plaster 81 paris
lana the cost of the pipe stu further
reduced. A thin piece Of cardboard with
central perforation is fitted into the
gourd lust below the point where the
bottom of The bowl Is to come. thin
mixture 81 plaster Of paris Is then
Incurred into the geurd t. form 9 layer
about quarter Of q mich thick on
4 he pastehoard disk any smooth. cyl
lindrical object suitable for the ins
side of bowl Is we'll CREASED and
placed upright in the end Of the goufa
/ III form a core and the plaster Of paris
aeured in.- Boston Herald.