The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-06-20
psRJS BONE FACTORY WHERE
LYMAN BONES ARE PREPAR-
ED. SOLD AND RENTED.

Waking skeletons for a living does
..am to be a business that would
very much, and yet there are q
.nut.r Of places where skeletons.
.s .ade. In making skeletons it
,,.. not mean that they are made
...-a1Iv by some composition re-
.#-r bone, but that they are
.,..r.r by removing flesh and liga-
u.,t. driving the bones, whitening
.r.. and assembling them, fastening
..-o .ogether with slender wires in
-r,.a of the Iigaments, which, Of
,..,r.. will not remain solid like
6oae but disintegrate.
IN these places skeletons Of al
o,o.t everything, from a common
-oar1Ia TO human being, are made
There are places where artificial
Skeletons are made for various pur-
oosas. such as theatrical productions
and rhe like, but this is done along
NTH other work where all sorts OF
,sincs from imitation ivory paper
cutters to massive pillars, are made.
The real skeleton factor deals in
no+btng except the genuine skeletons,
and they not only sell these and fill
ordars for them to all sorts of medi-
ca1 men and institutions and schools,
bn+ they are also willing to rent
them" for any period, says a Paris
oorrespondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger.
The biggest share of the skeleton
trade is carried on in France, the
biggest "factory' being located in
CAV Paris. where there is complete
aouiDmont and stock for furnishing
skeletons of every thing, even extinct
animals. skeletons of fishes and men
and elephants and rabbits and every
thing of today that has enough Of
skeleton to be put together. So great
is the business in this place that it
has branches in London and Berlin,
and it gets out great catalogues and
sends them broadcast, showing lists
and cuts of their choice lot of skele-
tons
Most of the human bones employ
ed in the French manufacture be-
longed in life to criminals or to I'M
known persons whose bodies were
unclaimed after death in hospitals
or almshouses. After being utilized
in the dtssecting room the remains
We're removed to this factory
The proprietor of the factory is,
Or should be, very rich man, for he
practically monopolizes this indus
try The factory has many depart
ments. First comes the preliminary
preparation of the skeletons of all
forms and representations finally in
fitting of the bones and joints to-
getAer with wires.
The preparation OF the skeleton
tabes many months from first to last,
and is a very expensive process in
the bulk There must be a thorough
chemical treatment of the bones in
the first place to insure their hang
ing together and remaining in an un-
altered state It is hardly ever the
case that a skeleton seen on exhibit
lion is made up entirely of its own
original parts
The formula employed in bringing
the process of the skeletons com
p.e,ion 10 a state of relative perfec-
ton is still an industrial secret. 1t
mus be when sold as white as mar
BILE. In the warehouse of the facto-
ry are rows of shelves where skele-
tons OF all forms and representative
OF all races may be seen; some by ac-
cideat or in virtue of dissection pro-
cesses have been broken or dis
mounted and very carefully reftted
with fine wire.
Underneath are multitudes of
Boxes full of assorted bones, with
Dig bones, such as ribs, marked off
with letters and numbers. In show
cases may be seen for saIe-or to be
let for whatever purposes may be
desirad-skletons of giants, dwarfs
Or Of strange races discovered by ex-
pIorers in far-off countries.
Criminals heads, with their names
and the dates of their execution,
some of them very remote, are seen
mere, and pamphlets descriptive of
cards in small type containing the