European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ludwig Kaehler Erbach carving shows what May be done with 105 pounds of Ivory Tusk six and a half feet for Ivory carvings from the that storied Range of wooded Bills which extends Between Frankfurt and have been world from under the agile fingers of generations of bearded Odenwald craftsmen have poured an endless Chain of Large and rivalling the of the to Delight the hearts of col lectors of Ivory carvings the world most of the bearded patriarchs of the Craft Are gone and in their place there rises a new generation schooled in the ancient during the lean years they worked in so that their hands might not lose their now once an adequate Stock of Ivory is available to them and their Trade is re gaining its Preitler Eminence in the Castle of the Little town of or Center of the is one of the worlds finest displays of German Ivory the Glass cases in the Castle contain figures so tiny that they May poised atop a yet so delicately carved that every detail is some of the hidden during the Are hundreds of years others Are of More recent there Are inevitable Row trunk holding i whose figures Are carved in authentic period Brace lets and pins and other in Erbach also is a school for Young craftsmen who Are instructed by a Ludwig a typical example of old Odenwald Ivory carving from the Erbach Var Young craftsmen learn ancient Art using a modern tool Akin to a dentists Drill for their delicate final finishing is done with tiny such As youth in foreground is examples of their Art Are shown Ai left and figures at top am from the museum at