The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-05-04
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Uuicr the iLe u &c Plo1.u- up . Living
Nr. Jane Gr--ar e-a. the % Amateur Casual.
writes O. TIE LONDON StEr the following account
Of g scene in -le English capital
Tie Uauu.le-ure 90! TOYS hiss in modern times
he1lIac an important branch ~ u7de. Whole
districts in Germany and Switzerland arc en-
p-Drct IN tie production ~ Noah or& and
dds tea-tl.a--, and such like goods and ac-
c,-iing To rhela-t Post OHlee Diree,lry returns,
goodness knows haw many persons are returned
- dolls eve and VIZ makers. But these are
r1vs unknown IN L,acLcr Lane.
az /, G market place .o- ~s--uZ-iing poverty. and
IL Toys axe expressly e3ltTiyeG To suit tie taste
and means IF tie population. Mis- SVan-leullo,
with her wonderful trimmings and lace. and &
marvellous mechanical cyntriyaDce in the RECON
~ her stomach thar causes Ler L. emit unelItlLY
sounds when pressed u do -. may he ali very
wei for the Ne-l End market. bat The INDUS
tEioCs washer oman a. the seller persists II
calling Aer. better suits Leather Lane, because
rLe contemplation % that ingenious 10Y. hes-aes
amusing teaches a practical lesson against Idle
Ic~s. L J. made OK 3D.. -ElInt wood. ana IEe
limbs st the wa-Ler'Jmgn are joined with tags
If strings aIi Ter arms are made u appear -
though Immersed IN The tub ard when = AcJhIn
At tie lack !, a..u-ed. she at once commences
to wa y IN the most energetic manner. his. II
may he assumed. j. for tie liJlc girls u Leather
Lane. since for little BOYS there i 4 companion
10y known a. the harl-worklng cobDler. con-
L--'t a. on Tue same f-lLt4f-rG- ttA -tl--NAi-- IA
operative OF the cJrd-wolDIEE persuasion etralh-
M Till be s3uinrs in a very horrible manner. a.
be stretches out his arms over sewing q shoe sole.
The Lari-w1rkinE cJbLler and the washer
woman may ae bought ~ the low Irloe 81 a
Lalt-FenUv each. and there are elEaI joints III
each figure, which i painted in various O1lors.
l make EN- mysell-lcasVways me and NY old
woman do the c1bbler man informed me, with
q rGc.Ul face hccau-c Of the slackucS OF trade,
ard without d~osi=ting from jerking the string
attached 10 the figure in lis hand. Sometimes
she sells and | make-.' How many can you
make in n day p What sticking hard 81 Il?
why, Id warrant 70 make five dozen: and out of
that Won may safely set the wood down az six
Pence Which leaves two sLil.inES for your
days work = When they Re sold It do. Re
Piled he. jerking the w-asheTwoman s~lireiu!iy
and compelling her 70 duck down her head in an
a.ouizci manner. They won't 20 off tonight
me- and my old woman set up all last night max
ing, wanting a shilling extra, 1t being Christmas
time. and she's out selling, too II she amt
got - better luck than | have. thereu be no
fear OF our Tlum-Pudding boiling over and put
ting the fire out. \ sorry manner Of picking
up a living this, my friends
But here. alas i r sorrier. Dolls houses a
firien each only a fardeni with q reglcr win
der and a door WhaVll open and shut. This
time an old woman. with n many dolls houses
rs made Il heap, a. they stood before Ter. al least
three feet long and as high a. her waist. Inc
houses were built Of Ta-tebOard and brushed
over with some sort Of yum, ami then sprlnkled
wiki rcd sand. which gave them quite a pretty
appearance and besides this. each had two Chin
n~cy-Tots, and a window and a street door. with 4
kHocker and knob printed on il. and yet they
were only = iJrthing each. | inquired how many
her stock numbered. and sic told Inc that she
fifty when she came out at dinner time (t
now about seven in the e~yening.) and she
supposed she had about t~Lirty-six LETT. 50 that
Won have sold ou5 You viii have taken a
shilling and q ha.EIenuy in ALP When I've
sold oa5. yes And what does the material
ygu?'
Nothing my gals 90 round 70 the paper
warehouses Of mornings at sweeping time, and
the old cardboard giye'en. LeasJways.
there's the gam and the sand u buy; but that
lint much But who makes them while You
are scliiug?' Ny gals and the old man he
ant do much a lgyiu. on his back. eat up with
,heumaJies. but he generally puts in the windows
Bat 10 YOU mean u say what You can earn out
II dolls houses i all YOU have To support the
Oh, no sir thank God. it's not -
'ad ~ that. I've got a boy. sir, a. good a chap
Is here and there one. and he brings home his six
billings a. regular a. clock work. 80 YOU see.
ir. we makes q Do Of il somehow, and thank God
T. TO worse.
The dolls house woman provided me with 80
much 10 think about. that all the way home |
-ai Ho eyes fox any other unfortunate engaged in
licking up q living