The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-12
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Toys fer the millions are peculiar
to the age. Wood is by far, too ,detr
in this country for theft BRO hctfoHn,
consequently the chief seat of their
manufacture is in the dense woods
CT Germany. o,From outIttie 6ldsosn-
Der forests of Thuringia issue Che
penny boxes of toys destined Tto
make the homes of Iau EUROPE RIG
with joy6ps langhter-children's
tea-things, TNoahs. arks flied with
only the leading animals, soldiers,
ETC., and the most "screechingest''
articles that ever delighted. the Nur1
chins' ear, and maddened the gid
folks. How so.ihatis pieces iaS 20
within these boxes eau Tbe made,
brought from such q distance and
sod with a profit ora penny, is d
uarvelthat car oni yobes'ihdersfeod
when tho mystery Of their manufac1
ture is inquired into. In the fh'st
place. the wood n cJH .BextE Id
nothing II women 4 an ochieAy emil
ploye d ans their amanatecture; the
great speed in their rprOduction ID
obtained by the d vision of labor;
every toy pfsssaigs through half 4
dozen hands. It-~eaid, At ffstsightI
seem impossible tLat the lathe shevid
Oe used In, The. product ga SftdinE j
but here We have an example-a
ring Of elephants, if we may use the
term. All those ~ ho have ibcen
abroad are familiar with The rHund
rings of.bread, eight q, ter, iRches,is
diameter, seen in BARRIERS, shops
In toy case we saw what az ii fst
sight appeared to, be- one of these
but upon examining it more narrows
iy we perceived that it WAS ring of
pine wood turned, in q lathe, notuyex.
actly in the form of a ring but Id
the form of a ring, of elephants.
there were the trunk, the peculiar
shaped head, and the legs around
the ring, as it were; and it was evi.
dent that the workman had only TO
split the ring into sufficient number
of segments according 10, sppropri.
ate thicknass), to transform the Cir
Gle into a given number of elephants.
These segmentede elephants require,
of course, to be rounded and finish,
ed by hand, but the process is most
curious, and is applicable to- the
production of any other animal, and
accounts for the cheap rate at which
these wondrous toys can be produce
ed. When manufactured, they come
to this country by water carriage.
Of course, art is ont Of the question
in these penny articles but the i'm
agination of children lis lively
enough to fiji Zip al deficiencies, and,
as may be expected, their sale is i'm
mense. .sEE - s,sae,t lsg5l-4 ;,ss
But quality is also to beilooked for
from Germany Some of the best
modelled toys in the world come
from Grudheincher, in Saxony,
where their modelling is attended to
in most artistic. msnner. Prussia,
where schools of ar, are fast educat-
ing the people in all matters of de-
sign, is the seat OF those elegant lit
tie toys in which the details are
made of papier- mache. = In Germany
the Government educates its cifif-
dren in the construction of toys,
hence the comparative cheapness
with whichiweE procureJ from that
country models of.interiors made in
paper and colored to life. So excel
lent are Some of these little designs.
especially of animals, that they : are
used in this country as ornaments
rather than plsvthing. Ey
Nurenburg is the great seat off the.
metal toy trade, such as leadeny SOL
diers in boxes, locomotives and rail-
roads, Leaden toys, as 3 rule, are
not to the taste OF healthy, > robust
lads; indoor games seldom are.
There is something derogetoryl1and
feminine in sitting round a table
setting up toy soldiers. Bows, who
Indulge in such anusements are ei-
Their weaklings or of an effeminate
disposition. 1t may be said that .
love for mechanics would fast be
elected b, steam, engine or locomo.
ives; but there is no. subterfuge
rerr, and no lad, but one with a
turn 'or mechaiics, would crave az
rer tho-e mechsnie'I toys, ri is ex.
y aordinars ,BJbe tcoNp e. eness & IT,
v'.irh toys of this description are
fin shed. .Onl. in Engl~nd would
hn care be taken TO complete every
detail in The most ell barate beamt
.algiles, LOCOMOTIVES and ibarile Fnl
ines. We do not ailut'ef 10 the- ND
4ffaris, which are mere shams-these
aye OF German prodac;ion-but the
brass Specimens weisae Sih the twin-
lows of the opticians. There are
some Establishments in Lendon
where the whole process of. COM
structlDg these elegant toys is'taught.
rhe rough castings ready for the
lathe and the bench can be purchasi
ed separately, and the youth of .
mechanical genius is taught to com
struct these machines; ibis is spe4
cially worthy of ibote. z, Perhaps
they can scarcely be strictly placed
in the category of toys, but we feed
certain they afford an amusing train
ing of mind for pursuits ,in which
large numbers of English lads are
pretty ture to be thrown.
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