, 1875-01-31
THE HOME OF THE DOLLS.

Store-REouscx.
Correspondence Qf the Ne1o Yort Herald
FnSKronT, Dec. 8-How many thousands Of
child-hearts are just at this good old season OF
Christmas made happy In the possession Of the
annual gifts from Santa Cl2us Of dolls and Noah's
arks, of lesd soliiers aud dancing figures and
all the rest Of the world OF toys. wonder it ali
the children know where Santa Claus procures
the many beautiful things he brings them; il the
girls know how and where the wonderful speak
ing. crying, and smiling dolls are made? OF
course they have ali heard Of Nuremberg, and
Nuremberg is generally styled the big toy town;
but it provides tho old saint principally with the
cheaper kinds Of toys now. Just rths borders
Of the ThutinEian forest lies the pretty little
town Of Sonncbefg, and it is shout this place
intend to write to-day: for here it ia that the
most beautiful dolls and childrona toys are made
at the present time in Germany.
cn11ns PAnAD1sE,
Perhaps no better idea can be given Of tho
character OF the Sonneberg industries than By
Whiting one of tho great show-roonas OF the
place,-either that OF Mess1s. Fleischmann or Of
Otto & Ouno Dressed. These shoH-rooms arc
something wonderful in their way, being, in fact,
international expositions. we may say, Of chill
dreo's toys, in at least $4,000 varieties- They
are pnradises where children would go into ecsta-
cies over the wonderful and beautiful things'ex-
hib1ted. Where to begin in my description Is dif-
fcult. There are toy men Of all races. zones. and
ages from the little Savoyard up to Prince Bis
marck and Kziscr William OF Germany, in
wood, porcelain, papiar-mache, and terra Gotta.
There are Russians and Poles, Germans md
French, tourist Englishmen and Rrahmin priests
living far more peaceably together on tho long
shelves than they generally do in tho big world.
There sits an old grandmamu'a in her easy chair.
aud next to hor Moses lies as comfortably ma
possible in tho bulrushes; there arc pretty
winged angels Alongside Of exaggerated French
men and Alpiae hunta1s; there Ii Brltannia try
ing to rule tho wares, and Gernau1a watching
the Rhine, and close By small bust of Horace
a1eeley timely executed in terra cotta. Then
there arc figures Of dogs and monkeys. drummer
bows, jumping Jacks clowns, little Indies at min
iature pianos, playing Strauss waltz or "dod
Save the Queen;" boys on wooden horses,
peasants from Thuringia aud Bavaria, the Mar
quia OF Lorne and his Princess wife, iugclera
and mounteoanks, and " maldene. all forlorn, I
milking the COW with the crumpled horn, al in
various materials, aud all very beautifully exe-
cuted.
n1sAoEREs- BEAUTIFUL DOLL BABY.
There are q thousand other things that attruct
ones attention. Some are exceedingly quaint.
There are long rows OF good old Santa Clauses,
warmly clad in fur and covered With boar FROST
ready TO 70 out at Christmas time with their
eacka n1seo Will 'oeo' 111 1s.b1as,a. aa ;th ,st
ihefe are tae @usefs T.. .a., ..S ato.,t.a.as
and sheep. and the infant jesus in tho mauEer,
in dangerous proximity to the COWS. Chicken
groups OF tae qu@in1eS. en1a S nssp
1uss escaPeo tso aI e,,4re.;o., on ~ sn-n<;es
There ara cats that squail, dogs that ba,k,
and horse. that whinny, and cows that Elro
milk, provided it be previously supplied through
hoie In tne oack ut VIZ j., .aas
socS up wAsos snar nn4 s,a i;rda thst st in d..
very nhtnfal manner. ana oltuo La Nv -, - -. 70
lghtfuliy green trees anu cntp away a"ay antil .ue5
got snofS o. o1eaeu. - 80 s1oa.' emiS ,r;.h ~
thing coua eyer nealo ~ y. ~ rl;c,'
lM9 oo]ee1s. toe a mesa eo,mn,,S ~ t,e H,rn,J
T5uu .ane a ~ +osnv top musical instr,,n,enta
Ihcre are tad luno3 .o5 - t-aaat o15o
when oo5s Fenetss l3s. ~ t511sa ffea and trnm.
people Nith-ua.:s .: sua o,d s1.;n reaalc.
pets, drums -ou tany p1an' 49, canna-, anong, to
eucs, smotus, panso.s, s,v,r 49, 1',n1atnrno md ali
aad oi1aI ia They are there By the thousand; OF
81! a1zes ana p1'ees' paeoc1a;n p1a; eona ~ ran;ar-
OF Wood. sotae o. pote7lsan, eI i.;,,, ia j.,
macne. so"e ,+hars =. nA' t'eant;fn,,r ] 6resssd in
a;,,, row; III f,ra 's and bonnets, and aleeping
quietly u the1r aon,oa .1oar;uo with the,r arss
padded drawers so"e s!eepus "rs5 5 sa-ea co,.'
coseo ano sou.e Wiz - psns wen occasion
Die OF crslnR Ios na.a n u III, Xii remsmher
requires IheFe vas one ,1 ne -. doA .nd nesTlv ~
just as big as 4-year-oln gnt aha "a. neal.g 40
beautiful rs some young .a1S anar1F na ~ ny i;fa
seemed as II IT. IT. % on.y ~ henu xnaHa # sp.ak was
breathed into the boaY 90 Mhhe ~ ep r. ,nnn m1e
shown one doll IN oeaut1al eflo, anu ~ t11 s;shad
nfact1rer toia mo tnas no T. = and nIaeed Il
his wife craed over u ano .ooh a f ~ ~,
her own bed ana woaia noG gre ~ IA .,ow
days, go beautiful ana e4as III %1i :; ~ hscane ha
the mapufact11er tatases ~ ~ - Ia 1ook II
savs his wife loves It so muo n1 s no toon nnd ~
away he tninks a1i sne ~ poo1 "m mt a1arrerating
break. And bc!ieVe Mo a1o not o1aE ~s4oo
or inventing dol-stones a1 w =. au'
AoE TEE po15 do1i ~ 1aannsactorv, ia nm
visit to sonneoefg aon mauu.hI.o ~ ~
exceedingly pleasant anu ,ra1a
tied one manutactory "nsts ,ri, ~ ~ ,ro.E ct
employed, ocsioes ~ osueo W. so..a =" - ~. ~
their own homes me nanages f.. ol.o " o11a no
ssa on sor 4b again s sr vares SO
to to de dss us'S %sre are Wooden do poseed
dolls, paper-maohe dolls, wax COILS, IN ING maA~
g o bie ass ss but of
and girls 20 mako boots, dfesees. 70 cufI tue
har sav 1nd .nd oheF oadsRxfny nsde
dolls with wooden neaas Ano "ooueu