Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24
Chr family Circle.
0ld.Iime Toys.

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0Id.Time Toys.
TIE INNOVATIONS ~ MODERN CHILDREN.
What becomes of I'LL the toys? Their
fate seems to he rs great Il mystery Il that
of the pins The doll can boast 4 rc>pcct-
able antiquity. for it WAS not unknown to
the children Of Pompcii. yet il Is doubtful
whether there exists Il specimen Of this
tov more than a century uld. In several
IF GiIrav~' caricaturcS we find representa-
tion> of dolls there is one. also, III Il PIE
tlrr bv llogarth but. u Il rule, artists sci
dom cared to introduce the toy into their
works. although it is inlrliblv associated
with the thoughts of infancy and Oil lhooi.
\ co lection Of these toys would form Il
mirruco>m of fashion. 4 miniature review
of thc various ccccntrictir- OF dress. from
the days of powdered hair and Sltln slip
pcr> 20 the time If gigantic chiTn"n> ami
nimh-hcelrd boots. Most of our old lash
ipncI doll, were, of English manufacture.
+ were tn boys dolls. called : BONES.
from their beng rude rc>cmhlanct> of the
famous (Ur~ir.tn. Whose name had become
the terror of Europe. These " BONES
We're the Aunt >allc> of their period. be
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cd emperor. In tn" arrangement amt
furnishing of dolls houses the laws of
!',>hiun are observed. with dHc strictnc~>
he furniture invariably beng tiny mn
tttion~ of that in general use. som" OF
these miniature residences are nude on
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.,.n.r,ti,n Boxes Of TOW soldiers were
,7,mmnn I'm, me construction of these wa,
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r,,,, C.no,.,nv fine mixers ,viIrntIv rn
.r,t,inin~ most extraordinary notion. re-
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:, thmirh Irad,.n TOYS were largely manu-
f,,.tur.I in this country. In like manner
n. \n,h.s ,rks were of III. most mimi
tiy. construction. tn. birds and animal, r..-
>cmhliur NOTHING that ever existed. either
IN ,h,ur or color Eur,T his however
th,v Mere. pnpl,,ar with the little ones an
few nr,..cuis were mere readily welcomed
,b,n that Of, \n,h's NIX The nrin,in,l
t,vs in favor with bows were those used in
connect ON with indoor and outdoor rames
Among these, hoops. bats. >huttlccock>,
hail. trans. and the like. have always held
4 foremost place their manufacture rivino
Icmplovmrnt to lar"c numbers of people
In old times the makers of wooden hoop,
the Introduction of iron hoops ha, led /,
lis decline. The manufacture of bat, an,
wooden shuttlccock~ has scarcely undcrron,
any change during the last one hundred
wears. an, il i said that in some parts o.
LONDON there are bat makers whose GRAND
fathers ana great .randflthcrS followc,
he same occupation.
But the Germans have always been tie
rivals of English toy makers. even in the
making Of bats and bnttleiour>. and lar~,
numbers of these are annually imported.
1t is the same with the Jack int boxes.
a toy rapidly going out of fashion. Ger