Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-21
CHRISTMAS Toys.
IIsw ssd where they are Mnnufse.
ssrsd-whnt ~" Francisco In-
Yeats Every Year in roys-lm
ported nad Iiosar- Made reys.

ouiius rttu of loof. iui3 has pe~u
year Of plenty in every sense. aud th'
children are rsaping rich harvest
The number Of toys sold In Califcrnl'
during the two last months of the year i'
enormous. There are toys everywhere.
In valae from i've cents up TO hundred
dollars. The wholesale sale. this year
will foot up over one million OF dollars
This Of course only includes what ar'
classsd AZ toys. and does not have refer
sncs to jewelry. clothing or miseeiiaho'
Qua articles adapted a. Christmas pres
ents fer grown people and older ehii,
dren. A million OF dollars Is good
deal OF money TO scatter among the ehil'
drsn Of the State. and when they aFs
enjoyiny the presents and amusing
themselves with the hundreds OF novel
ties in wood and tin. how little they
think Of the thousands OF destitute,
povsrty-stricksn families, who make
the little wooden soldiers, the few pence
which they receive being only barely
enough to keep the esuns aud hungry
wolf from the door. There IL a history
OF generations connected with nearly ev-
sry pl,cs Of woodwork. The quaint little
toy.pisnos are made by hand, aud the
heal Of the family perhaps receives four
cents a day in trade. The article which
Ia bought to a great extent Is the rock
ing horse. Probably there Is no toy
which has undergone such improve
ments as the wooden horse. From the
old-styls box, surmountsd by the head
Of a horse, il now resembles the modern
horse in every particular. There are
DeIters and Goldsmith Maids. and Oc-
cidsnts and Thsd. S,evsnses. and oeca-
sionally q gray Norman or Clydssdals.
These are OF all sizes and prices, from
the little wooden pony to the large
horse, covered with cows hide. and n
quarter and limb like four.mils racsr.
The salss for this coast. including all
the wholesale houses. will be over 1000
this year. They are all made in San
Francisco, and give employment TO n
large nuu,bsr Of hands. Ihs stores all
over the city are full of them. and the
sidewalks covered with amateur street
merchants, who have laid in a small
stock and cry them Justify day and
evening.
Vslocipedes. with their wheels, are
another very important set OF toys.
These are all made ia Vermont In large
factories. The sales this year viii DO
about 9. 800. Then comes the " coast
er.." which hundreds Of boys use In
place Of tha old sled. dragging them to
the top OF the hill to rid, down. Thes-
are sold at S5,apiecs retail. aud the num-
Der sold il about 5000 a year. Then
tb.rs are box carriages and miniature
wagons, the proceed. 81 which amount
10 about $4,000. What the coasters
anil wagons are To the boys, the doll
carriages a'e to the girls, and OF these
about /, 900 find PURCHASERS in single
year. These are all Of American mana
facture.
rMroRrED Tors.
The history Of the people who make
most OF the wooden toys imported here.
Is indeed a sorrowful one. 4 cup OF
poor coffee aud slice Of blsek bread is
The entire living. Around Liehtenfsls,
I'm Bavaria. there are probably 5000
people engaged in whiting out toys.
They a s,nsrally work in their own huts
and earn fourteen cents day, while the
women and children get less. a
great many baskets, all hand-nade,
are imported from this section. In the
forests Of Thusringia, Saxony. whole
..ls buy.rs travel through the country
h. slsishs every year. buyine up the
toys ON hand from the local dealers.
These poor people are described as the
most destitute on the face OF tho earth.
They have worked at the business all
their lives, as have their fathers ani
grandfather before them. They bung
their work to the store every Saturday
and receive victusls in exchange. nessr
seeing n cent Of money year IN and year
out. and they are Ignorant a. well as
destitute. In the assorted boxes OF sol
der toys, half dozen men contribute
ons makes the soldiers, another the
horses and 40 on. and neither trads
could work with the other. NJ they ats
only learned 10 make that one toy. The
cheap paper masks which sre so much
used, are made in Saxony. They have
NO machinery. but two men aud saw
cut ali the timber for little toy wagons,
etc: Tue un uunPe' 49, nv H. ,,.,,;s
10 Bavaria; 'ns .' "'',s ,ss;"h ,h,sa,.ns an.
Inc TN nsn'no... ..;,h H. .,..,,rs,;on Jnr;nc
dram oi 'ns e " .n,s,;ssn inx.ntion
,ne non'. ~, a.. ,ss,,s.s woo.r Of m,
however. aa' 80 @ o,,.r rnbis thanks tc
aio~.y w. .a,n. ta, ,h,s Great boon te
Ams.'e." Es. ainlahs, No., .o com.
oo'n,o ~. H.. s,Iss abonl
monny onc ,n % snd,n, a msrks, here ever,
o,voV tn sa,s;cn toy.trump.t factor,
y'n',io,. i sl,on, i5i hands. All the clas,
,a.f sna ornament, ar, made by II,
-, sl..s.hlov.r, Of Thurin ,-.
P' r,,.rrrr pooxs-potIs.
p-...,1. - n.onle have any idea o
n ~ mi. branch. All
the eA.e" - Il, r.. 40. o,,la a,
the picture Uoo o. Yo,l who.s s,lc,
one urn 'u s,,,;e J,II.,. y.,,
average o,s' nI"s .J .nJ J.m,l
pan rran'''' 49, an ooo with ,vsr,
ish ho' "
se T. ,.,, 5sn.,,psn, is the mos, intor
- Il, ana som. Of these waxct
~ ,r.ni.. a history full o, thrillin.
,se an al. w,, Jolls are mad, II
,mss. rs':.;. hx a h.,,sr class Of people
.ha',ns i,.s, - !, il prop.r 10 iicrsss