Evening star., 1886-09-25
TOYS AND THEIR SEAsONs.
How the Modern BOY and Girl Amuse
Themselves.

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TOYS AND THEIR SEASONS.
How the Modern BOY and Girl Amuse
Themselves.
ANYTHING ON WHEELS IN DEMANp-GAmEs
INDOORS AND OUr-THE TOP AND MARBLE
EPIDEMICs-A LOCOMOTIVE THAT WILL Ex-
PLODE-NEw TOYS FOR THE COMING SEASON.
The toy dealer was looking down the muzzle
OF q toy musket to see what had become of the
ramrod when STAR reporter accosted him.
''Oh, yes," said the dealer, "toys have their
seasons. In the spring time jumping ropes and
rolling hoops are sold. There has been all i'm
proven'ent In the rolling hoop in the form of
the chime hoop. AS 1t turns 1t rings q little
chime. OF late years velocipedes bicycles and
trlcycies, tor girls as we'll us boys have come
into vogue for outdoor recreation for children.
The poorer people, who cannot afford yeloci-
pedes or bicycles, content themselves with
roller skates. The rage is for anything on
wheels. SO the demand for jumping ropes and
other playthings of that class has fallen of
very much. The jumping rope has surrendered
10 the veiOcipede. OF course marbles are a sta
pie OF the trade all the year round. Even in
the holidays they are sold as gifts. There is no
season Tor them particularly. For the summer
t!me, continued the dealer, laying down the
nusket, "croquet holds on yel, but only the
cheaper grades in demand. Ring toss,
another outdoor game, is sold great deal.
Lawn tennis outfits are sold, but the demand is
limited, and generally only the wealthier peo-
Rhernalia OF the game are very expensive.
Base bali is the great game tor the boys in the
spring and summer. 1t Is quite the rage now,
and u great many balls and bats, catchers'
masks and gloves are sold. Foot ball is not so
much the fashion as formerly, although we sell
some foot balls. Dumb-beIis are sold to some
extent, but they are not in general use.
SAVING MONEY FOR CHRIsrMAs
"Ehe tOy business during eleven ruonfIt9 nj
the year amounts to very little," continued the
dealer. "1t seems as though everybody was
saving money during the year to spend in the
holiday season. II u child wants a toy, it is
come in even as early as this to price printing
presses, steamboats, which are run by real
steam, too! chests and other toys they have in
mind and intend to buy Christmas. They are
saving their money till that time. Oue article
Is always saleable,, and that is the boys
Of wagons from little ones for fifty cents up to 70
large goat wagons, with shafts anu iron axies.
Ihe KITE is toy for the spring. The sala OF
city, where the trees telegraph wires and
houses are in the way. It does well enough if a
it on.
TOPS AND MARBLES
"Tops appear also in the spring time and
marbles. do not know why 1t is that the boys
all seem to get tops and marbles about the same
time. There seems to be a kind OF epidemic at
certain seasons. Last fall there was an cpl
demic in roller skates, and we sold any
quantity of them. Every body wanted skates
Even the poor colOred children bought them
bought the cheap skates, which were sold at a
you will find that there are more toys made
especially for boys than ior girls. -. :.
THE FASHION IN DOLLS.
"Dolls sell all the year round to limited ex-
tent, and in the holiday season of course a great
many are sold. Some years ago girls used to
ho SatiSiod with doll ~,
trtlctible heads. 1t did not matter how inrge
they were. Now there is no demand ut all tor
snch dolls. The big girls want large wax dolls
French made. Such dolls are made in Ger.
many, in so close imitation OF the French. and
50 much cheaper, that very few OF the genuine
French dolls are imported now You can get .
handsome German-;nade French doll for q dol.
lar. which, II genuine French, would cost S4.5O
or 20.
NEW TOYS THIS SEASON.
"The.e will be great many new toys this
season" he went on. "One thing that is going
to take we'll with the boys is a locomotive that
winds up and goes. Before you start 1t you put
Inside large paper cap made OF some explo-
sive. As soon as the spring runs down and the
plodes. The engine flies 10 pieces, the smoke
stack and other parts being made so as to come
apart. There you have u ministure boiler ex-
plosion. The engine is arranged so you can
easily put it together again and repeat the pep
iornance as often as you please
"Ihe boys like the mechanical tOyS-anvthinp
you can put in motion. We have locomotives
that run with steam on u miniature railroad
Such locomotive, with tender, two cars, and
are very Instructive. l have sold them to
schools, where they are used In explaining the
workings Of the steam engine. We have toy toy
steamboats,, too, that are run by steam and
small efectricai toys, batteries and electric
motors. / should not wonder IL eiectricitv
would be more generally applied t6 toys. and
electricity, be made The boys always like
something on wheels, and II the toy has the
MANY games that are sold, are staple and
hold on season after season, despite the com pe.
tition OF novelties that appear but are soon Tor
gotten. New games sometimes appear to take
well for time. .Parcheesi,' game played
with . large board and dice and men seems to
game. III played with slick that stsnds Eonn nn
aud rings Of different sizes and colors The
game is to throw the rings over the stick, the
yelio" ring, say counting ten, the red five, and
A MUSICAL TOP AND MOUTH ORGANS.
''Tops are always sold. There is q new ono
out this year that, as 1t spins, gives out a mn.
sical sound like an organ. It plays chords. The
outside Is stationary and the inside spins. ON
which you place your fingers thereby prodmc.
ing different tones. One of the most stanie
ARTICLES @ are tne H, mouth narmonicons. They are
Emmett, the comedian, really introduced the
mouth harmonicon as popular thing Ever
though every boy wanted to initiate h m seems sn9 as
boys are very successful, too. Emmet was % the
firss TO make popular demand for them. Now
they are always IL demand. Accordeons are
not 70 popular as they were, although thera n
always demand for them.
MINIATURE ARMIRS
''There are no toys the boys he continued.
'qike - they do lead soldiers Some OF them
are very cheap, az low as ave cents q box. while
You can pay for them ~ much q $40 = box.
These expensive boxes have a whoia am ysv =
Savai,yi sreallery infantry, wagon trains, tents,
@ hlled d with With infantry soldiers, then another @ m
large army together. There 10 elwavs sSosne
demand for toys. When children are SICK fhey
generally ask io- toys, and parents bnv them
70 keep them from freiting. The probabiiisies iSe
are that there viii be more new toys ont fhis
year than there has been Tor several yeass. Sc
cause everybody expects q better soason fhan
t0r the last TWO or three years. thinE fiiare
VIII % great many new toya"
The B9lgsrian goyernment has sent Madud
Fasha. the Turkish delegate, 70 Consfan tinnseIe
Bulgaria. Ss0uPaos
French and German bankers hav. ,.,.
9rapncd % Soaa that they are wiIIfnx Il -.
vance . loan 70 the Bulgarian govefnmenf ~