Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 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 Amusc
Themselves.
ANYTHING ON WHEELS IN DEMANp-GAMEs
INDOORS AND OUT-THE TOP AND MARBLE
EPIDEMICs-A LOCOMOTIVE THAT WILL Elk
PLODE-NEw TOYS FOR THE COMING SEASON.
The toy dealer was looking down the muzzle
OF 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 al i'm
provement in the rolling hoop In the form of
the chime hoop. As 1t turns 1t rings little
chime. OF late years velOcipedes, bicycles and
tricycles, tor girls as we'll as 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 off
very much. The jumping rope has surrendered
to the velOcipede 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
Time, continued the dealer, laying down the
musket, "croquet holds on YET, but only the
cheaper grades are in demand. Ring toss
another outdoor game, is sold a great denl
Lawn tennis outfits arc sold, but the demand is
limited, and generally only the wealthier peo-
pie buy them. The racquctS and other para
Rhernaiia OF the game are very expensive.
Base ball is the great game tor tho boys in the
spring and summer. 1t Is quite the rage now.
and great many balls and bats, catchers'
masks and gloves are sold. Foot bail is not so
much the fashion us formerly, although we sell
some loot balls. Dumb-beils are sold to some
extent, but they are not In general use.
SAVING MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS
"Ihe TOW business during eleven month"; If
the year amounts to very little" continued the
dealer. at seems as though every body 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 II 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. One article
Is always saleable, and that is the boys
wagon. 1t sells at all times. We sell All sorts
OF wagons, from little ones for fifty cents up to
large goat wagons, with shafts anu iron aXies
The KITE Is IA toy for the spring. The sale OK
city, where the trees, telegraph wires and
houses are i'll the way. It does we'll enough if a
boy has the commons Or an open space to ny
TOPS AND MARBLES.
"Tops appear also in the spring time and
marbles. do not know why 1t ii that the bows
all seem to get tops and marbles about the same
time. There seems to be q kind O; epidemic at
CCItdIu ScASODS. LilSL Itlll l0cfc e1i.
demic in roller skates, and we sold any
quantity of them. Everyb body wanted skates
Even the poor cotored children bought them
quarier pair If You look over s STOCK OF ; as
you will find that there are more toys made
especially for boys than Tor girls. -.
THE FASHION IN DOLLS.
"Dolls sell all the year round to u limited ex-
tent, and In the holiday season OF course u great
many are sold. Some years ago girls used to
be satisfied with big dolls with patent hides
tructible heads. 1t did not matter how large
they were. Now there Is no demand at all tor
such 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 u
handsome Gcrman-made French doll for a dol.
lar which, III genuine French, would cost $500
or 30.
NEW TOYS THIS SEASON.
"The.e will be a 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 nut
inside large paper cap made Of some expIo-
sive. As soon as the spring runs down and the
locomotive Is about to stop the paper cap ex-
plOdes. The engine flies 10 pieces, the smoke
stack and other parts being made so as to come
apart. There you have II miniHture boiler ex.
ploslOn. The engine is arranged so you can
easily put 1t together again and repeat the per-
iormance as often as you please.
"Ihe boys like the mechanical toyS-anvthinu
you can put In motion. We have locomotives
that run with steam on miniature Railroad
Such q locomotive, with tender, two cars, and
are very Instructive. I have sold them To
schools, where they are used in explaining the
steamboats too, that are run by steam e a" 10y
small electrician toys, batteries and electric
motors. l should not wonder If electricity
boats, wagons, cars or other toys, propelled bv
electricity, be made. The boys always like
something on wheels, ana II the toy has the
n M IN 81
"Many games that are sold, are staple. and
hold on season after season. despite the comDe-
tiion OF novelties that appear but are soon Tor
well for . time. .Parcheesi,' game played
with . large board and dice and men seems to
game Il played with stick .has st T. go 0o
aud rings OF different sizes and colors. me
game 10 70 throw the rings over the stick, the
soon.
MUSICAL TOP AND MOUTH ORGANS
"Tops are always sold. There is O new one
out this year that, as 1t spins, gives out a mu.
steal sound like an organ. 1t plays chords. The
outside is stationary and the inside spins. On
which you place your fingers, thereby prod,,c.
ing different tones, One of the most stania
articles .. are the mouth harmonicons. They are
Emmett, the comedian, really introduced the
mouth harmonicon as . popular thing. Ever
though every boy wanted to initiate h,m Son -
boys are very successful, too. Emmet was the
drss 10 make . popular demand for them. Now
they are always in demand. Accordaoms ara
not 70 popular a. they were, althonRh there II
aiwaysa demand for them. s1A01s =
MINIATURES ARMIES.
There are no toys the boys" he continued.
s1ike ~ they do lead soldiers. Some Of ther.
are very Cheap. a. low as ave cents . box, While
y0u can pay for them a. much O. $40 q box.
These expensive boxes have q w6oIa armv
cavalry arslliery, infantry, wagon trains. TENT.
e9eg'tan, nc. Boys sometimes buy q BOX fof
" nIied with infantry soldiers, then anuther
box OF cavalry. and so on, aud in that wav eet
9 large army toGether. There is alvavs so ne
demend for toys. When children are sick they
generally ask for toys, and parents INV them
20 Keep them from freitin9. The rrohahiiisfs ..
are that thore Will be more new fovs r,sss nm
year THAN there has been for several years. 81.
cause everybody expects better sesson ffhan
t0r the last two or three years, thinE tsis,e
wth % great many new toys"
The Bulgarian government has sent u.A,,A
Pasha, the Turkish delegate 20 Consfan ssseIs
Bulgaria. As' ssSs1oPaos
French and German bankers hav. ,.,.
grepheo 70 soma that they are yiiiinr - ~
vance loan 70 the Bulgarian goyefnmen6 -