The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-06
Making Play of Work.

Making Play of Work.
In England a company has been
formed for the manufacture of toys
which were formerly imported into
the country at the almost incredibly
large sum of So 900, 900. When it was
learned that most of the work of man
ufacturing the toys was accomplished
by little children, who enjoyed their
employment so much that they pre-
ferred it to play, this company estab-
lished their mandatory in the midst
of a crowded district of Birmingham,
and advertised to teach children the
work free of cost. AS oon as the peo-
pie learned of this offer women and
children besieged the place in such
numbers that the street was literally
packed with applicants, and the POI
lice had great difficulty to force their
way through the throng.
The children, after learning how to
do the work, are allowed to take it to
their homes, and, surrounded by new
comforts and luxuries purchased by
the proceeds of their fascinating en-
ployment, amid the refining influences
Of home, hundreds of busy little
hands are employed in delightful
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workers in the trade the company is
sued a list Of prizes to be competed for
by the children under twelve years of
age, and awarded to the child who shall
construct the best outfit for the com
panY's paper doll. The largest prize
is G5, the smallest e3.-Chicago Herald.
The Girl Had Never looked Lobster.
A friend of mine is very fond of
lobster, but, like many men, has on
idea how such food is prepared. His
wife had occasion to be absent from
home one day, and she told the SER
want girl to boil a lobster for my
friends dinner. She left a note, tell
ing her husband of the treat she had
provided for him. and requesting him
not to wait dinner for her. He was
quite hungry when he reached home,
and after reading the note said to the
servant:-''Is that lobster ready?"
.Indade it isn't, sor, y said the girl.
well, hurry up with it. Pm as
hungry as a BEAR said he.
II can't, sor.n said the girl. s'The
mistress said to broil the lobster, and
| got him on the gridiron after a dale
of fuss. The more | poked the fire
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the haste was haunted, and no good
would come from cooking a straddle
bug like that
"What did you do with it?n said my
friend, getting mad.
Faith, the last l saw of him he was
going out the back door with his tail
up, like the maniac he was"
He had sardines and crackers for
dinner.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Interesting Facts About Deafness.
DR.. Francis Bowling, in a paper
which he read at a recent meeting of
the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine,
stated that between the ages of ten
and forty at least n person in three
is subject to partial deafness. The
great majority of cases of impaired
hearing are hereditary, and are
largely owing to a too close consan-
guinity OF the parents. Deafness is
more prevalent among males than
among females, owing to the fact
that the male is more exposed to the
vicissitudes of climate. There is
much more deafness in America than
in Europe, and this is due to a more
general use of scientific instruments,
such as telephones, where one ear is
used to the exclusion of the other.
Uses of Feminine Photographs.
Women should always know the
standing of the photographer to
whom they entrust the negatives of
their portraits. They should consider
we'll his character and ann of
doing business before permitting him
to make q picture of them, The mega
tive one in his possession Gf he is so
disposed) he has the means of causing
it for base purposes.
The head OF some prominent woman
is cut from her picture and pasted on
the figure of some notorious woman
in undesirable costume or position.
This can be done SO neatly as to defy