Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-06

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According TO recent statistics there are
in Paris alone nearly lO1 manufactures o..
toys, mostly situated in the districts u tLe
Maa.s, the Temple and the Archives. The
number Of persons employed regularly lu
The Toy industry from years Gnd 10 years
sul is about 20,WO.
Then iuuiicturc ~ toys aud playihings
had not achieved nuy c0u siderable dcares
" development In Fmuce' before the year
1861. when f0r Che lrt time % obtained
special classification at Che karIs uniyoual
exhibition, twenty-five French exhia.tors
having been admitted. la ISIS, no ths
Paris exhibition, clnu ~. toys. numbered
49, exhibitors. which alone snniroA 90 SHOW
The progus mgdr during ten years. A.
Tor the statistics " tho trade az the pres
oni day the custom house returns show
the exports TO have risen 90 fiO.OJlO0l
while the Imports arr only 100000. ~
thc'c returns however, are included Ger
tain fancy goods which are not precisely
toys
Tho toy manufacturers each have their
specialize, and generally deal Gully In that
speciality Arms, ermor and military
equipments for children were mnnuinc
turcd by furty-onc houses In 1873. The
worAmon earn FROM I've to seven francs
dry, and the women from two to three
francs This branch Of the Industry has
Increased greatly sInce the war Of isiO-i,
aud the French have now beaten all their
competitors, both In the chcapncss aud cN.
cellencc of their wares although for long
time they were closely pressed and even
beaten by the manufacturers Of Nurem.
berg aud Belgium, particularly In the ar
ticlc 81 tin soldiers. These tin soldiers arc
made In the Marais quarter, where over
o,u11oJJ are turned out each year, that I.
To- say, rs many as all the European armlc,
united. One manufacturer alone AZ Belle.
Nille employs 2DO men and women, who
make nothing but tin soldiers.
Ten years ago nearly all tho high priced
doll babies used TO come from Germany
They were stin In form aud hideous la
color one day q parlsian LADY had the
idea of dressing one Of these miniature ba.
bics with all the elegance she bestowed
upon her own person. Since that time the
full dresled ParlsIan doll baby has crowded
all the lobster rcd Grotchrns out u the
market. The Germans them,elyes arn now
Obliged 20 buy their stock u porcelain
heads from the ceramic establishments al
Montrcuil aud ST. Maurice, where tai.
ented designers aud sklllful modelcr, are
constantly employed. Some OF the most
celebrated seulpiors do not dlsdnin to-
model heads for tho leading firms. pari,
IN stu center for cheap dolls, made by
workwomcn who earn only twenty or thlr.
~ cents day.
ofmcth ys-watohcs, kitchen utensils
and similar obiests-ihora were seventy.
nino manufacturers in is5s. The pny Of
tho men il NIX 10 eight francs day and Of
the women two 20 three france. More tbuu
i,s0O wurkmcn are employed In this de-.
partment u the Industry, which was for.
mcrly the monopoly OF Germany The
manufacture ot these objects in France he
gan about 1870. In 1871 tho trade In these
articles reached i,3OonoO francs aft elm.
ployed 900 workmvn. Al prclrut tue trails
exceeds i,OnoOol Of franc, per unnum. Tho
chief article IN this soo.l0n f. the nine crnt
toy watch and chain, Invented hyacamclot
named iierhaut about 1865. Thi. llrrhlut
now liycs comfortably a. retired trades.
man at B1ileyiile, enjoying an Income Of
tl0o0 u year gained by selling these
watches. This nine cent watch Is now
popular ell over the world, and H. price
has been reduced even to ono cent. al.
though u passes through tNenty.cight
pairs OF hands before IL rraehcs tho Gus.
toner's. One manufacturer Of toy watches
at Paris employs 10 pcr.ous, aud bis bal.
mes amounts 90 ei0Ool year, which IL
equivalent 20 saying that be turns out
so,pDj watches day ne prices varying from
fpur cents TO thrue dollars a dozen.
/. bcsidcs the worEmen who try during
thcir iilo hour TO invent some toy th.t
will have run during tho holiday season.
there ARE klud hearted men like Murgcr',
hero, schuunard, who are continually
seeking 10 hnd BONE new kuichnack fer
the amusement Of children. There Is q
hale Old gcntlrnan 10 tho Temple uuAri-r
who has spent his Ne In lnyonting toys
aud particularly those oi noisy kind
which. %, we all know, ar, ia high favor
with children, This gminblu OLD gentleman
II also The author " she double sided r4b.
let, In which You thinl, you drink when Won
don't, rubber lizards aud slur.. which
youngsters aud others can aurrenfitlUusIv
slip into tho salad bowl, etc. IN Inventor.
try 10 produce au article that will hA,, nu
Immense vogue, that will be- tho Toy OF tf.g
season, but while we liui each year an La.
fuIic variety o., curious objects, DC Is rlro
that any uithem riLcuuiversul attention.
IN looking back Tor the last thirty ycarl
there are only two that had an immediate
and pr1digluus popularity -phnroah's Scr.
pcnta aud tho Roman Question The idea
OF the serpent came Ia simple aud uuex
pectoi manner one day To young chem.
teal student while lie was watching tho
combustion Of product In the laboratory.
THAT would please the boya,n he said To
himself, ~ he saw the iantnstlcal turps
made by the burning product. He mod.
elei some little pyramids, which only
needed 20 be lighted TO start on on their
terpentino course, and sold tho idea tn a
pyroleohni-t, who promised him very
small royalty. the young chemist thought
that perhaps he might gain enough to
ullcr champagne once or twice to his table
uhntu comptulunA THREE DAYS nftrrUprd
whereycr be went he found some one who
was slaylng with the llttlc pyramid, aud
NJ tile end ot each month, for long while
hIterwurd, bis modest income was In,
creased by several thousand francs as his
share OF the profits.
The inventor of tho Roman Question did
not benefit by his discovery for great
while, lie had no registered trademark
Tor II, and nn imitation was simple enough
Tor any hardware dealer. Bat during the
hrst few days Of its appearance no must
have made small fortune. The puzzle
consisted In finding She way OF separating
TWO pieces OF iron IN the shape Of an inter.
rogatlon point 1t was very amusing
hnu nrltAting-to discover the trick your
SER and pleasing, as the late Mr.. Didsbury
would say, to watch your friends struggle
with the problem, which was naturally
very easy when you knew how II wins done
Nothing like these two crases has siucu
'ppeSrod. Paris Cor. New York Sun,