Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-06
TOYS FOR TIIENEW YEAR
NOW THEY ARE SOLD ON THE
STREETS or PARIS.


variety o. Curious Articles 49, Thoif
rt.apness-phauoit's serpont@
rr,m Dec. q t. Jan. Q every year the
,ity I'D Paris becomes one vast fair Police
,'suiatona OF all kinds are relnxod; beg
80 and barrel orgnus have free run 81 the
s.pIt,l. ia the opcn spaces swings. car
,,rsels. roundabonts, shooting galleries
and sonnnmbulists' consulting cabinets
Irs installed. Along the grand houl,vards
and main avenues intorminablu lines u
,.,9,ien booths a. erected. Sellers Of AN
IIpi.o Oh useful aud useless objects begin
,,1ltbo air With thclr cries, aud 10 gather
oi.tricfing groups Ia front Of their dis
ti,r az misrel ianrnus merchandise.
mo ORIGIN OF the little boothi L. almost
,sold AZ tho custom Of giving Christine
ava New Years presents, but u IL only
,lnc. issg thnt those erected on the boulr
yard, have been sufficiently numerous 20
constitute a special fair Since New Years
d,v Of 1852 they have not ceased TO make
their annual visit except during hewinter
Of issD-i.
Permission IL given each year Cor cree,
INC these booths from Dec - TO Jan. o on
tbe bouleyaris. the quays aud the public
hnuares, with the exception Of the Place
Vendome and the Place de Ia Concurde.
Tbe principal spot IA, of course, the main
b,nlsvarls from the Bastilo TO the Made
leine. where about $50 Of them ARE placed
on both sidewaiks Of the thoroughfaru.
Some 200 or 500 more Hre scattered about
In other parts Of the city. From the Bias
tile to tho Place de Ia Republlquo Is The
f,yorte locality for the orange vendors,
and from that point 70 the Madeleine the
toys, trlnkets, knickknacks, etc, known
under tho general name VI the Article de
Paris, rigp supreme.
The maximum width OF each booth Is
eight feet. and a space Of three feet {, left
between each construction. No booth can
he placed within hundred feet OF n store
selling the same article that is to be dis
played by the temporary dealer. The &C
cupants u the booths pay no tax TO the
city When the weather IA good the net
profits during the fortnight vary from 80
10 100 francs for cnch booth, varying, Of
course, with the nature OF the mcrchan'
disc. The permit Is given BY tho police
commissioner Of each quarter.
Besides the perlnisslons given 20 occu-
panisoi booths ,accrtain number Of licenses
are granted 70 The camelols or street ped.
dicrs. who squeeze Into corners by the trees,
where there IL not space enough for -
booth. They have portable table or stand
and fold up their apparatus NJ night Ike
the Arab aud quietly steal away-uutll the
following morning The camelots arc nu'
mctous at all seasons of the year, but dur
ing holiday time II seems ne though hun
drcds u them had sprung up out Of the
ground Like the rngplckcrs the street
pcdl,crs are mainly recruited from the
large class who have no trade and Hra
obliged TO turn their hand 10 anything
which viii give thea a living.
The corners Of streets closed for repairs
arr the iayorite places Tor the peddler. aud
be has only 70 set mp his table aud begin tn
arrange bis stock Ia trade 20 have crowd
Of ldlcrf SEQ what hr has got. CHANGING
around hc suddenly oSclgiinsi 81 may as
well ruin myself today ~ tomorrow 4
man must eat, mustn't hcg and then he
starts on with bis bonlmcnt or story about
what he has 20 sell.
The bo1imcnt 9. tho great card for the
peiilcr. Some imptoyisc thcir story; others
rccite. The article 30 bu sold can change,
but never the boniment. Some OF the ped
oilers Try TO aau1e their crowd by telling
amusing yarns, aud then by clever trun
sition prlsing the article they have 10 sell.
Others tTy TO catch customers by awaks On.
ing their curiosity. Several use the pa.
irI1tic dodge Of encouraging home indus.
Try" and all cudeavor To prove that tho
object they oder Is sold rs an advertise,
m1nt, AID consequently below cost.
These prddlcrs travel over tho country.
visiting all the fairs. They have their
special hotels Ia all the principal places.
Daring the New Years fair In Paris sp,ci
mems Of all these itincrlut vcndcr. both
regular and irregular, may be- seen, some
having booths, others operating with a
simple table or trly. aud an dealing ns a
rule In nr..glgl that cost nine, thirteen.
tWguiy'nine or thlrtyuiuc sous. Such are
iHr traditional prices just one cent less
than ths usual prices " other meu.
THE objects sold DO che booths alons the
huuleyaris defy enumeration. You may
lul everything thcrn from egg beaten, aud
nolaio Washers up 10 costs OF the Ncut,, Of
Milo, Of lioud0n's "Kha,n aud OF Nine.
igamor, and between these tgoestrsfnes
hra lonions, uonimJ, musical Instruments.
nS4 calls ilte1, american popcorn, swri.
l'h cutlery, books. artificial nowera, mir.
rua, visiting cards, hut above all toy. Of
AL Kinds, dolls, dolls furniture, tin sol.
GitH aud more especially very uheap TOYS.
Last year the novelties were so called me
ehAnical toys which you wind up with n
Suing TO set them going. Such are u
nurse pushing a pcrambdlator, baker
and his cart. n lady with her parasol, m
ostrich eaFFlAge, two walters, two ice.
men nsht.nga duel, etc. These toys are
All made OF tn, and a very simple mochan.
l'ih causes thcm to move over plane sur.
iAee With comic stimulation OF moving
huloa, or like the duclnts, TO lunge al
,Aeh other with furious swords for two or
thfee minutes, while the Impetus Of the
NHng aud spring lasts, Such toys are all
matte an eheaply US possible, and vary la
price from thirteen cents to thirty.nlne
cents
Asan Instance OF the economical way In
"hlch they are manufactured we will take
Wen known thirteen cent toy, the me.
ehlhleal rabbit seated ON n little car, which
u motion makes tho animal beat pair Of
Vhpals, First OF all, the wheels must be
prHeotly round 10 order TO have the rotary
movement OF the nxletFee make the two
zones strike regularly. II these wheels
wv'e cut expressly they would cost double
,ne price OF the toy itself, No, necessity DO
'ls thr mother Of invention, the toy max
,'s conceived the idea Of getting then,
.yaly made by purchasing the waste
pieces oil wood from tho crnet stand manu-
t'''urers' The tops Of the ordinary cruet
'.4uas arc cut out with u punch: this on
uauoh leaves ~ waste two round niece,
"Nool where the oil aud vinegar oruets
~ ana two smaller circular pieces where
,H' sioppers are placed while the casters
~, nv "a use, The small pieces serve for
A., 'front.' wheels Of the Rabbits ear aud
st larger ONES for tho hind wheel. The