New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-07
THE TOWN OF TOYS.
4 NEW HOLIDAY EXHIBITION.

OLD NUREMBERG HOUSES TO BE BUILT IN THE
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
There was probably never another city Of It's size
so crowded with historical, horrible beautiful. ar
tistc literary and poetical Interest as Nuremberg
! Nuremberg had "A big. old castle. where men were
| tortured in all the ingenious and humorous ways
that devilish wit could suggest. IL has the castle
still and the iron maiden and The rest Of the tools
are still TO be seen there Nuremberg had strong
walls and big round towers, and II has them SIN
IL had queer old houses and narrow, crooked
streets and they are there to-day. There Albrecht
Direr was born, and there Hans Sachs ana the
rest of the mastersingers lived and wrote about
love hy rule Of thumb There were wonderful old
churches which not gone yet. and houses ana
hospitals built bridges. There were delicious
cakes and sausages which are sun LOT SAFE Anu
finally Nuremberg was the most famous place in
ALI the world for the making Of childrens toys.
1t was this last element Of It's greatness that sug-
gested the plan Of the Nuremberg Toy Fair at the
Madison Square Garden. Through The month OF
December the amphithtatre ina, mas ola nrem
berg nearly as space OF rs size can, h h
there viii be three long. straight ones and some
little streets Ngremberg IS sGGm I'll, Gg e oy
Of houses that only little fraction OF them could
be got into one New York bloch put me nous
where Abrecht Dlrer was born VIII be there, ana
the house where Hans Sachs lived, ana "hcre ne
made shoes and poetry. anG mendod SORES 81, ai hl
measured feet. The cakes ana tn sausases VIII oe
Above all, the toy shops Will be there There VII MI
pace than in the real Nuremberg; Nearly every
% be % haSG nSy old s"s @
houses and the toys 10 the lsitors VINO war IN
TOYS, too If the good burghers their children
care to buy Every house will be model OF some
nc h9use boses brf OF For distance the way
the main street from the Madison-ave eh'f ;nr
s9nsths per Igb, Vii be an orei window like
fbe fap NJ ne 81.
All this IS planned and arranged by stanford White
bixb road which the people Of New Amsterdam
call Fourth-aye will be the market Th
citizens who Sit at the tables can have Bavarian
beer drink and milder things ana ,ney ya [a
called IN this new. little Nuremberg lns as ii W.
old great b not e .n9Ss wacR
the stage where there will be something worm worm
trained dogs trained cats. and the like. on the
other stages at the sides OF 'hd p1 "Pnnrh
and Judy" legerdemain, and other entertahinehis
specially suited for Children Inc whole a1 sho HfteT
anybody has once paid his % cents TO come In ne
everything there to see ana .ne, re- Wants
BACK Of the stage at the Fqurih-a "a, , end VIII Sn
drop with views OF more Of ne buiidnss IT'LL Thro
VIZ not be any exhibition OF torture Instruments;
is not thCHshi ha ,hs Gh'Gf he Madsonave
end OF the building will be turned INTO VIENNA ina
bakery and COffce-nOuse SpecidHS
women and children. Possibly, sausages ana cakes
may be sold there also. The Toy Fair WI
omen on December G. at 10 "A. m. and continue
very day thereafter Sundays excepted from 81, ~
m TO II D. m, til December "A. Should me
Success OF the fair prove sufficiently great. the
management may decide to continue 1t to DE
cember 20 49,, -. .u.-o,,. ,os,,aIs
and homes OF New-York by direct contribution
from he children who VIII be visitors to the
Toy Fair the management has arranged TOT II
doll competition which. IL Is expected VIII exclte
a good deal OF interest. The scheme OF the dVii
comnetition IN as follows: Candidates to be IN
1--WE classes girls OF six. seven eight nine ana an Yen
wears old respectively. first prize OF ~ VIII
be given TO the girl in each c.ass who exhibits me
st-dressed doll. the clothes to be entirely haue
NV the competitor to be removable. every detail
TO be complete. and the entire cost OF the doli
and materials not to exceed 81 The second prize
OF SO will be given for the next best dressed a9ii
in eacn class All dolls sent In for competition VIII
Ia naced on exhibition, with the names and ad-
dresses OF the competitors during the whole term
~ the fair. on the last day the dolls VIII De
sold by auction. and the entire proceeds VIII be
devoted TO the chdren's Hospitals ana homes or
New-York
Commencing with the 7th ms. the Delaware |
I,ackawanna and Western Kalroad VIII run ,, uaiiy