Milford chronicle., 1895-03-29
TOYS THAT AmusH ROYALTY
EmPerOrs, Kings and Princes Are al
Fond Of Playthings.

EmPerOrs, Kings and Princes Are All
Fond Of Playthings.
A big toymaker in London received
some time back an order from the late
czaI o. Russia. It is common talk that
this homely man was the biggest of all
the children who annually gather under
the family roof at Fredens borg. Few peo-
pie know, however, how strong was his
love for a plaything He had in his col
/ lection some of the prettiest models Of
ironclads imaginable One Of them cost
over 81 600 There is another in solid sill
I yer and a superb wooden model of a fall
rugged ship which would be a dream Of
J delight to the dullest boy His last pur-
chase was the model Of an Atlantic steam
er. 1t is a great piece Of work, the ship
I being yard long and perfect in all de
tails. The precise cost of this model was
81, 100
OF all the toys at Windsor oastle-and
they are nany-it is said that the queen
is most fond Of a beautiful working model
Of the heavens This ingenious piece of
mechanism shows the whole of our sys-
tenn, with the celestial poles and the sun
There is a tiny model of the moon, which
reyolves about the EARTH and all the
planets, with their satellites, are properly
represented For a study of astronomy
and for a right understanding Of the celes |
tial globe there could be nothing finer |
than this model 1t shows our earth turn
ing upon its own axis and mo ing round |
the sun. It gives perfect idea of the rela |
tive positions Of the primary planets, and /
it is worked by a clockwork arrangement 1
which is the perfection of ingenuity The
Duke Of York is yet boyish enough to col
lect stamps and has perhaps the best col
lection owned by any amateur in the
kingdom HO has recently spent some
hundreds of pounds adding to this, but St
is not his only weakness He has also de
veloped a great taste for soulling about in
a toy boat on the lake by the cottage at
Sandringham
In Munich they show you now with an
especial pride the lake upon which the
late king OF Bavaria used to be drawn
about in a boat towed by swans Dressed
cap-a-pie as Lohengrin, this-in soma
ways-remarkable man spent many hours
Of the day aping the knight Of the swan
and really deluded himself into the belief
that he was a person Of heroic virtue
When this yagary wearied him and the
winter days were long and dull he would
get him into the country, and there flash
through the hills in a sledge of gold all lat
up with electric lamps and so curiously
fashioned that the peasants who saw it
believed that a heavenly apparition had
been vouohsafed to them. This impressioni
the mailman loved to magnify, choosingl
always the hour Of midnight for this exer
Else and rarely returning before or q
o'clock in the morning
The German emperors toys are almost
ls numerous as his uniforms He pos
esses a beautiful working model Of
iailway, with engine, cars, points, signals
md stations This he works ostensibly
or the amusement of his children-ln re \
Ility for his own amusement. He has also
purchased for his nursery one of the finest
objections of toy soldiers in the world So y
veil are his sons supplied with tin troops. !
With cannon, artillery, ammunition wag- !.
ms, tents and fortresses that the whole .
oor of great room in the palace at Ber- Z
IN can be covered with them, and a mimic q
attic fought on a European scale But y
erhaps the emperor's favorite toys are his 4
tile steam launches, of which he pos :.
ssses surprising number He has re- !. y
entity given an order to Thames builder q
} make him little electric launch, which,
hen finished, will be as pretty as any toy
] the kingdom. 1t is scarce the size Of
Sih, yet is to be shaped like a regular 4,
Gamer, and be SO arranged that his maj =, -
ty, sitting in the stern, can be his own ~ ~
Upper and steersman. --Cassell's Jour " y
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