The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-04-11
JOYS OF THE GREAT.
Cars, Kaisers and Kings All Fond OF Ex-
pensive Playthings,

pensrvo Playthings.
| a Dlg toy-matcr in London received
some time back an order from the lato
czar OF Russia. 1t is common talk that
! tn>S homely man was the biggest of all
the children who annually gather un-
der the family roof at FredenSborg.
Few people know, however, how strong
was his love for Il plaything. He had
IN his collection some of the prcttiest
models OF ironcladS Imaginable. One
/ or them cost over q thousand pounds.
There is another in solid silver, and q
superb wooden model Of full-rigged
ship which would be dream of delight
to the dullcst boy. Ills last purchase
was the model Of an Atlantic %trrmer.
1T is great piece of work, inc ship
Dcalnc yard Ip." an, ..'',nt in all
details. The pre- - rrs' 60 r;@ model
was eleven huudrn p...
or all the t"N~ - N.' "'a. tic
and thc" arc n'au". / !. .: ..' mat tho
queen Is mos, toU.' Of; ',.".i I, vori,-
niE model OF t." H,aE,u. rhA it,-
genius pccc or trNcharin shows tho
whole ol our system, with l!'. celestial
, polcS and 'hc sun. Iuvrr i Il tiny
model OF the moon. which rcvnlycs
| about the earth; and al the planets,
with their satellites, arc properly rcr-
resented. For study 0f astronomy
and for Il right understanding of tho
| celestial globe, there could br nothing
/ liner than this model. |, shows our
earth turning upon it's own axis and
moving round the sun. 1t gives Il per-
| feet idea Of tho relative positions OF
the primary planctS and il is worked
| by a clOcliwOrli arrangement which is
the perfection Of ingenuity.
The duke Of York is yet hoyish
enough to collect stamps, and has per-
haps the finest collection Of any anna
| teur i'll the kingdom. He has recently
| spent some hundreds Of pounds adding
| to this but it is not his only weakness.
| He has also developed Il great taste for
| sculling about in toy boat on tho
! lake by the cottage at Sandrinrham.
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 towcd bv swans.
Dressed cap-a-pic us Lnhcngrin. this
in some ayS--rrmnrl; bic man spent
many hours OF the inv arn,r tho
| knights Of the swan: and realize Irlud-
! ed himself into the bcljrr tl"t l." was
! a person OF hero, virtur Who's, hi;
vagarv wcnrcl h.In, - lIr.. .,.,rr
days were long aui,.;f. .,, .-nn't 49,;
him into The cnun'ry. ..I .,.. . IA
. through the hills in = ... ..r, ,f g.. 4.
all lit NY with ,',rl.'. ':..,,,. :.,,.i sn
curiouSly fashinu. ,... i,,n' ..-...uli
who saw it l"l .,,.' ,n.' 3 ,..lIy.
uY}arntiru hrH .or v. - ,... 10
| th2m. Tht., ;.lI, ..'". "a. ... .,.qp
| Ip,ed q m"nnify. .'t..t nlu.. .nn
hour IF mi 'I''rc; 'p., .'...y re. .. ..,..l |
rarely returning nrf,.r tnr,,, or ',r,r
o'clocii in the mornings
In Vienna there is II, this moment Il
minister, standing high in the conf
dencc OF the Kaiser Francis Joseph
VINO dcVotes the whole of his spar,
tlmc 10 room full OF toy thcatrrS
Many OF these were made in l.ondol
ana especially sent over for this ccccn
Irlc Ola 1cllow, who has enough mimi
stages TO supply an orphnnagc. II i
SAD that whether q new piece is pro
duccd NJ any OF the theatcrs i'll the city
I!c iilinister 'lnmedlhtely puts 1T on one
oi Ills llItle Stages' ana mas set ol
ch"racIers cuG out OF paper with which
70 Pi"yi' ue WORKS the whole thing
| .iihi"o!l' allo peihS an admlrhbIc >nln-
49, no - mo source OF iarec amnscmcnG
~ ii' ir!c'.uS' VINO hho" thht on every
| o''ior pun. hc Is one % Inc Hahest men