The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
TOYS THAT WOMEN MAKE.
4 BOUNDLESs FIELD OPEN FOR M
GENUIJY IND INDUSTRY
Many Passing Novelties of the Hour Turned
Out by womcn-The Country's Demand
for Ingenious Trincs-wide Employment

for Ingenious Trlfcs-wide Employn,e nj
| OF Women and Girls in Toy Making.
The toy business covers more and more ground
| avery year and women are taking an brtiye mar,
| in all departments of IL A considerable pro.
| portion Of the games and novelty puzzles brour ht
| out for children of late years are originated bv
women. Women have adapted many useful
| things in the housckccpers world huch as Garnet
swccpcrs, washing and ironing upparat,,a I'M
| holstcry patterns and the like 10 n child's size
and convenience, and a goodly share Of the sur
! prise knick knacks and fun makers sold on the
| street are got up by women The neysdcalcrs
say that many Of the prosperous statoners' sta
throug bout the country are owned and run by
| women who are peculiarly successful in disnoa-
! ing Of the novelties now regularly included in a
stauoncrs' supplies
| TO the uninitatcd person accustomed to Judge
| Of a business by the name II bears, the nstir,
and the quantity Of speciality goods kent in stock
| by a news company are surprising In IN to-
| datcncss and a certain immediate interest. they
| may have some relation To news but In no other
| way. For the mos, part these toy novelties are
| as tawdry gny-coorcd and trifnp AZ mig n, he
looked for at a Christmas counter But the de-
mand for them liz not influenced by Santa Claus's
| visits They are standard goods ordered as reg
ularly in June as December and sold al all the
little village stores and school t1,pply shops in
| the country From tho shops up in Maine or
Canada, where the logging camp and lumber
| mill wurkmrn come for goods TO the wny STA.
nsdnwn South ~ here the turprntinc farm hands
| and timber cutters get their work tickets thcs,
| toy novelties are popular The provision fac.
tors =. 1 dealers In rnnchmcn's supplies out IVES,
get tn, , 10 liyrn lin a showcase and set of the
smokers FOODS and drug simplcs that ar, the
lighter par, Of the stock. The factory towns
II.
them and the towns in the plain every d,y firm.
ing country here at home In fact of all the goods
classcd as fancy that 20 out Of New York TO van.
Gus conditions If people these little things would
be most missed If the supply should suddenly
cease
ON the shelves and in the big hacking c,ses
Of any news cnmuany are TOYS and iumpinv.iacks
glmcracks for both it'll, and grown p,oplc that
ar, A. old AID stale in rett.rp A. IN, wooden
Nuah's Ark ,r,cs still and badly glued hut
close beside these are ingenious ryic.s for max
ing fuu New ht,l, nrticlcs for pcrsonnl con.
yrni,rrr .uru,isc cig,rctt. bo1.s catch word
p,tt,,,p. holders kpirk kn,cks for IN. w,rdohc
md In. s,.utr,, basket They n,c all Ingenious
n,,t,r,iy, and cn,,p and woman. b,ppv ,n,ui
,i,n h,s hsrn At ,n, hn,,om 81 man Alan,
win tho rest arc dancing sailors and climbing
souir,,ls hacking douLrys funny faced b,ll,ons
and TOMS ~ amazing achievement and sus,oin.
inc, ,o,,c, and 1t cnrc,i,s il, n,rcbh.cL i.vsl,v
Women have helped at them all even II In no
more than gluing the bride and saddle cloth
on tp the hide Of the composition dnnlrys paint.
ing the red hinged handle Of the mouth blowers
nr fastening In the directions for the GU rious tnps
Eurupc may have the palm for toy making. Swift.
,fland for the mechanical TOYS TINT are ~ intri.
r,t, and s,pdr,f,l Nuremberg for th, d,,t,,
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class If n.ls il sold only on tn, streets AT side
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leading a. Ia" i,FnrS ana all about IN the poorer
quarters 4 town where spending money tort grown
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The main contingent Of fancy go'dS dealers In
the best part " the city do not include them I'm
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them seriously and can sell them a. readily and
steadily ~ the milk dealer sells milk or the town
h,L,, b,c,s
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NH'r' dlu you get your p'''ufr ou'"h one
school girl asks II another a. the two walk home
in compsny
W" ~ ~ N"NE N"' '"r XIV "''"'
in yesterday. They're all the rage" comes the
'," y, -, m't Wv" ""s' ..,, m.".
Sh""i Is sHpph'd WIN 'hh' particular picture
button.
A,,i, ,,,,,,. ~ Al .i,,,,. a., ,,,. I,,,,s. mini,
i'' w. 80 W. ''' '''"' 49,"
Miss AngS circuit "iH bH entertained with the
mano II, r.. 81 a kicking mule or bucking bronco
.,,l,. On can't ia. .rI H., g.. ,..,i,.I g., .,,.
ing ~ ',',H wv ~ NJ" W. '"' '""i''" 81 '"' Guy
ming, Is the h"HSi ~ uc purchaser. Ana this fun
maker sells readily In all that borough Possibly
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49, ''NS '''N '"' '''''' Wv N'"H "''''"N "''S
Ia ma uhl ut'f ar" "ut Tor IN" present ana l"r
customers VIII nave I" walt unul new supply In
made Now ITS n surprise cigarette cas-" that
TAXES vi II ihr siau"n"rs young men customers,
% uHt tr EIrlS buy 4" give To- Nrir swccthrars.
Vow u y railroad lantern. dlmlnuuNe but pr
~, ~ pa ~rh'i uIht gives out Hlsil oil perfume,
Inc, nolN"Wlt" Is not overlooked, Tor thrrr are
HN larllN ulmil"S mat hrp Ia tlt"ad needles.
'lhfm lufni'ur" brushes INK stands mat N'n iup
So souvenir spoons an vases c"ntfiIahCrS Tor
I-SN"tlhg lirS and lot 81 things In TIE way Of
"fHS lh> 'h'rN ana garment thiNhr'h Ih"fr hfr
."mNnhunh ~ us Tor the Work basket ana Tricks
iut VI H'h". 'ililf u To takr pattern ny IN rulng
Wiling anu clWl''lng, me demand iur, some.
Nihg n" IN ms hFpiGIv comprehensive me 81
sprlhlnrs II ln"AhhuNul" and wumhns fertile
lhN"hunh - r"snurr" Tor IN" news company
manager More, the woman apt AZ derislng such
INPpN ms not on y supplies inc nod'l Tor thr
,""htS h,uu"h az loccnlS-h sample toy, hut
h"IpS largly IN IN" making al the drtlcl" and ir"
0u'hliS gives ~" work out To u" done by other
women whose efficiency she has investigated.