The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-29
MECHANICAL TOYS.
A Wonderfully Attractive Display OF Things
Ingenious and Beautiful.

marvellous variety than ever before and in greater
beauty: and at all sorts OF prices. from twenty
Ave cents up to $3.50. The lastnamed price
Is the cost of mechanical athlete who puts up
big dumbbell The figure Is about eighteen
inches in height supported upon base a foot
more square and perhaps six inches in length,
which contains the machinery and music box.
Lying upon this base, al the athletes feet, Is
u great dumbbc of the kind and weight that
strong men put up.
The athlete Is clad in gaycolored silks, such
as he might wear in an exhibition on the stage:
he makes a slightly and graceful figure, and
presently he shows that he hos great strength.
us we'll When this toy Is started the music be
gins and plays little first. and then, presently,
the athlete bends over to pick UP the great dumb
bell. Reaching down with calm deliberation
he grasps the handle, and then, gathering him
self together, he lifts the dumbbell clear of the
ground, the music, all this time, keeping play
Ing.
Strengthening himself up with II he holds the
great weight for brief moment with his arm
straight down and then he braces himself to raise
It higher. He brings 1t up waist high and then
carries II up TO his shoulder and then after a mo-
ment's pause he puts the giant dunbbel up,
slowly but surely, TO the full height Of his ex
tended arm. After holding it there for moment
he lowers II again. and lets II down by his side
itfrmly again on the ground. and then strnightens
himself up into his original pose and then the
music ceases. There Is nothing ierky or clock
worky about the figures movements. The entire
action Is intensely human, even to the manner in
which, at one or two points in the progress
OF the feat II closes its eyes in the stress of eff or
1t is wonderful toy, that fixes the attention
Of everybody who sees it.
There Is a gymnastic bear that performs fcnts
az. ,l,. n Lad .pI
arc various figures OF tightrope walkers, that
walk from end 10 the other Of tight rope
and then back again. There is figure OF pretty
little girl holding in one hand Tiny cup from
which she is supposed TO drink chocolate, while
ia the other hand she holds piece of bread. The
little girls dog sits up at chair close by looking
al her When this figure is started the little gin
takes sip Of ci "cOlate from the cup and then
th DE the Kind lille gill gives him some As the
athlete mat puts up me g bells Is the most
w n5 &f e SEs Rnps DE most tSrui n
ing bird. The cage is Of full size; round in form,
and with the wires bending ward 10 form dome;
or live inches in n height Tie cage Itself is an
sn s eSa c %Ss sRs 70 s
robin, that sings most charmingly. II W9gglcs
looks 'e at You With with It's Bright lille eyes e and sings
the robins notes. and high or low they are clear,
and true and natural And this bird doesn
| bird. 1t stops entirely and you think Its song
has ceased and then il starts up nGGiin lust as
4 most lovely 10y, and ii seems cheap at the price,
S54 but, like many articles Of utility in these mod
lively Cheaper than they were years ago; and
all these various toys, indeed that represent ami
mails and birds, including The cheaper ones as
well as the more costly, are, besides made now
adays more and more like nature,
ISte is pig tina, blows soar, bubbles really,
legs and holds in front of itself with Of its fore
feet basin filled with s9apsuds, which can be re-
other fore foot used as hand the pig holds a
| pipe When this figure is set in motion the pig
bends over and holding one END o. ct the pipe IN us
and draws In sufficient Of it for the purpose and
then straightens up again. inclines iis head to
portion nV to its It's size W as the bubble child would blow
would be in proportion TO its The pig cant blow
ehl that owns 'it It can an and the i" bubble will
foa, of, and the pig will keep on blowing them
curious ps, and hum9r.Ys toy the pig that blows
There are rabbits that jump up out of cabbngcs
and out OF roses and chrysanthcmums and There
is monkey that losses ball from side to side;
dancing meanwhile on the floor There are all
kinds Of animals to be found among these mr.,
chancal toys, bears and rabbits and dogs and
cats and cows and sheep and So on. covered with
the natural skin, and having cther voice or mo
ton. or both, or having some other natural char
actcristc; as for instance there are toy COWS that
can he milked. These various nature like ami
mails IRE sold at all sorts OF prices ranging down
size donkey with most natural voice
Among mulutudinous other miscellaneous me
chaniCal toys here is little laundry in which
five fluffy little dogs appear, with varied laundry
apparatus When cInnl; is turned on This toy
a music box sounds, the dogs go To work in the
Laundry some OF them washing some ironing
and some hanging up clothes on clothes rack.
Her ng toys Has TN psy dogs
cats some eating, some dancing, here is one dog
taking photograph Of two other dogs T..
| Among the mechanical dolls is n little girl IN
yellow satin dress trimmed with pearls, stand
ing al dressing case upon which there are seer
in one hand a hand mirror. and III the other
powder puff This is an automatic toy mat Enc'
Itself when you starr it. aud it has music box
attachment that goes at the same time Wher
this toy has been set In motion the little girl lit;
the hand mirror and looks at herself in It, and
then drops that hand and raises the other anC
touches her face with the powder puff in the places
where the mirror had told her it was required
There are many mechanical dolls and at gTea
variety Of prices, costly and cheap.
Among cheaper mechanical toys Of metal Their
is q great assortment including animals, an'
vehicles, and men and so on Here is very pretty
! singing bird and cage for 81: here is darkg
sitting on chair PLAYING banjo Price so, 80 cen ~,
that as there are many that cost more. hut VI
variety Of the cheap mechanical toys is now ptnc
ucally endless.
, There are seen this season mechanical cab
fashioned after the electric vehic les, these hc'nI
OF mechanical trains on tracks there is as usun
a great variety, and at various prices, from 81 M
There arc produced in these days not only train
sidings and with tunnels and bridges and rail
s road stations and 50 on Many Of these appul
| tenances may be bought separately. As fOi in
stance there il sold this wear toy railroad station
o electric lighted the light being controlled by
a | switch. There are switch lights and other on
door lights that can be managed in the same mar
. | ner.
h Gus Kinds worked bv clockwork or by steam
, there arc many varieties at 81 and less there or
large sized carefully constructed and finely FL
n ished TOW engines that run up as high In prC
as $50 There may be found, and many OF theI
Q at low prices, a great variety OF mechanical a
4 tachmenta and appliances Of one sort and anothc
d as hoisting apparatus and 80 ON.
There are this year among mechanic "a. toy
Q actunted by clockwork and some by steam
r Among the vessels, there are many war boat
: these Including painted In the color in whc
they arc actually In service, the long, leai
G sharp torpedo boats ,