The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-21

mar Tor this purpose. use a specially pre-
pared material which looks as good as real,
anu that after all is the main thing. Bodies
ana limbs are nov added BY other work
people, until the doll Is completed and ready
for Santa Claus bag.
In the old world town Of Nuremberr a
sreat number OF workmen are employed ali
the year making lead soldiers and all kinds
OF lead toys, and mighty army OF lead
soldiers is turned out every day by these
industrious people
The workers Of Nuremberg also make toy
telescopes. microscopes magic lanterns and
all manner OF mechanical and scientific
toys. There also Is made the well known
and ever popular clockwork mouse, which
runs about the table or floor in such life
Ike manner.
Not great distance from Nuremberg Is
the town Of Furth, where the Noah's arks
aro made, containing the curious animals
aud the still more curious trees with which
We are familiar. At Sonneberg no fewer
than 1900 children are employed making
toys for other children to play with and
destroy. As the Christmas season ap.
proaches, these little workers are kept so
busy that they often slt up the greater part
Of the night helping their parents to earn
money.
Woodeu animals and carved toys Of ali
kinds come from saxony. where the SOFT
wood from which they are made Is pro.
durable In large quantities at small cost. A
length Of wood is cut away by means, OF
the turning lathe until its outline takes
the shape Of the animal or figure desired.
When this in done the wood is sliced up
into thin pieces each rece being rough
representation OF the animal BY this
simple process large numbers Of animals
are made &C one time and only few finish
ing touches are needed
Another famous one Of Santa claus great
workshops is situated in the Tyrol. 1000 or
more feet above the level Of the sea The
people Of this district have supplied toys
TO Santa Claus for more than zoo years.
The small wooden dolls are carved by the
Tyrolesc, and from this district also come
tho ionted dolls known as Dutch" whose
limbs make a peculiar noise when they are
moved, as II their poor owners were suffer.
Ing from rheumatism or growing pains.
Many toys are manufactured In France
The French have the knnck Of turning
everything TO account, and IL Is said that
most OF these tin toys arc MAIDS from old
sardlne and other tins that have been
thrown away. In France are made cheap
sets OF chessmen and bone domlnoes, a
large proportion OF the bone used for this
purpose being the waste material from the
factories OF tooth brush manufacturers.
Small toy drums are made IN France
chiefly out Of preserved fruit boxes which
have served their purpose, and been thrown
away with the rubbish. Toys worked by
means Of pneumatic tube, the compressed
air causing the figure TO dance and per.
form many queer and undlgniAed antics, are
French inventions.
Sixties. battledorea and shuttlecocks,
military tops. and toy watches arc also
madc In France, and sent to England aud
America. thousands at a time.
Many Of the poorest inhabitants OF the
East End OF London are toymakers, work
ing In their own homes which often are
little better than dungeons or stables
Dolls boots and shoes are made out OF
waste material, and cheap wooden toys
such as peg tops rattles, etc. are also
] produced In London.