Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-11
Where the Christmas Toys Come Frem

in America. in Japan and In emma.
The latter country eclipses all tho
others in the number Of soldiers tha-
she buys.
The largest factory in Nuremberg
employs three thousand people, the
others a lesser number, but 10 Sc
the workmen issue at the noon-day
hour or at six in the evening one
would think village had been let
Ioose. And all these hands employed
50 that little ones may be amused.
and pass the time pleasantly. En-
easine in such wares seems to haze
good effect on the worllmen, too,
for they all appear bright, satisfied
and glad to be living. They sing at
their work through the long hours ii
The day, and when the ehol#s be
comes too loud, sign from the f4aa-
man is sufficient to cause a lowe..ia4
Of ihe voice
How many little boys and girls eze2
think Of the tell and care thai -
in5o evcry one of these plaHthiae7
and AGAIN. how much tie sale Of each
means TO the worEman ~h'
has helped 10 make il The thing Of
10Y it is? Those parents who con
slider that their money IS uaWis=.E
spent when PIT in toys need only
be reminded that the employment
means bread AMI home 70 The
thousands engaged in the fabrication.
In the little village Of Hammer
the inhabitants have prediction fof
ehiDs. and though they are noWhe:e
near the sea, boats and toy vessels
of all kinds are carved there. In
Neufans. on the other hand, they
make all manner Of beasts and fowls.
Sopneberg is. however, the center o1
the industry. In Sonneberg the dolls
are nearly all made Of papier.mache.
And nearly all the dolls clothing is
made by the wommen and children.
Out of it's sixty thousand inhabitants,
inst three-fourths Of that number az
engaged directly or Indirectly in -
manufacture of toys and all kinds Of
dolls.
But if We want 10 see the wooden
toy in the perfection Of making We
must travel again to The south OF
Nuremberg. into tire high Alps Of the
Austrian Tyr0l. Here is the pierHr-
a.aue afs-r rlct known as the Gfoedner
thai. and tne chief town Is St. UIricI.
xoa woad minis that it was Christ,
mas al the year round at St. lHGie...
n 4 e..a.at little place. and r.
4a1ra.+ aae=a ersat deal Of 10y
stflaa That aae l.uE7 a. shop. Tho
.ttt.a .oasas have the SAM a'5=ef
~aof-. painted rcd. TIE SAM eaa5nt
5.aad- tHer. arc confcal 're.a ia
faa4t. thaf mt4ht almost be Of @aa.@
reai little flower aardeas. a'll 9
straw beehive beside HE 2a1e E.s
ii is not only tho pornmaneH' a#"
81 DE village which makes tsc i.l1'-
sion; il is the tAinss we see scattered
auaot. one yard will be ftllI ot rock
me horses set ont to dry, in an9eher
place you viii see a number Of saints
leaning against the fences. The win
aows of the houses are full OF do.ls
and dneor beasts and all about thers
is a hum Of industry People are
hammmcriug and saving and mahlH2
chips ry in al directions. This town
has moi less than twenty-three hun,
dred wood carvers making mostly
TOYS. bat also crHci6yes "a @aints,
which are sent out through ali Cath
olic Germany and Italy
This great toy industr. of Ger,
manv presents. as VIC have shown,
sorfe very interesting feature. Be
side. the picturesque side. tnymakiha
ha. good deal OF economic interest.
'rhu. give. employment To fully
10000 people. man, Of whom DO the
wor. in their own home. OF course
large proportion Of the toys afe
used III Germany. hnt rrcat Qnanti.
ties are exported