Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-11

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manufacture and production OF toys
Germany leads all the other nations
in fact, the annual resources from
exporting toys alone amounts TO
S13,19G3S6. The tin toys come from
Nuremberg. the wood toys from Ham
mern, Neufang and ST. U1rich. and
dolls from Sonneberg.
1t is fitting that since our Christ
mas trees and our Kris kringle come
from Germany. the toys which the
former bears should be the work OF
the good German people. who care so
much for Christmas themselves, and
who by their example Lave done SO
much o keep the Christmas spirit
alive in the world.
1t is not astonishing. after living
among the Germans, listening to
their fairy stories and romances to
find them engaged in such pursuits,
inyentine day after day and year af-
ter year instruments that will glaa-
den the heart and help the child to
enter into the charming nursery tales
and legends common to every Ger
man locality. Of them all, Nurem-
berg is undoubtedly the leader, fol
while being town Of the Middle
Ages is history reads like To-
nance. Any child in the town can
tell YOU a dozen stories i'll eonnec-
ton with the picturesque old castle,
,ts moat its torture-chamber, its
Iron Virgin" and its Queen kunl-
gunde stairway.
In writing of Nuremberg and rs
tov industries for the Home Com
nanion. Leonard S. Raines says:
In Nuremberg proper it is that all
the tin and metal playthings are orig
mated and made, and here it is that
workmen-men, women and chl4dfeh
hammer, whittle, paint and varnlSh
from the rising of the sun to the go
inc down thereof. Up 10 not a great
many years ago toy and doll making
was essentially home occupation,
made in the workshops of families
where the members, sometimes as
sisted by outside hands, engaged in
the pursuit. Now the industry has
beea4aa- more and more centralized,
and .#Fze= factories are established
in N.fan6ers and SonnebeH2
Hr.Fa tin soldiers ef al nafion4.-
tic ra from The hands Of the Ia
bor@@s s.aaor car e1H 48-- houses.
ma auterns. railroad en@lae- and
carr are materiaIize4 IA fbe fac
tori. aud poor children &ho arr
perfa5s helping 10 sosa.aet taar
family. have al )gast the as=l3et.oa#
of la f..5z ami heEP!a4 ta=-..aaa. dr..
ing ~ 4reater part Of .Ae.r watkins
hours Le beautiful toys that *t-
lat sacame=the property Of aae
NOR .ortdnate. These wares any
MOI oalg tals. but models Which ac=
quaint children via! the latest in4elt-
tons ia 5he mechanical. optical and
electrical sciences. as Yel az the
steam power. the vireIess tele2raphY,
the progress OF tbe commercial feet
and navy (terpedo and submarine
boats and the whole modern rail
way system. Such products there
fore. not only $ rye as most interest
ing o1jeots OF entertainment but a
the satae time a. excellent means Of
instructions, and Introduce the young
idea IL the first secrets OF technical
scienct
IF tic development II IL Ntuc boy
is cons ler,.ll al the famou. factories
pf Nur.lnl4.rg. tho little girl is not
forgotten. fur noor after floor I. set
eff fGr articles that splcndidlv im'
cate and reproduce everything hat i.
found ID lie t-st appointed modern
Kitchen and collar Then there are
reffie r,ltor-, sewing machines, lap
boards With announcements smooth.
ing ifon., in tact. little mother for
,unate enough 10 possess an, or d
grcat number OF these wares would
ho unpardonabls for not developing
into the hest OF mother. and the
most experienced OF housewfv, s.
\ fair proportion Of The workmen
are children, and IL is wonderful how
rkillful they become and with what
euicl<nes- the, dispatch the pile Of
instruments brought for their share
Of formation. fluing or finishing up