The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-13
roy SHOW ~ PARIS.
4 French Plan to Protect Home Work. ere
From Competitien by Factories.

From COmpetfttOn ny ractortes.
PARIS. Oct. s.-The American who visits
the exposition of toys now being held in the
Tuileries gardens will find 1t hard not to be-
lieve that he has stumbled by mistake on
some New England church bazaar. II he
buys his ticket expecting to delight his eye
with all that the Partisan market has TO ofer
in the way Of costly toys it only shows
that he has not the slightest understanding
of the expeditions real aim.
This TOW show ID practically q municipal
charity. For patrons il has such mon ~
ex-President Loubet. Edouard DNtaille the
painter. who 10 King Edwards most dis
finRuished friend in official or sub-of1cial
life in Paris: Victorien Sardou. the play
wright: and Leo Claretie, the leading French
authority on toys. II was started seven
wears ago by Project Of Police Lepine, to aid
the small makers Of toys and fancy articles
know the world over as Partisan novelties.
who labor in their own homes.
With the growth Of the toy industry the
substitution Of machinery for manual labor
and the creation Of large factories. these
independent workers found themselves in Q
very bad way.
II was to give a helping hand TO this class
that Lepine, one Of the most popular men
in all France. organized the Society Of Inde-
pendent Workers in 1901.
This society provides Its members with
show rooms for the permanent exhibition OF
their wares, and once a year holds an expo
sition-this year in the Tuileries gardens.
Then all the exhibitors ave the privilege
OF securing q certificate which guarantees
that any invention shown will be protected
II A.. .1.,t,a .fiar ttZ ArnnaIttnn and
this without any cost.
Within those three months the practical
value OF the invention will he determined
and then, il it is worth Il. the patent can be
secured. n the i%nventor is too poor he
will receive assistance from q general relief
fund.
The first year the exposition was held
in one small room. Now all available
space in the large Jeu de Paume Building
is taken and many applicants have n
ally to be turned away. The society has
grown 80 in importance that II will send .
delegation to the coming exposition Of
TO ~ In London.
Yet with all the ges offered by
the society the independent workmen still
have much 20 do before they can Oompote
seriously with their factory rivals. This
Ia easily gathered from 9 cursory. glance
al tnS year . uiopiay. me matSTiaio aro
| inferior and the workmanship crude.
There are very few novelties which seem
to warrant patenting.. There are balloons
and airships with gayly dressed
endless displays OF diabolo. cup and ball
sanies. ~hydroplanes and a~eroplanes.
Caran d'Ache varies his familiar wooden
dogs by exhibiting elephants and horses.
! Another ~caricaturist shows the heads OF
different nations in characteristic poses. Fall
Heres quaffing a glass of his Loupillon wine.
King Alfonso tossing his heir aloft. &c.
Then there are painted ~silhouettes OF
Leading actors and actresses. Sarah BERN
harut. tuqueiih ,aGea, &ii3 A0aist-sl,;y-
in a d~eclainatory attitude. One exhibit
il of miniature hunting landscapes showing
the various soyereigns as they aim at their
Frey. The Gar levels his gun at a polar
bear in a setting OF ice and snow and EN-
peror. william has just brought low a mon
ster boar.
The visitor feels hat there il a praise
worthy attempt at ingenuity on the part Of
the workmen. but they are heavily bandi-
capped by cheap materials and clumsy
tools. The are would make q poor
showing on some big department. store
counter alongside the perfected factory
article.