Show KINGLE KINGDOM nai anil about alad nl other jojn in this se season son ot holiday gifts it may be generally to learn some fact facts about the manufacture manus and aDd trade toys s we clip the following fi bom oni the thes S P F examiner one of whose r porters had an all instructive interview with one of the lending toy iacre merchants lian ts in ill the bay ci city Y WHERE TOYS COME FRON acy few if any ally toys are manu marill fractured in california the united states stats however now leads the tho market in the supply of toys E england comes nest next then germany and france after these come bohemia austria and a few from russia notwithstanding that there is a duty of 60 50 per cent added to the first cost of all toys imported still the wholesale importers say they can soil sell european made toys as cheaply as those of domestic ic manufacture said a wholesale importer yesterday there is a growing demand for american made toys these are the tho heavy articles such as velici v agon rocking dorsee and in fact all articles manufactured from wood and iron kon this includes blocks and games fur for indoor amusement the file tin toys to s are nearly all made in the united state and we find that we e can call get better tin made toys on this side of the atlantic fl for or less im money than in germany or england whence we used to import our whole supply the mechanical toys those which arc are automatic or moved by clockwork are nearly all made in the eastern states and are being improved every year the dolls are mostly of german manufacture the leather and morocco goods french toy books english and th eligh fancy china glass and toilet b goods are made in bohemia in order to keep up tho supply the importers ass keep agents constantly on duty in new york and for six i during the year ear in in E europe drope selecting new toys ir for the california trade even now while the vast supply is being exhausted here orders for next christmas goods are bein being made out and sent east to be fifles filled out so as its to arrive here in time for the holiday trade WHEN THE TRADE OPENS early in august tho tile new supply is being received here then comes the buyer from all the western world from the cold frozen regions of alaska and the far 90 off tropical zone in mexico and central america australia china japan and the south sea islands also send to san francisco for toys and it is to insure their supply fl for or the christmas trade that th the supply is is received so early in the year the rhe export trade for oregon washington nevada arizona alid mexico commences in the latter part martof of october and continues continued through Nove november ruber when the tile trade is at its hight at this time the wholesale trade is at its zenith A reporter made his way yesterday through the intricate mazes of one odthe of the toy depositories repositories deposit ories in san sall francisco an immense immense amount of articles designed for use and pleasure were seen and with a view to imparting some information relative to the variety and cost of the articles just now in general demand some notes were made durin during the visit I IN X SAIXTA claue storehouse the most interesting department ina in a wholesale godouse toy hauae is where whre mechanism has been een applied to make the Ina inanimate nimat e combination of tin and wood imitate life here a lot of drum dancers hop and skip around the drums beating time with the feet and beside them a lot of trapeze performers and acrobat acro bata the going oi g through lifelike exercises exercise a chese sell at from to 85 each standing there i is the figure of an old colored preacher going through h tl the ie motions of preaching while old uncle tom standing near by saws aws alwa way on his violin as long as his clockwork will run now a growling bear value and near it old aunt chloe Chloc the negro washwoman hard bard at work value herece here we notice a lot of circular tramways tram ways on which cars and boys on velici ann round in a circle and there an old lady d darivin avi a b horse orse and wagon prop propelled by clockwork ti c here are all alligators acors walking balki over ver the floor omnibuses Omni buses lg tandem oem teams fire engines horses steamboats boats sand and locomotives all running by clock clockwork W or railroad trains elevated e abed railroads rats and aud talking dolls now we notice general grant ben butler general hancock beecher president Atil arthur lur and other notables walking by clockwork while miniature circus circus and automatic figures all combining in to make up a scene which is as tg int interesting resting to grown people as to juveniles ve iles niles THE DOLL KINGDOM more than one thousand varieties varie iea tiu of dells dolls are being sold in the san francisco stores this year thedell the doll manufacture is divided between Germau germany yand and france best looking wax dolls com coming from the former and the fi fine ne nan finished dished kid limbed dolls from france the doll il 15 certainly the queen of th the e toy kin kingdom om said a very prominent wholesale and reta retain il dealer and each year seems to 10 add to ito its popularity we find that an ugly ilL shaped d doll oll is ip useless in chismar this market I tell you air sir that the poorest woman that comes into the store j aa will it insist lewt on a go good od looking doll and will under no consideration buy nn ugly 1161 faced one another dl dealer ux ermid said as lie exhibited some costly life sized specimens belling selling at from 20 to cadi each W we c 2110 ro obliged to make dolla expressly for the california trade to do 10 thisbe this we select the pictures of fine finc looking children in our picture gal galleries leric which we send solid to ger many every year from these pictured of living california children faces ar are formed in in wax in europe antl aident fent back baek hel here I caa CA you identify lie features in any of ahe ae dols when thoy arc are bent sent here no not individually buethe general contour oatlie of the features the color odthe of the eyes and shade of hair is natural it is surprising how closely the tile manufacturers in germany imitate the pictures of our california children the taste of the people is steadily improving in in dolls and we nye find it utterly useless to bring poorly made lad bad looking dolls to the city AS TO VARI VARIETY ETY AND AIND PRICE amon among the the 1000 varieties might be noti noticed c bathing dolls of china with gla glazed backs or yellow hair from 10 cents to 50 cents each bisque bathing babies black and white some in gult boots some with natural hair movable arms and legs and find glasa glass eyes single and in groups and r ranging anglum i in in price cc from 15 cents t to l 50 each cach next axt in grade come muslin alin dolls with china heads and arms at prices all the way from 10 cents to each the french kid dolls bisque heads and natural hair some of them life siz siv with movable heads and ful jointed body some with irith hoy boy and others with girl girl faces ranging rang ing in in price without w dress ress from to 20 each then there is a grade of patent doll with indestructible heads cloth bodies and pa painted anted eyes others wax heads beads an and d kid bodies in prices al all I the way from froin 50 cents to each there is an endless variety of mama and F papa apa speaking dolls some with bisque heads leads others patent and others again wax of the wax varieties r i epics are nearly and they range in in price aalthe all the way from 16 15 cents to 25 each |