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Show - tfHW-M -t Insulting Fidures mtU Which the Tyrol Toy Makers While Awav the TvAinm t iL vk,Js Hundreds of the men who in times of peace earn their living by carving toys out of wood are now fighting for their Fatherland. And they have carried their fondness for wood carving into the o FOR many generations toy maKing has been one of the chief industries indus-tries of the little Austrian province prov-ince of Tyrol. The Tyrolese are among the most skilful wood carvers in the 9 The little images which the Tyrolese soldiers are always carving whenever there is a lull in the fighting are, however, how-ever, very different from the peaceful toys- which fill the Christmas stockings. They all have a warlike significance and each carver tries to make his little images express some of the hate he feels for his enemies One ambitious group shows a stalwart German soldier whacking the heads of Russia and France with either hand. trenches and find it an excellent method of relieving re-lieving the tedium of the sarn naign world, and it is from them that we get the little wooden animals ani-mals and other toys which are such delight to children at Christinas time. while wih his foot he administers a vigorous kick to ;:, the frightened sailor who typifies England Italy is a favorite theme for the wood carvers of '"' he trenches. A fearsome looking brigand in a long ; "f Cloak and with a dagger in his hand is one of their -:: , methods of showing their hate and contempt for Italy. -f , lla" poat d'Annunzio and the English,.." su fragette are also frequently caricatured in these r littie wooden figures. 'M fn?J. ,cfm'se' ,thc great hero "Von Hindenburg is not list, loigotteu and countless ingenious tributes lo the-;.. General are being carved. One of these, which has. '- ust reached Vienna from the front, shows the ;i'i' General s head on a bulldog's body which bears on hi either side th coat of arms of Austria and Germany. . in Germany and Austria, no souvenirs of the war. :!( are more eagerly nought than the comical and often :'': insulting little figures which the skilful hands of the Urol toymakers fashion. -A movement is now on foot to collect as many of them as possible ad '' dispose of them at auction for the benefit of the Red ' : -ross and other charities. aas( world, and it is from them that trenches and find it an we get the little wooden ani- J$?m excellent method of re- mals and other toys which are living the tedium of the such delight to children at W JL sarnna Christmas time. XttSEp A Tyrolese Wood Carver's Conception of the Allies' Fate One of the Many Interesting Bits of Art Which the Toy Makers of Other Days Are Now Producing in the Trenches. On the Left, d'Annunzio, on the Right, an English Suffragette, Carved from Wood by Tyrolese Soldiers During Lulls i:i the Fighting. Teutonic Hatred of Italy Is E pressed ir. This Wooden Statuett( Showing the Nation as a Brigand A Tyrolese Soldier's Tribute to General V o0j ! Hindenburg's Bulldog a Qualities. i |