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Show WHEnE TOTs ARE MADE. THE TBUOCCnOKS OF OEKUAM, !MTZERLAMAND IIOLLAMX Wooden carved toys are chiefly made In German and Switzerland, the cheaper kinds In the neighborhood neighbor-hood of 5urembinr and the better qualities at SonneUinr, in Thur-ingta. Thur-ingta. from which, latter place about twenty fourmllllon articled, valued at sOO,000, are annually exported. Large quantities of wooden toys are also made In Saxony, v, here an ingenious in-genious prucess Is In u! for diminishing diminish-ing the labor involved In tbe production pro-duction of animals. A circular block of soft wood Is turned into a ring of tucli a pattern that by slicing slic-ing it vertically a rough representation represen-tation of an animal (say an elephant) ele-phant) is secured. Kacli rudimentary rudiment-ary figure Is then trimmed b) hand; the eirr, trunk, tusks and tall, all of which are neiarately turned and sliced by tho taiue method, are in-rerlcd; in-rerlcd; and when tho animal his been painted and varnished It Is ready for use vm luarblts also come ex-clu-lvely from Saxony, lielng made of a clay not found else-w else-w litre. The better qualities come from Holland, where they are made from fragments of alaUitter and other stones. Taw and alley, the conmiou names for the tvro qualities principally uted In this country, are abbreviations of tawny and aia-tjaster. aia-tjaster. A gnat Ixn days' toy fair Is an nually htld at Leipslc, when more tlian ix thousand merchants exhibit ex-hibit their goods in every available incli of apace, evtu in the garrets of the slx-Etoried houses. Marburg, in Htsen, is chli-fly occupied with t'ju manufacture of musical tojs, whiiu Jliberach, In Wurtemburg. ii noted for substantial metal articles, sucli as caTiflgef, locomotives, furnl- uir, tlL. Ijju specialty ot OrtllZ eilaniTis wooden cottages, modiU etc Some of the large dealers do very will out of the industry, but Jie actual to -makers in both conn jiesaremisiraLly paid, and And It very hard, even by the most un remitting; toil, to gain a subsistence from their employment, many ol them being obliged to supplement their earnings by engaging in outdoor out-door labor during the summer. The productions of Holland are very similar to those of Germany. Chambers' Juunial. |
