The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 25, 1908, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textr THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1803., I!S OF MS Si M ft V ' fll ""V in 4 Hundred Thousand Tons in Christenddm, and - Half of These for the Yankee . Child WWe , the Toys 'Come From. Br FREDERIC J. HASKE?. (Copyright, 1308. by Frederic J. Haskln.) Waahinirtnn nR. SS. Ten times 18,- OOO tons of toys! That Is one of .the things Christmas mean to the children of Christian countries. The United Slates gets 15.000 tons Of them from (ietrmany alone. Some come , irom : France, a few from England, ' some from Italy and the Alps, to'say,noth- " ins ol ui viousanua ui " ' ourselves. Based on the weight and value of those we get from Oermany It is safe to assume that young- Amer ica found 80,000 tons of them In bis stocking this morning, and that their 1 avs-roE.it va.iiia is not under szo.uum 000. Think of It, toys enough, to make 6000 carloads, a train over t(M miles When the wise 'man said hawas -nothing new under' the.sun ChHsttrias toys had not ret come Into existence. One,.ean even buy a full fledged yacht race in toyland these days. There are a half dosen of the yachts, and they sell on a painted ocean with all the dash of a defender against a Lip ton creation, A lighthouse marks the winning line, and when the winner ; crosses It the lighthouse runs up the pennant. . There is "no faking . about this race. Kaoh boat has an equal show to win. It Is operated by pressing a , little electric button. Breakfast for teiy Boy. - Then there is the alarm clock that lights an alcohol lamp and -gets break- : last lor iazy noy. ah uamy noy naa .-: to do is to put the proper ingredients In his chafing dish when he goes to bl. ? When It Is time for him to get tip the alarm Bounds, and if he rises betimes the breakfast will be ready when he Is ready for it. Someone has called the toys which sail in the water '"pneu monia toys." There are lots of them, even down to the deep sea diver with his full outfit on. A little air pump is attached., and by manipulating this he can be sent to the bottom of the bath tub or brought to the top. There are swimming girls that use the trudgeon , stroke with all the grace of a trained athlete; bullfrogs which look no real that if they were In a country mill pond a hunter would surely take a shot at them;- ducks, geese and nwans which swim 'about with seemingly as much Tiurposa as a live one going for Its breakfast; and battleships and aubma : rlnes that glide over and under the bath tub ocean with as much grace as one , might see 1n the evolutions of a world cruising fleet. riy Wheels to Boa Toys. Then there are the automatic toys, - the automobiles, . the locomotives, the i fire engines, thnt glide over the floor. This year manufacturers have left out the springs and thrown away the keys, so they cannot ret out of order.- A ' very heavy flywheel is the secret of their motion. Just press the toy on : the floor right hard, gliding it along several times until the flywheel is given the requisite motion, then turn it loose. Some of these toys will run the length of a city block. lEven the flying ma chine is here. Tie a thread to the ceil ing in the center of the room and then the other - end " to the flying- ma chine, being careful not to , make it long enough to allow the machine to collide with the furniture. Then wind up - the - machine and let it go, - It flies around in a circular path with all the grace of a hawk, circling about over, soma rarm nouse.nenyara. last. but not least, is the gyroscope top. Start it to running in a shell and It will throw off the shell and continue running. Set It on a thread after the manner of a tight rope walker and it is completely at home. c Put It Into a glass and it will , defy , gravity In a new movement And so the list might be extended by - the hour. Every mechanical mo tion known to man la represented in soma toy or another. There are dolls of every, race and color; animals of every kind and description; games of more kinds than one could play in a whole year's time; blocks with which anything can be built, from a steam engine to a Ferris wheel or a noble man's rastia Ana tnousanas or tnem are made so well and do such unusual things that folks older than those for whom Santa Ciaua usually exists, are interested In them. Recently a mother and - her-wo little, boys went into a Qotham store. - An old fashioned top was being demonstrated. There were naper disks to be placed on the rotat ing top. some with colored figures on them, and some made plain. These gave keliedoscoplc effects beyond de scription. The children were vastly in terested in it, and when the saleswoman had taken their order ahe told the boys she hoped thev would enjoy it. They replied that It was "for . father; he's sick." Germany Is Toyland. Germany leads the world in the mak Ing of toys. That country annually makes 25,000 tons of them, their value being nearly $10,000,000. Of these only a per cent remain at noma to cheer and amuse mecniiaren or tne rat tier lani. Nuremberg and Sonneberg are the great metal toy manufacturing centers. The Saxon Ore mountains are the head quarters for wooden toys. Traveling tnrougn mat region one may see here a whole yard full of hobby horses, there another yard full of mints set nut to dry, and at another place a whole army ox woonen soiaiery. with enough wagons to form an army train. It is said that 45 per cent of the metal toys that come to the United States are mads in Sonneburg. The whole town is supported by its toy busi ness. Hundreds of families live entirely by the making of toy. One may see four generations of the same family working in a single room. Home toy mam rig is me .general rule, tnougn re cBiiuy. sevsru Dig built Each famil S factories have been lv makes soma par ticular toy, and each member of it some particular art are something pitiable, The wages they get HAM Vrtll Will find a family that makes the little wootiy lamtiKins one sees in the aver age toy store. Six or eight people will o clock in the rooming to work from 6 10 at night, and in a week they will turn out from 2S0 to 800 dozen of these. They get perhaps f 5 for tha whole week's work. Another family make little Santa Clauses and gets f a week. Girls who make dolls' dresRes get per haps S3 a week. They make the ordi nary cheap pencil boxes for 68 cents gross. The papier mache doll had its birth In Sonneburg. The first ones sent out were not very satisfactory. On dav a doll maker accidentally dropped a thimbleful of hot wax on a doll's head. to ms surprise it make a beautiful ap pearance and thus originated the dip- Ding of the dnll beads into melted wax. The doll trade is one of the most re markable ever developed. dolls change as raoldl and the doll maker has ever to be study Fashions In as rapidly as In clothes, Ing the trend of the times. He reports that the United States buys more fancy dolls than any other country. Trench Toys tha 2 In est, Paris makes what era said tn he the finest toys in the world. "It Is a French toy" is an argument that the demon. stator in the modern department store is always reaav to present to the dis criminating buyer. The French toy has especial merit in its timelines Ger mans as well as the French look out for timeliness; and whenever there Is a fad thev are both on hand to meet it. The Teddy bear was brought out just, in time to meet tne erase. -r - New deslans in tovs are as eaafwrlv looked for by toy makers as the new designs' of a Paris dressmaker. Some of the best artists make a small for- IDAHO LAMES STRANGE HGIE Counties Without' a Prose cutor or Probate Judge, Say .Wallace Men. . ' (Special DUpitcfc to The Journal.) Wallace, Idaho, Deo. 25. Ail unex pected entanglement growing out of the vote at the last election upon the two constitutional amendments throughout the state has been the cause of much discussion and speculation here today, tha discovery having been made that under present conditions Shoshone county, and incidentally every, county in Idaho, may be without a prosecuting attorney and probate judge after the terms of office of the lnoumbents ex pire. County, Attorney Walter H. ' Hanson will retire January 11. His successor, who- has received t from the state audi tor his certificate of election, is James A. Wayne of this city. In tha amend ments, carried by popular vote, there is no such position mentioned , for any county as attorney. The laws passed give the names of all other county offi cials, but do not mention tha county attorney. It is also concluded - that Judge Worstell, unless tha governor calls the special election to vote on an amendment, and the election results fa vorably, cannot- take office aa probate judge. . Tne amendments proposed by ' .the legislature two years ago abolished n he omce oi probate juage ana proviaea for superior court judges to ,, travel from county to county and take care of tha work originally done by the probate judges, xnis amendment was adopted by a large majority. The amendment te this law provides that at any time tha governor deems it necessary he can call for an election and the probate judge can take office providing the amendment which was beaten in the general election, is car ried. . .. The governord has refused to call 'a special election, so Judge Worstell can not take office, nor can Mr. Wayne. Tha outcome of this unusual condition is awaited with much interest SPIRITS tune by designing new toys. A notable case of this kind is that of Caran D'Ache, tha eminent French black and white artist His physicians had ordered him to take a rest Partly to amuse himself, and partly to entertain some children he began to whittle soma little toys out of wood. Out of these grew sheep and President Roosevelt, drawing a bead on a grfMly.' Paris is the only -city that regularly holds toy expositions, and at these one may see every sort of toy made in the world. The United States keeps a per manent exhibition of the toys of all na tions and times in the ethnological space in the National museum. From India, from China, from Africa, Alaska, Australia, from the remotest past down to the living present, these toys have been gathered, and looking at the exhibit one might exclaim that the history of nations may be written in their play things. America's heading Toy Tows. Philadelphia is the heart of toyland In the United States. That cltv makes one fifth of all the toys manufactured in tnis country, xne trade tnat it is working . up with other nations Is re markable, it even sends thousands of dollars' worth of toys to Germany. It la in tha making , of mechanical toys AID , OF IIEIili STORIt Simrufiir Superstition of , Igorrotes Philadelphia Colony Is Now U. . (Special Dlipatch lo'Tbe Journal. - Philadelphia, Dec. 25. From tha far away . Philippines tha royal stork 1 flew to Philadelphia and hovered over 80 VnnfM VMt-,Ana f a VtABt' llttlff TfiXT or nouses in tne soumwesiern pari, ui town, where a band of Igorrotes, , 'who came to town several weeks- ago, are domiciled for tha winter. Thursday afternoon, at 4:15, a tiny little Igor rote princess arrived. . , Great was tha rejoicing among the yellow skinned group of 13, comprising five women, four men and' lour chil dren, when the little one came and made their number 14 instead ot IS. Not that they pay any attention to tha hoo doo number of - civilisation, fqr they know nothing and care less about it Captain John K. McP.ae, however, had told them that it was better to have 1 than 13, and anything. ha tells them they believe implicitly, for ' he lived among them several years while he was ona of Uncle Sam's officers in . the Philippines, and ha brought them to this country. - . ' Only two hours before tha little prin cess arrived, however, there had been 23 more of them.- But. these others were on their way to New York to take part In an exhibition when the. faint cry told of Philadelphia's first Filipino birth. Anions tha 21 was old Domingo, tha elder of the tribe, whose more than 1 natural poise and grace scarcely known to civilised people. The lecturer said that it would be well ir civilised races imitated these little people In their close adherence to natural laws. GEESHAM WINS DEBASE FROM HOOD PJVER - , (Special Dlipttcb to The Joarnal.) - Gresham, Or., Dee. 25. The Qresham High school won the 'first . debate of the season yesterday, in the new High School building, when it defeated Hood River High. The question was, "Re solved. That the municipalities should own and operate the light plants pa tronised by the general public." . . , Hood River took the affirmative and Gresham the negative. The debaters for Oresham were Hope Anderson, Karl Thompson and Florence Fleldhous. The debaters tot Hood River were Grace Edging ton,. Xena Newton 'and' Kste Brosclus. The judges . were Judge George, Mr. Jakaway and Rev. - Mo- Dougal. The Gresham High will prob ably, debate with -Astoria High next Metrers Jewelers and Onrtclana. Ill Washington at bet- 7th and Park. . that Philadelphia is making her great of that city employs over .600 hands, est strides. The Improved machinery is what counts. , The largest toy factory Specials for Saturday for your selection of our $35, $30 and $25 Overcoats HALF PRICE For your pick of Holiday Neckwear, Suspenders, Mufflers, Smoking Jackets, Bath Robes, etc, etc. (A Word to tha Wiae Zs Sufficient) 165-170 TIIIRE( STREET and the output consists of performing animals, steeple cnasers, dancing dervishes, cowboys on - bucking broncnos. leaping raDDiis, Kangaroos and donkeys. While young America la enjoying his i;nrisimas toys tnis year noming couio be more appropriate than that - he should learn that other little children had worked day in and day out, the whole j ear long, in order -that ha could have this Joy. . Perhaps if he could know the history of his toy from the time it began Uo have being in the world he would appreciate it more and feel an interest in the struggling little fellow who had worked manfully In its making. ' M. NUMBERS FOR RAILWAY STATIONS, NOT NAMES (Special Dispatch te The Journal t Chicago. Dec. 25. A plan for desig nating stations on tha Pennsylvania rail road by numbering Instead of names, as at present, and installing automatically operated indicators showing these num bers as tne train approacnea a station on each car in every passenger train, is now under consideration by an Informal committee of operating officers of the road. The plan was evolved by an employe of the : Pennsylvania, and by him sub mitted to General -Manager W. W. At-' terbury, who has turned it over to the committee. It is contended that if all stations w,era numbered instead of named tha vast amount of confusion re sulting from misunderstanding of the brakeman's call, which Is a frequent oc currence on local trains making a large number of stops, would be eliminated. The general plan proposes to arrange the different grand divisions each in "thousand" sections, as, for instance, to have tha main Una from Philadelphia number its stations from 1 to 89, the western grand division to run from 1000 to 1999, and the other grand divisions similarly. The minor divisions would bo divided into hundreds. . v-. : ECUADOR PLANS TO OBSERVE CENTENNIAL (Sveelal Dispatch to Tha Journal. Washinarton. Deo. 26. An exposition to commemorate tha one hundredth an niversary, of tha independence of Ecuador will ba opened at Quito, the capltok on August 10, 1909. The expo sition is to 00 nauunai in snmntuivr lur the most part hut several foreign coun tries, notably France and the United States, willy-be represented. This government has Just appro priated 150,000 for a pavilion, and is planning an extensive exhibit Of the South American countries, Chile, the United States of Colombia, Peru and Nicaragua have signified-their intention to exhibit . ' - Ecuador has never been more pros perous than at the present time, and on account of the recent completion of the new railway irom uuayaquu. tne main seaport to Quito, the work ot transporting material for the buildings will be greatly facilitated. This rail way ia one of the wonders of South America, reaching as it does a point 11, 000 feet above sea level at its highest point ' ATLANTIC SCHOONER . AND SEC' MEN 'LOST (CniUa Press teaaad Wbe.1 ' Newport News, Va Deo. 2S. The news has reached here of the loss Wed nesday off Hogg island -of the . three masted schooner Jeanle Llppitt and the drowning of Captain Robinson and five, members of the ship's crew. The sole survivor of the wreck, Andrew Jorgen sen, who was picked up at sea Wednes day by the American steamer Ravens cralg. Captain Johnson, told tha story of the wTeck. The Lippltt was bpund up coast from Jacksonville for New York with lumber. She ran into the recent heavy gale 'off Cape Charles Tuesday afternoon, - and after taking aboard considerable water and sustaining much damage to tha hull, ran on a Bhoal off Hogg islanfl and soon went to pieces. ' . - . Germany and Braxif are to be linked by a new cable that will have a branch to Iha J3ermaa eaj j,'Ican cojony. 80 years ouallf led him to spend the last two hours before his departure at the bedside of Lagmay. the wife of An tonio, chief of the tribe. Spirits Had to Kelp. Domlnrn scant these two hours invok ing the spirits to permit the little one to-come saieiy into ins woria. xne igo rottes live tn the valleys of northeast ern Luxon, largest of the Philippine Islands. They believe that the spirits live imonir the mountain tops, have their farms, marry and have children, and also rule the human beings who live In tha vallevai hnlnw. They also believe that certain of their own women are "spirit women" and are able to talk to the spirits and ask what they want and that the spirits will grant it. So, when a fresh arrival is expected in a vlllaae. it is the "soirlt woman" who presides, and by the lay ing on oi canai ana prayers to tne spir its makes tha event safe and happy. But there are no "spirit women" among those here. Captain McRae hav ing, omitted to include any when he gathered his group together to take around the world that other people might see - them. So Antonio, decided that Domingo the oldest man, might perhaps be able to make the spirits near him; and Antonio prayed faithfully until he had to stop to catch a train for New York. There were two physicians of the city present but they were not permitted to officiate in any manner. iJagmay be lieved that her child would come Into the world dead, : but the white doctors assured her that it would not be dead. and she believed them and was happy. - Cfcickea Is Sacrificed. As soon as old Domingo began rto pray Captain McKaa started out to rind live cntcKen, . tor that was absolutely necessary, in the opinion of Antonio. It was not easy to find one,but it .was found In time.' The men killed the chicken with a bamboo stick, and then with much ceremony Antonio cut off us nead and piaceo it in tne end or a loop made on a bamboo stick and placed the stick over the door of the room, and also a bowl of ric with ' a email part of the. -cooked chicken beneath it This was done to entertain any spir its that might come to be present at the oirin. - xn remainder ot tne chicken, together with some rice, was placed at the bedside of Lagtnay. Bedside" in this instance is a misnomer, as under stood by civilised persona The Igorotte will not sleep In a bed. It is too soft snd "uncomfortable." Their ideal bed ia a blanket spread upon the floor, and it was so that Lagmay was lying. ai lasi, xoiiowing ineir custom, ail the Igorrotes assembled in the room, and were present -when the little prin cess arrived unaided. Not- a syllable was - muttered or spoken. The little stranger came Into a silent world. In about 10 minutes the mother arose and carried the babe into the bathroom. Boon she returned and gave it to one of the women to hold, snd lay down. A half hour later she asked for her baby, andt began to nurse It Then the Others dispersed. ' .... . Mother Has a Smoke, ... Testerdav afternoon, when tha little princess was Just one day old. Lagmay put a cigar Into a holder, with a long brass stem, and lit it while she heM her child to her bosom and watched the little' Drown race. .Every once in a while ahe wouta laugn, ana stroked head while she smoked. - She paid no attention tn in on 1 in the room for half an hour; then she quietly handed the baby to another woman and started on a walk through the house, up and down the stairs, to get the exercise , she needed. - In about two w-eeks Captain McRae will take his charges to Florida. .The weather- here is too severe ' for these little peoenle. who scarcely know what It is to wear clothes, and who have never seen snow save on the - distant mountain tos in far away Luzon. . Antonio ami oia .uomingo were two of the group of Igorottes whom Dr. George R. McClellnn exhibited In one of his lec tures on anatomy at the Academy of I tne Fine Arts, rew weeas ago, ana ? renounced them the most perfectly ormed people he had ever seen, with a OOHVl'JIIII ORPIjMYLUfl Roosevelt Invites Philan thropists to. Conference 6n Child, Placing (Dnit4,Preas Iaiee Wire I Washington Deo. " 15. President Roosevelt today Issued an Invitation for. a national conference In this city on January 26 to discuss the problem of . caring for dependent children, of which. It Is Stated, there are over 180, 000 in the United States. . The sug gestion for this conference, which has been heartily approved by the presi dent, came to him from Secretary Homer Folks of the New fork state charities aid association; Superlntend- Bill XI. A . Glenn of the Russell Sage foundation and other men prominent In relief work. The president's invitation for the con ference has been ' addressed to ' about 100 prominent men, who will be asked , to take steps toward the establishment of a bureau to gather information on the subject of child-placing. In the letter; which he has written, Roosevelt states his belief that the best way to care for dependent children Is in the family home. ' "tn jVLasHacnuoevua, j orphan asylums have been discontinued and thousands of the children who for-1 merly have gone to the orphan asylums are now kept in private homes, eitner.. on board, with payment from publio or private treasuries, or in adopted pomes ' provided bv the generosity of foster parents. Many religious bodies ' have within the past 10 years organlxed. ef fective child-placing agencies." , - ' ;. wmmmmtm-Fa-mas-" mV' 1 1 1 " 1 " 11 t, .- . The Temperature., ( ' From the Tattler. ' T hear she found the audience rather cold last night" Ml . . . ' " . "They were t flrsti but when they , remembered that they had, paid good f money to see the show , they got very hot" BEN MlfflfCE mm ! A f IB lit - k .- 4,s Every Man's Every Youth's Suit Every Child's Suit in the House MARKED DOWN Garments Now ;OiS Garments Now Q20 All $20 and $25 All $30 and $35 All . $40 and $50 BOYS AND CHILDREN'S $15.00 SUITS NOW. . . ... ....$9.85 BOYS AND CHILDREN'S $12.50 SUITS NOW. .97.05 ; BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S $10.00 SUITS NOW. j . .0.35 BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S $ 7.50 SUITS NOW. . . . . .4.05 BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S $ 5.00 SUITS NOW. . . ; . . . ,?3.35 BOYS' AND .CHILDREN'S OVERCOATS , SAME PRICES All Ladies' and Misses' Coats MARKED DOWN the baby's wm Ml J ING LEADING CLOTHIER COKBPMWlOa1 STATISTIC. . . Prove that a neglected cold or cough ruts the lungs in so bad a condition hat consumption germa find, a fertile field for fastening on ona Stop the cough Just as soon as K appears with Ballard's Horebound Syrup. Soothes the torn and Inflamed tissues and makes you weir again. Sold by Skldmore Drug Co, ... -0 - iaswf ... ava ii PL lissirglsli lalassassTTl ii'.tijir'j i let Kmac Eating and Drinking The insldes of the whole family from Dad to Baby got Iota of hard work to do this week. CASCARETS will help them. See that every member of the lamily rets CASCARET every nlffht. This will do tha work easily arid natu rally and save a lot of sickness and suffering later oft. . f I Biy a lo bet CASCARETS week's treatment and bT. it handy ia n&e every night, Xmas week. 90 ALITTLltDOWN 111 I A 165i-67FIH5I5L mriiTi 12$ A WEEK Ml JU5I5OUI110FM0RR1SON OUR OEWNCESA Starts Tomorrow r' u l , " And the Store Is Featured With ; ; Bargains "t ;In every line of men's, women's and children's wearing apparel; price cuts have been liberally made; now is the time to buy, while you can save money Liberal Credit Just theSame Whatever you buy you pay- but a. lit , . tie down and the rest in small weekly or monthfy payments. ' The little-at-a-time method makes it easy to dress well and yet feel no strain. ' . ' .