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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
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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
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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, ...
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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.
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12$ A WEEK
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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. ' . ' .