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RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS, [From Our Own Correspondent.)

labour, for fukes long years to make a first class craftsman.

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JAPANESE TOYS.

tention of dipping him in a barrel of gathering hideous, and then-captured

Turning up in force, they made the SLEEPING FOR A LIVING, BRITISH INQUIRIES FOR

beer.

Pussy loot" and announced their in-

All are familiar with the story of the students found him a handful which he found himself, a complete served an inquiry from a leading sua

Pussy loot weighs 200 pounds, and of twenty years, awoke to a world in

Rip Val Winkle, who, after a sleep ber of Commerce has recently re It is reported that the Kobe Chan

the names of leading "Japanese toy Not quite understanding their rush stranger. That, of course, is a dry goods merchant in London for

the Department of Agriculture and manufacturers, samples, etc., and the Chamber has referred the matter to Commerce.

GOLDEN DREAMS.

lish more toy factories. The governe ment has taken measures to excour ing financial aid, by establishing pub- age the domestic toy industry by giv he markets for the sale of industrial products; and promoting the develop ment of markets for English-made

MOTOR SENSATIONS. A further évidence of the money in

of the state. The sooner, then, that traders don't know the Government's scriptions to the big commercial issues issues that will revive interest in poli- There is the difficulty that the the country is to be seen in the sub- lines of party cleavage, with party we get back to the old-established full trade policy, especially as ir re- of late, and during the present week, ties, the better, for the country. As lates to possible legislation to prevent in the enormous throngs that are try it is, nobody but the extremists takes LONDON, Nov. 15, "Having just returned from a tour of for raw materials. There is such tion. They stand in queues at the

dumping. There is a world craving ing to buy cars at the motor exhibi- the trouble to fight with any vigour, the Industrial North, I have gained delay in transport that shipe are often ticket office, clamour for attention of time is the universal slackness among at the platform, he let out at them legend, but the records of real life tome general impressions of the state missed, contracts are lost and works the stands, wait in line for refresh-Fall who have to work. From the and did some little damage, before furnish wonderful instances.

Une gurious feature of the present of the country. There are several have to close for days at a time bements and then pursue their quest of charwoman who has become too grind they got him out. Then they hoisted deterrents to a moce rapid recovery cause the accumulation of finished a car again. Premiums of 1,000 to de" menial duties" to the man in him on to a stretcher and carried him, authenticated case of Samuel Chilton, from the effects of the war, chief products is such that production can- are common for a car guaranteed for the shipbuilding yard or engineering hatless, through the Strand, Piccadilly of Timsbury, near Bath. Among them being, I think, a certain not continue though orders are in hand early delivery. Such is the rush that works, the output is smaller.

There is, for instance, the well- reaction, a sort of war weariness that sufficient for months ahead... is still affecting masters and men alike. The housing shortage is also a seri

the prices have shot up a £100 or shop assistants are infected with the Street.

The Circus, Regent Street,, into "Oxford Meri are earning big money

more, in a single night, and this has same virus. I am afraid until the

His first slumber of any con and ous hindrance, for extra labour can simply whetted the appetite of the harder times come and the supply of Pussyfoot proceeded to get on good age. It lasted a month. Two years are desirous of getting supplies fross This has given rise to the belief their mind has been poisoned by the not be drafted into a town for lack of buyers.

When he saw it was just a"

sequence took place on May 13, 1894, that English importers are protably theory that if they limit their output accommodation. There are several

rag he being then twenty-five years of suffering, from a shortage of stock and they are providing employment for towns

Labour exceeds the demand once more, where new industries have tend to people quickly enough, and less pronounced.

Salesmen tell me they cannot at- we shall have this atitude more or ahead singing "We're got Pussyfoot" which nothing was available to wake the Commercial Bureau of the Foreigs

terms with the students, who marched later he had another sleeping fit, from Japan others, So they are said the created new needs but the men en- they can book more than they can Fresident of the Birmingham Cham-gaged have been without their own

He tried all the hats within reach, but him. He was bled and blistered, and Office, soon after the outbreak of the According to the investigations of ber of Commerce to me the other day homes for six months. Fictories may add that they used to be able to tell 'tion of the interests of others. There the consciousness of his weight carne forced open with instruments-almoned all lending toy manufacturers. turn out for two years ahead. They to display a complete lack of recogni prising agility in his seizures. Then his jaws became set and had to be war the British Board of Trade as

The strikes are of such a nature as none would fit, though he showed sur- They are providing employment Farbe seen extending here and there, but by the sight of an approaching visitor are some 50,000 iron moulders or upon him, and Pussyfoot chuckled however, to no effect. At last, after work for the development of the Eng-

for ten weeks artificially fed, until Belgians and Americans chiefly to the houses lag. day and the Belgians and French are promises to remedy. this state buyer, but to-day they can't, for a

The Government whether he or she was likely to be strike for an extra 155. a week. They broadly at the perspiring students who seventeen weeks, he woke up. Tish toy industry, making advantage of coining along rapidly to say nothing affairs.

in England and instructed them to of our late enemies."

new type has sprung up.

have been out of work for eight were carrying him. Then there is the fact that every down with remarkable speed to a re-as the debonair man of fashion to least a million-workers in other in the affair with easy tolerance, until November 10, 1697.

Meanwhile the Belgians are settling a slouchy lounge suit is just as likely hundreds of thousands--some say at effort to get Pussyfoot clear, treated sleeping fit, lasted from August 17 to goods, and encouraged them to estab

A man in "weeks, and because of their attitude | The police meanwhile, after a short only slept one night1 Chilion's next

was under the impression that he had the stoppage of the import of German industry is so full up with home or covery of their lost industries. ders that it has no need to seek for is already over eighty per cent. of Very likely he has made a huge pile going workless and their children are the order was given to rescue him.

Coal come up and ask for a £2,000 car. eign markets for a year or two. But cormal production, the railways are during the

dustries depending upon, castings are they arrived in Oxford Street, where it is being dinned into the ears of almost all reconstructed, and the never has been such a show, such

war. There certainly suffering. manufacturers by tar-seeing cofhiner freight carried is quite wonderful, buying and such excitement..

That entailed a scrimmage and some -William Forley, a potmaker at the clal leaders that exports row mean The steel and iron works were most

In Scotland, there has just been a hard hitting. Just as it was about Mint, did his best to rival Chilton retained markets that, will not be avail- damaged, but repair work is proceed made enormous profits in the past few five weeks ago said they would discuss hit Pussyloot in the eye, putting, the not be wakened with pricking, cramp toys, eames, etc., and articles for The situation is just this-fuen have strike ol' steelworks bricklayers fer ended, some more trual demonstra-

On April 27, 1546, he fell asleep. able to us if the foreign competitor ing rapidly and to-day the production years. They want pleasure they are the matter if the men went back to lens out of gear. They put him in aing, or otherwise burning whatsoever, decoration.",

an extra 9d, an hour. The masters tor than the rest threw a stone that, and so continued sleeping, and could of steel is 28 per cent. and of iron weary of labour disputes.. They tell 51 per cent of the norma!. example, are flooding South Africa industries are going ahead similarly. shut their factories until the workers works gradually shut down and the rooms and called a specialist, who

Other me sometimes they would just as soon

work, but they refused. So the steel War Office car, motored him to his till full lourteen days and These measures of the British

teen nights." competition is not so dangerous as the full normal production.

supply of steel to the shipyards was took him to a nursing home, where:

To sleep for a living is the privi- the fifth year of the war the English government proved a success and in the American, because. Japanese French. mill-and factories are also

they plan to use their car. hostery is not wearing at all, well. doing well. I have seen woollen stuff

LABOUR TRIUMPHS.

just gone back, and negotiations can gave a real sporting interview to a Nicholas Hart did Joseph Addison development backed by amp capital But British manufacturers in Leices sent from Fretch mills to this country sweeping gains to the Labour and weeks ago. They have inflicted this train was" Say, don't blame the boys.net in the Daily Conrant of August showing such an increase that the The recent municipal elections gave begin, just where, they left them five nowspaper reporter in which the re-

chanced upon the following advertise and skilled labour, the polusion -ter are setting aside, a great part of to compete with the products of York-dates, chiefly because that party alone wrong on their fellow-workers, put The boys are all right. And they their output for the overseas market, shire, but the quantity is not sufficient, put enthusiasm into the task of win-while have won nothing.

6,1711 so as to meet this early-competition. I to affect prices as yet.

their children to hardship, and mean carried my 200 pounds.

"Nicholas "Hart, who slept last for domestic use and for export." diy output more than covered the demand Raw materials, especially silk, are An expert observe: just back from coalition methods are continued the ring. The fact is that the Tonger exceedingly dear, but everywhere the Germany tells me the workinen there less likely are the upper and middle

known it was a rag. I'd have gone intends to sleep this year at the Cock armistice, however, the Board of year in St. Bartholomew's hospital; "PUSSYFOOT A SPORT

Following the conclusion of the ery is for the best, and consequently are in bad physical condition, but the classes likely to keep their hold on Pussyloo!" Johnson, the middle him, to express their regrets, to aspon began to make inquiries, and subsidy and the subsequent removal the most expensive.

Most of us were against Mr.

and Bottle, in Little Britain." Trade and the government discom So, ever since, depatations of stud- In Nottingham the hosiery workers backs into industry and their prices the descent from that to national wear us from liquor, until he was stone, and to do everything that im habit of falling asleep on August for German toys. The English mer people generally are putting their the reins of local Government, and aged American who came over to sure hint that no stiffent throw the he discovered that Hart was in the

ents have been calling to ask after The writer of the Spectator there rinsed their protective measures and are earning such good money on piece to-day, in spite of the shortage of Government may be swift Tates that at the theatre they are oc- raw materials, are such as to give no new feature of these labour fish spirit of fair play came into action, have gone too far I should not be profitable occupation, cupying the most expensive seats and very hopeful omen for any nation that triumphs was the combination of and to-day "Pussyfoot" is on Brmer surprised if they form a bodyguard-for-

mauled the other day. Then the Bri-pulsive youth can do when shown to every year and waking up on, chants and manufacturing concerns the professional fixed-salary people sucks in the future flabour and the co-operative move ground than at any time since he him next time and see that he gets are relegated to the cheaper parts of As to Americs she is advancing in ment. Several candidates stood as landed. For he took his trials in a fair play. Pussyfoot has won that Painters at the Grafton Galleries. It English goods the former are gradu -state that because the German goods No matter where you go-cotton she will maintain her advantage, for. also be co-operative candidates foron sober thought, even to those who as a whole I should say it has been at work in his studio, standing white ally regaining their foothold in the sell at about 50 per cent. lower than shipping, but experts do not belfese co-operatives and won: There will sparting manner that greatly appealed victory, though taking his campaign is a small study, of Sir John Lavery,

the English and the German mana- fextiles, woollen textiles, shipbuilding, she lacks the personnel. She has no Parliament.

facturers are clever. In imitating the boot and shoe making, garment make reserve of seafarers with the tradi- may be seen from the fact that the

How the wind blows baited, him. ing, hardware, machinery here are ton of the sea, as we have. Also iron moulders' strike, which has now with other prganisations, the Overseas Our versatile and expensive background. Neither brilliant nor goods will before long againing their more orders than can be handled and her trained workmen, natives of Con been running for eight weeks, and Clab arranged debate for Pussy As his frequently been the case.

2. A very fất; failure,

smocked before his easel, the figure It is anticipated that the German

English market. the problem is production. Sheffield tral Europe and the Near East, are has thrown thousands of associated fomnd FJ Mckenzie tooked his artistic powers to the public. of a serious student of art, and is an Pelo with Japanese toys.

CHURCHILL AS ARTIST.relected in a mirror that lights the la simply flooded with orders for cut-leaving for home by the thousand, workmen out of work, is now being the chat. But last week the stud Hitherto they have been known only Illustration of Mr. Churchill's attain- Tory and silverware the most expen. taking their training and their savings kept going largely by the fact that ents of the medical schools of London to his personal friends, for the public ments with the brush.

Secretary for War, has at last reveal amatetrish, the picture is the work way into the Oriental market to com sive again being in most demand. As with them. They believe their coun- the strikers, on joining a co-operative somehow, took it into their heads that merely knew that he sometimes oc- the trade unions won't allow a full tries have been liberated... Their going society, can have credit for several London was 100-sleepy and 100 little cupied his leisure moments in the degree of apprenticeship-limiting the is a serious loss to the United States weeks.

college city. They had or (wal lawang are painted by him is appreciative of the fact that it is a country, with brush and palette, Now,

meeting came along.

Tags before this" Pussy.ro: " jichome at the nucl exhibi dc-c the Royal Society of Portrait

is allowed to enter meanwhile.

Japanese and American hosiery, for

and other markets, but. the Japanese sugar refining having almost reached į regain their senses, and mearmsalected gravely. Now the men have he made rapid progress. There be lege of lew. Yet that was what Industry has attained remarkable.

the house.

boys to one boy to one man employ for their skill cannot be reproduced One can easily see that this may ed the trades pancerned look like readily and their money is lost for prove a serious combination, and one having a permanent shortage of over.

not very harmonious to the well-being

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