SMALL INDUSTRIES. • 'he principal small industries for which the lch are especially noted, on account of the they have shown for this kind of manu ure, are °Articles de Paris" — so called be ,e manufactured in that city or its suburbs. y can be divided into 13 groups: (1) the trade-dolls, dressed and undressed, me zical toys, various games, all kinds of play gs, heads for modistes, cotillon favors, ks, etc. (2) The manufacture of buttons horn, one, vegetable-ivory, papier verni, Iwocid, etc. (3) Pasteboard articles, such ,onbon boxes, and all decorative pasteboard :les. (4) False hair and hair work, the and for which has greatly increased owing se present style of coiffure worn by women. Fans, certain kinds of which are manufac d in the vicinity of Beauvais. (6) Artifi flowers, many of which are exported. (7) sheath trade, which includes the manufac of knife boxes, cases for spoon, fork and e, cases for surgical instruments, pipes, rs, opera glasses, cases of white manna-ash, especially jewelry cases. (8) The maim ure of workboxes, which includes certain 11 articles used by children as playthings; Umbrellas, parasols and 'horsewhips. (10) nbs in horn, buffalo-horn, real and imitation oise shell with hinges, gilt backs carved, in , etc. (11) Feathers, which are chiefly -n on women's hats. (12) Portfolios. and rocco leather work, which is an industry inct from sheath-making. (13) Fancy arti
., such as billiard balls, crucifixes and other gious objects, in ivory or in wood, mount s for canes, lunettes, opera glasses. lorg tes, knife handles, games of dominoes, toilet cies and articles used by smokers, etc. Let us mention, as essentially French, the ustries that owe their existence to fashion, which Paris reigns supreme, the term "Mode Parise being used in many foreign coun s to make their productions sell. It is espe ly the milliner herself who invents, modi , improves, and, trying the effect on herself, loses the best and calls it a new mode. In industry, rattan, wire and whalebone are for forming and supporting hat frames, I these are made in the ordinary factories.
e modistes, strictly speaking, select and ar ige the materials, flowers, feathers and laces. The goldsmith trade also takes a high rank France, especially in Paris, not only on ac inf of the large goldsmith shops that make y large pieces (all silverware used to orna nt the table and buffets), but also the small dsmitlh's shops that make a specialty of Ives and forks for fish, mugs, sauce-pans, ives and various kinds of utensils, and also igious goldsmith work, such as brass and ester plates. To this industry can be added It of argentry, for which certain Parisian ms have acquired quite a reputation.