A NEW TOY.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 651, 22 March 1870, Page 4

A NEW TOY.

DAILY NEWS. A new toy h -S made its appearanceoiie of those which amuse big children as well as small. Its sale in Paris is fabulous, in London very moderate. In France it is called Menqgez-moi jenne homme : in England, "The Siamese Link." It is a little tube made of osier, into which one can easily introduce a finger at each end. But the fiiigera' ; once in, it is very, d.ufficult to get them out. It is impossible to get them out by pulling, for the harder one pulls the. more does the tube contract and tighten on the linger. It thus forms an amusing species of handcuff. It is bought so eagerly in Paris that there are hawkers who, in difiance of the law, proffer it to you in the streets. A few days ago, on the Buoulevarde des Capucines, a policeman succeeded in arresting one of these hawkers as he was carrying on his illicit commerce,' and walked him off to the nearest station. But even a policeman is only a mortal like ourselves — a victim to most human frailties, and a,mongst others to curiosity. At the corner of the Rue Louis le Grand, the agent of the authorities could not help inquiring from his prisoner what possible use there was for these little tubes, ".Oh, its very simple," said the. street Arab ; " I'll show you, if you like/ " The best of us live and learn" majestically rejoined the representative: of; -.order, "show me." With great complacence the hawker explained to the policeman that he was to introduce his little' fingers firmly into the ends of the tube, and having done so, to pull hard. . The policeman was soon handcuffed, and Monsieur the hawker took to his heels.