Show JVi THE The Early There GARLAND TIMES GARLAND Lovely Gift for a Special Friend Smart Ensemble for All Occasions Aren't Enough tor Everybody Bigtown Characters: The barber who asks patrena if they want their locks clipped with or without conversation Salesmen in shops always elegantly attired Without spats they would feel naked r The barker at a benny arcade— a Shakespearian thespian a decade ago until he discovered that shilling provided a steadier income Sepians at electric in Jive parlors conversing lingo which baffles people who can Understand only English Eager eyed kiddies will have to be content with about half as many toys this year as they used to get before the war when they come dashing in to the parlor on Christmas As everybody morning knows all kinds’ of civilian goods are scarce including toys It’s a wonder in fact that there are any toys on the market in the midst of a great war Both toy factories and toy makers ire husy making war materials —percussion caps for torpedoes and shells gas masks and a thousand other things They make toys out of scraps and leftovers and substitutes like wood and pasteboard But at best they couldn’t maka nearly this enough to satisfy everybody year With wartime prosperity putting famoney into everyone’s pocket thers and mothers uncles aunts and cousins have a good deal to on spend presents for the children in their families But they can’t buy all they want to because there Just aren’t enough toys in the stores to Besides this there are go around two million more youngsters in the country than usual —a result of the rising birth rate of the war years Few Metal Playthings Metal toys will be represented by a few articles but in general steel and iron playthings will be missing Can Wooden playthings like blocks are Idea to shop early A sorts Is anticipated and many children cause of shortages not hard to get bat It’s still a demand (or toys of all so good utensils are being offered furniture can be had and tiny Hobby sets such as chemistry outfits are in ’’fair supply" manufacof made turers say Apparatus glass porcelain plastics wood or pasteboard is being substituted for metal articles For Instance a microscope Included in some of the science sets has a plastic tube and base A tion of conducted survey the toy supply situaby the Toy Manusuch facturers of the USA reveals shortages as these: Less than 13 per cent of the mal supply of sleds with steel Sleds ners will be on sale wooden runners nor- runwith will be fairly plenti- - are going to be disappointed be- toy lines these companiee were “enabled id "handle iheir War ' more efficiently because they could operate their entire plant at near capacity Another organization busily at work on the toy situation is the Office of Price Administration This to has set fair government agency on every toy Item celling prices that is to be offered for sale More than 3000 articles have been examined and priced and many others are pending a decision In a big warehouse in Washington OPA officials look over samples of all sorts of things many of them new to the market such as transparent plastic ducks and giraffes wooden telephone sets and pasteboard dolls It’s a big Job to put fair price tags on all these things but the OPA hopes to complete its task before Christmas FOR GATHER ’ROUND PARLOR GAMES Games that all the family can enjoy together take the spotlight in Santa Claus' 1944 pack Catering to the wartime necessity to “stay at home and like it" a variety of quick action parlor sports are ready to help the Juvenile and contingents forget about Planes and tanks and alege guns naturally dominate the childish mind in these war years These models ef fighting machines are made of wood and cardboard The WAC uniform They are simple but sturdy the UtUe girl wears la a nevelty this year ft available Among the playthlnga last this year that were unobtainable cooking utensils year are set will This for dolls retail for about a dollar Thera la some awing away from the armament theme In toyland this machinery has year Construction regained tome of its former steam This boom will sell moveable shovel with The dump track at shoot $395 and of hardrock maple made smoothly finished is priced at s logging lunch the Paramount —so they survive sitting through a half dozen shows worshipping King Sinatra Jitterbug youngsters in Chinatown— completeAn old artist ly Americanized copying masterpieces in the Museum of Art His hands are shaky so be steadies his brush by gripping It with both hands The handicap however doesn't eem to affect hia Crowds fasexcellent canvases cinated at by pigeons nibbling Proving again that almost anything cah attract a mob In the Big Germans In Burg Yorkville saloons sipping their beer s These spots used to be Bund Now big signs urge customers not to discuss the war or politics Pretty boxes to FOLKS sleds tricycles and construcbicycles coaster wagons other and a thousand tion sets Some things will be very scarce able to manufacturers been have find stocks of metal fabricated before the war Restrictions went into effect and others are usso a small quanmaterial ing scrap tity of metal toys are on the market Back in peace times playthings made of cast Iron steel copper aluminum and so on constituted nearly half of all the Christmas presents Toys made of rubber are very Tires So are plastic goods rare for doll buggies are being made of “mud" which is residue from rerubber but these are processed about the only such articles on the market Wood is being used to make lots of bangs formerly made of metal There and other scarce materials are trucks for instance of polished hardwood on sale Tanks and siege shovels and steam guns battleships many other mechanical toys are made largely of wood with a few metal parts Cardboard and wood combinations are also numerous in the games division particularly and wooden circus is A cardboard a favorite this year Enough Dells and Teddy Bears Girls are more fortunate than boys this year for dolls are being turned out in sufficient quantities to meet the demand There are both hard and soft bodied dolls in the stores made of everything from cotton to porcelain The fancy models have moveable eyes curly hair pretty dresses and all the other Stuffed animals are on trimmings hand in sufficient numbers to take care of ordinary demands Teddy It is said bears are plentiful Carriages for dolls are offered to early Christmas shoppers at least since there are 100000 buggies on sale throughout the country These with metal are made of wopd of china and Doll dishes wheels cooking acrapplasVognd CIRCLE PAUERNS SEWING mm Shopper Gets the Toys— Stock of Playthings Is Larger Than Last Year but Still Short k UTAH but all in all sleds available before the war ful of the total number will be less than trains are being manufactured there will be some trackage offered for replacements for those boys who got a train set years ago Some metal construction sets are offered About 10000 of these have electric motors included There are a good many wooden sets on the market No electric lights for Christmas trees are being made but a few are on hand from last year Ne Autos er Bicycles Wagons with wooden wheels are fairly plentiful and there are some No metal toy with metal wheels autos or cycles or any such vehicles are offered A few scooters made from scrap steel can be bad In some cities a small of number bicycles and other wheeled toys are on sale These generally have been repaired and repainted Blown glass balls for Christmas tree ornaments can be bought readily but tinsel excepting lead foil is off the market and certain other ornaments and decorations are scarce or unobtainable Better Geods This Tear The Toy Manufacturer! state that a higher quality of wood and pasteboard toys is being offered this year explaining that experience has enabled makers to do a better Job While no electric limitations on the 'family car and relax from worries and responsibilities Revivals of old favorites that Vere crazes in the horse and buggy age head the list of games that will be relatively abundant in a season when Santa Claus' Yuletide pack is short of a great number of familiar play materials While great numbers of games are being sent to servicemen overseas there are some left for the home market Among the parlor pastimes back in favor are ROOK PIT and FLINCH But MONOPOLY the real estate trading game continue! to hold craze honors FINANCE is knottier at the robber baron Specuthat appeal to both lation games families and service men as a happy escape SORRY the English board game that won top favor during the Blitz is another best seller this winter with American families For arm chair strategists there are game inventions inspired by the The dramatic centrast la tawdry lidestreet joynts: Entertainers consist of a mixture of and youngsters with a bright future Celeb fanatics ogling entering the theatre— getting more bf a thrill by staring at biggies than get from the shows The silly brawl between twe friends at a midtown bar —because each insisted on paying the check The gent who has the tame breakfast every morning at a Madison and 50th street eatery: covered with mustard Doughnuts ligh He claims lhat combination Sidehas added years to his life walk Napoleons who used to discuss military tactics remaining in tune with the times Now they also deSwishes bate postwar problems who congregate for some unknown reason in foreign language movie The lovely Schraffts’ temples Most of them look as if hostesses they had to pass a screen test before they were hired Newspaperman Stuff: Ogden Nash whs once taken to task for using the word “coyful" in one of his verses "Have you ever heard of anything being full of coy?” asked a critic "No" nash’d Nash "But neither did I ever hear of anyone being full of bash" The word "controversy" serves as censors’ abracadabra They mutter that something is controversial and — presto— they presume 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