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Show S SAFE S.FE \.FE .FE \ . TOYS URGEDAs URGED URGEDAs As ' the 'the Christmas season apPloaches approaches appi caches , a timely wal1ung wal1ungagainst warnin warninagainst waimngagainst g against dangeious dangerous dangel ous toys is sounded by Dr . Monis Morris 1\101'1 1 101'1 1011 \ ' is Fishbem F1shbelll Fishbein , the thewelIklown th thwellknown thewell-known thewell known e welI-klown welI klown well-known well known - - ) health authonty authollty authority , , who declaies declales declares th that t with the almost almostunlimited almostunlimited almostunlimited unlimited numbeis 11tlmbels numbers of safe toys available it is entirely unnecessarry unneces unneces-sarry unneces sarry - ' I Isarry sarry to piovide plovide provide any other kind kmd for the child's childs ' amusement . . For babies , he recom recommends nends toys that have reasonably smooth smoothsurfaces smoothsurfaces smoothsurfaces surfaces to prevent the collection of d din dilfc 1 t , and they should be bewashable bewashable bewashable washable . . Dolls a.nd and a . d toy animals ammals with much hair hall ' collect dil dnt dirt t andgerms and andgerms andgerms germs , , and are therefore dangeious dangelous dangerous for very small children . . Toys which have shalp sharp protiudmg protludmg protruding edges or coiners torriers WhICh WhIChDlay whichmay whichmay Dlay may cut the flesh are also to be guaided gualded guarded against agamst . Those WhICh WhIChshoot whichshoot whichshoot shoot proJ projectiles ectIles that may inflict millct wounds are generally unsafe unsafe.Particular unsafeParticular . I , ' PartIcular consideiation consldmation consideration should be given to safeguaidmg safegumdmg safeguarduig chIld- chIld chIldI.en's childI children's child children's - ren's rens I.en's I.ens Iens . ' ' eyes from danger . I 1 I I IASIde I , . . , . , I Aside from their value as playthings , wellselected well selected toys may mayI mayl1ave mayhave mayhave ' ' . In this categor categorT category categorcome categorycome categorycome T l1ave have a great effect on the child's childs development de\-elopment de elopment \ - come building bmldmg blocks , ere erector tor sets and other toys which may m.ay Tray . aId aIdin aidin aidin in interestmg interesbng interesting , the child in practical mechanics . For laiger lalger larger boys the thedesIrabIlIty thedesirability thedesirability desIrabIlIty of sets of tools is evident , but in the hands of very verysmall verysmall verysmall small childien chlIdlen children they aie me are only implements of destruction . . It might be added that electric trains and a vast 'Vast ' number ofnovel of ofnovel ofnovel I -novel novel - mechanical toys aflol aftoid aftold : d father almost as much amusementas amusement as they give the kids . |