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" " I " Stockof Stock of Playthings PlaythingsIs Is Larger Than Last LastYear LastYear Year , but Still ShortEagereyed Short ShortEagereyed Eager-eyed Eager eyed - kiddies Will Willhave willhave willhave have to be content with about abouthalf aboufhalf ' half as s many toys this year as asthey asthey asthey they used to get before he the hewar thewar thewar war , when they come dashmg dashing dashingin dashmgIn In to the parlor on ChrIstmas ChrIstmasmorning Christmasmorning Christmasmorning morning As everybody everybodyknows everybodyknows everybodyknows knows , all kinds lands of cIvIlIan cIvIlIangoods civiliangoods civiliangoods goods are scarce , , Includmg Including Includmgtoys Includingtoys includingtoys toys It's Its ' a wonder , in fact factthat , that there ar are any toys on the themarket themarket themarket market , in m the thTmidst ( mIdst of a great greatwar greatwar greatwar greatwarBoth war warBoth Both toy factories and toy mak makers makera makers ers era are busy making war materialspercussion materialspercussion materials materialspercussion percussion -percussion - caps for torpedoes and andshells andshells andshells shells gas masks and a thousand thousandother thousandother thousandother other things They make toys out outof outof outof of scraps and leftovers and substI substItutes substitutes substitutes tutes like lJke wood and pasteboard But Butat Butat Butat at best they couldn couldnt t make nearly nearlyenough nearlyenough , enough to satisfy everybody this thisyear thisyear thisyearWith i year yearWith With wartime prosperity puttmg putting puttmgmoney puttingmoney puttingmoney money into everyone s pocket fa fathers fathers fathers thers thers , , and mothers uncles aunts auntsand auntsand auntsand and andcousins cousins have a goo good i deal to tospend tospend tospend spend on presents tor for the children in intheIr intheir intheir theIr families But they can cant t buy buyall buyall buyall all they want to because there Just Justaren justarea justaren aren area t enough toys in the . .stores stores . to togo togo togo go around Besides this there are aretwo aretwo aretwo two million more youngsters In the thecountry thecountry thecountry country than usual-a usual a usual - - a result of the therising therising therising rising birth rate "ate ate Tate " of the war years yearsFew yearsFew yearsFew Few Metal PlaythIngsMetal PlaythingsMetal Playthings PlaythingsMetal Metal toys will berepresented be represented xepresented , by bya bya bya a few articles but in general steel steeland steeland steeland and iron playthings will be mlssi missing g utensils are being offered and tiny tinyfurniture tinyfurniture tinyfurniture furniture can be hadHobby hadHobby had hadHobby Hobby sets such as chemistry out outfits outfits outfits fits are in fair fal1 ' supply manufac manufacturers manufacturers manutachirers turers say Apparatus made of ofglass ofglass ofglass glass porcelain plastics wood or orpasteboard orpasteboard orpasteboard pasteboard is being bemg substituted for formetal formetal formetal metal articles For Instance a mi microscope microscope microscope croscope included in some of the theSCIence thescience thescience SCIence sets has a plastic tube and andbase andbase andbase andbaseA base baseA A survey of the toy supply sltua situa sltuatlon situation situalion tlon tion conducted by the Toy Manu Manufacturers Manufacturers Manufacturers facturers ot of the U USA S A reveals such suchshortages suchshortages suchshortages shortages as theseLess theseLess these theseLess Less than 15 per cent of the nor normal normil normal mal mil supply of sleds with steel run runners runners runners ners will be on sale Sleds WIth WIthwooden withwooden withwooden wooden runners will be fairly plenti plena el elaril aril . 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P . / Planes and tanks and siege guns naturally dominate the childish cluJdlsh mmd mind mmdIn mindIn mindIn In these war years These models of fighting machines machmes are made ofwood ofwood of ofwood wood and cardboard They are simple bnt but sturdy The WAC uniform uniformthe uniformthe uniformthe the little bttle girl wears Is a novelty this year Steel runnered sleds tricycles and andbicycles andbicycles andbicycles bicycles coaster wagons construc construe constructIon construetion construetion tIon sets and a thousand other otherthIngs otherthings otherthings thIngs will be very scarce Some Somemanufacturers Somemanufacturers Somemanufacturers manufacturers have been able to tofind tofind tofind find left-over left over leftover - - stocks of metal fabri fabricated fabriGated fabricated cated Gated before the war restflctIons restrictions restflctIonswent restrictionswent restrictionswent went Into effect and others are us using uslag using ing lag scrap material mateflal so a small quan quantIty quantity quantity tIty of metal toys are on the mar market market market ket Back in m peace times t1II1es tunes play playthIngs playthings playthings thIngs made of cast iron steel cop cop- copper copper . - per aluminum and so on consb consti consbtuted constituted constituted tuted nearly half hall of aU all the Christ Christmas Christetas Christmas mas etas presentsToys presentsToys presents presentsToys Toys made of rubber are very veryrare veryrare veryrare rare So are plastic plastIe goods Tires Tiresfor Tiresfor Tirestor for doll buggies are being bemg made ofmud ofmud of ofmud mud which is residue from re reprocessed reprocessed reprocessed processed rubber but these are areabout areabout areabout about the only such articles on the themarket themarket themarket themarketWood market marketWood Wood is being used to make lots lotsof lotsof lotsof of things thmgs formerly made of metal metaland metaland metaland and other scarce materials There Thereare Thereare Thereare are trucks for instance of poltshed polished poltshedhardwood polishedhardwood polishedhardwood hardwood on sale Tanks and siege siegeguns siegeguns siegeguns guns battleships steam shovels and andmany andmany andmany many other mechanical mechamcal toys are aremade aremade aremade made largely of wood with a few fewmetal fewmetal fewmetal metal parts Cardboard and wood woodcombmatIons woodcombinations woodcombinations combmatIons combinations are also numerous numerouspartIcularly numerousparticularly numerousparticularly partIcularly in the games divIsion divisionA A cardboard and wooden circus IS ISa isa isa a favorite this yearEnough yearEnough year yearEnough Enough Dolls and Teddy BearsGirls BearsGirls Bears BearsGirls Girls are more fortunate than thanboys thanboys thanboys boys this year for dolls are bemg being bemgturned beingturned beingturned turned out in sufficient quantities tomeet tomeet to meet the demand There are both bothhard bothhard bothhard hard and soft bodied dolls in the thestores thestores thestores stores made of o1 everything everythmg from cot cotton cotton cotton ton to porcelain . . The fancy models modelsmoveable modelshave modelshave ' have moveable moveable eyes curly hair hairpretty hairpretty hairpretty pretty dresses and all the other othertrlmmmgs othertrimmings othertrimmings trlmmmgs trimmings Stuffed animals are on onhand onhand onhand hand in sufficient numbers to take takecare takecare care of ordinary ordmary demands Teddy Teddybears Teddybears Teddybears bears are picnt plent ful it is saidCarriages saidCarriages said saidCarriages Carriages tor for dolls are offered to toearly toearly toearly early Christmas ChrJstmas shoppers at least leastsmce leastsince leastsince smce since there thcre are 100 000 buggies on onsale onsale onsale sale throughout the country These Theseare The Thebcare e eare are made of wood with metal metalwheels metalwheels metalwheels wheels Doll dishes of china chma and andscrap andscrap andscrap scrap plastic and cast iron cooking ins ' ! Ia Iar 1 r . 4 4Wooden Wooden playthings like blocks are not so 10 hard to get but It 1t s a still stili a agood agood agood good Idea to shop early A record breaking breakinr " " demand for toys of allsorts allsorts all allsorts sorts Is anticipated , and many muy children ehlldren are going to lie be disappointed be- be because because be because - - cause of 01 shortaees shortages _ _ i \ ful but all in all the total number numberof of sleds available will be less than thanbefore thanbefore thanbefore before the warWhile warWhile war warWhile While no electric electflc trains trams are beIng beIngmanufactured beingmanufactured beingmanufactured manufactured there will be some sometrackage sometrackage sometrackage trackage offered tor for replacements replacementstor replacementsfor for those boys who got a tram train set setyears setyears setyears years ago Some metal construc construe constructIon construetwa construetion tIon twa sets are offered About 10 000 000of 000of 000of of these have electric motors m in mcluded ineluded ineluded cluded eluded There are a good many manywooden manywooden manywooden wooden sets on the market No elec electnc electric electrie tnc tric lights ltghts tor for Christmas trees are arebeing arebeing arebeing being made but a , a , few are on hand handfrom handfrom handfrom from last yearNo yearNo year yearNo No Autos or BlcyclcsWagons BicyclesWagons Bicycles Blcyclcs BicyclesWagons Wagons with wooden wheels are arefairly arefairly arefairly fairly plentiful and there are some someWith somewith somewith With metal wheels No metal toy toyautos toyautos toyautos autos or two wheeled cycles cyclcs or any anysuch anysuch anysuch such vehicles are offered A few fewscooters fewscooters fewscooters scooters made from scrap steel steelcan steelcan steelcan can be had In some cities a small smallnumber smallnumber smallnumber number of second hand bicycles and andother andother andother other wheeled toys are on sale saleThese saleThese saleThese These generally have been repaired repairedand repairedand repairedand and repamtedBlown repaintedBlown repainted repamted repaintedBlown Blown glass balls for Christmas Christmastree Christmastree Christmastree tree ornaments can be bought read readIly readfly readily , , Ily fly but tinsel tmsel excepting excepwng lead toil fOil is isoff isoff oJt off the market and certain certam other or ornaments ornaments : naments and decorations are scarce scarceor scarceor scarceor I scarceI or unobtainable unobtainableBetter , Better Goods This YearI YearThe Year YearThe I The Toy Manufacturers state that thata a higher quality quahty of wood and paste pasteboard pasteboard pasteboard board toys is being bemg offered this year yearexplaInmg yearexplaining yearexplaining explaInmg explaining that experience expenence has en enabled enabled enabled abled makersto makers to -to - do a better jab job jabnow jobnow jobnow now Many companies compames have sprung lately sprunglately that were not in the toy bust busi bustness business business ness before the war and some of ofthese ofthese ofthose these have had 1 ttle product on ex experlence experience experience perlence perience so there is bound to be besome besome besome some poorly made articles on the themarket themarket themarket market Skilled toy makers too tooare tooare tooare are working workmg in m war plants in many manycases manycases manycases cases so the toy factories factoncs have had hadto hadto hadto to get along alol1g with partly sk lied lled fled la labor labor labor bor many of whom are over age or ordisabled ordisabled ordisabled ordisabledMore disabled disabledMore More than 200 of the largest tOY tOYmanufacturmg toymanufacturing toymanufacturing manufacturmg manufacturing turningout plants are tunmg tunmgout turning turningout [ out war materials matcnals in m the mam am ain ainand * andare andare and andmaintaining are makmg making toys on t ti tisjde , sjde ; de By Bymamtammg Bymaintaining maintaining mamtammg some volume volumes In m theirI theirt their I t . " ' toy lines llnes these companies compames were wereenabled wereenabled wereenabled enabled to handle their war con contracts contracts contracts tracts more efficiently because they theycould theycould theycould could operate their entire plant at atnear atnear atnear near capacityAnother capacity capacityAnother ' Another organization busily at atwork atwork atwork work on the toy situation Is the Of Office Offlee Offlee fice flee of Price Administration This Thisgovernment Thisgovernment Thisgovernment government agency has to set fair fairceiling fairceiling fairceiling ceiling prices on every toy Item Itemthat itemthat itemthat that is to be offered oJtered for salel sales sale ' More Morethan Morethan Morethan than 3 000 articles have been ex exammed exammed exammed ammed and priced and many oth others others others ers are pending a decision In a abig abig abig big warehouse in m Washington OPA OPAofficIals OPAofficials OPAofficials officIals look over samples of all allsorts allsorts allsorts sorts of things many of them new newto newto newto to the market such as transparentplastic transparent transparentplastIc transparentplastic newj j plastIc ducks and giraffes gIraJtes wooden woodentelephone woodentelephone woodentelephone telephone sets and pasteboard dolls dollsIt dollsIt dollsIt It s a big job to put fair price tags tagson tagson tagson on all these things but the OP OPAhopes OPA OPAhopes A Ahopes hopes to complete its task before beforeChristmas beforeChristmas beforeChristmas Christmas _ Amon Among & , the playthings available t"V tV t"Vt " t ' ' ' ' , ' ' - w , , , this year that were unobtainable last lastof of , ; t t . I Iyear Mwwyws r rE rs E s ' year are cast-Iron cast Iron - - cooking utensils utensilslor utensilsiy { iy iyS S lor for dolls This three-piece three piece - - set will willretail fi r9 # t retail for about a dollar dollarThere 4 4There There Is some swing from fromthe froma ya a away a y ythe yi i the armament theme in toyland this thisyear Rpi Rpit rh h i1T i1Te e * e ebiz biz t r ri1T year Construction machInery ha'l hal has ha'lregained ' ) d dw w l Fr Frregained regained some of Its former pOSI pose pOSItlon a ation tlon tion Ths This , good sized all wood steam steamshovel 1 9 r rs rj rs ry j s y shovel with moveable boom will sell sellat 1 t t aw awr awa s a Y Ya Yt a t " y ymade at about $3 3 S3 $ 95 The dump truck truckmade $ r made of bard hardrock rock maple and andys 4 40Pik 0Pik moothly smoothly ! > finished Is priced at $5 5 $ 00 |