Show SANTA CLAUS WILL NOT VERNAL VERNALl merchants bought toys defor prices went up hublit will get benefit vernal boys and girls who have been told tola mat santa claus will not have any toys toy this year on account of ohp war in europe will perhaps f ind find encouragement in tho news that the situation la is not so bad as was at first reported playthings a trade journal devoted to toys and published in new york brings word that shipments of toya from germany were unusually early this season and chati that before the war broke out many consignments consign ments were already on ahe way for the most part these shipments have arrived and although there will be a shortage of playthings it will dolls bolls and other toys and it bo be so serious as had been feared eared I 1 i biot tit the magazine yaya says that I 1 valle while industries in germany cro practically all at a standstill there are many houses well stocked with toys should hostilities cease within the near fu shipments shipment these warehouses could to bo rushed and nearly all of tho the usual christmas supply could bo be on the market As it Is perhaps only 40 per cent of the getman geiman imposts will be at hand american are working hard to meet the christmas demand tho the short age Is having a salutary effort on american shops which make a business of repairing appears that many a christmas plaything will bo last years made over it most of the vernal merchants bought their toys be fort corp there was an Inci caso in price and they will give the public the benefit it la Is said that since the war began the prices have jumped 40 pet pei cent |