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It does not quicken a. cl).!ld's pereeptione to stand on the ~;lde-lines,u declares the toy psycho!· ogy expert "Even the old-time train of cars must have switches which h~ can opl:'n and shut, l!nd may be turned Into dozens of dif- cut and go where the salteglrl does part of chemocraft . ferent objects. His braJn will be uot interfere ·lth her own notions Learning to SmelL stimulated by the effort to make new of what 'Is correct Our ~ales force Apropos Is a story of a boy things. Ingenuity and creative ab!l- do not, therefore, care to give advice was born with adenoid and tone! lty are teetered In younger children on th11 subj~>ct of toys unless they are trouble He grew up with a detec by the tlnkertoy11. Th~se are gayly specially requested to do so." ttve sense ot smell. And as he e:rEIWII colored p!ec•a of wood and metal Is l'ubllo Loaingf old•r this was both annoying and em wbleh make hundreds of d!trerent "But do you not feel that the public b'irrasslng. And then eomeone things. One set of 73 rods and con- is losing greatly by buying toys hap - eented him with a game of "Wht1L nectlng hubs may be put together In hazard?" This Is an amusing little outfit, elm' over a thousand dltrerent ways ." "The paramount purpose of a toy slst!ng of 18 small ' 'I'll , each It you are undecided as to what 1~ to Interest and amuse and enter- t'l.in!ng a different odor. As played toys are best fitted to your child 's tain the chlld" was the reply. "And at a party, each guest tries his skill traits, :why not talk it over with the any money Fpent In tbb way Is never at "ll·hHfing" the vlale to Ef>e whll ~ale person ? They are trained for lost or wasted. But when a child is can ten tb"' most odors correctly. the purpose. But they hesitate to deficient Jn any way, when he bas The score ill generally a '\·ery lowgive advice unsollcitP.d, Just tell them undesirable traits of character or one. But It train-ed the boy wonderwhere you !e-el your boy or girl Is ttnderdeveloped ones, there is every fully untU today he Is able to detect lacking ; just hat character!stice rE:ason for choosing a toy with th!ll Almost any odor. you wish to. develop and what you ln mind. 1 can safely eay ~·e have Electricitr. wish to f'uppress . And they will an educational game for eY ry back'Woul4 ·you prefer your bo t.G lead you to th'l proper toy with ward cbllti in school ." becomQ an electrician? Ther,e is & :Which to do it. Learn Geogruph:r, mo~t tntl!'restlng steam eneine wbich Helps }"rom Salesgirls. Let us consider the Uttle !irl who generates Its own electric lights. It's "I wUl back my present sales force -hates geography. Why she doesn't thrUlinf to any boy and exclt!ng, and sgdnst the world," said the buyer know, but she simply !oaths drawlnc rives him an immense senfle of lm· ot a rreat toy department. "They maps or learning the products CJf portance to turn on the power and understand toys, and tbP.y know Scandinavia or the cl!mate of Thi- In 1!.ve mlnut•s see the lights flash bet. For her there are picture puz- on. \ zles ot the various countries which Perhaps your boy 1s e:tceptloual17: \'ill place them 11rmly in her mind timid. You 11nd it dlfflcult;Ao get 1s no ~ograpby could. With a box him to appear whE-n straugera art The a.m&teui movie projector. recomme;:tded for the boy or Jirl wbo lacks poise and balance. It teaches grace and quickness, both of bod:r and mind. But a bow and arrowa must not be placed indlscrlminatel7 In the hands of youna-sters, partlcU· !arty city youngsters with no place hut the street In .vhlcb to shoot them. Slty and BashfuL Is he backward and shy and Hfuses to associate with others? Then ,glre ~m any one of the mechanical n•... tvances which r-equire more than o~e · person to operate. And don't help him yoinelf. Soon his Interest In getting ~he thlng together - - - - - - - - - - - - - and making it ogo will ca.vse hlm to know, which lay in a box and never call ln little Johnny from next door. meved . Girls don't want that ldnd And his days o! shunning other boys now." nre over. No more tl~an their small brothera 111 your small daughter Just recov- want the old-!ashlone4 toys wh!ch erlng from an Illness and refuses to wound up and went whizzing away eat the things e.be thould? Is she "Boy today demand toys which naturally :finicky In appetite? Then keep them busy. They have too present bet wJth a pretty little set - - - - - - - - - - - - - of dl!!bel!, bts enough for real eating. The young chemist. The despised mflk w!ll become delicious when poured from a pitcher w-hose handle is a little gray kitten reaching over the top to lap up the milk. And nourishing cocoa will , never be refused when it ls mado ln a tiny cotree pot which actually percolates. She may have a wee lee cream freezer If she likes; just big enourh t.o turn out a frozen custard for her jaded tute. .And the most u~-to·date of little refrigerators. white enameled, v;lth class doors in imitation or the scientific quartz glass, which ~clence says we must have to let in the ute-glving rays of the sun. :ttE, TUCKY l'!lounta.lneer and Tho Latest Doll!!. his three at !wart sons one You'd be surprised to know bow day receh·ed an unexpected Of n1one;r. '11le) went irnmedtate· toys keep t~ace with new ideas. Dolly to !f)WD to speud It, leM1ne the no lon&er sleeps in an old-fuhioned woxnan· at boll'le til usual, chop- bed tucked away in a dark corner '" T g the family tl.IPPIY of corowoo4. where she is likely to get rickets and urht themselves new tllb$rculosis and curvature of the ed neck ~ , fancy cut plur spine. She hal! her own "Kiddl~ ,·anou othe things. And as Coop'' on rubber wheels which may were ab t t r~urn home one be rolled out on the porch, where them r matke : "Huh, maybe Its she gets sun and air. The small mother who takes advantage of the •~n1ua take Naw sumphill." •• tcientlflc articles at dolly's disposal pondered this for some time. 1t last they decided. "Us shore will have a very good Idea of modern • methods of baby care. Us'l:2 talte l\J:aw a nice new ax." AliTc. Sl'it the thlld. But be eare!ul the kind of dOlly mod rn gift-h,untlng Parent YOU bur, lull be lUre lihe W1Jl be go quitA f"> far as tbh:l. But welcome. The girl ot today stops is a deeld d trend toward l!.t· playing with dolJs at an earlier age tbe Jitt to the child Only the t~an did her mother. f:be likes boy -fa hlo~d <111 a have not :ret toys and athletic games, ancl Is more o Ute p~ycli.Olopcal value likely to be found tearing up Ute tlptly chosen. ttreet on :roller skates or playln.r n only child, fut be- hall than she 'B.Ii a reneratlon ago. •l!elllil and ~pollt>d? 'Then A!ld before ehe outgro"l'!·s dolls she et ot soldiers or a circus, Insists that tbey be "•live" ones. outtlt~ something or They must say ''1\fa-ma," and walk l:.t~e whtch be must share and cry and Pleep. to tnllke It fun. Some· Kept Bus:r. ~~p attract the other "I used to go to Europe every year mucll imagtuauon to elt 'till and line.; of track whlcb h& mu~t keep in nd 1wce .llinl to enter and bring home four or tlve hundred 'l'i"atc-1) something. They must take order and a !'>"eruapbore ~r~tem '!be Soon he will be dressed dollar dolls El\'"ery year," part in the play They like all sorts boy of today must b!!.te action . but and will lear.n lo said a buyer who bas been in the ot ruecbantcaJ affairs which tbey can l.Jc must be part of the action . game 24 years. ",'ow I don't buy a tte,r and dump anq put together and l,acks Jma~atlon. the ,.;-ay, Is espet.ally dozen of that trne, tb~ kind, you take apart. Coal wagons. whkh "If your son t hows a lack of im· - At the ra.d.to. i of soft clay !he may mol!el a state present, be runs and bides or h what a cbl14 5hould have But the publlo: is not educated to the psychological 'Jew of toys or ot Nay. 'fhey re~;ent being told 'lbnt they tbould buy for their children, just as " woman resents bein-; lolrl what E<ort or hemisphere In baa-ullef, and so to your sk!rte. What he needs is get the contour and mountain ranges toy so breathlessly !nterestfng that and nlleya along ·with her fun . he will forget his timidity, and one A set of dolls dressed tn national conquered It doesn't return . A b07 costume wlll lntereat her in tar· of this type visited the store the a 1'>ay lands. Sbe will want to know er day. Not even the Shetland wqat Katrinka eats and what Olga's nles waiting to be ridden could parents do for a living ; who Johau ·s the fiCared look from his eyes. neighbors are. These are the slmplellt buyer, wise 1n tbe ways of or illustrations. Every other school &ten, beckoned mother to ~ubject may be tl,'eated in this way him . He took her to onderful B s simply or as elaborately as you fair calle4 a j!re tower, which is wish. exact replica of the rllal thing, Stud,-Ing (:hemi&tij. to th rubber-tired back The boy who can't seem to ~et •bleb ar to applied that they s td along In cbemletry vdll love fussing 'round corneu like a real fire tow r. •dth "chemocratt" tn his own laboraP$y~holo(fsts have become so ex.. tory. Incidentally, l! you have a se- pert 1n choosin-g the right toy tha cret Jonging to make your boy a they are able to grade them accordchemist this mey awaken a similar lng to the moral and social needs ot desire on his part. A good working every child or every ~ge. For the kuowledge or elementary chemical age of grat!tl,catlon of the senses t eactlon ma y l;le had with an outfit bear,lng nd touch there are which costs only 75 cents. It con- toys ," which Include rattle~. talns ele"en chemicals and pieces of and the like. apparatus, and 26 experiments are The "cuddling" age comes E-xplained in the manua 1. Other out- and tor this there are soft "c fits as the knowledge Increases. stuffed animals-Teddy Where 1~ tho boy or tlrl who "!'Ould dolls and rubber to:r~. (Is not spenci profitable and happy 'llours orlcln of petflng~) Other ••lth a magic box, by means or which lo"· until we reach the • s he :may paint. a picture orange and v;hfcl:t ewm grownul'!s !a then turn it red or pink, and turn it Berore the war very blue~ He may cut him~ elf and were Imported. Today "blood" W!li cow, but be tsn't harmed lias chenged so tllat in thA leaFt He may take a ma;;ic cc-edNJ the ;,.,,nnrt A mari ia relieved and gay when he baa put his heart into his work and done his beat; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace i -Emerson |