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Show SOME OF THE TOYS SANTA CLAUS WILL BEING Children nowadays, just like the grownups, insist on being supplied with novelties in the way of amusements. amuse-ments. Wrhat was good enough a year ago does not satisfy them today; they require something fresh. Consequently Consequent-ly the ingenuity of the toy manufacturer manufac-turer is continually exercised to contrive con-trive something new to surprise and entertain the little ones. For the coming Christmas there is a greater number of novelties than usual, and not least surprising among them are toy locomotives and battleships made of .sheet iron painted, which are so large that a fair sized boy can comfortably com-fortably occupy either c-ngine or vessel as a passenger. - The locomotive, which has a tender attached to it, costs only $25. and the formidable looking war craft -is purchasable for the same price. These huge playthings are velocipedes of a .?ort, propelled by the child's feet. Another -new thing is a completely j equipped Utile stable for a racehorse, with feed box, troughs, pitchforks, wheelbarrows, a sifter for oats, blankets, blan-kets, harness, and even a jockey to ride. In some of the top stables of latest lat-est pattern a horse and an automobile are placed rdde by side. There is also the miniature "garage." containing several autos of different types, includ- ; ing even a motor truck for carrying freight. Dolls That Walk and Talk. The latest thing in the line of toy motor vehicles is an automobile that goes forward a certain distance and then runs backward, repeating the operation several times by the auto- I rustic reversing of its mechanism. The doll that walks and talks i.s new for j the coming Christmas, and maj' fairly j be considered a wonder. Its hair is "bobbed" i. e.. cut off square all around just like the hair of many little lit-tle girls at present. There is a new-kind new-kind of doll, quite artistic in its way, which is made to represent various familiar fa-miliar types of people. It is about a foot and a half high, made of cloth, and, being provided with unusually large feet, is able to stand up quittr comfortably. One such manikin, is a policeman, another a soldier, and so on. Dolls' houses now have tiled bath looms, with porcelain tube, provided with a towel rack, sponge and soap. In place of the old fashioned Noah arks, small menageries filled with artistically ar-tistically carved wild animals are supplied sup-plied for the instruction of young folks in natural history. To teach them geography they are. provided with rubber rub-ber balls which are geographical globes, furnishing education in di-cnise. Automobile Loops the Loop. A milk -wagon, drawn by a; horse, is nlied with milk cans below and butter tubs above. Doors at the sides open and reveal 'pats of butter and pieces of ! cheese. The peacock that utter.s a cry ! at intervals when pulled along the-ground the-ground on wheels is really a beautiful bird and a striking toy. Equally artistic artis-tic is the performing bear, which wags its head and exhibits other marks of intelligence, thanks lo a mechanism in I its stomach. The toy popcorn wagon is exactly like a real one, and is even ptovided with a little popper. There is a toy "loop the loop." with a little man in an automobile, who starts at the top of a tower and performs per-forms the hazardous circus feat. The ''bouse on fire" does not actually burn, the flames being merely painted. A. fireman ascends a ladder to rescue a woman from a balcony, and another fireman directs upon the building a stream of water from a hose. The newest style of toy drum heals itself, and is not provided with sticks. Another musical instrument for the nursery is a little hand organ on wheels. In a sage there is a little bird, which is caused by clockwork mechanism mechan-ism to sing and flutter its wing.s. Ninepins Nine-pins of latest pattern are shaped like boys and gifls. The correct toy soldiers, sol-diers, of course, are Japs and Ruo-sians. Ruo-sians. Most ingenious i.s a toy savings bank representing a bird which fepds its young ones, the latter opening their mouths when a coin is presented. There js a bank for dimes and cents which registeii? the number of pieces received, and when ?." worth of dimes has been contributed it opens, or when I $1 worth of pennies, has been deposited. Toy Typewriter, That Works. A shooting gallery has three little men standing in a row. each of them 'wearing a tall stovepipe hat. Attached to a rubber string is a ball, and the problem is to snap it in such a way as to knock off one of the hats. Each hat counts a different number. The latest toy typewriter works al-mcst al-mcst as well as a real one. For children chil-dren who like to paint, colors are supplied sup-plied in tubes, moist, lo take the place of the little bricks that used to be' sold in boxes. The small girl, if she wants it may have a tiny ice cream freezer that will really make ice cream. Toy frogs and lobsters are of celluloid, cellu-loid, and they float delightfully. Gardening Gard-ening outfits are now put up in sets for children, including wheelbarrow, hce, rake, spade, bucket and watering-pot. The urgent demand for novelties in , t the way of toys makes it necessary for j the great commission houses and do- i ( partment stores to send men abroad eery year to poke about in the Martz j rmcuntains and other great toy produc- j ing disti ii ts of Europe looking for j ! something new. One of the most not- I able of these expert buyers says that the tendency in playthings is steadily I tc ward greater expeusiveness. and that j ' each Christmas more money is spent j I on tovs in this country than in any j j jear preceding, children's taste and re- 1 , lt:iiements in' this line becoming steadily more exacting. j . . PUMPKIN PIE. Dame Freedom sought a proper dish 1 To grace her banquet board. So from the glory of the sun She filched a golden hoard. The spice of Araby the Blest, ' Scents which -in' gardens He, 1 She mingled all with cunning hand And called it pumpkin pie. 4 Fit type of our Republic's rule. All mankind's hope and trust, Abundant gold in reach of all ; And not an upper crust. |