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Show FOREIGN RUDE TOYS LOSE OUT WASHINGTON, Dec i -i . Sopte ; Idea of th extent K w hlcli fercign- 1 made toys have been replaced In America by the home made article Is given by the estimate Of the American 'Forestry Association that close to 30.-000,001) 30.-000,001) feci ol lumber was used this yeai iy American toy makers. By adding the millions of tos made from this wood to the cnormouse quantity quan-tity mad- of other material, the Forestry Fores-try ASSOt i.nion says some Id CO of the immeiisi! of the Industry will he 'gained. If the Inlying public will I "look for the label." it adds, the for-lelgn for-lelgn toys will be eliminated'. "The main consideration which holds wood in Its place as toy material la not cheapness," .say;, the association, "though that has something to do with it. Articles of large si:'." would be too j heavy if made of metal but many arti-dfa arti-dfa are made ol wood because il 8 the best, lrresfaeclic of cost or weight iSleds are a good example. I Ihlldren are the arbiters of toy kinds ,and style. They Imitate what they see around them and toy makers rec-Lognlse rec-Lognlse this fact. The manufacturer Supplies what the child wants by mak-jni; mak-jni; a eklSS of Objects which may be designated as educational. Another class, imitating thing seen in r il life, is recognized as architectural. A third lias to do with iradei and the, tools and machine for carrying them on. a v. ill dafinet) group i based on lbs use oi mUSicpl Instruments. Boats, rafts, canoes, and such things' Of float and ar - usetul have been re-j sponsible for toys based on water! craft. Children, are familiar with furniture and they early recognize two classes., one for the k.ti hen and one for the living room, and these go under the list of furniture toys Anlma'.s and birds and creeping things form another anoth-er class grouped as natural history.! Still another kind which is very com-I mon belongs In the clas of games and amusements. The waste .problem In toy making is not a serious one, so Bays the Forestry Fores-try Association, because most of the piecs used are small and what does not do for one thing will, as q rule, do for something else. |