Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-24

hundreds of articles-everythin that
woman uses in her toilet. but perhaps
you don't know what that means yet.v
SAID the young man with a deep sigh,
snch as follows the perusal OF an unpaid
bill. 1--WE have dolls iewelrv. tooth
picks, parasols, corsets, nail-brushes.
Ians, handkerchiefs. and everything from
eloaks down lowell, everything.
RUBBER TOYS.
"The rubber toys are in active demand
because they are indestructible. They
are plain, painted and worsted-coYered.
The painted ones don't go as we'll as the
others, as weeks sojourn on their part
in the hands and mouth of an active.
healthy child causes a secess ion of the
gaudy colors which are transferred to the
Juvenile tongue. The rubber TOYS will
stand pretty tough campaign, though,
ana month after Christmas a rubber dog
VIII present a mere prepossessing APP
pearance than the body and two legs of a
wooden horse. Friends can pass around
and view the remains without being
shocked at any mutilation. Then, you
know, rubber dog can be forced into the
mouth more readily than a china zebra,
consequently it finds more favor with
young ones. If the rubber toy isn't a
thing of beauty, it certainly is Joy for
ever, and that's where it has its pull.
soldier sets are more complete than
ever. They sell for from 50 to $50. and
with the aid Of a newspaper war-map and
Secretary Lincoln's annual report boy
can make up like the United States
army. In the armor of the knights of
Olden times he can scare the life out of the
hired girl and make his play-fellows mad
with envy.
"Children's doll play-houses range from
81 to $40. Some are complete houses,
while others are single rooms. Here is
dolls fiat. You see the doll in Flat can
pour Stops and ashes down on the doll in
Flat just as in real life, but there ought
to be Justice court attachment. where
the quarrels arising in flats can be set
tied. DOLLS warehouses range in price
from 81 to $50. Single rooms run from 81
to $1S.'
NOAH STILL ON DECK.
''DOes Noah still keep his end up!,
asked the reporter, whose Santa Claus
period began when he received sample
copy Of Noah's ark.
''Oh, yes, Noah's ark is the oldest of
known toys, and they always sell well.
This year they are being made finer and
larger than ever. Tool chests are also
quite popular, and from % cents to $25
purchases the right and implements for 4
boy to MAIN the parlor chairs and plane
OF his thumb. Here are dolls trunks,
made Of paper, leather and crystal metal.
| This large one is a perfect counterpart of
the modern Saratoga
'ln blocks and games there is a great
variety this season, and there is big sale
for tin toys and dolls stoves. The latter,
| in French goods, range in price from ST to
| $40, with furniture. The American-made
toy stoves are models of the celebrated
stoves on the market. Toy-stables sell
for from 81 to $40. Toy theatres are quite
a novelty, and the Punch-and-Judv outfits
are very popular. They range in price
| from 81 80 to $50, with figures complete.
The figures are imported, but the rest of
the outfit is made here. That's what
makes them so cheap. In tin toys we
| have fully 200 varieties, from small penny
articles to fine, well-inished wheel goods.
Here you see miniature steam goods,
kitchens, sidebOards, refrigeratOrs, ranges,
stoves, and hundreds of useful toys.
BOOKS.
"There has been a vast improvement in
| toy books during the last few years, both
in letter press and illustrations. The
books we give our children now are finer
than our grandfathers had at middle-age.
| Just think of a child's play-bOok being
illustrated, as this one is, by Gustave
| Dore! OF course the regular booksellers
have more room for a line of toy books
than we do, but we keep the best of them.
I'm American wooden toys we are de-
mOnstrating that we can Guido the i'm
pOrterS in excellence of construction and
cheapness of price.
The block and cube games are new and
! beautiful In design. The sale of the box
| toys is limited. These comprise sheep
folds, soldiers encampments, villages,
ranches, geological gardens, etc. These
/ range in price from % cents to SO a box,
Leather-cOvered animals sell well, as they
are cheap and very durable. The carved
wood is covered with leather. In balls
| you see silk, inflated rubber, and musical.
| We sell comic papier-mache figures and
/ comic bOnbOnnleres for from % cents to
| $25. Here is a lot of midget pianos. You
see in this glass case on the top of the
largest one are a number of figures which
/ dance and move about as the keys are
/ touched. These target games are very
| amusing. You throw a soft ball at this
| figure, in which there are three or four
| openings, and if the ball strikes one of
! them a smaller figure flies up from the
head of the large one. That's BULBS eye!
ON TOPS.
Here" said the gentlemen, sis new
| top that has taken a decided hold. 1t is
called the organ or choral top. While
| spinning it plays four or five tunes" and
| as the top circled around on plate it
ground out "Wait Till the Clouds Roll
! By" 1--WE are selling fifteen or twenty
| of these a day. In dolls dishes we have
| fully 200 varieties, from the cheap set at
% cents to the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. set
| at $50. We also have perfect miniature
| cOunterparts. Our large toy furniture is
very desirable. You see it is not mere
| plaything. but made up of articles of use,
| strong and durably made. Here is a toy
| bureau that any little girl would be proud
| to lock her treasures in, and here a toy
desk that any boy would take pleasure in
scribbling on.
"In hobby horses we keep n large line.
| but they are not as popular as in years
| gone by. The velOcipede sale is better
than ever, and in the summer it is very
| large. Toy drums hold their own, and
the small boy can make three or four
welkins ring with one of them. Boxes of
paints range in price from five cents to
| fifty. There are six styles of plain china
dOll-heads and forty-fve styles in bisque-
as many in wax, and twenty-five in in
destructible or papier-mache."
GLOW are Christmas tree ornaments
this year?'
'Finer, in greater variety and cheaper
than ever. No person, however poor, can
deny his little ones a Christmas tree, for
he can purchase for 80 cents box that
will deck a tree nicely"