The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-15

MN Okks irAfHitf 10 lDtft
.o.m. 70 be no end TO the delightful
,rsc,s.ion of ingenious mechanic
,,. automatic toys. parlor actobatics
-.a other wonderful inventions thai
... nut upon the market every holida,
..s..n aud which so 10 make a j)ll,
SANTA Claus pack sull more bulky whet
..u.,mas arrives. This yeat there ar,
...n, novelties in new toys that are
,.,rt.ls of sk,ll aud mechanic Al inge.
,,.f,. and are we'll calculated both to
...use AID instruct.
Du.nf the ideas that seems TO have
.....k the toy inventors most fOrcibly
fhe racing track. no fewer than three
..hsnical reproductions of which are
.. thc market. One Is called the
rtD.rh Race Game. ~ Is new in It's
r..fhudard very much superior TO the
I'D. mechanical racing track IN point OF
..f rfalumcnt and accuracy of racing.
... horse Ea. "a 'parate track and
r,,. we'll and evenly; besides IL Is not
likely 90 grt out OF order readily. un-
.......rv roughly handled. A great ad-
vantage is that the racers cannot be
,..riru.aicd s0 as % give any Que the
.Itlnfaca unfairly over the other. al
.aush each is independent Of its neigh
f.- This toy can be bought at differ
.rfnurcs. the four horse track costing
-.lI and the eighteen-a0r~e course
,...rg uil tine way up 90 $50.
pr hltlr the biggest toy ct the season
isfha "Wcr,d.s FAIR Race Track Ii
... large surface. sub-diSided into sec.
t.n. each bearing its appropriate name
.rle.i.Iation and all indicative Of the
f.fface now going 90 among the big
.r.. East aud West. for the honor of
....Ir. There is one station marked
York. another Chicago. and still
.f..r- Washing on. 81. Louis, etc. aud
nIayers each select sIte. Taen a
l...rI. turned. sud this cau,6s a rail-
road train 90 run around the outer
.|.e or um Of the toy. where the track
..I 10 runs until 10 stops az some
..rnfahe serIcs OF numbers The play
vino first scores D OOO.O coo tJf the lie.
ODD station. on whose success he is bet
r.r.. wirs tuegamc. the track aud It's
comments form pretty piece Of me
4ui.m. aud many an hour can be
...rf.Dv the little folks with such "a toy.
Ine rricc is 1900, which rather removes
% nom tine category of ordinary toys.
The mechanical dancing skeleton is
..e az the funniest TOYS Of the season.
aud will PROFESSIONALLY afford much
.ru-cment I'm articulated skeleton,
,..I.aftera japanese skeleton, IS set
...u.dostal and operated by means Of
n..lnery u the base. IL performs a
..rnife negro break down. and Is ire
.,..lls comic. The iigureis white AID
..uand one half inches high. aud costs
-. There is hardly a grOtosque pose
assumed by < dancer. or quick
... on horupipc. which tins funny
Ittl. man of bones cannot perform.
this class of dancing toys belongs
n.rfoIcming bear. which rs perfect
mode. of bruin in i.ll motion. instinct
,.tn life. and very natural in all his
movements lie has a stan, and he
r,.. through the same antics one sees
In performing bear belonging TO
.rollir- musicians. where the latter
nave trained the animal lie opens bis
month and closes DO with resOunding
.o.u. pounds the floor with his
-.n snaps bus Jaws. growls. rolls his
nr.i from side 90 side. and dances.
OBJ uc -lme order of comIcal toys Is
N.erpu -rucle sam vtlOcipede rlder. '
I..G.nre Of Uncle Sam is dressed up
lr characteristic style aud mounted
.,.na ,e.U.pedc. He grasps the lever
.rI..I.I.l -aud sCtsitln mOu1D. NhcD
,...,rI u0 will run rapidly round
Iar.. .lp. but the circle can be re-
.Ur.ol DAB suit the SIZE OF the parl0r Ii
i-..trons aud excellent toy. and will
.l...e "a crowd of children quile as
-n0rn as ANYTHING they could get. The
rII.a l- 30 a somewhat similar al
th0ush mo-. mechanical Toy Is the pig
cart. Piggy runs ON wheel between
n- mud feet, and pulls cart WIN
I.u gong beneath. fl the Gait is a ut
fie b0y holding the Ielns. Tins toy IS
Drawn by string. aud is very So or -
and lust he thing for young enid.
tnUig the smaller mechanical toys
IS. walking dog. There lsa siung tea
f. has neck. aud when you press bail
.tfne eud Of the string doggy moves
Ir-klv along from one side of the room
to the other in very natural way
tm0nL the larger and more costly
mechanical TOYS That have bteu pat on
fne market this season. l3 the fire
p.frol Wagon. This is a toy Tor
.r,xn boy. SIX lremon and a dnver
4r, seated on long wagon drawn by
too hor.es and furnished with all the
fnf.4 ladders and other apparatus
needed for lire. IL moves automati-
elllv. and can 20 at good rate OF
speed. Belle clang. and II makes III
miniature lust such racket ps the IRE
wagons do m reality.
one OF the best of the new parlor
Inv
Games. and one that can be played ny
Units 10 well as the little ONES. ia TIE
turtle game la a large turlle-shsll,
about three feet long by Two leet VIDE 9
are live email knobs. at which ball Is
thrown from "a distance OF ten feet.
When the knobs are struck the head oil
xhe turtle pops out. and 50 also 90 tse
the legs and the tan. The game eau be
piavtd pa "A parlor. ami j. a capital
amusement for willing away an hour
that might otherwise pass rather dU!ly.
Thu turtle aud its belouglngt cost
- 30
These are merely a few of the thou-
saul aud one attractive inventions that
have been introduced 10 the market
holiday season for the pleasure OF the
i,ttle folks. Some are imported. others
are li Nniht SUI VI AriAfs rAA' '''r
execution. aie tar above the average
Tow no Tor ler years. Formerly swift
ef.aud. Germany. and France supplied
the American market with toys, ana.
indeed. with almost everything ia the
,,av of pole day novelties. No" our
own manufacturers are turning out
articles that are equal TO anything pro-
aured atLuai. Ia Toys. Is ia every
thing elr requiring real mechanical
ingenuity. American talent Is asserting
itself and soon we may turn the tables
and supply the children OF the Ola
World with their Christmas giiis. Just
as they have done 10 Us IN The past.
there is hardly an object IN animats
nature that has not been initiated by
American makers. from babies to
tcell,s. aud from bears to bull frogs,
Hor.e.. coats. monkeys, fishes. are all
i.proiuced with their Characteristic
sounds aud movements by the use
"a 4.