Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-28
NEW TOYS FOR THE KIDS
Novelties in Playthings and Games fer the
Children for Christmas.

| Novelties In Playthings and Games for the
Children for Christmas.
| How fortunate the children are who have
been born in this generation, when such beau
tiful toys are made for their entertainment
There are more exquisite playthings for the
coming Christmas than ever before. Some Of
them are entirely new. For instance, there
are toy bath rooms, with little tubs and spigots
that draw real water. The water Is put into
small tanks above. In the bigger play bath
rooms there are two tubs, with q washstand
between them. The washstand has Q basin
which can be lifted out at pleasure, % a. to
dump its contents into a thin slop bucket be-
meath. 1t has also faucet, and there is a soap
dish with real soap, sponge. towel and even
| little whisk-broom. Similar washstands come
| BY themselves, with all the appropriate appur-
/ tenances
/ Equally useful and not less interesting are
+ toy refrigerators. with everything inside Of
them that one ordinarily finds in a real family
Ice box. even to the ice itself. which is repre-
| sented by chunk of glass in separate compart-
| ment. Tie arrangements are precisely such as
correspond with the best theories respecting
preservation OF edibles. As for the latter they
are provided in the shape of small dummies.
There is a cold turkey on platter; likewise q
couple OF fish, plate o. salad and pail Of
milk.
FOLDING BEDS FOR DOLLS.
For dolls this year regular folding beds are
provided. They shut up into cabinets and
book cases Just like real ones. prairie
wagon, made in imitation Of the famous
schooner" of the plains, ia the latest toy
vehicle for boys. Also there are ships built in
the shape of armored monitors, with turrets
from which small guns project a fusillade OF
dried pease. Horns which play tunes of their
own accord, responsibility to plain blow, are
ant r1 10 oil
with music boxes for vitals will entertain the
infants.
Magic lanterns will be popular. There are
no more profitable play things than these. and,
when funny painted slides cost only 80 cents a
dozen. the amusement to be derived is unlim-
lantern for "a, but it is better to pay a little
more and get plain one with a good lens.
The lens is what counts in this sort Of toy, and
that is the expensive part of it.
What the youth of this generation wants Is
practicable toys, as real as possible. Tin stoves
with all the kitchen pots and pans and other
utensils are well enough. but there is more fun
In an iron one that is less ornamental. but can
do real cooking, with a fire to boil the kettle
Stationary engines which work machinery are
always fascinating. and delightful beyond every
thing IL the locomotive that will get up real
steam and actually run. Most parents, how
ever, are apt to indulge prejudice against
| playing with fire.
More safe, and. perhaps, equally entertain
ing. are little printing presses. with small
fonts OF type and other equipments. Many
boys nowadays get out miniature newspapers,
SECURING profitable subscriptions and advcr-
| Using from their relatives and friends Schools
of Journalism are not established too early in
the nursery.
MINIATURE POOL TABLES.
Most interesting of the new games for the
coming Christmas are miniature pool tables.
They are exactly like real pool tables, on a
small SCALE with six pockets, fifteen balls with
different numbers and a triangle frame to set
them up in. There is also white cue ball and
| two little cues. One can really play very well
on one of these tables They come in different
sizes, the smallest costing only sl.50.
There are several novel variations on the no.
bic sport called .'tiddledywinks." One is
"tiddiedywink quoits," with a green cloth
| marked in separate rings and an ivory peg for
| a stake in the middle. The quoits. or winks
whichever one chooses to call them, are little
rings of celuloid. which the players try to snap
with the tiddledies over the peg or as near to it
| as possible. Also there is ''tiddledywink ten
pins, ordinary winks being snapped at wooden
pins. Another variation of the same idea has a
| number of pegs on which one tries to snap
wink rings. Each peg counts different num-
Der.
A new and entertaining game is called the
| ''broncho." In the middle Of board, which
is marked of into spaces, is a small wooden
horse with peg on its back. A continuance
consisting of little piece of wood with two
feather attached to it, which represents a
man is stuck upon the peg. Then a spring is
| touched which makes the broncho "buck. The
feather man flies up into the air and comes
down on his head, which has a sharp pin in the
| top. The pin sticks into the board and the
| count is made according to the number marked
| upon the space in which it sticks.
| Two other new games are worth mentioning.
| One is a bicycle race that is run by throwing
dice. The other is called markets" and is
played on a map of the United States the
different states. The object in view is to
reach the markets situated at the ports on the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts and on the great
| lakes.