Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-03


The new dollles are now made both blonde
ana brunette. very recently landed
little stranger In called the "coquctte."
ana turns her eyes from side 10 side.
giA chg most coquettishly cut Of the cor
ners. This little lady blonde or brunette
may be bought for 81 or $50
The handsomest undreesed French or
German dolls cost about SOS Lovely ones
with teeth. long curls. and winsome smile
ana wlnklng eyes, come in smaller sizes
from yl0 to SIS. and downward TO $50.
Kid-bodied dolls with bisaue heads are
preferred by some little mothers as being
more supple and durable, and a beautiful
imported doll In her stockings and shoes
is sold for $50 and less.
Inc coils are jointed In every possible
way. There are walking dolls which
move their feet and walk briskly along
while the little owner holds them by the
hand. baby fashion. The mechanical
creeping doll Is a novelty. as is the iron
creeping baby. 20 be drawn by a string
the prices vary in these dolls 10 suit the
costumes
The laughing and crying and sleeping
ana walking doll In one Is ingenious. as
she mas revolving faces. which slip around
under a curly wig and a cap when a
spring is touched. She Is very diverting
and is only $50.
Everything imaginable If included in a
dolls outfit. Tea gowns are a matter OF
course. and gossamers price 50 cents), and
oVershoes 90 cents). TO say nothing Of
umbrellas and opera cloaks. Boys and
girls In tennis costume white yachting
suits perfect baseball nine" with
each Jointed and ready TO take position,
even the catcher with his wire mask
widows In deep weeds are great favorites
with the children. who always beg for
them. A beautifully-dressed young widow
goes for 20 cents and $3.50 in the toy
style.
There are jolnted dollies in bathing
suits very chic affairs, and little gentle
men In full evening dress, and brides and
grooms. This seasons novelty is a DASH
ing Columbus In velvet doublet and hose
and a large velvet hat
The Esquimaux dolls in white fur. suit
complete, are charming and are marked
80 cents and $3.50 There are Indians and
black picaninnies, and there are little
dolls dressed In costumes Of every nation
and occupation
The boys who possess sailing yachts or
steamboats, buy the little dressed sailors
for about 10 cents each.
DOLL-HOUSES.
The new lighthouses are wonders. and
have miniature sets of real carved-wood
and shut. and upholstered chairs, with
pin glasses and cabinets and the bed
rooms have canopied brass beds and bent
grass (Vienna) furniture and real mat
tresses and pillows.
The dning-room is complete. and the
china dinner-sets are of fine china and
have soup tureens and plates and all the
fancy dishes OF fashionable service with
silvered knives and forks and napkins in
rings. Everything, In fact, is reproduced
in miniature.
There are bathrooms which are pur-
chased separately Of tin. with bath-tub
and, hot and cold water-tanks on the
walls with taps TO let the real water with
which they are filed. into the basin and
tub.
For the kitchen there are refrigerators
with imitation ice and vegetables perfect
iron stoves In which a fire may be built.
ana with II are pots and kettles and a
water-tank, and a stove-hOok 10 take off
the lids with. This ingenious toy Is
marked $50 and 800 but a more com
plete stove in enamelled tin with brass
mountings is less durable but cheaper.
Even heaters for dolls dining rooms
are made. and wood IS burned I'm them.
But the treasure Of all is the well-be-
loved rag-doll. which Is sold i'm a glorihed
state In every price form, and dress which
endears 1t to a chid's heart. The English
doll Is new, a Kate Greenway" doll In
quaint frock with a face beautifully
painted on linen stretched over a moulded
face of indestructible composition, a close
cap fits around to do away with the need
Of hair. Rag dolls are not cheap and
'4-year-old DOLL" as they call the largest
size which Is as large as a 4-year-old
child costs S, but how the children cry
for them.
OTHER NOVELTIES.
To enumerate rapidly the other toys.
the Columbus egg Is new. IT stands on
end for a paper weight, has either a map
or Worlds Fair views on the outside and
by touching a spring out jumps a full
rugged ancient ship or a figure represent
ing Columbus.
The Brownies figure again this season.
There IL n new Brownie book, and the
Brownie stamps are very amusing, also
the Brownie ten-pins and block pictures.
New small-siZed playing-cards with
Columbus and the Spanish court eXqui3-
itely painted on them (Sl.0O, and the
others with the different nations, and the
Lord Fauntleroy sets are among the holi-
day games.
The Jack Homer Pie" is a great affair
for children's parties. 1t IS a large
decorated cake with gifts concealed. and
each child pulls a string for the prize.
With twelve strings the pies cost 81 or
s..
"Helen's Babies is n toy of jointed
dolls, with costumes Of all kinds.
Among the games are presidential
Election" and the District Messenger
Boy" in which the object Is TO work
through all the offices to the presidential
chair around the World with Nelly
BLY," is a geographical game. Progress
I've Halma Sets" are very popular. over
the Garden Wall" is the latest game, and
Is a form of "Tddledy-W inks" played
with chips. Disco" and "Kohla," or the
Worlds Fair Game" are new Sl.OO games,
as is also "Anabasis' or Marching into
the Interior" and Improved Parlor Ten
MIS-" and "Lolo.'
The Columbia Game-Board' is new
thing. Ii is a combination or four games
and opens into a miniature billiard-table,
bagatelle-board. ring toss, and ten pins.
and pockets. This is designed for older
people The newest calendar Is The
Phillips Brooks quotations.
The donkey parlor-games have an
elephant whose trunk must be put on, a
dude" whose white necktie must be ad-
tusted instead of the worn-out donkey.
The new toy savngs-bank represents
Columbus seated with a slot at his feet.
When the coin is put in an Indian rises
ut the other end and offers the pipe OF
peace TO his discoverer. This unique
article is marked 81.
JEANETTE HALE