The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-13
Bah Has Something 10 Say About Ap-
prOpFiate Christmas Gifts.
THE POOR CHILD AND 4 TOY.
An Economic Pleasure IL n Holiday S'ro"
Throughthe Modern Eazar-No'c"'eS
That Are No Noveitics-About Mo-
ah's Ark and it, Occupants
Now York. pee. 9. 1s.6.


honest body. con feast her eyes on d"
the lovely Christmas things. and ID one
way she will own them just as much a7
Tho richest lady I'm the land IneIe IS
something fine in being apic 10 envy
without possessing. ! cannot understand
though now any woman. with NIUE
money 10 spare. can 80 into tne 10Y sh,is
and come out without buying some ulNe
10 make glad somebody child. There
arc dolls Of an degrees offered 10 the
uol-lovcr-therc's the wonderful Ircnch
doll whose face has naughty express
sion. who is so accomplished That she can
CRY Ike real baby. speak Ike parrot,
and waltz with the cXactncss OF ma
chine. 70 is true that unlike real ladies'
when she dances, sho furnishes her own
music, Whisper it not in Gath. but
when she moves around TO the tune of
1.-THE Beautiful Blue Danube the tiny
music box is concealed under her lace
trimmed petticoat.
DOLLS FOR RICH AND POOR.
Then there arc less expensive dolls,
real baby dolls. dressed in long clothes
md reclining In carriages. with doll
nurses. standing beside them. there are
little girl dolls. gowned I'm short frocks.
ana having tennis racqucts I'm their
hands and there are lady dolls in long
trained dresses. who loll on easy chairs
o. gilt upholstered in satin There is
bride don. too. with n sinking bride
groom. and the bride looks SO modest and
tie groom 50 happy that / am certain
that. last night. while an Tho world slept
the dolls camc 10 life. and there was
really and truly wedding formed 10 the
doll shop. There is everything TO make
n doll happy. a closely curtaincd brass
he'd Of the right size. i'm which she may
dream: n china bath tub. I'm which she
may take her morning bath and preserve
her complexion while for this purpose
there IS special soap warranted not 20
injure the most delicate dolls skini
Surely. the very height of luxury i'm dolls
has been REACHED. and yet-and yet-how
often is a child happy with an old maim-
Cd doll loved not for SIS beauty but for
Its many sorrows?
THEY NEVER CHANGE.
There are some toys that never change.
The lovely woolly dog is just as square
at the corners as he was when / was pre-
scented TO the first one more years ago
than | like 20 remember Although sCi-
ence has progressed the workings OF tho
woolly dog are as crude as ever. The
same string is pulled. the pink tongue
comes out, and tho "bow-wOw' IS just
rs hollow and artificial as 10 should be-
Noah's Ark is as absolutely artistic as
when YOU and I first counted the ami
are the same height. and both are pink.
The crocodile and the camel each have
curly tail, and are a lively purple and
the only way you can distinguish Shem.
Ham and Japhet from their wives IS 10y
their wearing stiff round hats, not UNI
like those known as sundOwnS. Shem
Is the Joyous brown he always was: Ham
is n brilliant orange. while Japhct IS
pale blue. and Noah g. DELIGHTFULLY."- mot
M with q lguf In hfr month.
Is the same color and size as the cow,
but how lovely they all are Has any
body eyer decided whether the original
family I'm the Ark got in through the
roof as do the wooden family? And ala
they walk to the ark two by two as
many q procession or wooden anlihais
has been arranged? I think they did. The
ark IS too historical q toy not TO be cor
rect. To what small child are you going
TO send an ark Or was it a freman's
eet-up or a soldiers tOggcry that you
had I'm mind for some boy? Somehow
tho TOW shop possesses a wonderful fas-
cination for mo I think IL a good thing
that n doos-and I will tell you why. Tho
little time Of delight that comes TO you
or 10 me while looking over the Toys
mat duplicate those we loved in days
gone bv. bring before MS those oid Gays
and make us remember how easily we
vero made happy. Then. as natural
eeouence. unless we have become hard
Of heart. which God forbid, We long with
great intensity TO give Joy TO somepody
olse-somebody else who Is a little child
ARIsToCRATIC HAPPINESS.
Perhaps il IS for some little child who
like YOU or me pored over a book then
away we go out into the fresh ar across
the street. mingle with the BUSTING
merry crowd and land at the book SHOP
Here there Is an aristocratic happiness
TO be found-there Is that delightiui scent
that comes from wrll-bound books, ana.
seeking earnestly for the book that VIII
delight some child, we get the chance 10
din first in this and then In that new
volume. which Is a delight TO her who
loves books. Here's a book for the little
Girl who is a good musician-such sweet
book-some Of the lovolcst of the poems
OF Eugene Field set TO music ana bound
IN a most delightful way. Think what II
will mean In the nursery 10 learn 70 sing
about The Lady from llushaby Street
and 10 raise their NOiccs-those voices
that squeak a bit yot-in praise OF "Ihe
pinky Bird" while some ones Noice-a
cirl's voice. / think-a bit sweetcr than
an the rest. will linger with tenderness
over the words as she PLAYS the accom-
panimcnt 10 the story Of Little Boy
Blue" / have always been. as you know,
a most ardent admiror OF the poems or
Eugene Field the man | never know but
think IL specially sweet that these poems
Of ci7Tld-Mfe are set TO music by the
friends Of the dead man, good musicians
all OF them. from De-Kovon, up or down,
and offered at this Christmastide.
There's wonderful book, too. l have
forgotten It's name. but 1t tells Of out-of-
door sports for boys but oh. but ah!
here's richncss This Is not a book fer
n child. but OH what a magnificent book
n IL for YOU or for mel The stories OF
to-day. the plays Of to-day are all going
back TO the most romantic time IN the
history of the world-"Le Grand Steele"
TIE GRAND LOUIS.
Up at the theatre the other night saw
Pompadour and Louis XIV, l saw the
Court Of France. but / missed the time
of the grand Louis. that was the fine
time In history This book with its
magnificent cover. crimson with a great
gold crown upon II. tells Of the days and
the people of Louis the Magnificent.
Want Il? OF course We want IL. all of
us who love books and who love history,
and each Of us must hope 10 either save
up and buy Il, or 10 receive il as gift
on Christmas morning. As you open il.
here Is the picture Of Louis XIV. when
he was young and handsome, turn over
a page or two and there Is another OF
him. but II Is as a tiny baby in an Ella
borate lace frOck that fitted him closely
and suggests swaddling clothes. here he