The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-04

win be thinking thatssapta CLAUSE has forgot
zen al about them Danish the ,thouRhtl
How he ever managed 20 many babies az
host exquisite dolls to town this year that
have ever been seen around thege parts,
hasn't any children Of her own Gays. "Children
DO not care for dolls so much ms they did In
RRo S saasir. 1 and 'o oS p eSS ,! an ss% aRIsossthS Sp d fse
paroging to both the youngsters aud the time
truth i Sh e ,S sHe' N lts'- On EhiiIE t / R nGi a b SGT Iftt Z,
with dolls, and dealers say that ten boys ownn
AGO. Herbert. spencer said that boys should
be taught 70 love dolls Just as much as girls
CONE COVE 'S aToapS Gh g his ' way % y tRin GSRRso f TSis
year the dolls are OF every size and age. Many
Souns ladies' and SsdtI' young aS mem m the finest q
clothes, and stu others as mature men and
SS%e ab;o and d., nearly r. S al ; hSys T en5 S 6S%ssa haiti Shd
curled, well-to-do dolls require the services
OF buffers, Wallets. maids. eoachmen. footmen,
when they 40 out they must be protected by
policemen, mounted and otherwise, detectives
child is lust as complete. so far as wearing ap-
parel, Jewels and toilet accessories 20. as that
ehhild,S can be IL fortune SUI, dayoTs her when
che takes her airing in, an English baby car
rlaEe or a willow push cart but after she
grows up she rides in q fine high T-cart.
This swell turnout is pulled by a tandem team
SnTlStInNN tree UIIH1HllnRS hT6 VOEHCOub anu
consist OF all sorts OF silver. and gold tinsel.
useful little globes. gilt baskets for. bonbons.
imitation pears. apples. peaches, and bananas
that are running over with funny surprises,
soldiers. battleships. and what not. But some
children prefer hanging up, their stockings to
having o tree. and for such there are highly col
ored stockings .oinamented with jinglinR brass
bells and ribbon. One Of these stockings
will hold more than Santa Claus would dream
OF leaving in IL.
New games are to be had by the score. Puff
billiards Is one.of the newest out. and amuses
grown people as much as II does youngsters.
The tables are In three sizes. The biggest be-
ing for six players and the smalles. for three.
cork balls out OF the. pockets by means Of the
rubber puffs. which look like tiny bellows and
OF this game vary from $3.50 to S2S, according
70 the size. Miniature golf Ia ;another3 favor.
striking characteristic OF all the new games
Is that Trey are Instructive. Each one teaches
something. and many OF the box games bear
directly on the recent war and are obtainable
for a few cents, Magnificent carved boxes
with sets for playing checkers. chess. domi-
noes. and many. other things are furnished
throughout with ivory, and some cost as much
as S9S. Books for children are very much i'm
proved, In some Of them the pictures are
board; In others the pictures pull out aceor-
dion fashion, and the characters assume life
People often say. There are absolutely no
age, Evidently Santa Claus got tired of
| hearing this complaint,.fo this season he has
willow baskets filled to the brtm with rubber
dolls, balls, cows. sheep. pigs. goats. and al
most every other animal. known to man, es.
pecially prepared for infants. Each one Of
these things makes a noise of some kind. and
the sharpest little teeth ever cut can't find
their way through them.