The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-18
Styles in TOYS.
y Santa Claus Has Become Quite
Martial This Year.
\ Mf RESULT OF THE SPANISH WAR
.vcrIca VIII HIVE No Toys
ems. swords. Pistols and
Raiticships.

.xsl guess 90; never saw the In
senius so rampant since l came
-, business," was the prompt re-
trse
!. sc,sht it about was asked.
-, var The boys all grew military
M ronfl;ct was on, and the man
M '',sr took advantage of tee fever.
49, ~ II would rot last. and taxed the
COT 0s,tv If the inventor to the fun limit.
sscsr,lt--j,ist let me shcw you over
Nan look at that nance war!
M x. .e'ye had years OF steam locomo-
~. mai sat the youngsters wild by
an0..rc ali ever the floor In tho wrong
'.ss,n Some ran with real steam
~. whllc most of them had a watch
sss movement, and wound up. That
y. iii right but we can't sell them
"A M, yter. This is what seizes ON
q MIS- fancy'-showing full-riggel,
ea.mspped warship, costing SIS. "Of
~. NJ expensive, but we sell a grea.
~. e,pepsive toys. This one gets UP
~ With alcohol. Then these pointing
.aers. .sare much cheaper. You see.
s,.ujon didn't stop there. Now look ut
~. fleets of ships. ready to sail the
- Of the nursery floor in fiery con-
~ Why. the Youngsters cant any more
", en- than a duck could a puddle
me boys are not all sailors. SO here's
r.snet that draws the land lubber.
nus need any war Investigation in this
|tjb equipped commlssary wagons, stretch
= calssons. cannon carriages, stacks Of
tm, knapsacks. IN fact everything per-
nhlpg to well. equipped army. even the
dser,. Here fancy takes another turn,
"a ths box has all OF Roosevelt's Rough
lHen in it-horses. hats and all We
II sbcu as many Rough Rider sets In
6r Is we used to sell of soldiers sets
4 season New. you don't think the
k3w VITO stoops to cater to children's
tntes watches the affairs of the country,
n here's the late Western Indian troub-
" Nrn to the dead Ind tan on a litter
Ia he cowboy soldiers. Forts sell pretty
Ill here's one with cannon. mortars. ri
lnen, and all. One generally goes with
|er set Of soldiers. o. this g a progress
|sfse. aud this is a great departure from
y Old wooden steamboat. with its only
IkUtcituu pdlultu Gu Iue OuUSIQf.
| Sell thsse things? Well i guess we do.
M can't walie through the crowds around
|nM. Now. these soldier suits have had
II immense run See. here's the cap,
|1pulder straps sword. gun. knapsack, etc.
|Ey. mothers can't get their boys to look
|rJ fhrther when they strike this"
Ffum conner of this great department
|ene terrific clash of sounding bugles,
Iat
sJ@, 4 forgot the renewed craze for
u and drums that he war brought about.
|kn bad a reconstruction of nervous
|ytAers, and they Just have to turn the
ia out and let them loose. -
~ then an fndulgent f!uher came
|Ennd and watched the offspring do a
M gymnastics around the war counter.
e1h few purchases and then go in for
|atnry music.
M brought out the question, Are
anen Or mothers the best buyers?"
FATHERS" came hhe prompt response
!i@ see father never quits being a boy,
~ one moment forgets how hoy
~ lou just ought to see now these
pss-some OF chem grandfathers-come
ouy Tor Christmas and get SO en-
zAasuc that they blow horns. beat
4 end try all of the mechanical TOYS
INA CONT forget how coasting came into
- lsa WIN the very first snow storm thai
VI. was and ragged until it struck them
~ leT OF hobs, or how 1t felt TO
~ over Tine ground with a new wagon. |
~ nave fellow feeling for boys when |
Al sn~ 70 guns, and buy a lot of them,
~ IN woman hardly ever gets one. They |
w! as many Things as women do. |
a Wy guy muah better ones, Women |
I,L, give because II is the season for /
v go eld are Very calculating about 1t,
mah Just turns himse.T loose and |
pouause ne actually can't help Il.
q IVY over again each Christmas,
n N, .an enthuse every time he sees q
Ast coaster or an invention from a
q ! genius. If you want to ses.
\ a. %aa enjoys the small things of life,
n ~ lia STOP IN the middle of the side
y AZ winch an exhibition of the stub
Il 81 ~ asuaey. Five times out of ten he
6,s,1 ~ 20 amusing. THAT realistic, me-
49, Wy that he will buy one. Then
q. sels nome he will want TO run H.
- snne before he considers shat the
q III Understands it. You can al
y bs a., wnen man is buying for tho
|. !, IN the first place, ne generally
i, ~ oul u he doesn't you know it Dy
~, -, o.ear spread of his mouth. He
ljSg,a .aI infant Is able to appreciate and
4 = everything from a rubber ring
An" '''Ac engine. YOU can dune him
~ W special fads among the girls. this
VI, 4"nihg peculiar, except fancy
I 4. win separate wardrobe, Uncle
4 and sailors. Now there is one
\ n. "oihan VIII show her weakness. {
i ~ ~ get too Old to fondle a doll. ,
kss eenerally tell whether they buy
ptr;s NJ, v"n children or for little friends :
j Al, teaches them that children
issra, TOT Its own sake, and not for
g n, OF personal beauty. They are
~ ., Asly 10 give the first place TO |
~ laughter Of the rag bag as
y s.. sauon, So they generally are =
a i, nNinical In the purchase. For |
u. ~ quite different; they always >
asl,suss tEey can, and are often very
h Sc,ls Children's minds turn 10
al nowadays than they used to, .
much cheaper. Ivy
i tu,n place where men and women +
Il .onaly, and. that's to the story /
B min's. nnser for minutes over a n
ihrn,'su story book. that carries them p
nus misty years. They doll't 4
tnes =, 70 new stories. We add the n
/ Ia " VI course, but lay In loads Of tina b
~ IL u'ant Killer sort 7
IBuasr christmas trees nowadays Il
~ slns1 trees Will last as long as the T"
~ ~ rs told TO little children, but a
h yos.s, ! don't believe they are as p
y cIsss ue with the rich as with the b