Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-12
FEW NEW TOYS.
va 'oeas hesamped in Supplying Children's
Amusemsnts This Year.

Nhiis'Ihas is three months away but al
iedu! me toymen and shopkeeoers who
sci chiidreh piaythings. have begun +,
receive their stock of holiday articles ana
IL won De long before the late novelties
VIII De put on display; then there will no
Il rush among all the little neonIa to 500
what new things Santa Clans win have
10 choose from when he starts Il, ~ ~,
ms pack preparatory to his starting out
on ms stocking filling excursion.
nut the children as well as old SAINT,
himself will De disappointed i'm rho Cbr;s,
mas EXHIBITS this year-thst is If tbe,,
~" ioi Sohethlng entirely new for the
~ Hiahers nave been singuarly back
""rd IN turning out new Inventions
however thouSh real novelties will no
'S"' there VIII be plenty of old TOYS made
up III fashions varying from those now in
Nosue' ana some old and forgotten things
VIII pe reSuffected, or rather their conn
'efpa- Is VIII be brought out. 50 tha;
there will be more or less q. an assor,
ment
New toys are scarce enouch' said y
shopman but it isn't so bad in this lin,
aS II Is in games. Children. Won know,
use the same playthings over ana over
again but with games it's direrent-thev
are always demanding sometime nov,
ana the trouble is there are no new
games.
People who invent the games must
nave exhausted their ingenuity wben
tney devised all the puzzles ana card.
"oou' the heroes Of the Civil War and
theT didn't have TO exhaust much either
but the children have got tired with
roosevelt al San Juan, Dewey at Manila
ana Niles at Porto Rico and All the 9TH
! eTs OF that sort and now they are do.
handing something altogether new.
," Tar as I've been able to discover We
won I De able to nil this demand for there
are not more than three new games in
AL the catalogues mean games that
aren't simply copied from old chestnuty
the ones We used to play with when We
We're BOYS
ne one new game which this year
seems TO have brought forward. the new
century game Of proverbs. j. the inven-
ton Of a. 4. Anderson. a Chicago man
/ Ihere are sixty cards in the set and
printed wI'h green holly wreaths and
with red lettering they are gay enough to
SUIT the childish fancy. For the game
there are fifteen sets Of cards four cards
- a set. and the four practical proverbs
Tor the set appearing on each card in dif
, ferent arrangement.
The object of the game as in authors
Is to collect the proverbs into their re-
sp"ctiNe sets. the winner being he who
! mas collected the greatest number OF gets
The sets are divided into the following
| heads Anger, confession. justice. kind
neas. knowledge. truth. and SO forth.
Under these heads the proverbs are ar
ranged as, under silence. the proverbs
are: Speech is siIvern. but silence is gold
en- a word once out flies much about.
| Tongue double brings trouble and
Better slip with the foot than with the
tongue.
other games of this character are con
stantly being put before the public. bu,
contrary to the regular run Of such thing.
this seems only 10 increase the demand
1t is the most popular form OF childrens
games and one of which children are nev-
er tired.
Board games ana extreme novelties are
not Of long duration. Card games alone
remain as permanent Institutions, and in
the lead OF this class is the education
card game, which meets with no oppOSi-
ton in public prejudice.
one good thing, old games are still
popular. Authors ana the other ones Of
that sort ar" always good sellers Par
ents encourage their children in pastimc
of that sort for there is no doubt but that
they obtain an education from playing
them. ! remember when ! went up to
Union square ANA was just beginning to
study about Longfelow and some OF the
other writer's how much authors helped
me. The geographical and historical
games are equally as good and for my
part | think this variety can't be ex-
celled. m
According to the TOY dealer vino gave
the reporter his information in regard to
present-day games the craze for puzzles
like Sliced Animals and North America is
steadily on the wane and it won't be long
before this sort of game will be almost
entirely tabooed by young people who are
in search of amusement Some of the
newer varieties, though, sell fairly wei
Will be needed before long TO continue the
interest in puzzles and such Things.