Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-21

Elephants III different sizes lift their
heads up ana down savagey and move
their tails.
Here is one of the cheapest sets of
furniture on record. 1t is of the colored
bamboo, 4 full set including a sofa and
Il table large enough for medium sized
dolls and it costs only % cents.
No well-regulated doH should ever un.
dertake to keep house without coffee
mill. The genuine article in an appro-
pirate size is to be found among the
kitchen furniture for little doll house
keepers.
Edison dolls, which are not new, are the
the college graduates of doll land There
are undoubtedly Fassas, Barnard, Smith
college and all the other doll young Ia
dies with Bachelor degrees. These dolls
tie Lamb" and other classics.
Among the finest dolls are those e
bisque. but one does not have to pay
$500 70 buy one which has many accom-
plishments.. A very nice doll which can
also has three faces, one which is laugh
ing. one crying, and one smiling, will
cost only $50.
Lambs are a favoritc animal for the
smaller children, and there are all sizes
of Them and they can "Baa-a-a-a" in va
riouS tones. There are more mechanical
toys than ever this year, and an increae-
ing number of animals. Dolls and ami
mails are staple articles, two things which
are always in demand,
A very charming little family is n
bantam hen and her three chickens
or TO o1a
cred with real white feathers. and so
natural it would be hard to tell them
from the fowl in n barnyard. The little
mother hen can lift her wings and caekle
to her offspring. Like the duck, she is
on Il carriage which can be rolled around.
Alice in Wonderland is outdone now
adays in an up-to-date toy shop. 1t is
not question of which animals can talk,
but which cannot. Small things in pa
pier mache in the shape of animals of all
sorts and kinds would startle the beasts
in real geological lgarden. Lions, tigers.
hears. horses, cows, dogs, cats, mules.
ducks and chickens can each speak in lis
own language and without an accent.
One may pay any price for doll
from cent to $500. Department stores
now have fully equipped toy depart
ments. and in one of them, where every
thlng IN the way OF toys Is 10 he iOUnu
they tell of doll who was sent out with
a fine trousseau. made to order. She cost
with her wardrobe just $500. That sum
does not include a house. furniture of
any kind. not even chair in which my
lady could sit.
1t is probably the increasing interest in
the study of birds which has resulted in
the beautiful specimens of the featherPd
family TO be seen this year. They are
dressed in actual feathers and are de-
lightful to behold One charming duck,
nearly as large as life. has a peacock
blue head, brilliant green tail, and rests
upon beautiful carriage, by which il
Is rolled around the floor This is really
an exquisite duck. 1t will quack in the
most natural manner.
One OF the finest things in toyland is 4
cow which would delight the man in the
old song of the Little Brown jug" The
lover of the little brown jug declared
that eff he had d COW and she gave such
milk he'd dress her in the finest silk.
This is the cow for the occasion. She Is,
in the first place beautiful animal. a
Jersey presumably. She has horns which
are the genuine article: she can move
her head. say moo and. If properly
MIXED. will give a whole milk pail Of the
lacteal fuid-that or any other kind Of
fluid that j. to be desired. II is telling z
secret 10 say that in the cows back there
is a tin-linpd reservoir. which opens NJ
the top. and after it is filed the COW cal
be MIXED as long as the contents Of the
reservoir last. Only 81 for this Dcanti-
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