The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-13
WONDERFUL NEW TOYS.
The Extravaganza of General Pros-
ncrItN Hcnectrh In Pin ythInRs.

More novelties in toys arc on the mar
Eet this year than at any similar senson
in years The general prosperity Of the
country is reflected In the variety ana
Costumes Of these gifts. DOH houses
with electric lights, baths OF running
water electric call bells and the like, run
up TO $3.50 this year, and there are cine
autographs and mechanical music box
figures that reach three figures In price,
too
TO show the boom in the toy market IL
is only necessary TO glance at the i'm
ports during the last few nlonths. One
establishment alone brought in $4,000
worth Yet each year sees Uncle sam
less dependent upon the foreign toy max
ers. as mechanics In this country are fast
acquiring the ingenuity and defines ca
sential to clever toy manufacture. Tao
toy business OF America amounts to mil
lions OF dollars annually.
stroll through the ware rooms OF
New Yo.k manufacturer and importer OF
these novelties revealed 800 varieties OF
dolls, costing from 10 cents to $3.50. the
voea bulary Of the talking dclls has been
enriched by the adaptation of the phono-
graph to the anatomy cf the doll. Tae
prima donna doll Of today can sing in a
marvellous way. The old familiar Papa :
Mamma" squeaklng doll 10 rude BACK
number nowadays.
PEI haps the newest thing In doll access
sories IL tho dolls dresser. This is blilt
OF white enameled wood, and has q silken
canopy top and beyeled mirrcr, All the
toilet articles on mothers bureau or chif-
fonier are here found in miniature
brush, comb. buttonhook, atomizer, shoe
horn. bonnet brush and powder pun. The
drawers are plush lined for the reception
of tiny 1cweby and dainty knickknacks.
The drapories are OF SILK. lace edged, and
altogether dolly has all the comforts Of
home.
polly herself this year is a Joy forever.
No such thing OF beauty was ever seen.
From her laodisb bonnet to her patent
leather shoes she Is faithful reproduce
tion OF the fashionable woman OF the
hour. Her pink automobile COAT is Of real
panne velvet Her frock is as strlc iy
ID to date. Her lingerie ~ a bewi.der-
+ ing cream OF huffness. Dozens Of clever
/ seamstresses work all the early autumn
days reproducing models CT the latest
! fashions In dresses, coats and hats,
I In passing II is worth while to say that
toy automobiles for the accommodate n
OF little Miss Flora McFlimsey are ready
4 for delivery, and Louis XIV gold and
/ tapestry covered chairs are also TO be had
~ ones purse is Dlothofic enough 70 stand
I the demand
For. the Young masculine mind there
are horizontal engines and upright ones
cf one-sixteenta to one eighth horse
power, perfect in every detail. Some OF
these one sixteenth horse power engines
we're shown at the Paris exposition this
year as paper weights.
4 In the animal line crouching lions,
rampant tigers, Pomeranian dogs. e.e-
plants woolly sheep and moolley cows
are shcwn with great fidelity 10 nature.
Their skins are for the most part real
FIR or skin. aud all have what the tey-
{ nan calls natural voices" These anil
mails cost from 81 10 s22.50.
Other dogs. pigs end big dolls blow
sozp bubbles automatically, and dip Up
1.-The water and blow bubbles that enyeiop
the dancing figure Of clown or sil-
dier. making toy within a toy, az u
we're All the soap bubble toys find