Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19
TOYS FOR TIE BABY
M usiCal Rattles in the Form
of Dolls.
CELLULOID ANIMALS
That WILL BE ALL THE BETTER
FOR WATER.
Performing Monkeys and Bears and
Miniature Music
Boxes
ANIMALS

Battles never before have had quite so
much TO make life pleasant for them. The
youngster of "a half century ago was salts
fed with corncob doll and a rubber ring
The twentieth century baby is quite as ca
PRECIOUS about hts aniusen,ents as are his
elders.
Ra;tles are sfill the Joy and consolation
of babies everywhere, but they are of quite
different sort than the old-fashined rub
Der cases used in our grandmothers days.
Nor is his bahyship confined to one particu-
lar kind. for he variety is endless.
+ The musical rattle is doubtless the favor
ite. This toy niasquerades In a variety of
forms. one of which is a beautiful doll
dressed In bright aslors, with handle in
place of legs. When baby grasps the han
die and shakes it the music box concealed
inside plays tune, which 1t will continue
.is long the doll is kept in motion.
Another popular rattle is the Punch doll,
which also has a music box inside and
which is manipulated in the same manner.
An amusing rattle has two clowns astride
a mule each 81 whom performs all sorts of
queer antics to the time of the music, as
long as baby keeps hold of the handle
one Of the daintiess rat;les is made out of
an ordinary embroidery hoop about five
Inches in diameter. ii may De fashioned in
various ways For instance, blue and pink
baby ribbon may be used alternately for
winding the hoop. When it is covered
stretch the ribbon across the hoop in some
pretty pattern-stor, diamond or shetland
sew silver or gilt bells here and there about
the circle.
Still another rattle which pleases i'm
mensely is II 1de uut of a bisuue do,fs head
A stick is fistened securely III the head a
frill Of ribbon placed about he neck with a
row of bells, then the stick is wrapped with
ribbons. Bells are sewed TO the ribbon
knots al the erd of the stick also.
Light and Liked.
Celiuioid rattles arc liked, because they
are light, as are also the straw b.slSet, the
drum. the ivory and the chicken ones.
When baby takes his bath the task is
Hghtened for the mother or nurse and
made attractive to him by all SORTS of Ob-
teetS. He forgets his fear of the water in
watching the celluoid frogs gold fishes,
seals. mud turtles, ducks swans or lob
sters in natural colofs floating ON the
water
Sometimes, when the bath is particularly
obnoxious to the youngster. h motEer can
save much wear and tear of nervous energy
by placing a understandable ceila.o old dol
III the bath beside him, or by w nding a
mechanical fish, which Will swim about like
real one until II runs down. Then, too. a
meehanicai duck or boat MAY serve q
double purpose, and baby he none the WISER
II one is purchased witch has a thermome-
t-r attached.
A curious toy, which cannot fail TO at
tract the attention OF the baby. is the papter
plssche roly-poiy. which is light at the top
and has the weight at the bottom 1t repre-
SCENTS the figure of a woman, winch sHays
IN all directions. but never topples entirely
over.
Long before the baby begins to walk he
VIII enjoy hoopie, wound in blue and