The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-25
TOYS WHICH ALMOST
ENTICE old FOLKS
6ewiIdering Display of Play
things Fill the Holiday
Shelves. IS
n
DOLLS WALK AND TALK
Mechanical Devices Which Will Fill
the Youngsters Hearts With
Glee-Physical Culture
Not Forgot.

If you haven't a small boy or girl of
your OWL, borrow one from the neigh
Dor and take him the rounds of the toy
shops.
1t Is perfectly legitimate to borrow
an excuse for going to the circus-'just
to show him the animals, you know
and 1t ought to be just as good form to
use the same excuse for seeing the
toys.
If o can negotiate the loan of the
small person. thet. go without any ex-
cuSe. But go.
Go at any time; forenoon, afternoon or
evening. Perhaps the toy dealers will
not appreciate advertising hat invites
curiosity seekers to overcrowd space
already crowded; but if they realize the
fetching quality of their own displays.
they will not object. Anybody who can
make the rounds of this years toy de-
partment and resist the temptation to
buy something will be the exception.
Christmas is several days Off, but tie
best things are being rapidly culled out.
The crush of ecstatic small people, un-
der convoy of large people only less &C.
static, is worth u few twinges of ones
corns.
1t is all so wonderful to the little chap
who never saw 1T before. He beams
with delight; he dances; he can't pos
sibly decide Which way to turn next.
finally he bubbles over into words, adj
juring his convoy to take note of the
wonders that surround him.
The Youngsters Idea of Heaven.
It's easy enough to see that a whole
sale toy establishment would come
much nearer to filling the youngsters
ideal of heaven than any establishment
with pearly gates and golden streets.
What the 6-year-old wants is not wings
of his own, but a tin man hat can walk
n tight-rope, II a steam engine with
a real explosion concealed in it's mech
anism.
The toys of today would have been
considered miracles twenty years ago.
A wooden jumping jack who kicked up
his heels when you pulled the string, or
a tin monkey hat climbed up a stick
by a string on another stick fastened
to Its wooden anatomy, has filled many
a childish heart with gladness when the
toys ,peeped outtof a Noeking Christ
mas morning.
In other days the.youtbful -enthusi-
asst who had q itinHNagorp TIL at he could
pull over the floor or a train of cars
that looked enough like the real thing
so that a careful observer could tell
what 1t was intended to represent, was
happy. If he got a Swiss carved horse.
COW or sheep, he was IN the seventh
heaven. Then some genius made a
glowed.
1T looks so natural and life-like,"
said the fond ANN as she gazed
with wonder at the woolly wonder.
Evolution of the Doll.
And the dolls that pleased the lassie
in those days! With their immoblle
faces and streaked countenances, their
joints as stiff as youn W when the
rheumatism comes on, they were far
from being things of beauty. But they
pleased the little girls then; and later,
when the French doll, with real hair.
and eyes that opened and shut, made
her appearance, the little women were
almost crazed with gratitude to Santa
Claus. - ~
In dolls. as much as in every other line
great changes. have taken PLACE. Now
adays they have real joints, real eye
lashes, n eyes and mouth that will
onen and shut: and some of them can
aaetually walk and say papa and
Local dealers say the 4 e n for
history of toydom. Already the doll
shelves nave been stripped of their.
fairest tots and only a few of the best
Rewilderins Mechanical Toys.
But it is when the observer is intro
duced to the mechanical toys that he
loses his head and gazes in open-eyed
wonder. He finds everything-that is,
almost everything--toys that run by
electricity, by steam, by clock work and
by friction. Steam engines that range
in price from 81 to $50, and electrical
dynamos that can be, has. fQr, about the
sans price, and movRtgto4s,f be run
by those same qSefuI ar ticlss.2
America leads in ELECTRICAL toys.
France supplies many novelties, such
as dancers. singers, birds that wash and.
plume themselves, musicians, clowns
and washerwometl From Germ3.1w,
particularly N~uremburg, come mole
useful toys. such as woodworking ma
chine shops, buzz saws, planes ond
hammers, too lchests and carved wood.
engines, etc.
One automatic toy that will make a
hit with the boy is a fire engine slouse.
This is a Swindup" affair in which d
bell rings n the horses prance out
with the engine. Windup toys are al
most nnun1erable. There is the clown.
who walks on his hands and another
who sits on floor. and pushes himself
all v e the room In an invalid chair.
AWoolly, fluffy. essrly dog pushes a cot
ton ball over h floor. a.. Dahomeyi
lady dances the hootchte cootchie. The,
bear does a clever dance stunt. Aero
bats go through contortIons exactly K
their human prototypess and d musical.
Ethiopian plays marvellous his
banjo.
Submarine Boats, Too.
Carts and fire engines ana sautois,o4
bileS and street cars and locomotives
n airshtpg and submarine boatsara
to be had. The toys with notige power
seem to be in possession OF fhe Held
And the advocates OF flysfeai aiIi4
ture certainly ought To be satisfiadsflI5e
year, Never was there such saade1llAnds
for Indian clubs punching bags, dnfnnB
bells, boxing gloves zen pins; fooI4s
balls, miniature bowling alleys and baE
bells.
Uniforms OF All <inds.
And there are uniforms to match tE6
articles, everything from p~olfeen1aafaasssS::
uniform to h Khaki oea roughsriaers
The lassie inclined 10 be honaelffke
and domestic can alsosbe Satisfied.
cook stoEe4cf cast f1iat bold
asEeai fire; Waahing uaachinessswringS$
ers tables. wash pans AN footing
dishes galore stoekthe ~dinifnufiTei
Kitchen Then sherg j &e-garyEHrSidiA
Of furnishing for heparlorssLem ptaano|
TO book case, chairs, Dayenportsand
dressers IN endless profusion.sMsSss#@
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