The Saint Paul globe., 1903-12-20

URELYs the secret OF perpetual
- motion has been discovered. At
least this is theNvery first conclusion
one comes to when he enters for the
first time these days the toy depart
ment Of one Of the big stores.
For he sees miniature railway trains
whizzing ceaselessly and dizzily around
miniature tracks. He sees dignified
geese nodding in maddeningly asser-
tive way their funny, fiat heads. He
sees dolls blinking their eyes coquet-
tishly or hears them lisp papa" and
mamma" in tones that are almost hu-
man-aS the man who shows them off
invariably assures him. He watches
miniature fire patrols dash wildly off
to extfnguish imaginary fires. He
5gazes with admiration on the mincing
ssteps taken by the dancing dolls. And
sthen he recalls that this is the age of
'smotion and that toyland is merely re-
sfiecting the something doing all the
S time" feature of real land and that
Alittle boys and girls are demanding
efrom Santa Claus what their mothers
9and fathers most delight in.
i Think of a submarine boat that sinks
ginto the water and rises twenty times,
gall by means of one charge of soda
%powder. Think of a diver in WON
Sderful divers costume and head dress
4who goes to the bottom and bobs Sc
8renely to the surface when you blow
8some air into him by a rubber tube;
Aand of a Santos Dumont airShip that
ssails. by means of a thread on a tiny
Ewheel to be sure, but nevertheless is
gan alrship as good as many; of a real
@gatling gun with stairs for the tin
soldiers to go up; and of a stationary
engine with boiler to work the ma
Schinery, with a steam gauge and even
"a little lamp to fit into the furnace
when coal isn't to be had; and last and
zbest of all, think of a railroad COM
7plete with sections of track, and
switches, and signals, oil tanks round
Ahouses, and all the possible railroad
equipment, and then wonder if the boy
sof today won't get his bump of ma
Schinery, or whatever bump it is that
amounts to the same thing, abnor-
maliy developed.
Dolls That Can Talk.
And then there is a parrot in a golden
-cage that talks to you when the door
Is opened; a merry round, in which
the dolls come and take a ride and go
away again instead of having station
sary@doHs like the old-fashioned kind;
q music box shaped like q stage at
the top with a real orchestra perform
ang on the different instruments in a
way most interesting to look at as well
as to hear; blue-feathered peacock
with a beautiful tail and a beautiful
sstrut; a puss that walks in patent
leather boots; a mamma bear that
pushes her daughter around in a Rus
sian sleigh; and most wonderful of
al. doll with phonograph inside Of
sher Who can talk intelligibly with you
instead or just Squeaking papa" and
mamma"
In the autos the best is the new rae
ing machine with an extra rubber tire
taken along in case of accident and
there Is military automobile full of
sredcoats and an old-faShioned slow CO.
ing white covered camp wagon made
up TO date by having a motor attached
TO IT, That most popular animal. the
rabbit is seen riding in an auto and
also comes bobbing UP out of a cab
bage in another kind of toy in a
zmOst unexpected way.
= Military affairs are we'll represented
by little boxes of small soldiers that
are made and dressed to represent the
infantry of most of the powers. and
beautiful, If imperfect, models of the
navys boats are to be had In all sizes
up to four feet high. Although the
Puritan is seen painted on a cruiser.
In the main the small fleet is correct
and a beautiful yacht. the Hohenzol9
lern' Is fitted up with truly imperial
splendor.
Surprises in Store.
The old-fashioned little girl-if there
is one left-is apt to feel rather lost in
in the toy department of one Of the St.
Paul shops. Even the doll counter