The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
MANY WONDERS ARE
FOUND IN TOYLAND
laps and Russians Are Correct
Toy Soldiers
SOME TOYSARE VERY LARGE
ManIkns That Stand Up and Are Very
comic-Locomotives and Bat
tleships That VIII Ride a
Boy With Ease.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
Children nowadays. just like the grown
ups, insist on being supplied with novel
ties In the way of amusements. What
was good enough year ago does not
satisfy them today; they require some
thing fresh. Consequently, the ingenu-
ity of the toy manufacturer is continu-
ally exercised to contrive. something new
to surprise and entertain the little ones.
For the coming Christmas there is a
greater number Of novelties than usual
and not least surprising among them are
toy locomotives and battleships, made OF
sheet iron painted. which are so large
that fair-sized boy can comfortably oc-
cupy either engine or vessel as a pas
Eenger. The locomotive, which has ten
der attached to 1t. costs only s25 and the
able for the same price. These huge
playthings are velocpedes of a sort pro-
PEELED by the childs feet.
Another new thing Is a completely
equipped little stable for racehorse,
with feed box, troughs, pitchforks, wheel
barrows sitter for oats, blankets, har-
ness, and even a Jockey to ride. But the
fashions of the day are continually in
vading the nursery, and so in some Of the
toy stables of latest pattern horse and
automobile are placed side by side. There
is also the miniature garage" contain
ing several autos of different types, in
GLIDING even a motor truck for carrying
freight.
The latest thing in the line of toy mo-
tor vehicles Is an automobile that goes
forward a certain distance and then runs
backward, repeating the operation sew
eral times, by the automatic reversing Of
its mechanism. One notes, in referring
TO the outdoor sports of Playland, that
the newest sailboats for children are pat
termed after the great cup-racing yachts.
with huge sails and enormous keels
Doll That Walks and Talks.
The doll that walks and talks is new
for the coming Christmas, and may fair
ly be considered a wonder 1t goes with
out saying that dolls must follow the fash
ions closely, and 1t is not surprising to
find that this year their hair is 'bobbed,"
that is, cut off square all round, just like
the hair of many little girls at present.
Dress suit cases for dolls are now proper,
and the up-to-date little mother should
have a wardrobe as high as her own
head to keep her 'fchiidren's" dresses In.
There is a new kind of doll. quite ar
tistic In its way, which is made to repre-
sent various familiar types of people. 1t
is about foot and half high, made
of CLOTH and, being provided with unus-
ually large feet is able to stand up quite
comfortably One such manilxin is po-
liceman, another is a soldier, and SO on.
They are decidedly comic. and have the
great advantage OF being almost indie
struetible.
Dolls houses now have tiled bathrooms
with porcelain tubs. Indeed, dolly's
bath is considered of much Importance
in these times, anu the tub is commonly
provided with a towel rack. not to mem
ton a sponge and a piece of SOAP 1t
goes without saying that not every doll
will stand washing. out 1t is none the
less worth while to have the facilities for
ablution ready at hand.
In place of the old-fashioned Noah
arks small menageries filed with artis-
Ideally carved wild animals are supplied
for the instruction Of yorfg folk in
natural history. To teach tfsm geogra-
ply, they are provided with rubber balls
which are geographical globes, furnish
ing education in disguise. Balls of an
other kind, by the way, especially adapt
ed for nursery use, are filed with pow
dered cork and covereA with cloth
MIX Wagon Drawn by Horse.
milk wagon, drawn by a horse, is
filled with milk cans below and outer
tubs above. Doors at the sides open and
reveal pats of butter and pieces of
cheese. The peacock that utters a cry
az intervals when pulled along the
ground on wheels is really beautiful
bird and striking toy. Equally artistic
IS the performing bear which wags it's
head and exhibits other marks of INTEL