The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-07
BEwILDERING VARIETY
OF TOYS In 1908 CHRIST.
MAS STOCK
DOLLS OF EVERY KIND
But Gibson Conception is
the Ruling FaVOrite.

The queen Of toyland this year is the
Gibson doll, and at the other end Of
what seems to be an almost unending
procession Of everything In toys is that
said old monkey that climbs up the
string and then runs down for no
other reason in the world than to be
ready to run - again.
Guthrie shops that cater to the
juvenile set are stocked with every
possible toy that childish imagination
can compare and everything that child
ish wishes desire. There are musical
devices, mechanical inBentions which
do everything but breathe; dolls that
are all the way from two inches to
four feet tall; dolls so pretty that they
need no dresses: pretty little trinkets
from Japan and ten thousand toys
from Germany.
Dolls, of course. have a long lead as
favorites with the 1905 Santa Claus.
The little curly headed misses are be-
ing stored by the hundred. labeled and
wrapped in tissue paper, to prevent
the black SCOT from soiling their dainty
dresses when Santa takes them for
little journey down the chimney the
night before Christmas, when all
through the house, not creature is
stirring, not even mouse The Glib
son doll has a perfect likeness, a.
wealth of blonde hair and pose very
like to the type created by the pen of
that famous artist. who so heartlessly
assures us that the girl we have so
long admired and adored, exists only
in the depths Of his fertile mind--that
there is no real Gibson girl living and
Frightening the world by her presence.
Then there is the dolly. that says
mamma" plaintively and with a wee
voice whenever it is held erect and
~squeezed7
This years dolls are made OF every
ttag and, Judging from ths number,
everything must have been converted
into dolls.
Some are bisue, some are china and
the little fellows are made of rubber
There are do,is Of clota, dolls with in.
destructihie heads and tne dolls made
OF celluloid that can be bathed aand
be tken from the water looking none
the worse; in fact. the lasting quail
ties OF the ceiiuloid doll is doubled by
daily aquatic sotourn.
Looping the loop and the gap are
done on more elaborate toy scale
this season than ever before
Foxy Grandpa and the man who
4 walks On stills of course are shown
and are good for many childish
laugh. Jack-in-the-Box is not shown
this year at all In his place is Jap
in-the-Box." who bobs up serenely the
instant pressure on the outside of the
lid is removed
When old Santa leaves his faraway
home in the Northland and starts out
distributing gifts, his sleigh will be
loaded with miniature ruuabouts, tour.
. ing cars. and elongated French raciSe
machines. represented with or without
, chauffeurs For the boy who aspires
for higher things there win be the toy
, airship that viii sail serenely aacross
, the room IN true Santos Dumoni
style
/ Locomotives and coaches ans csss Of
D all kinds are to be had Some viii
! travel on the floor and for others there
has been provided circular tracks with
. interlocking switches Some OF the
e engines have steam power and nj the
y less expensive ones the motive force
Is furnished by a coiled spring. whicl
I when released sets the engine in mo
q tion.
I. In the music line there Is a confus
a ion OF footing horns, chimes, miniature
b pianos and the music box
e For the child who wants 10 be hi
8 own central" there are the roy tele
4 phones that viii say hello" and what
!. ever else lis owner desires
s The entertaining Buster Brown wa
It not forgotten when the observan
9. Santa sent in his designs for 1906
le The student Of the comic page ca
make a Buster Brown picture Of hi
q. own by using the cleverly contriye
Is rubber stamp and the pad oontainin
the colored inks.