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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-23

mechanical toys woolly dogs with
carmine tongues; sheep bland and
white; fuzzy kittens with pop eyes;
all on little four-wheel stands and
drawn by strings. are somewhat rele-
gated to the wall. Their place has
been taken by animals larger than the
children themselves and made realistic
in all the ways that human ingenuity
could devise.
Toys Bigger Than Youngsters
If little Willie punches gentle-look-
ing old family cow in the stomach
which, by the way, is covered with real
hide-she will give forth a protesting
pulls goats beard, and baa-a-a-a
tremolo makes her scream with de-
light The sides OF this goat are not
of painted wood. A real animal has
contributed its skin. and it's strength
and durability are due to the iron (not
tin cans) inside. A fat, inofrensive. pig
has it's snout wrinkled. and squeals
with alarm. Willie yanks a naughty
ROSTERS tail. and the proud bird crows
as Justify as though he were really
the lord and master of a fine barnyard.
Sister stands on a chair and raises up
the trunk of an elephant three times
her size. and the bulky quadruped re-
spends by trumpeting. But, best of
all, little Willie and sister love to dig
their fists into the ribs of a huge.
shaggy bear and hear him growl with
all the ferocity in which children revel.
feeling of .creeps" up and down their
straight little spines and see things in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-23
Steam Engine for $3.50

IL the young hspeful is OF a me-
chanical turn of mind he can be salts
fed. perhaps. with steam engine that
works on the same principle as three
horsepower engine. The parent can
part with $3.50 for this, or make his
small son content with a steam engine
Of high speed, with brass boiler. wills
tie. water gauge and safety valve, for
the more reasonable sum of ST. For
$3.50 son can have a horizontal engine
with turbine wheel attachment power
sul enough to run small machinery In
srief, the principle of the world of
Nakebelieve is very much like unto
the world of Grownups-you can get
almost anything you want IL you have
the price.
And little sister. She need no longer
dread her music lessons nor dreary
hours of practice on mothers big
piano. where she sits on a high stool
with her little legs dangling helplessly
far from the friendly floor There are
pianos made now for little women that
make real music. and the child must
clan at play unconsciously cultivates
its ears and fingers. The keys are
properly spaced. corresponding to the
keys on a full-sized pianoforte. and
each key strikes a true. accurate mu-
steal note. The piano is tuned to per-
feet concert pitch. educating little sis
ter's ear 10 the true values OF musical
notes and their combinations
Perhaps il there is one thing a child
loves to do more than anything else, IL
is to dress up" This taste has been
catered to also. Costumes of all ma
tions are made for the boy He may be
a real live Indian in buckskin and war
feathers and pretend to live in a tcpcs.
he may. il he wishes. get into the
menacing uniform Of a German officer
with all it's trappings OF war. or trans
form himself into slim-waisted Aus
trian hussar. And while he is amusing
himself and at the same time learning
the mechanism Of toy-guns. toy-cannon
and military equipments. the girl Is
following out the instinct OF her sex
Upon a little stove she cooks most
remarkable concoctions. Yes. cooks,
For the stove has a gas attachment, or
mayce the budding housewife uses al
cohol The number of cooking utensils
in her miniature kitchen would make
French chefs domain look like a
camping outfit. Egg heaters that could
whisk up a canary birds egg, potato
Washers that could cream small
mouthful of that substantial vegetables:
cake tins fer fairy cakes; mOlds OF
every conceivable geometrical design
and II. like mother. she wants some
thing in hurry from the grocers. she
lifts down the receiver from the tele-
phone on the wall <nd puts her rosy
lips to it's tiny mouthpieee.
What will there be left for modern
children to learn when they grow up,
The land of Realism will be but mag
nihed land of Makebelievs
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-23
The World in Miniature

Nhat strikes one most is the real
ism OF the toys OF today. The boy and
the girl both want articles to play
with that are used by the grown-ups.
Children OF wealthy parents are no
longer content with simple amuse-
ments. Their playthings must not be
imitation; they must be real Even the
world of science is invaded. Paris and
Nuremberg exported this year toys Of
wireless telegraphy, electrostatic ma
chimes, electric tramways, automobiles
driven by alcohol or electricity, cleo
trio torpedo-boats that plunge and come
TO the surface again. cinematographs
(the magic lantern is old-fashioned),
and chromatropes that present colored
moving pictures. One wonders what
the child will have to learn when he
grows up. Why send him to school?
II he can understand these toys. which
are exact reproductions of those in the
grown-up world. he will, unconscious
~, have acquired as much knowledge
by amusing himself as he would in
many months OF tedious schooling
Take the boy who is interested in
railroad trains, for example. and what
boy is not, from the moment he is able
TO sit alone. and tries to think of in
sorting his chubby, little fist into his
wee rosebud mouth while he cries for
the "cho-choo car Fathers purse
starts on it's first downward course
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-23

when he buys little Willie a train OF
cars. But, like the expenditures that
accompany the purchasing of an auto
mobile, that is the smallest part of
the investment. What good is a train
without a track?" his young hopeful
scornfully inquiries. The track is
bought comes to pieees-so the
length of it depends upon what his in
dulgent parent or Santa Claus sees fit
to give him. Ever see track with
out a switch?" srgumenta1tvely asks
Willie. Father must admit he never
did, so, from among many different
kinds, a switch is selected Then think
crossing, and who ever heard of a rail-
road crossing without a whistle? BY
this time father holds up his hands, or
rather digs them down deep in his
pockets, and adds a complete block sys-
tenn of semapheres, direction table,
tunnel, drawbridge, gate signal, and
a signal station that works mechanic
ally, with a little man sitting up in a
tower who gives signals and switches
trains The final touch of realism is
added by a depot, where miniature fig
ures wait on tiny benches in front Of
little houses for the train to pass by.
The Thousand Accessories
Fathers purse doesn't fare much bet
ter when he tries to satisfy little sis
ter's demands. He begins with doll,
naturally, but where he ends up-weIl.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-23
By Elizabeth Haight Strong

HE nice. clean chimneys OF San
Francisco should certainly put
Santa Claus IN n good humor this
Christmas. for he will need every
inch OF their sooty interiors II he at
tempts TO distribute one-half OF the
toys that the stores are exhibiting.
And from the size OF the crowds that
throng Toyiand. it's going to be a tight
squeeze for that round, jovial person
anyway. Just because there are some
dirty bricks ana mussed-up buildings
in town the children are not going
without celebrating the best OF all the
holidays. It's going to be literally for
the children OF San Francisco "A Merry
Christmas" The stores have seen to
that. As early as last March they sent
their different representatives to New
everything that can interest or smuse
a child. The result f. bewildering
These orders were all placed before
the great disaster. Perhaps II they had
waited they would not have bought so
heavily, but then they would have re-
year are spending more money than
ever before. and It isn't all for articles
that could be strictly termed practical
The typical San Franciscan is a pleas
ure-loving individual and delights in
parting with a large fraction of his
earnings for pure, solid joy. And the
toy departments could wheedle money
scrooge himself would not be proof
against such tempting aids to happi-
ness and fun.
IL doesn't take a fortune, either. TO
invest, although if you have one that
bothers you you can easily rid yourself
OF il here. There are playthings for
the child OF the reinforced concrete
millionaire. as well as for the young
ster Of the refugee. Old Santa viii be
able TO scramble down the tubelike
chimney OF the little green cottage in
Jefferson Square as well as the terra
Gotta lined one on Pacific avenue.
Men learned in the trade Of toys say
that outside Of games, articles of sport
and those manufactured from iron, the
United States make very few. Three
million dollars worth are Imported
from Germany alone. The rest come
from France. Hungary and Japan. In
recent years France has lost little
Of her supremacy in the toy market.
She can no longer complete with Ger
many in homely playthings-the trifies
that are sold for song, but the finer
toys still have their origin there. al
though the competition is very strong
Almost all the animals and figures in
rubber come from Hungary, and also
the wonderful pspier-mache toys. orig
inally invented by an old musician to
amuse his grandchildren. They have
proved profitable. like many other
things done for sentiment alone. Japan
contributes toys Of paper, bamboo and
ivory. and the queer little dolls, so
ridiculously like themselves. with their
shining, enameled faces and black tufts
of hair
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-23

to what can be done with these fas-
chatting and absurd images The fig
ures are so absolutely constructed that
with little training of eye and hand
tricks at balancing can be done that
would make the celebrated Barnum's
performances look as easy as sliding
down the balusters or playing leap
frog. Philadelphia is the home OF this
game.
There are also exact reproductions Of
a theater, with shifting scenes that
work by weights. and with tiny night
lights in font for footIights. Books
of plays come with them. and all the
characters that go to make up a per-
Torrance. Upon this minnie stage the
child can make Sir Raou1 de Goldmine
WOO the fair, proud Princess Geraldine,
or hold private conferences with Gin
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-23

derella as she sits by the IRE afcns.
crying because her stepsisters have
gone to the ball
Noah's arks are still popular, but
they are not the Noah's arks OF years
gone BY They no longer have q for
elgn. unfamiliar look. This Is because
the little make-believe people who live
with heterogeneous collection Of ant
mails in the gaudy peaked house are
modelled. not after the peasants OF
Germany, but after the people the
child sees around him every day. This
is an Improvement that America has
suggested to Germany, and which the
piodding, painstaking people Of that
country have successfully carried cut
Still. there's many an alumnus Of toy
land who signs for the pink house OF
Odorous pine with It's crude1y carved
animals and strange little people.
And the tops? There are no plain
tops these days. content with mere
spinning. In fact. it's hard to locate
them at first, and when you're offered
basket of fruit. when YOU ask for
tops. you feel righteous Indignation
But little Willie. VINO. if he were not
so absorbed with what we consider our
superior wisdom. would be found to be
wise. little person, selects a luscious
pear that with magical swiftness turns
into a top. A peach an apple. an
orange and other fruits are then sent
spinning whirling round and round
until their bright colors become blurred
and indistinct to any eyes but the
bright untired ones of a child
Coasters there are in plenty. OF
course. but this Christmas little Willie
wants an automobile. In this case IL
father is persuaded to buy him one he
is patronizing home industry. for this
is line of toys in which the United
States excelS These autos are pat
terms of the big machines, with brass
radiators. metal coolers. ball bearings.
hinged seats and truly license tag TO
swing in back
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
ToMoRRoW's CALENDAR

-Four per cent interest on your saw.
ings If deposited with the State Insti-
tuition for Savings, SIT First avenue 8.
The Journal automobile tours, Sec
Ing Minneapolis two-hour ride
leave The Journal Office at $3.50 am,
l:8O pm. 4 pm. and 7:30 pm.
The Johnson oh Undertaking Co; are =
Main $3.50, T.. G. $3.50. Residence zoos
Cd av 8. 4 Tel. N. w. Main 143-J. ~
Interest allowed on deposits. The
Minnesota Loan and Trust Company,
3l3 Nicollet avenue. Capital and sur
plus, 100000. H. a.. A.. @.~
Sixty jobbers and manufacturers OF
St. Paul left that city last evening in
special train over the 500 road for
trip thru North Dakota. They will pc
absent a week visiting various points
and calling on their North Dakota
customers. III t...,- -. I'LL
/. The store of M. Dudovitz, tailor, 1872
Wabasha street, St., Paul, was entered
by burglars early Sunday morning and
twenty suits and bolts Of cloth taken.
Entrance was effected by breaking the
lock and crossbar of rear door to the
store. -'s, H. &c.,. zs
August johnson is under arrest at
the Central police station, charged with
the theft Of valuable meerschaum
pipe from a Nicouet avenue tobacco
MIST and a quantity Of jewelry from a
Washington avenue pawnshop. He de"
MES the charge. 49, -.
Leo Engelsby, Eau Claire, Wis, fell
from the back platform of Lake Har-
| riet car at Hennepin avenue and TWen'
| ty-seventh street, Sunday. afternoon
| and was taken to the city hospital IN
| conscious. He recovered quickly upon
| receiving medical attendance and LETT
the hospital last evening.
| s. S. Peterson and wife, Mrs. W. W
Ross and s. S. Peterson, all Of Prince
ton, Mimi, came down from Princeton
in an automobile yesterday and spent
the night in Minneapolis. Today they
| left for tour of the southern part o.
thestate They expect to return K
Minneapolis in time for the G.. A. R
encampment.
H, G.. Seixas, formerly New Yorl
salesman, but lately residing on Mar
shall avenue, St. Paul, was found in
room in the Kendall hotel, st. Paul
Sunday morning in serious condition
as the result Of leaking gas in hi
room. He was taken to, the city, hos
pital, where it is thought he will re
| cover, =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
BROKEN BONES RESULT
FROM SAVAGE ATTACKS

Ernest Buchanan and Ed Toggle,
colored, l47 Eighth street, st. Paul,
fought battle at their residence sun,
with an ak foggle with a knife. ),
The trouble started over Buchanan 3
getting into the wrong room. Buchanan
received deep wound II the cnest,
was slashed and broken.
Toggle, who attacked Buchanan
while the latter was unarmed, received
some bad blows on the shoulders from
The AK which Buchanan later procured,
but as Toggle escaped, the extent Of
his injuries is unknown.
Another fracas in st. Paul resulted IN
two Of W. St. Peters ribs being
broken by 9 blow from neckyoke il
the hands Of Robert Henderson, colored.
The combat took place in barn s Ct 57s
Formerly worked. He attacked st.
Peter when the latter ordered him out
Of the barn. 49,,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
WILL
FLY MANY FLAGS
CITY AND COUNTY OFFICERS
WILL DECORATE.
County Attorney VIII Make His Office
q Bower Of Banners. and County An
ditor, City Clerk and Others Will
Keep Open House for Visitors to En-
camnnant

The Offices in the courthouse and
citv hall building will be decorated as
never before for Grand Army Encamp.
ment week. Practically every Office III
the building will be decorated In honor
Of the visitors, and open house will be
kept by the city and county officials
during the entire week. Gags, bunt.
ing, HWelcone" signs and boxes q
itors Of the city who inspect the mu-
nicipal building will say that it Is the
County Attorney al j. Smith was one
Of the first to lay plans for the deco
ration Of his office and for the enter
tainment Of visitors. He plans to have
the legal offices Of the county bower
Of flags and national colors, and the
q reception committee. fine en-
( larqed photograph Of Colonel Colyille
Of the Old First Minnesota has been
secured and will be Of special interest
to Minnesota veterans. The enlarge
ment is taken from a. small kodac snap.
shot taken the day before the colonel
Of the gallant first heard his last taps
at the soldiers home on the eye o.
sofa regiment.
Others Are In Line.
Other officials on both sides Of the
building have similar plans. County
Auditor Hugh r. Scott Is q Philippine
veteran and former, member OF tn
Thirteenth Minnesota. The auditor
office viii be appropriately decorated il
honor of the encampment and the Wis
itors will be Welcomed.
| The archives Of the city clerk con
tain $50 large American flags that ar
used at polling places IN the Sly 2.
uted about the building and win form
effective decorations. -,
i The entertainment committee and tn
committee on decorations will assist i
the work. The magnificent city an
county building viii be IN gaia az att II
campment. Effective electric, display
!, are planned for the evenings Of encamr
J ment week and the building will b
open night and day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30

But two weeks remain before the
G.. A. r. encampment, and the Journal
cadets should improve every opportu-
nifty to attend drills. Tomorrow night,
after the second battalion drill, an off,
GERS school will be held which should
be attended by tevery officer Of the
The East Side cadets should under
stand that the special drills at Holy
Trinity church are held in the hall con-
nected with the church on Fourth ave.
nue., between University avenue and
Fourth street Sc. It is planned that
the practice march to Cedar lake next
Saturday is to include program OF
sports, announcement Of which will be
be made in few days. :,
Tonight there are to be two baseball
games at the Parade. STATS vs.. Com
pany I and Company @ VS.. Company D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
STABBED IN MELEE
AT JORDAN PICNIC

Emil jacobson, 1880 Third street N,
was stabbed in a. general melee at
Jordan, Sunday afternoon, and was
brought to the city last night. His in
juries are not serious. ".
In company with some friends Jacob
son attended a picnic at Jordan and
the festivities ended in general fight.
son received his injuries, but neither
he nor his friends can give an intelli-
gible account of the assault and no
arrests have been made.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
Liberal, Valuable franchises.

Such a statistical showing as this
would be attractive, but the report
points out additional advantages Of
Twin City stock as an Investment in
the privileges enjoyed in both cities,
the favorable franchises held and the
absence Of competition. En- introduce
ton the report says: 49,.
''The system is operated under iran
chises unusually liberal and valuable in
sive and perpetual. The st. Paul char
ter is perpetual by it's terms. The grant
is not exclusive in terms, but gives the
right to use all streets in the city OF
st. Paul and to lay tracks In the CEN
ter, which practically excludes all
other companies, as the streets Of that
city are quite narrow. The Mime.
.apolis company was chartered in 1873
for fifty years, with perpetual rights
the street railway ordinances give the
company the exclusive right, during
the term Of it's charter, to construct and
operate street railways in the streets OF
Minneapolis Aside from the exclusive
features Of the companay's franchises,
it's lines occupy the principal streets ID
each city in such a manner as praetl-
extend in all directions out Of each city
| to all the nearby suburban cities and
| resorts.
F1ve-Cent RFare Irrevocable.
| ttThese franchises and ordinances
have been approved by the state legis
t and Shsd * as s eGnta WITT
fares irreyocably fixed at 5 cents II
each city. =
F1ve-Oent Fare Irrevocable.
! = g. 49, 80 ts- =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
HIS NAP AND NEW
FRIENDSHIP COSTLY

While sleeping on the river bank
near Fort Smelling, Sunday afternoon.
E. A. Arnodt, Freelow, Iowa, was
robbed Of eight IS bills, woman 3
gold watch and a small amount Of sill
yer coin. ::
Arnold went to the fort with an &C
quaintance Of few hours, whom he
met on Bridge square. They decid ed to
take a short nap and when Arnold
woke up both his new-found friend and
his vaIuables had disappeared. The
police have an accurate description Of
The thief. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
BURGLARS REMOVE SCREEN
Residence Of Weed Munro Is Visited by
Z Night Providers. '-. ..j>

Burglary was attempted last night
at the home of Weed Munro, 1908 West
Twenty fifth street, but the thieves
were evidently frightened away before
they could effect an entrance. When
the family arose today it was discov'
cred that some Of the strips to the
screen door had been removed in the
night and the wire res screen partly pulled
the house and it is not believed that
anyone got in, altho an attempt was
plainly made. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30

Il s10-Isle Royal and Return-$10
On the steamers "Eastono and $500
city, sailing from Duluth Sundays
and Thursdays at 10 pm. See M. G. =.
wav at No. 10 Nicollet House block
have him reserve your Stater0om berths
Far YOU. Ticket includes meals and berth
IN Che steamers. This is beautiful
water trip, and cheaper than staying at
home.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
FATALLY INJURED BY
FALL UNDER WHEELS

While running 10 reach a switch. at
Twenty.second avenue n and the river
early Sunday morning, D.. J. Murphy,
q Northern Pacific switchman, 1908
Clinton avenue. fell under the wheels
Of q passing train and received in
iuries from which he died several hours
later. His skull was fractured IN sew
eral places and his entire scalp was
torn off.
The injured man was hurried to the
city hospital In the police patrol wagon
and altho he received quick medical at
tendance he died at noon. He was 40
years old and leaves q family:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
TWINS v! LIVELY, SAY
SlREEICAR DATA
EASTERN BROKERS ISSUE sIGNH.
IuANT I. q. r. 7. REPORT.
COMPARISONS Covering Series Of Years
Show q Steady Gain in Earnings,
with Heavy Proportionate Reduction
in Operating Expense Company En-
Joys Monopoly with 30 Fare Irrev-
ocable.

On the generally accepted theory that
street railway statistics are the most
accurate indication Of a city g condi-
tion, Minneapolis is about the most pro-
gressive and prosperous municipality on
the continent. It has not always been
an easy task for the ordinary laYman
to analyze the annual reports Of the
Twin City Rapid Transit company with
regard to points Of special significance
in city development, and consequently
peculiar interest attaches to q report on
the company made by the statistical
department. Of William A. Read & Co.,
bankers and brokers, Of New York.
This report covers the condition OF the
company up to Oct. i, 1905, and con-
tains statistics SO arranged and simpi1-
fed that their significance can readily,
be appreciated. Thus comparison OF
conditions ten years ago with those OF
the calendar year Immediately preced-
ing the report is made as follows:
"The system has now been increased
to 325 miles. This work Of reconstruc--
ton, improvement and equipment and
Of extension, has resulted in gross and
net revenues each being more than
doubled, with a decrease in bonds and
stock per mile, so that interest charges
are now less than one sixth OF gross re.
ceipts, against 80 per cent in 1896. The
changes in capitalization, and per mile
are summarized below: