The Glenwood post., 1907-12-07
New YORK Trade Palaces Are
Brighter and LiveIier Than
Ever Before
SOMETHING ABOUT TOYS

New York, Dec. 3.-Christmas is com
ing. In no nook or corner of the Chris
tian world is the great festal day more
generally and generously celebrated
than in the great American metropolis,
with its millions of inhabitants of ev-
cry race, creed and color.
Outward and visible signs of the APP
proach of the holiday season are al
ready abundant. Ships are unloading
their cargoes of Christmas trees from
the far north woods of Maine and Can
ada. Street hawkers with holiday nov
elites line the curbs. Salvation Army
lassies stand at the street corners with
the familiar tripod and kettle ready to
catch the pennies and nickels. The
churches and charity organizations are
canvassing the poorer districts to as
certain how many Christmas baskets
will be necessary to give every house
hold at least a taste of Christmas cheer.
Little Evidence of Hard Times.
The holiday trade in New York dur
ing the next three weeks will amount
to millions of dollars, notwithstanding
the reported scarcity of money. There
may not be so many diamonds and 9th
er high priced luxuries found in Christ
mas stockings this year, but the retail
trade in general is looking forward to
n prosperous season. Almost without
exception the great retail stores report
that they have laid in as large a stock
of holiday goods this year as in any
previous year. The number of shop
pers from out of town is expected to
be up to the average.
The rush of Christmas drafts to be
sent abroad has already commenced.
The bulk of these drafts 90 to England
and ireland. Servants send most of
this money. and none is apparently so
poor or ragged that he or she has not at
least the equivalent of pound sterling
to send home to the old folks.
Many New and Novel Toys.
Toys and toys and still more toys are
beginning to fill the windows of the
great stores along Sixth avenue and
Twenty third street. The season has
produced many novelties in addition to
the usual array of Noah s arks, dolls,
hobby horses, sleds and tin soldiers.
Among the most interesting of the
French novelties this year are the
swimming toys. These include eels,
fish, submarine boats and dollies in
bathing suits that go through the wa
ter in surprisingly natural and life
like manner.
Toy stores and warehouses have kept
pace with the times and have developed
into fourroomed department store,
each room being a complete store in it
self, while, crowning feature of all,
through the center runs a moving stair
way that needs only to be wound to
carry the dollies to the upper floor.
Musical mechanical toys are as much
in evidence as usual Among the mex
pensive novelties in this line are fig
ures on stands to be pulled by string.
All the time the toy is in motion the
figure dances to the tune.
Many of the most attractive novel
ties in the toy line this year are so in
expensive that families in ordinary cur
cumstances will be able to fill the chill.
dren s stockings without any great fiat
tening of their purses. For instance, in
the line of mechanical toys there are
four inch automobiles that sell for a
dime. Even at the toys at that low
price there is clock work contrivance
in the interior that needs but few
turns of key to set it going at rate
much in excess of the toy speed limit
Nor need any little girl go without
doll house this year, as there are really
pretty ones as low as twenty-five cents.
from there they range all the way up
to $50, those at this price being
equipped with running water, electric
light and all other modern convent.
ences.