The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-22
SAN TA'S TOYLANO
IS A GAY PLACE
Old Fellows Mail Bag Already
Crowded With Letters
From Children.
EVERYTHING TO PLEASE.
THAT PERFORM, EELs THAT
WRIGcLE AND CATS THAT PUR
AMONG MANY NOVELTIES.

Santa Claus pack will be heavier
than ever this Christmas, for his frs
aides. the toy makers are hard at ii
turning out playthings for the young
SterB.
The jolly old fellows mail bag is
already bullying with letters from his
young constituents, unpunctuated ano
misspelled epistles, with the letters
crawling uphill, but Santa will man
age to decipher them, and indications
are that there will be no untitled stock.
lngs this 25th Of December.
Every toy shop in the city is ready
10 rush orders. It won't be the fault
of "the man behind the counter" ii
every boy and bril- in Richmond
doesn't have merry Christmas. It
won't be the fault either of the toy
makers IN Germany and France who
have sent over here shiploads of fas-
cinating toys, mechanical dollies, per-
forming bears, boats that sail on bath
tub seas and cats that really meouw.
The mechanical toys this year Will
delight the youngster who can't be
satisfied with a doll unless it says
mamma" or papa" or who hasn't
any use for the dog that can't emit
some sort of bark.
Straight from Paris have come
some wonderful creations There is a
trapeze performing lady, who needs
only the impetus of a shove start her
turning fipfaps in midair which out
do the evolutions of heroine OF the
sawdust ring. Then there are small
black bruins that wIggle their
launches and kick up their feet In a
gleeful frenzy, and a teddy bear that
has been fitted up with spiral insides
thta put him in frolicking mood and
make his heels lighter than his head
1t is really true about the cat that
says "Meouw." She purrs delightfully."-
when you pick her up, and if you rock
her gently from side to side she makes
such q realistic noise that the humane
thing seems to be to get her saucer
of milk. There is another puss that has
real fur and a snow white tom cat
The imported animals are more nu-
merous and elaborate this year than
ever. Paris has contributed bull dogs
and toy spaniels. poodles and terriers
that would draw prizes at any dog
show. The Taft elephant and, the
Bryan donkey will be favorite gifts.
and puss-in-boots, one of the newest
arrivals is sure to make tremendous
hit.
OF course, there are old toys that
can never be supplanted. No one
has been SO rash as to try to replace
the N0ah's ark or even to modify 1t,
and Noah and his wife, the animals
painted gray and brown with yellow
spots just as irresistible, tempt little
mouths as they did years ago when
the paint tasted SO good
There is an endless variety of water
toys, whales that squirt, cells that wig
gle their tails as they squirm along,
motor boats and hydroplanes and
fascinating lady in gaudy bathing
suit who Sims like life saver.
You can't begin to recount the toys
that there are for boys-drums and
flies and steam engines, clowns and
sailors, soldiers for mimic warfare
and the humpty- dumpty circus with its
unlimited possibilities for fun.
For the baby there are blocks ad in
initum and rattles, balls and rubber
toys that can't be swallowed and, of
course. picture books galore. There is
no falling Off in the demand for dolls
and the small girl of today has the
maternal instinct just as fully devel-
oped as her grandmother had. Bisuue
and china doll babies an endless var
iety of rubber and rag infants. French
dolls with elaborate toilets and the
ever popular ''celluloid" doll are here
waiting to be claimed by their prospec-
tive owners. Doll houses and furniture
trunks for the dolls wardrobe and
many accessories of dress for the dim
inutfve lady have peen provided in
unlimited variety at prices to suit the
latest and he leanest pocketbook.
The vogue Of the "celluloid baby. is
greater than ever this year-and the
reason for this is. of course, that SOAP
and water additions don't mar her
smiling countenance and that no
amount Of bathing will decrease her
chubbiness.
Domestic instincts OF the embryo
housekeeper are encouraged by tin
kitchens. dining room sets of dishes,
cooking utensils and household imple-
ments with which the busy make be-
lieve housewife lightens the burdens
o finer home-making duties.
The toy department of one ofthe big
department stores is presided over
these holidays by Mrs. Katzenjammer
the roly-poly Dutch woman of comic
supplement fame. mfr. Jigger" is an.
other prevailing genius of the do
main Of toys who can make things
German art toys are more attractive
than ever, and an innovation is the
game Of Russian jack straws which
consists of hooking up diminutive toys
of every shape and variety.
The Twflight or Lac.
The muscles of the stomach N old ac,e .r~ ~. |
as stfong or active rs In youth and ID conse
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