The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28

cbjldren nowadays look for something
..nd.uew in tho way Of animals every
- Christmas comes around. Accord
p,y IL must be supplied. Already
lpE3y bears, aud cats and monkeys of
r;iar construction, as well as Gle
Hun,s Hn, have become 10 somo extent
~'" S,y while still highly appreciated
y. The Young folks. they lack the Gle
@,r%t - Of novelty. This element is pro.
nSJ nSJsJ for the coming Yulctidc In the
sue of animals OF fresh patterns.
sLL;ppS-and this is the important thing
VIZ nsssess voices of a new kind. There
Il for example, several different breeds
~ ,sts las one may Judge from their
wVrnearsnce). " which new loudly. But
~ does not pinch them 10 make them
~sr They cry of their own accord,
rhen dandlcd in the arms. Evidently
~ swinging movement puts the me
shns,;em inside Of the cat into operation,
Ir.s what this mechanism consists of
nj how il works. Is as vet 4 mystery.
% ,cmains for some curious yoInCster
:. ,sko one of the animals apart and find. |
W. hidden voice Something very diff. |
ss,eni il must be from tbc little bel |
i,s.s.Iikc contrivance with sort of |
%i;stle in il that is tho ordinary and |
|nng.famiiar Instrument of uttcrancc |
- dolls and in thc woolly and furry |
spatures Of the uurscry.
The newest dolls have voices Of tho
.sms kind. When one of these babies |
{ handled in The arms OF tho litir |
nothcr. il cries ''Mamma, - That is 10 |
sav ,his is supposed 10 bc what it SAWS.
ii yculifv. one must ackuow lodge. fho
srv of the doll baby and thc new of |
,he cnt are good deal alike. Imag
;r,t;on does the rest On the othor
tand il is ndeniable--though most
repl. grown-up mothers will not admit
|H-that fhe voices of live cat and
II vonpp infant are remarkably similar
|io the ear.
A One of the most Interesting points
about these new animals and doll-ba
|bies-some Of the latter, by the way.
|dsstnIctible-is that they come from
tde little town Of Giugeu on thc Brcnz.
u Germany This is the source from
which the Teddy bears and the originals
|of all tho other animals of tho kind
have emanated These creatures. so
|Fopderfully artistic and lifc-lillc that
an limitations of them on the market
afe very Inferior, were designed. every
one Of them. BIZ WOMEN. named Mar.
garci Steifr; and il is she who is the
au,bor likewise Of the new dolls and
animals with automatic voices.
From elsewhere, though likewise i'm
|poTted, come, for The approaching
|fbrismas. quecr-lookiug dolls of an
|olhT species which carry their voices
'ia Ileir heads. They represent sailors.
'1cIicemcn and other familiar types. aud
are made TO cry ont by pressing down
ibe tops OF the hats they wear Fvi.
|lprily il is some sort of bellows-lilc
device that produces the sound
Most strikingly novel j. The tov nv
Ing nlachiuc. Not an airShip. be it IN
icriood; for the dirigiblc balloon has
|lleady been familiar rs 4 plavthing- for
'pyeral seasons. 1t is he acroplauc ihat
8 in question and which makes It's first
:ppearancc this year in the nursery.
Evidently II is copied after the flying
Machine of Henri Farmau. the French
|s'ptor. and, like his apparatus. runs
'en pair Of wheels when on the ground.
'0i course. II does moi really fly. but
|enly looks rs il il might do So
. fhcnewest of the big mechanical TOYS
|s acompetc machine shop IN miniature.
y may he run by either electricity ~
fcam, whichever is preferred An or
dlnnIN ciretrc light wire viii furnish
4 AZ The power il requires. The outfit
'ei The shop comprises mlchinc.drills.
/ p'lcs. grindslonc. etc. ali Of which
resolse AT q high rate Of speed and with
anosi realistic humming noise. All Of
ials for only $50.
The American boy seems 10 he more
9!ercSied in raliroading than in any
lmng else IN the mechanical line Hence
III come. Dh.ut fl.gf 4
lhmc arc actually small electric loco.
rrphvcs, while others are run by steam.
lhe railroad tracks for nursery use are
provided with lights, scmaphores for
ngunling aud other up-to-datc de-
sIccs; and, Is the very latest touch,
,arre are train sheds with glass roofs
one toy railroad station is illuminated
y ineandescent lights when Il switch
,oucled. The signals ON the minia- !