El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-22

Nv 1HILE toy dealers complain that
w the designers of toys have been
unable TO offer as much in
the way of novelty this year as during
some other years, toydOm is not with
out its attractive novelties for the
forthcoming Christmas. 1t is true
that there is no substitute for the Teddy
Bear, nor is there any other single toy
on the market which promises to be-
come even half as popular as it was
few years ago. There are, however,
some wonderfully ingenious mechanical
toys and many amusing little child and
animal creatures. peep into the
pack of Santa Claus reveals models or
air ships and big kites. Some of these
are so carefully designed as to serve
as models in lecture rooms where theo-
retic aeronautics is taught.
Some of the New Ideas.
A set of pingpOng players who bandy
the ball back and forth as If they were
really Intelligent beings, is TO be found
on some toy counters. \ man with a
gyroscope concealed in his stomach Is
able to give very lifelike exhibitions
of his agility. He can walk, or stand
on his head with equal facility An
other attractive toy is the auto-circus-
1t has two acrobats who do swinging
bar and trapeze stunts of the hold
dance. clowns that stand on their heads
and turn somersaults, Teddy bears that
travel on roller skates, Eskimos who
ski on long runners, pistols which re-
peat as often as Winchester rifle, and
fire departments which run to the fire
and then operate their hook and lad
ders. are among some of the newer
mechanical toys.
Among the larger toys that will in
terest the boys is an automobile sled
1t has levers running up from the two
sides of the sled with pushing rods
attached. The child raises the lever
on one side and the pushing rod sets
itself in the snow. As he pulls back
on the lever the sled goes forward,
and after a little practice he is able
to ride up hill as well as coast down.
Another toy of this kind is the coast
ing sled which has wheels instead or
runners The guiding mechanism is the
same as that on sleds with runners.
Another Of the same variety is the two
way glider. 1t is a wagon mounted on
wheels no higher than sled runners.
The axle of the front wheels has a
drum around it. The youthful owner
of the glider winds the rope as he
goes. The Marathon racer is another
new toy in the vehicle line. 1t has
three wheels. one in front, and is hung
low down so that there is no danger
of upsetting. boy may use it as a
wheel coaster, as a wagon, or as a
push-cart
Many Kinds of Noise Makers.
In the line of e-makers there is
as much variety as one usually finds
at the Christmas season. 1t may be
true that il is impossible to make a
silk purse out of a sow's ear, but it
does not follow that it is impossible
to make a whistle out of a pigs tail.
There is such a whistle on the market
today known as the squealer. and ii is
one of the most wonderful noisemak-
ing contrivances of the year. Another
toy that involves the pig is known as
"Clemencau's last gasp. 1t is fun
ny little pig whose head is blown up
and when ii co1lapses IL gives a queer
sort OF grunt that is supposed to typi-
fy the political death Of the great
French premier.
The toy made TO instill the habit of
thrift in the childish nature. such as
the little slot bank. is offered in many
varieties. One of these is the dime pis-
tol bank It shoots in. instead of out
The boy places his coin at the muzzle
md. with loud report, it passes safe
ly into the bank The billy goat bank
is another conceIt of this nature. The
child places his coin on a SturnD and