Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-25
PLAYTH|NGS Of
WOOD CONTINUE
CHILDREN THIS CHRISTMAS USE
TOREFATHERS TOYS,
DESIGNS ARE PLEASING
Unbrcakaulc STUFF Is What Mnnulnc,
turrrs Of Modern Designs
Look To.

We before Ne We were IulNrfH pliArd
with toys Of tin now behold our chill
dreu playing with wooden toys all
most os crude just as unbrenlSable
ana every bic us heart winning as
those ui their graudnthers
Tive trend Of toymnMng iu the last
few years has been toward wood IN
this seasons Christmas wonderland
cyru the trains of cars, big and lttlo,
tAat used To- bc OF TIN are wooden.
Dolls are made Of wood and are joint
ed from their toes to their heads
Thclr nat-chcsted bodies clothed iu
coarso5 fabrics they sit IN wooden
carts or buggles driving wooden
horses whose only dimension seems
~ bc thuucss You can imagine them
taNng their wooden cows. milk but
ter eggs and garden truck 10 the
wooden martct at the wooden coun-
ty seat and returning home with "A
wagon lupd of wooden dolls Con-
tented toid little wooden people,
with wooden llttlc ways.
OF the wooden toys ~ 1871 mono
IA more attractive than the animals
the dlohshund the giant grtsshop-
Per. t'g duck the crow whose box
lake hold lumhcrs from side to side as
vou pull the bird along with string,
white IT'S bin falls open, shoWing a
brilliant red mouth, the orangc-hued
pelican thpt mods IT'S head rldlculously
a. lt. tno COOS ita gtrlng-led way
The beloved stuffed toy appears in
greater variety than ever For tho
most part invented by the woman who
IN her Nurruberg workshop perfected
the Teddy boar they are a Joy 10
oNery child This years modification
OF the bear makes uso Of Teddys tum.
my as muff without destroying his
personality
For the child TO whom Santa is
tired Of bringing Teddy bears there IL
duchshuud, a monkey a rabbit and
elephant and best Of all. Jemma
Puddle Duok-a matronN gossipy
looking duck wearing blue sunhou-
not ana Paisley shawl
From the stuffed toys one moves
on to the new toys OF the iudcstructt-
bic yurIcty--In point Of external per.
focuon the elite OF the rag doll world.
The newest ~ those are tho Steiff and
the Boynrlan peasant dolls.
Tho Sta,ft doll She is suftly stuff.
ed and is made with a seam from her
crown down her nose. mouth and
chln--n brthmark that dctructs not
At alt from her lovabeness She has
we'll" She VIII be loved devolsdjy IN
many a nursery
The Baynrlon peasant also belongs
IN ndcs,rucublc dolldom There are
peasant boys with bright, eyes. rudy
checks a reddish shock OF hair aud
clothes OF the farm There are also
little sirls and grown-up lady dolls,
prIm In homespun of primitive hue
or stir In Sunday silk
n Is hard to choose between the
beautiful simplicity OF the Bavarlau
peasant doll and the beautiful soph-
isUc0uon ot the Partisan. but very
likely you viii select tho peasant as
q playmate for your little maid and
put the Partisan lady In glass case
lest she trip on her hobble skirt and
fall and hurt herself
For the first time there are hnby's
dolls with baby tacos--these and tho
little boy and girl dolls with natural
child faces prc ollled character dolls
and arc great Improvement ON the
doll which has made people speak oi
some W1mvn as doI-tactd beauties
Another doll now this year is % per
frctcd American Indian. with tuely
rgt features, deep colorlng huolt hair