Evening journal., 1913-12-16
TOYS CHEAP
THIS YEAR
But High SpenderS Need Not
Search in Vain for
Gifts
EVEN DIMES AND
NICKELS BUY MUCH

Toys are very cheap this year. Any
amateur Santa Claus can fili his pock-
et or her hand satchel with dimes and
nicSlesi so to the nearest Of the i've
and-ten-ccnt or department or toy
store, and get enough dolls. harps
games. woody dogs, horses. aorns,
trinkets. gewgaws. knioknacks and
baubles to delight the neart Of all but
the most sophisticated searcher af-
ter Christmas happiness.
The things that can be bought for
a quarter and under, range from jack
in-the-boN and snake-in- the-boS up to
flowers IN full bloom IN neat china
pot Toy dogs aud Tin soldiers can be
found lowly enough for such prices
and the doll field offers wide selec-
! ton.
Aristocrats of Doll World.
Changing The point of yieW and gaz-
/ ing toy landNard from Guilford, the
aristocrats OF the doll world can be
seen ln one toy store one OF the few
exclusive toy stores in ihe city. there
are dolls costing SIS and S25 Com
plete wardrobes can be purchased
with them. including a bOudOir. a doll
theatre. complete Outlitted kitchen,
bathhouse for The beach. stables for
the horses, and house with a wide
yeranda and window gardens and also
sewing machines. These cost from
about $40 TO $40. Doll dressers and
chiffoniers, morris chairs and car
riages, all big enough for the young
mistress herself, are also On view and
to be had for Sl2 or $3.50, or lntcrme-
diate prices.
Rubbing elbows with such society
folks are kewpies, rubber dolls. vest
pocket size dolls-some scantly cloth
cd and others not at all-fcr 25 cents
and thereabout. Dolls are very cheap
and very dear this year. more So than
at any other Christmas season.
bObbyhOrse covered with real
hide and With real hOrsehair Ina his
tail costs SIS, other kinds consideia-
bly, less. A pall-by-the-string horse
cost 10 cents, and more. A wooily
dog would hardly cost more than
$3.50 or less than 20 cents: that was.i
the range Of prices in more than one
store.
Automobiles And Locomotives.
For the boy With a taste for speed
there is nice automobile racer for
$50, a locomotive big enough for him
TO get in and pedal Tor about the same
price velocipedes for SIG and much
less, flexible flyers and o.her species
OF sleds. There are enough self-pro-
PEELED boats to supply the navy with
submarines. warships, revenue cut
ters, and pleasure craft costing from
90 cents to S25. A few may be had
for % cents.
monoplane costs only S4: billiard
tables from $3.50 to $3.50; a mer-
chanic's outfit for building Brook
/ lyn Bridge, OF a hoisting crane for $40
or 81. complete railroad uutfit with
] trains, locomotives, tracks, mountain
y tunnels, ana stations and block ii <
\ nal systems for a price one cares noi
TO mention. Printing pres es and cleo
trio motors range from about $3.50 IN
70 much higher figures.
Ihen comes the great unbiased d.
vision of toys those that move. as
the mice and walking man with the
wheelbarrow. the baking mule. the
steam rollers that move forward md
backward, the outdoor games. the In
door games. building blocks-but the
list seems endless until the amateur
santa Claus starts out to get a decent
filling for the Christmas Eve stocking
Then u shrinks maryelously.