The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-06
TO Be U. S, XMAS
No ''Made in Germany" Toys on
Sale This Year.
Everything American Made ana
of Better Quality.
WAR TOYS PREDOMINANT
Merchants Already Report a
Brisk Early Business.
Only One Car of Trees Here
Better Buy Now.

Topeka's first war Christmas sln me
'the days of 81" will be an an
American one, it was asserted TO-DAY
by firms handling holiday gooos'
Presents given mother, Iatn uls;I; sII he
brother and "just friends Will an De
made in America The same tokens
win he Dlaced on Christmas trees
grown in the forests OF horlH ~.
states or Canada Therell ne no M
Dorted TOYS: there's nothing on SAFE
todav in Topeka stores with made in
Germany stamped upon 1t. but
therel be toys, forests, wildernesses
and oceans of them, but they DC
made in the good old u 5. a.. Ihose
already on sale here are OF petter
materials and workmanship and are
more practical than those that USED
to come from the kaiser's domain
merchants say.
TAKE. for instance, the dolls on sale
this year. They are made from amer
lean materials, by sklIleo amer I 80
workmen, who possess the usual
American efficiency. Lots ana lots
of them are unbreakable ana YET
they have all the delicacy and beauty
of those that used to come across the
water, and those from Germany were
very delicate in construction htIie
tap on the head and they were worth
less. Then there are construction
TOYS. practical and educatiVe, IN heu
Of the gilded trinkets heretofore on
sale.
this Christmas. however. will be the
fact that the martial spirit of young
America in all his enthusiasm VIII pc
satisfied in the array and supply OF
war" toys. There are guns, toy ones
OF course, but they shoot, battleshlps,
airships, pistols, cannon and one store
even exhibits a toy trench with
barbcd-wire entanglements, defended
by toy soldiers
Toys. this year, are going to be
bit higher in price than in former
years. The merchants say its be
cause of the better material and work
manship. To great extent this rea-
son is probably valid one. However,
81 lie firms may sell the cheaper toys
at a higher price, Just because they
can The merchant. however. who
grabs excess profits this Christmas is
not a good American. but it is too true
that he can be found in most every
city and his name is Mr.. Profit Hogg.
CaI "a Trees Here.
The first and only car of Christmas
trees that will be put on sale thru the
wholesale houses hore this Christmas
was received today by THE Copes.
The car contains hundreds of trees.
Frank Cope said today that purchases
should be made early by those desir-
ing r1e@ trees to- insure getting them.
Cope will distribute the greens thru
the local retailS firms. Wholesale /
men, when it was time to order, SHE'D
at bringing in the trees and now Cope
is lamenting the fact that he didn't
get more. Truly, the shadow of war
isn't going to affect the Yuletide mer-
riment The Christmas business re
ported by merchants already is indi-
cative of that.
The supply of holly. smilax. mag
noIa and mistletoe will be normal,
according TO Cope. Prices will also be-
about normal There will be enough
mistletoe to insure kisses for every
gill in town." said Cope IF she
doesn't get her share, it'll be her own
fault