The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
FINEST Of TOYS
AMERICANMADE
SHOWN IN STORES
Santa Claus Aids Uncle Sam
in War Sense by Construct
ing Novelties Of a Martial
Character.
GUNS, BOATS, CANNON
AND SOLDIERS OFFERED
Every Sort of Mechanical De-
vice to Delight Heart of
YoungSter May Be Obtained
in Local Stores Right Now.

Consistent with the wishes OF Uncle
Sam, the services Of Santa Claus have
been enlisted during the holidays,
AS a result OF the governments plan
to have early shopping this Christmas,
Santa has established one OF his read
quarters In all the big downtown stores
where samples OF toys will be on dis
play In a few days.
Managers Of big department and
other stores have already started plan
ming for holiday decorations. They Will
be In place much earlier than usual,
Santa Claus has been generous this
year. Buyers for stores say he will fur-
nish more lines Of playthings, for chill
dren than at any previous Christmas.
In selecting the mechanical toys,
Santa has been careful to put out only
such things he believes will best enter
ain the little people. They consist
mostly Of warfare replicas-submarines,
battleships; torpedoes, cannon alri
Cross outfits, dolls, uniforms for SOL
diers and Red Cross nurses, ambulances,
machine guns, rifles, bombs, Siege guns,
ocean transports, submarine chasers,
wireless outfits. electric trains and
every device known and used In the
war, The best part Of all these toys
is that a majority Of them are mechan-
ically Operated, Some Of them use
springs for power, others have little
boilers with a tiny furnace under
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a distance of 80 to 100 feet,
The submarines are said to be the
finest constructed Of the mechanical
toys, being equipped to dive under
water, or u In q circle under or. on
top Of the water. They operate with a
The big battleships are perfect in
miniature construction. Each ship a
a fun crew M Is prepared for battle.
Some have guns that can be loaded
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u can be shifted or trained on any
object. Pull a string and the gun will
fire. Other battleshlps are so con-
structed that II hit in a certain spot
they fall apart.
as part OF an outfit showing the boys
In the trenches, others at base hos
pitfalls, some at headquarters. Nina
ture wireless outfits go with these so
an entire army with staff h~eadquar-
tiers can be set up,
Little airplanes that wine up with n
For the little girl there are army
Red Cross headquarters with all the at
tachments. Uniforms to 3 be Wo 0rGor 19r
at these hospitals are also on display.
The toy department In one store has
a complete line Of mechanical railroads.
wagons, automobiles and miniature
Mississippi river steamers. The latter
toys must be operated on water.
Managers OF stores say they have
made arrangements to handle more toy
business this year than was ever at
| tempted. In the first place. they say,
the market has been plentifully sup
| piled with American-made goods. Only
a few novelties will be on display from
Japan, Most OF them will be dolls and
animals.
American manufacturers, 1t Is said,
have invented some Of the most novel
toys ever placed on the market, and
every effort has been made this year
by local merchants to buy durable toys,
above those OF q year ago, THIS, It
is announced, will prevail because OF
the high cost Of manufacturing the
product. However, the prices viii be
cheap compared with the durability OF
the product and the variety offered for
the Happiness OF the children.