The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-13
IN TOYS
INDICATES TURN
TO USEFUL TYPES
No More Are Mere Paper Dolls
And TinSeI Satisfying To.
Youthful Mind. Education
Keynote of New Output.

Everything Is taking such practical
turna nowadays that oven the dols and
funny things which are supposed to be
for young peoples diversion are being
shown In al Of Instructive
dress and forms. We no longer see the
old fashioned array Of paper dolls with
wardrobes Of gaudv tissue paper prod
igally trimmed with flowers Of ribbon
and tinsel sashes. Fewer and farther
between are the games which We used
10 play with thoughtless abandon, but
which had M more morals nor instruc-
tive sides than 4 snake has hips. It
Us probably fine for the children that
the toymakers have decided that they
must be Instructed as well as amused,
for IL is a bit hard on fond parents 10
attend to all these little dtails, when
there is so much about the high cost OF
living TO be worried over,
in n Of the Country's largest toy
shops they are making q specially this
year Of numerous games for girls, and.
Of curse, a few for boys who viii sit
stu long enough TO bother with them.
There are the most adorable boxes
II clean. white wood, which when OPP
ened show an outfit for the small nurse.
Including a cap, n brassard for her arm
and a primer on first aid for small
comrades, as well as all the medicinal
properties, ~handages and adhesive, all
done up in neat little bundles with a
red cross on top. What could delight
~ little girls heart more, and think Of
The real good She could do, with a Httle
HEN In Interpreting the directions.
There are sewing sets. with silk
wound on cards and scraps Of gay cloth
10 practice on. Some Of these sets have
fnnttos 70 be worked, others have de-
signs IN punch-work. and all OF them
are instructive, so there you are.
Cunning are tho little boxes Of blocks,
which, when Put together With glue.
mako the most adorable sets Of flrnl.
tarN. With a little Colprcd cnanel and
a few lessons in painting . small girl
could evolve a whole house fun Of fur.
lliturn which bought already finished
costs a prettier penny than most daddies
can AFFORD. Then the cunning little
dresser covers, comforts. patuhwark
quilts, lamp shades to III ones fin.
Eer, fancg pillows ana the like can be
made from scraps Of SILK IN mothers
basket One little house furuisher !
know v a quill from her canary
birds tail and made an adorable pen
20 put on her dolls desk.
Wben has made all these at.
tracttve articles, one has a perfect right
TO ask mother TO write Santa for one
Of the pretty new doh houses which
ne has been painting this year. There
are the cunningest ones with little vines
running up the side, and real awnings.
and brick chimneys and a real porch
and a telephone inside, They are less
than $40. and they last a long time.
There are cheaper ones lots OF them.
which could be painted al home and
made different from those other people
a buy.
The Tinker family OF toys continues
10 d TO It's personnel until there are
more Of the funny folks than would 1T
into ones largest toy box, There are
some new ones, similar 10 these, which
are made OF moving blocks and may
oe put together In lots OF interesting
ways.
A fine game for a large family and
one which makes lots Of fun Is Creep.
ing Bugs" You know the kind that
keep going when you start them2 That
~ enough 10 tell about the game, for
70 know too much to start with would
take all the fun away. 1t comes In a
great big exciting box with a huge bug
on the outside,
Fnr the littlest folks. who do not
Tleetl TO bother with Instructive TOYS,
there are little painted beach sets. and
BIRDS and beasts with the funniest faces
OF indestruetihle enamel to resist haby't
teeth. And rubber dolies with bright
~crochetcd wooden skirts that win NOT
shrink when they share bahy's hath
And dishesl Patterns which mother
cherishes among her incest possessions
are being reproduced In tiny sets for
daughters tea table. Platters and COW
Fred dishes are added TO the platoS, cups
and saucers which used 20 comprise
even the most pretentious Reryices
fables 70 hold the dishes, by the way.
are too cunning for words, We SEQ
them painted In delicately eolorcd onnn-
els and on the bases are stenciled scenes
from Mother Goose, or quaint littlo girls
and boys.
IA new fad IN dishdom Is the Assem-.
hing OF a breakfast Kit. gayly flowored,
~ q cosy basket. The plates, teanot,
cream and sugar are nestled down In.
size, while the small knife, fork and
spoon. tho cups and some small nan.
klins are tied 70 the handle with rib.
bon bows.