El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-08
BEST
TOYS MADE
IN AMERICA
By FRANCEs DICKSON.
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$3.50 or thereabOuts. or, how about
a honest TO goodness" phonograph,
well and for which small sized records
may be obtained. a set in a book.
cleverly compiled as a story. with IL
lustrati0ns and each record fitting
into the plotl
Durable, Worth While Toys.
One store has an automobile which
is so life like" that one Is surprised
to find It must be pedaled 10 make It
60 The lights. the doors which
0pen. the steering wheel and horn.
all make one expect at least four
cylinders and maybe eight And. Of
course, there is always q limitiess
supply Of Irish Nails" and tricvcles
and other joy producing modes Of
transportation
An electric train comes in several
sizes and is most reasonable priced
at S10.50 and $50 Boats. ambulances
and other toys which are wound on
clock springs and are very wei con-
structed and practical are 10 be OBJ
tanned at nominal prices also. as is a
real steamboat
Blocks or metal sets by which the
children can construct toys FOR them
selves are very popular and come in
There fs noticeable more and
more tendency, according TO
toy dealers, to give children toys
Of a constructive nature, some
which TO build and then TO tear
Other ingenious toys consist OF
wooden letters and figures with
which the child can learn its alpha
bet and multiplication table
No Famine IN Ideas.
There Is also a wooden set OF AMI
mails, whose heads and bodies may
be torn asunder and then reunited at
There are sfrnlanes which NAV be
wound up and made 20 fly most
Eratifyingly and. OF course, there are
drums and magic lauterns-only the
lanterns are electric nowadays, in
electric stoves with utensils which
may be used TO really" cook.
Toyland is undergoing no famine.
Never was the variety 50 wide. Prices
be expected, in view Of the prices in
other lines OF merchandise, and. while
dolls may be purchased Tor $50 or
other seemingly outrageous sums,
they also may be found for p cents.
and who shall say which viii be most
on Practical Basis.
eaThe 10Y situation in America Is
down to a practical basis said Abe
Harris, OF the White House. There
h nothfne. with the possible eEcep-
tion OF dolls. which cannot be as ven
and as fneLpenslvely manufactured IN
America as ia foreign lands
b. Romm, OF the Globe department
store, states that there Is a notice
able Improvement in the variety and
quality Of toys this year.
u believe that America VIII
aeon surpass Germany in the
quality and ingenuity OF tcg
manufacture,1 he said.
prices this year are about on q
level with those OF last year, but I
am sure I see a decline for next sea-
son Such a decline would only be
in keeping with the downward -en-
denotes in prices on all lines OF home
manufactured merchandise"
Instruction In Play.
faThe toy season opens before any
other Christmas shopping season"
said "Bob" Page. Of the Popular.
There is a decided tendency to give
the children TOYS OF an instructive
character. People realize that play
ing which has an element OF instruc-
lion in Sc and which requires con-
structive thinking on the part OF the
child is much more beneficial than
playing which is merely idle and for
the purpose Of passing away the ]
time. The average child enjoys in- Z
structive toys much more than mere I
piaythings. also"
w Bone Of the Rosfou store he