The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-22
TOY MARKET IS FULL
OF JOY FOR THE KIDS
FOREIGN FACTORIES FLOOD
u. S. WITH REPRODUCTION
OF JOHNNY'S DREAM.
THE GREATEST ASSIGNMENTS
Santa Claus Will Find Nothing Miss
ing That the Mind of Child Could
Conceive or Desire. Cheaper Prices
Are Noticeable Feature.

No matter what decision his elders
may arrive at the small boy is not go
ing to suffer disarmament. All the in
genuity and science that has made
genuine warfare more horrible than
the struggles of the ancient days when
opponents locked force with a visible
enemy has also contrived to make
Johnny's Christmas dream wonder
full reality.
With the sign posts pointing but
thirty Eight shopping days to Christ
mas, the thoughts of every young per-
son turns to Christmas. And to the
real youngster that means toys.
For the first year since the COM
mencement of the world war the shops
are showing a complete assortment of
toys such as Santa Claus in the days
before mechanics would never have
dreamed All the energy that during
years of war in the foreign country
was directed to making the imple-
ments of war, during the last year
was turned to making the most won
derful toys United States soldiers, al
most lifelike in detail, but made in
Germany" bands of Boy Scouts made
in France, American warships made
in Japan, are being brought forth in
the first of the Christmas displays of
wares.
This year is truly the year of the
child and its toys. Nothing that the
mind OF a child could possibly con-
ceive or desire is missing A feature
of the years showing are the cloth
animals with cunningly devised me-
chanism that makes the great brown
bear growl and roll, the monkey jaD-
Der and climb, and the lion stink along.
Almost everything that can be
found in real life has been produced
on a small scale for the delight of
the kiddies. The doll houses have ev-
cry comfort and convenience of the
home from complete bath fixtures to
such grown up luxuries as tea wagons,
French windows that open out and
furniture in period styles" that the
grown folks use.
One of the things that has not been
shown for several years is the COM
plete line of small animals in Noah's
arks and stables. Every variety OF
stable from great, pretentious English
affairs to matched rooted barns have
been initiated.
The heart of the boy is either milf
tarv or mechanical. This year there
are forts with surrounding meats in
which real water can be used, mechan-
icallv controlled fleets of battleships,
tanks with the caterpillar crawl, air
planes that are duplicates of the real
thing and the small lead soldiers that
come most popularity in the khaki OF
the American doughboy. For the boy
with a mechanical bent are real steam
engines, reproductions of tractors that
run by steam as we'll as the usual as
sortment of electrical toys.
Dolls of All Character.
The dolls in every known variety
of character as well as the haxen hair
ed and blue-eyed baby" that can say
mama" and walk when properly
wound will delight the hearts of the
girls. There is a complete line OF ac-
cessories for the make believe home
of the little girl.
Then, OF course, there are the must
cal novels and the bizarre toys. a
real gold piano in baby grand style
that plays two tunes is likewise
cleverly contrived jewel box and may
be so used when the playfulness OF
its recipient is outgrown A small
washing machine with electric power
is quite capable of washing the small
est items of milady's wardrobe even
if it is toy size.
A noticeable feature is the reduced
prices as compared with those OF the
past year when the quality was not
that Of the present output.