New Britain herald., 1925-12-16
GIFTS GALORE ON
 STORE COUNTERS
Presents for Young and Old
 AttractivoIy Displayed

l"S HcfchahjS report today that these are strenuous days for santa Claus and that the day when ib, youngsters would be satisfied win candy toys and little red fire cn. zines that need a string 10 nnr them, or old fashioned rag doll, which won't break, are gone for. ever.
 "lou cant fool the kids thcs. days" say tho merchants, and ,hl. was told a Herald rcprescnta,iy, yesterday by no less than three diff icrent merchants. "Tho youngsfl. want toys which actually work Sometimes they aren't even satisfied with toys that wind up. they are be- ginning 10 look for toys with motors in thom."
 And 50 it goes. If the toy automo- bile won't run when you wind it up If the toy train won't run as long u. the battery hold out. if the doll doesn't say Mamma" in several Ian. guagos, Young America wants noth. ing of il. It isn't the real thing this year.
 They've simply got to go," says the manager of another store. "W, can't get them interested in any thing else Because Of this coDdi. ton the market this year secs q few new toys of the mechanical type and a perfectly fascinating new type oi doll for inc editlcation of the ju- Nenilc shopper. Two toys are seer for the first time this year. One * The Dancing Mainmy," showing q negro nanny of the Southland with large flat feet, who, when wound up will dance on any flat surface with out the aid of an upright rod to kccr her from falling. The action is ob- talne4 by means Of t vibrator oper- at!nB on clock spring inside. "ThC Jolly Ial' is another new top Of the cheaper variety on the market this year. showing q monkey driving q cart which is pulled by dog American Toys prcdominatc.
 The toy market this year shows a te" moro German made toys than al any time since the war, hut the for Cign made toy comprises less than 70 per cent of the Christmas toys fol sale this year. 1t will never come i back, is the consensus Of merchants who say American made toys art better cheaper, more durable and more satisfactory in every respect In fact so rapidly has the toy. indus try grown in America that this yea Uncle Sam is exporting toys tc Europe, and 1925 shows an increas, of IS per cent over the exports ol last year. Toy experts say the worlds source of toy supplies has shifted from Germany 10 America. In 190i Uncle sam produced only $5,Q00, 00U worth of toys, In 1923 he made $52,- 00D,0O worth, or more than 1O times that amount.
 The. New Baby.
 Probably one of the sensations of the 1925 Christmas season in toy circles is that the mature Babies being sold under various patented names. These babies, distinctly an American institution, arp patterned after live newborn infants,
 But dolls must do more than just look natural The young woman is just as particular as her brother. The doll must be able to close its -ryaS in sleep or 10 say mamma when squeezed, or it will not be very popular in it's new home,
 ln fact there is on the market at this time q baby which actually sings popular songs, A large doll has d tiny phono2raph cIcyerly con cealod inside, and when wound UT sings. As yet no one has perfected q radio receiving set in the shap, o( a do'l but this may be seen be fore next Christmas.
 Every place where the shopper goes through a toy department the same thing is very obvious, that tho l demand is for mechanical and cleo, i triCM toys for boys and nature dolls
 for girls.
 Toy musical instruments are pop.
 ular this year and pianos of al
 shapes and descriptions are 1ounl small phonographs are in demand and small records for full size talk. 1 ing machines are sought.
 IIaImouica Band.
 A peculiar and interesting fact ir connection with the demand fol musical instruments is the growth in popularity o' harmoniCas, 1.arg, and small harmouicas, it makes nc
 difference what kind they arc, arc i selling q great deal more rapidly thi: { year than ever brforc. according tC . some Of the stores. This is explained ny the statement that somewhere out west a man is organizing hnr- monica bands and that the har- monica craze has swept through the 1 west until the fad is gradually Eotp-