The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-20
Useful Things to Wear or Toys That Teach Yo1gSter
to Employ His Ingenuity Are Best to Buy This Year
BIZ MA Service

By NEA Scrrice
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-It is more
important this year to see that every
child gets some Santa Claus rather
than that any one child is surfeited.
Give the majority of little Amer
leans one of two kinds Of gifts this
Christmas-useful things to wear or
use, or toys that last and teach
them something while they play
with them.
PrettieS TO wear are as acceptable
to the little girl as to her mother.
A plaid dress, a sweater suit, little
soleil felt hat with purse to match,
a scarf, mittens and beret set, her
first party dress, new shoes that are
nicer than those she is wearing this
winter, a silk dress, a winter coat
with a bit of fur, hair ribbons, or a
little leather jacket are wonder
gifts.
Clothes Good for Boys
Likewise for boys, a new suit, a
sweater jumper, shirts, warm stock
ingS, an oVercoat or even necktieS
and gloves will please them.
For the youngster interested in
riding, even though it is the farm
mule, horsey- gifts will delight him
or her. Riding breeches, coat, cap,
or fancy shirts, ties and tie pins for
the sophisticated little riders are
all nice and acceptable.
For girls, there are dolls this year
that will make their little mother
hearts beat very, very fast.
Many of them have little trunks
or suitcases full of clothes, or you
can make an entirely new set of
clothes for an old doll and change
her to please her owner.
Buy Squashy Toys
If you want to give toys, feeling
that they are a chiId's birthright
here is partial list made up of
suggestions made by trained child
psychologists, of toys that will do
certain good things to the children
in the group ages listed.
Up to one and a half years: :
Things squashy to feel, things hard
and washable, to bite on, large
building blocks that their tiny I'M
trained hands can find, books of OBJ
jects, babies or animals on rag pa
per, things that pop out, like jack
in-the-box.
For children from IL to 3 years:
Things that can be pushed, pulled
or dragged about by string, such
as animals on wheels, miniature au-
tos, trucks, pals and shovels, wheel
barroWS, swings, carpet sWeepers.
rocking chairs, composition dolls
that will not break.
Try Their Skill
For from 3 to 4 years old: Things
that come apart and require some
skill in putting together again, ac-
ton toys that sail, float or run,
Black boards, cooking and laundry
sets, circus animals, musical instru-
ments that have variety of noises,
stores, tables and chairs, sand piles,
play wagons, tractors, scooters.
Those from 4 to years want
action toys Of all kinds, electric toys,
toys you wind up, tops, trains, mo-
tor boats, construction sets of metal,
motorcycles, tents and canvas play
houses, soldiers, spelling sets, sew
ing and weaving sets, shooting games,
house cleaning things, modelling
clay and wax.
Children from to 8 adore all
kinds Of dress-up suits, such as IN
dians, painting and easel sets, BIZ
cycle, bowling alleys, croquet sets,
desks all their own, dolls that do
things sidewalk cycles, stills, tools
and work benches, coasters.
List for Child to 10
The child from 8 to 10 like COM
plicated airplanes, air rifles. dolls
with dress accessories, electric
games and missionaries sewing
machines, sewing cabinets, xylo-
phones, pool tables, ping pong
tables, drums, dinner sets for dolls,
play houses, target games, all kinds
of balls and game equipment, COM
plicated construction sets.
Children 10 and over like Girl
or Boy Scout equipment (when
they are old enough to be Scout
members) movie machines with pro-
jectors, archery and dart games,
baseball and football game boards
and real equipment for regular
games, intricate puzzles, tobog-
gans. electric trains and wreckers.
Then there are bowling alleys,
cameras, chemistry and magic sets,
hooked rug sets, lessons in paint
ing or modelling, real sewing ma
chimes, rooms of their own, chairs
and tables of their own in other
parts of the house,