Evening star., 1936-12-19

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the ivory painted telephone beside
the chaiSe Tongue.
And speaking of telephones! Santa
has introduced a new one this year.
He calls it a "television telephone.
The idea is that when one dials a
number and rings bell light flashes
in the center of the dial, revealing the
picture of the individual called. Thus,
dialing 20" will produce a picture
of a little boy who resembles brother
nearly enough to cause no argument.
and, similarly. when one wants to talk
to sister and dials the appropriate
number. on flashes a good enough re-
semblance of sister.
There are. too. telephones that can
actually be connected to light sockets
and used, and that transmit, II a
somewhat mufled or squesky voice.
one that serves, none the less. to con-
vey conversations across a wire to the
satisfaction of junior
Not the least intriguing of the new
outfits that serve a useful, decorative
and play purpose for the younger gen.
Grafton are the garden barroWs. These,
set upon rubber tired wheels, are pic
turesquely painted and very gay and
decorative with their arrays of highly
colored pots. their trowels and hoes
and spades and other aids to garden
ing. to say nothing of the fine brown
wicker baskets for the cut-flowers and
the ropes and stakes for marking off
garden plots.
Along the same line is new green
house. made completely of glass and
completely equipped in its interior
with work tables. shelves containing
pots and garden implements, sprinkler
hose and an assortment of gay en-
velopes containing real seeds.
TRICYCLES. kidde cars. scoOters,
roadster automobiles and similar
leg propelled vehicles for little brother
or sister nave, with the sleds. under
gone a startling metamorphosis. One
has to look twice and sometimes three
times. to identify the contraption this
season. The sleds, for example, who
would suspect these silver-noSed Slivers
of being sleds? Gone are the wooden
Stats of yesteryear and brother will
go belly Whackers" this season on
something that resembles at first
glance a palm leaf painted silver and
on second a gigantic cartridge. Every
thing is provided for any contingency
involving stopping. starting or stunts.
so that one begins to look about for
the paraphernalia that will. by a
levers push, send the thing skyward.
Tricycles have developed fronts
they are all hidden back of imposing
silver screens filled with headlights
and what not. a veritable hybrid
sprung from the auto and the bicycle,
looking like the first and propelled
like the latter AS for the foot-pro-
PEELED automobiles they have taken
on the glamorouS eXteriorS of the most
exotic OF foreign breeds. HispanO-
SuiSeS, Mercedes or Rolls Royces
never played a more important part
in adult high-life than these minia-
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lives of Billy or Bobby, whose own
dads still go to Office every morning
in a family Ford.
Even the baby carriages have been
touched with the streamlining virus,
and one can imagine an inquisitive
baby curiously leaning out of its own
coach to inquire, What the heck is
this thing anyhow" The good old
British ''prams," however, are peren-
nial standby, and an occasional model
of an old square wicker basket on
wheels may he had for the asking.
Very popular with the young folks
this season are the movie projectors.
These vary from a simple magic
lantern" device that will unroll jumpy
films to fine, expensive models of NOV
ing picture projectors, with which
real shows may be thrown upon full
sized screens at home.
These cameras have given rise to an
infinite variety of accompanying para
phernalia. There are screens for the
home sets, extensive Aim Libraries
with all the favorite characters of the
cartoon world as stars, travel films,
educational films, including gimpses
into the world of science that never
fail to thrill the boy with that turn of
mind.
There are also miniature theaters
for the creative among the nursery
folk. There are marionette shows