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Career Minded Santa Packs Toyland with Surprises that Thrill Every qB Top Billing Given Toys That Teach Price Level Below Last Year Is Good News for Parents SANTA is career minded this Christmas. His 1952 pacl^ will set an all-time record irj Varied toy designs to meet tUt essential play needs of Am-vrica' bumper child population of 45 000.000, in cluding 62 pej cent more young sters under dve than in 1940. Star baling will go to purposeful toys designed to develop children's aptvaides and help them prepare fof a wide variety of useful pro fessions, according to the American Toy Institute. Good news for assistant Santas is the fact that the general price level of 1952 toys is a little below or the same as last year's with emphasis on new design and con struction that give extra play valtse and quality. Juvenile enthusiasm for Wild West play continues strong in the make-believe category with Indian regalia showing a record rise. There is an increased variety of space toys inspired by television j and cartoons; juvenile interest in , our country's defense activities Is evidenced by a variety of uniforms and miniatures of the latest mili tary equipment. Interest In Collecting Children's new interest in col lecting authentic miniatuies of antiques in vehicles and furniture is evidenced in a variety of lines including scale model Prairie Schooners, early model motor cars and coal stoves. There are a record | number of toys inspired by circus and carnival activities. New playthings that will give youngsters a chance for purposeful accomplishment in a wide variety of careers include junior grade bulldozers, and bucket loaders thgt do an efficient road building job, a chromium switchboard that rings .and buzzes as lines are plugged in, cars with mechanics kits that do a competent tire changing Job, a small size atomic energy spin thariscope in which disintegration of atomic particles can be viewed ; racing at speeds of more than 10,-, 000 miles a second. There s beauty panor equipment for ambitious little girls who yearn to be Prbfifiem in the arts of hair-rf styling, and a barber-shoeshine kit for boys. Small fry interior deco- ( rators will be intrigued by a new three dimensional doll house kit and garage which comes ready to assemble, color and furnish with furniture, wall paper, dolls and household pets. Among New Arrivals New arrivals in career toys in clude a Junior stewardess set and a postman kit complete with mail box, mail pouch and mailman's cap. New thrills for young architects include modernistic interlocking wooden blocks for constructing the U. N. building and other stream lined designs. Heavy durable stone composition is used for another type of architects' building blocks which make it easy for children to build realistic skyscrapers and public buildings. A new set of plastic blocks in eludes windows and doors that open and shut as a new realistic detail. The Western play interest is reported to have stimulated in terest In log building sets. ? There is a marked trend to adapt classic play activities of school age youngsters to meet the capabilities of younger children. Even young sters of playpen age can make realistic houses with a new kind of nesting block. Small fry can play zoo keeper with a novel set of zoo blocks packed so that the animals peer through cages. There are a variety of new games that cater to young sters who have not* learned to figure ?{' A new chemical set make* pos sible a variety of experiments ' without the use of heat. For Pre-School Set For the pre-school set there are variations of the classic peg-pound ing board that include tool boxes with miniature tools of sturdy hardwood, colored wooden screws and bolts. The fascination of different cothe binations of gears also has been adapted to the play abilities of the two to four ago group; Bright col ored plastic is used for the pegs and gears. SCHOOL KIT A "make-lt-yourself" school kit v Is a practical gift and one school age youngsters want to receive. A handy narrow box containing pen cils, pens, pen points, eraser, clips, ruler and pencil sharpener is easy and inexpensive to get together, but the young student will use it every day on the school calendar. STAR-BANGLED CHRISTMAS For sheer feminine excitement, give her an armful of bangle brace lets. Wonderful replicas of old fashioned braoelets done in gilt and black enamel as well as charm ing single bangles ornamented with slgiulated pearla erg. jgst about everywhere at tiny ferities. ] t I Space Toys 'Roar' to Front in Full Blast' for Christmas Giving This yM M. w MOTHER, be prepared! Your children may take off for Mars at any time! This tongue-in-cheek warning is being issued by Toy Guidance Council, which predicts that the newest fad to hit the children's play world?space travel and atom ic energy?will be in full "blast' Jhis veai from coast to coast. Among a ?core of unusual sci ence-Action toys for Christmas. 1952, reports the Council, are an atomic rocket ship, a space inter com system that works up to a half-mile away, light-ray guns, fly ing saucer pistols, Flash Gordon I I spare outfits equipped with magic goggles that have onetway lenses ?Junior can look out bUt Mom can't look In i. an atomic energy lab oratory with a real Geiger counter and cloud chamber and a super jet plane that simultaneously squirts six streams of water out of its machine yuns. Space toys plus hundreds of other outstanding playthings se lected by Council experts are pho tographed and listed in The Toy Year-book. Broken down by age groups, some of 1952's other new play things are? P&r the infant* a rattle that light! up when touched, a Donald Duck bathtub toy (hat cad also be used ai a soap dish and plastic blocks that can be telescoped to gether to the size of a salt shaker. For toddlers there are blocks in the form of an alligator that float in bathtubs or can be pulled along on land, a new pull toy boat with Irregular shaped blocks for build ing educator-approved "abstract designs," and a locomotive that puffs clusters of iridescent bub ble; from its smoke stack. Pre-school toys introduced this year include a Playskool sewing basket with blocks, stitching needle and string; a doll that walks and swings its head from side to side, another rag doll three feet tall, and a new double decker bunk bed for dolls. Boys will like a new play house with Ave doors, each of which can be opened In a different way.. In the early childhood, bracket, there is a new dishwashing kit for girls with brand name soaps and towels; a whole host of beautiful dolls, each having one more un usual feature that makes them even more realistic then last year's ingenious crop; beauty sets with | make-up kits and even a steward ess dining set with (ray, utensils and uniform. The advanced children's group should be interested in a brand , new fire truck that pumps a stream of water 40 feet in the air. a type writer that works like a stamping pad but looks real, a switchboard with electrical connections. Electric train manufacturers couldn't make up their minds this year on noise.. Trains will run on rubberized tracks to cut down noise and have a new Nathan air chime whistle that makes even I more noise than last year. While there i* a trend toward things like space toys and more realistic dolls, there is also a trend away from mechanical toys with wind-up action. Educators are slowly influencing parents to put major emphasis on toys which permit the child to ac tively engage in the functions of play equipment, rather than just to wind up a delicate mechanical gadget and watch it move by itself. In the wheel goods department of Toyland this year there is a scooter operated by an unconven tional Joy stick control called the Jet Skeeter There is a rocking , horse t vnh can be pts-hed alongT racer, and a military simulated n.achine gun9 An. I ? Is a . that nJA in the rear and a neopH the front, ? Not to I". ? gotten U.i^H ett< have bi< . a spac^^H a cireu : 1 H "Great'.-i en batti^^H pets baby on Gifts Chosen from This Year's Modern Toylands Can Make Christmas i'X rr Most Exciting Ever Experienced by Any Youngster in Any Age Group WITH .THE SPEED OF A ROCKET SHIP, the new space games are ? rushing into favor among the young folk this year, symbolized, says the | Toy Guidance Council, by the handsome young lad above so seriously | intent on dispatching a message over his Two-Way space phSSe, which actually v.orks. It is by Zany. ? FLYING SAUCER GUN and Space Pilot Helmet will Intrigue the lads interested in the newest frontier. These fascinating new gadgets, to which attention Is drawn by the Toy Guidance Council, are grow ing more popular. Hat by Tarrson. Gun by U. S. Plastics. YOUNG SPACE MEN will in crease in numbers as equipment such as the Flash Gordon Outfit pictured above invades Toyland this year with "out of this world" fadcets, says the Toy Guidance Council. Made by Esquire. I ISii i. :' RUBBER TIRED Locomotive for younf engineers to ride at will. True to life model by Keystone. Sue tested by Toy Guidance Council. GREATER VARIETY All In all it appears that Santa's toy pack will be crammed full of exciting playthings for children of all age* and interests. Melvin Freud, president of Toy Guidance Council, reported that "the variety oI play etfuipment is broader this year than ever in the past, and that Reality of America's playthings for 1M2 has never been higher." KIDDIE CARS get a realistic lift with this steam roller type recom mended for youngsters by the Toy Guidance Council. Sturdily made of baked enamel, by Keystone. , ? ? Consider Real Live Pets for Children Nothing will excite the kiddies more this Christmas than a real, live, little, furry puppy or purring kitten of their very own?to have fun with, care for and nurture. An ideal gift to teach the young how to extend kindness and give care to animals. Add to your "pet gift" acces sories?collar, leash or basket bed. But, be sure to check first with Mother and Dad on the whole won derful idea. Lay away a gift a day. Make this Christmas bright sad gay. TEACHES SEWING does this unique variation of paper doll cut outs called Sew-on-Cards. Pre punched holes eliminate need of scissors. Has dress assortment. By Ed-U-Cards. Recommended for drla four to eight, by Toy Guid ance Council. I BULLDOZER TO THRILL small fry, is replica of the real thing. Treads operate independently, By Docpke. Suggest by American Toy Institute. INTRODUCTION TO sculpturing and water colors, is afforded by modeling and coloring seta thai will delight creative youngsters. This set by Model-Craft. FARMING IS FUN. little bey* lucky enough to get this velocipede disguised as a tractor, will discover when they get it for Christmas, sug gested the Toy Guidance Council. MUSICAL NOTES Add cheer at Chriatmai time! A moat desirable gift for the pi anist on your list la sheet music. > v. ' ? ...? ' .. . *.?%< SMALL FBY LIKE TO TAKE PART TOO, In competition usually enjoyed by growups. That's why care fully chosen games make such popular and successful Christmas gifts for children, says the American T0\ Institute. These youngsters are playing with a Skatterbug set, especially appealing to pre-schoolers, i. is by Parker. DOMINANT AS EVER IS THE WESTERN Influence again this year, as portrayed by the American Toy Institute in the happy scene above Deputy Santas will be on safe ground choosing from the many Western toys, games and accessories. The newly designed "horse" is by Wonder. REALISTIC BRICK AND MORTAR KIT for permanent or temporar. construction at the will of the lad lucky enouch to get one this Christ mas, expect to be a winner. Only adhesive needed besides mortar L Borden's Glue All, used in window and roof construction. ? 1 1 i Quickies for Christmas m PRETTY PRACTICAL A gift your hoatess will accept with many thanks?Just a film of an apron made of gauzy nylon net to protect her dress without con cealing same. SRI ACCESSORIES j Goggles to eliminate glare, snug fitting, warm mittens, ski poles to lend a helping hand through deep drifts and up steep climbs, are just a few of the gifts for the ski en thusiasts in your crowd. A SPICY GIFT Dish up a flavorful Christmas for anyone who enjoys puttering around the kitchen. Give an herb shelf?it's sure to be appreciated. There are many fine ones, filled with the most piquant spices, being offered. GIFTS FOREVER Wrought iron ^'what-nots" add a note of individuality to the home ?fit into any period. Plant stands, flower pot-holdera, magazine racks and table decorations are Just a few of the wrought iron gifts you can choose. Beautifully designed? low in price. GIVE COMFORT To the neighbor whose television set you've enjoyed, give one or a pair of hassocks. They're com fortable and colorful for resting weary feet and to use as extra seats when guests pile In. FOR THE HOMEMAKER An Ice Crusher makes an excel lent gift for the one with an eye toward elegant serving. Easy to operate and inexpensive. AUTHENTIC REPRODUCTIONS ; move into the field of Western Toys to make young eyes pOp. These replicas are cited by the American Toy Institute as marking a trend. They are by Northwestern. BUSINESS LIKE, is this corn pop per which the youngsters can op-j erate with ease and fun, says the American Toy Institute. Designed like the movie equipment, it is by Metal Ware. n?M?uwuam ?? 11 QUEEN OF WINTER to Ninette, *ert skating doll, dressed In her tiny knit sweater, far cap and cold skates. By R & B. FOR DAINTY ANKLES A personal gift thought for a favorite Christmas angel is an ankle bracelet with a brief mes sage from him to her or her name inacribed on Its plate. MINIATURE CARPET Slfl just like mother's, really! has bumpers and stands H when you leave it. is inefl This is the Little Queen YOUNG ARCHITECTS wfl lo this set of stone comfl blocks designed for stab^B construction of a "iie buildings, says the AmeritB Institute. They're wade bf (? Give Gift M J Interest in In-lruiM High Among Youfl The consider bJe gr terest an, a how to instrument , < ns the many parent give tiefl dren a Chri fl tion to being teceived ?? will stimuiaU v .'unttiitfl light in n , ell c\prs^B The gilt. course, ?<? a musical in iment hi ?MH child ma.\ hat terest ft n ' U stringed insti I one of the bra 01 a P?? instrument I Parents , it inB ing the ? child from "-in inn? ?tractor I their ou n jud ' ? type of in -tmuldj in learnin ^ W ments it i ? ern met "?* S schools aid: c-i" "W measure ^'LW bands and ori iic-i.'.'s and 0^ ? i-.fini' :n tn(? they are Of the student* ? The rtn\ , ; ;\:sseim 8 lad who i* in music.ii s, n; ' si V terred to candidate for 'iw school ot^m or band he gains in pofj among his tel :nm relation to his abi'. ty to W place 1/1 one ot the group* ?
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