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olls Bring Ageless Delight a Mn Modern Marvels Have Their Rivals In Wondrous Playthings of Past By ANNA MANG her wardrobe and the talking doll shows off her vocabulary. while electrically-powered miniature racing cars execute excit- ing maneuvers along intricate stretches of track. Milk trucks, equipped with "real life" features. | Recent years have brought great changes in the variety and intricacy of dolls and toys -- so much so that even young par- ents, not many years removed from "waiting for Santa" them- Ives, now find their children's ristmas playthings beyond heir experience. . a ollowing Fashion -- and Invention forerunner of the bicycle. | Wheels Have try was getting its start. IN EVERY AGE,_yheel toys cap- ture children's hearts. Today's | {\ jes were frequently even more elaborate! youngsters thrill to Christmas : gifts of miniature, motorized rac- ing cars. More than a century ago, the wheels might have adorned a diminutive '"horse- drawn" buggy of tin. But the 1 thought is always the same: to please a child. * * *® AMONG THE FIRST to make playthings in quantity for Ameri- can children were the tin-toy manufacturers of the 1850s, says Mary Childs Black, director of the Museum of American Folk Art. Often, the tin toys were wheel happiness of an old-fashioned Yule! toys, with delicate, open-spoked | |W. FRANK REAL ESTATE LTD. wheels repeated in a wide variety of vehicles nd Myles. George we Beaton, rep. TIN-WHEELED TOYS pictured GREENBANK _ PORT PERRY "985.2987 here are from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Barenholtr, Princeton, N, J. After feunding their own toy firm fn 1950, the Barenholines developed an in- terest, in old as well as new toys, Tlhisie tin toy collection began in 1956, with a with wagon paisted hlue -- a gift to Mrs. Bareshehiz. Dressing Dolls France, famed for jg fash- {.lonis, early gave' sddgution to dressing ols Known as "Tash- ton babies," First eventad dboul 8G0 years ugo, the "fashion babies" in later years became amfibassadors for Protech styles. in the early fagerican Colo- nies, for iggtanes, ie siydval | A P " . Of group of "tashéan shins" , & WE OR oly ons 1 Irom Prameeses gop ted with Tt sree Fudv4bunks to vour doviedt geal sacitement. ig Tages 17 SE or 1.5, nr great excitement NG SAG EAL doorl woetd. HF oe fpe tnt veer habid Thuan admisstr oe, Cilonial WaAESSh contibiEne ihn 4 Tis H | pea swell FR FOOT dome as!y Hip Hr FTE IRA 1 prayed, seg A A | eof these Sul Feadd dev Mary ERvinnnas! 1 ipelions, 10 : 1 oy Flier To 55 ht - « = ) B : 13 J "Pree, BR re | NE 41 he elaborate Sighpeii ox WENTWORTH BAKERY } or ¥ vd i { bt 3 Fan AN NE AN : cont! dolls, prised BY reyelty. | = re A. An times of wal Were aali- | able dolls wera trgdted Hike works nT mean gs indeed dey | were. fippolal abNENBements were made to 'tiesspesg them | "Rosefeiyemd 4 pracelul luge |} 4 for the duration OF May war, | Err Bronsy Iild Durie the pied daily, she | Hob hos, really como dua. its om, as 4 pious. plaything ved | Tor every ide girl, Now the 2) "wonders of the doll word, ence ot the proviacd 'of kings, are at the Vtnand "weteitho inp bitnhiimsion so ihe very 18h. L8ten, they were' tbs 7 t's Christmas, and time to greet good friends . . . Here's 10. a Yule that's brimming i : | the disposal of "Bile mothers , lb time, too, to count our in homes across the natben. pr fun. in AV: atid blessin gs One From waking, talking, well- ¢ season's the gr ) of of . wardrobed creations of won- special and greatest these is derful complexity to soft and joyful : the friendship of those cuddly rag dolls of sweetest mood. - whom we are privileged to serve. simplicity, dolls timelessly de- Our light little girls. For, yesterday best in or today, one thing is certain.. , TO ALL, OUR THANKS AND BEST WISHES In every generation, packages you. : from Santa evoke the same sparkle in young eyes, far a child's delight in a dream come trug never changes. FEATURES ROS8IN MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF One of the first Christmas Vr cards ever published, a small "PORT PERRY LGA. J) erin mids || EMMERSON INSURANCE Bon, features a robin presiding Under the Christmas tree of today, the walking doll struts, the baby doll cries and takes her bottle, the fashion doll displays Side by side with the dolls are toys equally fabulous. The model train wends its way through a realistic model town, fire trucks, police patrol cars and a myriad wheel toys come Toys today reflect modern living -- and so did toys of long ago, in their day. For Instance, toy racing cars came onto the gift market early in this century, wi.en the automobile indus- . As for dolls, the electronically-motivated walking, talking Lasting Appeal wonders of today are only the latest development in a long line of magical, marvelous dolls. Yes, modern dolls are fabu- lous in their complexity -- but dolls of the 17th and 18th cen- Sage anes of my, Soest on od 56 PORT PERRY STAR - CHRISTMAS 3 Has Dual Role Since ancient times, the doll has played a dual role,-ds toy and as religious symbel. To- day's creche dolls, displayed as part of the manger scene in churches and homes, have his» torical counterparts in the dolls used as religious figures, or idols, by primitive peoples. Dolls fashioned of clay, stone or hone have been unearthed by archaeologists from tombs thousands of years old, Their presence in the tombs 'is thought to mean that the dolls The word, "doll," im fact derives from a Greek word, "eidolon," which means "idol." Historians say that, before' the birth of Christ, WyyvLian sun worshippers idol¥ a dell-like figure, or child, at the -garliest times, dolls have followed fashion, and toys| season of the year new cele- have copied man's inventions. In some cases, toys may even| brated as Christmas. The doll be said to have sparked inventions -- witness the velocipede,| was meant to symbolise the a favorite toy a century ago. Inspired by foot-powered hobby| coming "rebirth" of the sun in horses of the early 1800s, the velocipede in its turn became the | the spring. ot x Our heartfelt = thanks! May allof * vour gifts be wrapped - - in holiday spiri, ._. | vour tree be decked = with zood thirgs. Eg wl, LEVINSON'S DY GOODS~ nnd 7. By you, Soler Mirnyi 0 sheigh {uli of heoriiull - . Wika, choor onfbypbust iH of good wishes foi the happiest of boldays! JOE PODRES i CARPENTER and WILDER vo over a pastoral winter scene, AGENCY LIMITED . : framed by paper lace. i AUS RAR Bett) Ns ria CR RR AL MRR were intended as idols, ++ al A hi, || abit hy Hid. ik