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CHILDREN nowaday. Just like the srowniiDs.
CI Insist on being supplied with novelties In the
I way of amusements. What was good enough
I a year ago floes not satisfy them today: they
require something fresh. Consequently the In
genuity of the toy manufacturer Is continually
exercised to contrive something new to surprise
nna entertain the little ones.
For the coming Christmas there Is a greater number of
novelties than usual, and not least surprising among them
are toy locomotives and battleships made of sheet Iron paint
ed, which are so large that a fair sired boy can comfortably
occupy either engine or vessel as a passenger. The locomo
tive, which has a tendn- attached to It, costs only $23, and the
formidable looking war craft Is purchasable for the same
price. These huge playthings are velocipedes of a sort, pro
pelled by the child's feet.
Another new thing Is a completely equipped little stable
for a racehorse, with feed box, troughs, pitchforks, wheel
barrows, a sifter for oats, blankets, harness, and even a
Jockey to ride. In some of the toy stables of latest pattern
n horse and an automobile are placed side by side. There
is also the miniature " garage," containing several autos of
different types, Including even a motor truck
freight
Dolls That Walk and Talk,
The latest thing In the line of toy motor vehicle Is an
automobile that goes forward a certain distance and then
runs backward, repeating the operation several times by the
automatic reversing of Its mechanism. The doll that walks
and talks Is new for the coming Christmas, and may fairly
be considered a wonder. Its hair is " bobbed "I. e., cut off
square all around Just like the hair of many little girls at
present. There Is a new kind of doll, quite artlstlo In Its
way, which Is made to reprenent various familiar types of
people. It Is about a foot and a half high, made of cloth,
and, being provided with unusually large feet. Is able to stand
up quite comfortably. One such manikin Is a policeman, an
other Is a soldier, and so on.
Dolls' houses now have tiled bathrooms, with porcelain
tubs, provided with a towel rack, sponge, and soap. In place
of the old fashioned Noah arks, small menageries filled with
artistically carved wild animals are supplied for the Instruc
tion of young folks In natural history; To teach them geogra
phy, they are provided wi'.h rubber balls which are geograph
ical globes, furnishing education In disguise,
Automobile Loops the Loop.
A milk wagon, drawn by a horse, Is filled with milk cans
below and butter tubs above. Doors at the sides open and
reveal pats of butter and pieces of cheese. The peacock
that utters a cry at intervals when pulled along the ground
on wheels is really a beautiful bird and a striking toy.
Equally artistic Is the performing bear, which wags Its head
and exhibits other marks of intelligence, thanks to a mechan
ism In its stomach. The toy pspcorn wagon Is exaotly like a
real one, and Is even provided with a little popper.
There Is a toy " loop the loop," with a little man In an
automobile, who starts at ths top of a tower and performs
the hazardous circus feat. The " house on fire " does not
actually burn, the flames being merely painted. A fireman
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like boys and girls. The correct toy soldiers, of course, ar
Jape and Russians.
Most ingenious Is a toy savings bank representing a bird
which feeds Its young ones, the latter opening their mouths
when a coin Is presented. There Is a bank for dimes and
cents which registers the number of pieces received, and
when f." worth of dimes has been contributed It opens, or
when f 1 worth of pennies baa been deposited.
o Toy Typewriter That Works.
A shooting gallery has three little men standing In a row,
each of them wearing a tall stovepipe hat Attached to
rubber string Is a ball, and the problem Is to snap it In such
a way as to knock off one of the hats. Each hat count m
different number.
The latest toy typewriter works almost a well a a real
one. For children who like to pslnt, colors are supplied in
tubes, moist, to take the place of the little bricks that used to
be sold In boxes. The small girl, if she wants it, may have
a tiny ice cresm freeier that will really make Ice cream.
Toy frog and lobsters are of celluloid, and they float de
lightfully. Gardening outfits are now put up In set for
children. Including wheelbarrow, hoe, rake, spade, bucket,
and watering pot.
The urgent demand for novelties In the way of toy
make It necessary for the great commission houses and de
partment stores to send men abroad every year to poke about
In the Ilartz mountains and other great toy producing dis
tricts of Europe loqklng for something new. One of the
most notable of these expert buyers says that the tendency
In playthings Is steadily toward greater expenslveness, and
that each Christmas more money Is spent on toys In this coun
try than In any year preceding, children's taste and require
ments in this line becoming steadily more exacting.
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another fireman directs upon the building a strew of water
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The newest style of toy drum beat Itself, and is not
provided with sticks. Another musical Instrument for the
nursery 1 a little hand organ on wheels. In a cage there is a
little bird, which Is caused by clockwork mechanism to sing
and flutter Its wings. Ninepins of latest; pattern are shaped
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lIIERE Is a woman In New York who I famous
for her nose. Not for any on her own face,
but for those she has put on the face of others.
She Is the expert on the beautlflcatton of the
noee, and to her rich parents send daughter
whose nose are unpromising.
And if the candidate for fame a a society
beauty goes early enough to the nose culturist
she boasts that she can remedy the most unpromising case.
It mean the molding of the organ day by day. The nose is
made of cartilage, and Is pliable. It can be massaged Into
shape and made crooked or straight, flat or Orecian, or even
Roman.
Here are her rule for getting a beautiful nose:
When washing her face she must not rub her nose up.
She must not sleep on her face.
She must not get into the bablt of burying her nose in her
pillow. I
She must not press upward on the tip of her nose at any
time.
Nor must she fait her nose or injure it if she can possibly
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help It A little care in guarding the nose against chance
knock will often save a nose from disfigurement later on.
" There are cases where girls have ruined their noises and
made them really 'hook' by the habit of pulling at the tip
of the nose," says the specialist. " This I a habit which,
when formed in childhood, grows upon a person, and the hook
nose is one that grows more and more pronounced as one
grows older and continues to pull upon the tip of the nose.
" I recently heard of a case in Europe. It was that of a
little daughter of the duchess of Fife. My Informant told me
that the child suffered from a broad nose about which she was
terribly sensitive. One day her mother took her to a face
specialist, who advised a treatment, and In a short time the
child was much improved in looks.
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Noses Shaped by Clothespins.
" In the case of the little princess they took hex nose and
gently pressed It upright every day. The little girl of olden
days used to ait with a hairpin ort the nose, and the southern
mammies were never tired of pressing the little noses of their
charges into place, while the more practical girl of the north
wore a clothespin on the nose.
" The little nose can oe made as shapely as you please,
but It must be molded day by day and squeesed and pressed
Into shape or It will not be as It ought to be.
" And while speaking of a child's nose it Is a good thing
to mention Uie noses of elderly persons. There come no time
in a woman' life when her nose may not be pressed out of
shape. And there Is no hour in her life when she may not
begin to reclaim It. The nose that is wide can be treated, and
the nose that la flat can be lifted and the nose that la humped
or crooked can be straightened. It la never too late '.o mend
a nose.
" Never let the nose become closed. Difficulty In breathing
Is sure to dilate the nostrils. They will stand out so a to
spoil ths symmetry of the face.
" The way to mend it is by constant working upon It Do
not Irritate it, nor make It red, inflummed or sore. But at
night, before going to bed, massage, the sides of the nose,
lifting it and pressing it into Grecian shape. The straight
Grecian nose is the pretty nose' of today. And the woman
whose nose turns up or down, or lie flat, 1 the woman who
needs to put In a little time massaging her nose.
" Remember always that the cartilage Is soft and that you
can flatten the nose at a blow. In the same way, you can lift
it and mold it Into nice shape.
" The eyebrows can always be made nice, and In the case
of a little child the eyebrows ar susceptible of much treat
ment. They can be curved and made a pretty a on would
want to see.
Eyebrows Easily Treated.
A woman who belongs to New York' Four Hundred
came to me not long ago with a little girl whose eyebrow
were far from symmetrical. One was thicker than the, other.
Both were scanty, and the right one waa much higher than
the left. The child was fast becoming disfigured. What could
be done for her?
I went to work, and exerclaed strategy. I worked over
her eyebrows faithfully, and In the end was rewarded with a
great Improvement.
" I made a nice eyebrow grower, a thin, smooth cream,
which would make hair grow on a stone, with thi cream I
painted the child thin eyebrow every day. I used the tiniest
brush, and. after dipping It In the cream, I painted the eye
brow Just along the line which I wished It to take. It was an
easy matter, and took but' a few minutes. I had the cream
warm, and I used little of it, Ju-t enough to encouragd the
growth of hair along the line of the brow.
"This is a thing which every woman might do. She
could gently anoint her thin eyebrow with a good eyebrow
grower, and in a short time she would be rewarded with
good brows. This Is so easily done that It i a wonder that
more women do not do it. Why neglect such a simple precau
tion, when thin eyebrows are death to good looks 7
" There la a difference of opinion, but most people admire
curved brow. There are those who like straight brows. But
as a rule the eye with the curved brow Is much more pleasing.
It gives a classic sweetness to the face, this gentle curvature
of the eyebrows.
" Where one eyebrow Is higher than the other It Is a mat
ter of weak eyes. One eye Is not strong, the eyelid droops,
and pretty soon the eyebrow also droops.
"The remedy for this Is to treat the eyesight. Glasses
should be worn for awhlft or until the eyesight begins to Im
prove. Or, perhaps, the eyes need only a simple eye lotion,
which will soon restore the weak eye and make It able to do
Its work. Both eyes should be of. equal power, or the lids,
the lashes, and the brows will all give evidence that one eye
Is not as strong as the other.
" So the eyes must be cared for and kept strong. Melan
choly and weak eyes will cause the eyelids to sag, to droop,
and to look bad. And the professional beauty will take car
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that she does not creep Into the fault of letting the lids grow
weak. '
" Massage will do a great deal for the eyes. The brow
can be treated, the eyelids can be lifted and strengthened.
And even when neglected In childhood a great deal can be
done later. I have worked successfully, upon the eyes of a
society leader of 64. I massaged them, bathed them, strength
ened them, and made them nice again.
Making Over an Ugly Girl.
" I had an Interesting case not long ago of a little girl
whose mouth drooped. It had a melancholy look. The child
was happy, but, through some fault In her early training, her
mouth sagged at the corners. She looked sad, no matter
how happy sine was, and one could well imagine that In time
this look of sadness would deepen on her face and she would
have a melancholy cast of countenance which would be death
to all beauty.
" Now, the proper mouth Is shaped like a bow. Mr. Clar
ence Mackay ha It perfectly. It lifts at each corner. It is
shaped like the Cupid bow of which one reads in poetry.
There are mouths which are built this way. And other
mouths which munt be trained to bow.
" The woman whose mouth does not bow should learn to
bow It. She should simply force herself to smile. She should
lift the corners and keep them lifted until It becomes second
nature to make the lips smile. One of my patients kept at it
until she actually made her mouth look like a Cupid' bow.
The Hp were full and the corner were lifted.
" Little girls whose lips are thin can Improve the mouth
by not pressing the lips together. Lips tightly compressed
will always be thin and Hps that are compressed and pulled
down at the corners will look like a slit across the face, ugly
and menacing.
" If the Hps are Inclined to be thin, do not press them to
gether. On the contrary, keep them slightly apart This will
make them look fuller. An open mouth is never pretty, but
the Up can be touched ever so lightly together In such a
way as to make them look fuller. It Is all a habit, this way
of keeping the Hp slightly apart, and a habit which a woman
would do well to cultivate.
lng thin back of the ears and In the back of the neck.
' Don't lot your hair get gray. Treat the roots, if a
grownup person. If a child' hair, treat the roots to keep it
from getting thin.
" Never braid or twist the hair tightly. Never wear the
hair the same more than two day In succession. And In case
of a child's hair braid it different ways on successive day.
The strain must never com upon the same spot twice.
"Treat the feature and the hair dally. It la time well
epent
" To Improve the general looks, here are direction for
the day. Follow them as regularly a you aleep. They take
in the whole countenance:
" Massage the skin to make it soft and white.
" Pinch the nose if it is flat.
" Massage the corners of the mouth If they droop.
" Straighten the line of the eyebrows.
" Press back the ears. Don't pull them, but keep them
laid back flat to the head. (
" Work upon the cheek to keep them round and Arm.
" And don't forget that beauty Is a woman's best weapon."
Making the Mouth Curve.
The Youn MilliontirM Ha Her Eyebrow Daily Arched
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" A child's mouth, if inclined to sag, can be massaged up
ward a little at the corners. A little thin massage cream
should be used. It will make the skin fairer and more supple
and will not be In any way Injurious. Indeed. It preserve the
tone of the flesh, this daily application of skin food to the
face.
" Massage the corners of the mouth upward once a day and
you will find that pretty soon the mouth will begin to curve
naturally and the appearance will be a thousand time im
proved. " A child' hair can be encouraged to grow down on the
forehead. If a little oil 1 massaged into the root of the hair,
along the line of the forehead, It will encourage the hair to ,
prow. There are a few thing to be remembered by the
-.oman who Is trying to make a child over Into a professional
beauty. And they are rules which can be applied to grown
person as well as children.
" If the hair grows too high on the forehead rub the roots
with sweet oil every night.
" Never use more than mix drop of oil for the entire fore
head. v
" Never brush the hair back from the forehead. Draw
it gently back with the fingers tip and with a soft brush.
" Don't pull the hair. Better let " snarl.
"Try not to wet the roots of the hair any oftener .han
necessary. Washing the hair Is a foe to heavy hair.
" Use a tittle hair tonic onoe a week to keep it from grow-
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