Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 164, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 November 1928 — Page 10

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SPEED FOREIGN YULE MAIL IS POSTAL PLEA Precise Directions Given With Rush Appeal by Bryson. Several new notes are sounded this year in Postmaster Bryan’s annual call to mail early and avoid the rush. The old familiar injunctions are necessary, but there is an intimation that the public is improving its mailing behavior. There is now more precise news of foreign and domestic schedules, information about European air mail lines and details of such innovations as how to mail your Christmas cards in November and yet have them delivered a day or two before Christmas. Adding the phrase “If it’s going abroad, get it aboard” to the lexicon of Christmas preparation phraseology, the Indianapolis postoffice is this year giving special attention to the increasingly important volume of holiday mail for foreign countries. Mail Jams Steamships i Each year, according to officials, the volume of last-minute Christirfas mails for foreign destinations causes a great concentration of effort on the part of the postoffice and steamship companies to move the mail across in time. All available space on the ship is piled high with mail sacks. And when the mail reaches a foreign port just before Christmas it encounters the usual congestion. To send Christmas mail abroad, according to the postmaster, it should be posted immediately. The last few steamers scheduled to reach their destinations before Dec. 25 are loaded with mail. Here are the latest approximate dates for mailing letters and cards: France, Germany and England, Dec. 14; Austria, Central Europe and Russia, Dec. 8; Spain, Dec. 12; Scandinavian countries, except Denmark, Dec. 8; Italy, Dec. 11; Denmark, Dec. 12; Japan, Dec. 2; Chile, today; Argentina,. Dec. 1; Brazil, Dec. 8. Parcel post packages must be mailed earlier. Speed Is Recommended No exact time, according to postoffice officials, can be given when foreign Christmas parcels should be mailed, as there are so many customs regulations abroad that must be compiled with before delivery. It is advisable that all such parcels be mailed as soon as possible'. The outstanding reason for the postmaster’s plea for early mailing is that during the holiday time the volume of mail increases approximately 200 per cent. In the case of Christmas cards, special facilities for early mailing are offered. "Patrons sending a quantity of Christmas cards, say, ten or more,” it is officially stated, "should prepare and mail them two or three weeks in advance, as millions are mailed and they cannot possibly be handled and delivered if mailed only two or three or four days before Christmas.” The solution is: To avoid this, patrons may mail their cards two oi three weeks before Christmas, ll! delivered to the postoffice or postal station ip person, or tied together in a bundle, labeled to show that they are Christmas cards, and de posited in a street letter or package box. They then will be segregated, stamped with the date on which to be delivered, and delivery effected one or two days before Christmas. Asks Divorce After 30 Years By Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 29.—John E. Smith is asking a divorce from Mrs. Celia E Smith, his wife for thirty years. He asserts she injured his business standing by circulating stories regarding his unfaithfulness to her. He asserts the stories were false. Fights Punchboards KENDALLVILLE, Ind., Nov. 9. Chief of Police Sawyer has declared war on punchboard operators in various business places throughout the oity.

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Mr. Kris Kringle had best not let Mrs. Kris make a pre-Christmas tour of his toy shops. For their are pretty maids galore playing the role of Santa’s foxy little proxies this season. The Misses Marion Shields and Hattie Lawrence, here shown are among the fairest of the assistants.

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Furniture Galore Shown as Christmas Gifts for Children. “Sonny Boy, Sonny Boy,” crooned the baby Victrola, and then the giant—the man seemed that large in comparison—lifted the needle and all was still, except for the “Ohs” of the little girls. It is a Victrola for little girls and boys and is about high enough for Miss Six-Year-Old, is lacquered a cream color with pictures of little bears on it, and has a place to keep records, which are the same size as those played on mother’s Victrola. It comes in console and upright styles and ranges in price from $17.85 to $21.75. Santa Claus is on his way to the Norman furniture store and Toyland Is all ready for him. A dining room and kitchen almost like mother’s, meant for big dolls and for little girls, too, is found there. Round dining room tables with four chairs to match, cream lacquered, with pictures illustrating the different nursery tales, match the china cabinets. These china cabinets are built with shelves above where the dishes stand against the wall and can be seen through the glass doors. In the kitchen a choice of tables may be had. One type is porcelain topped with the alphabet and numbers up to ten in the center of it, and with pictures from nursery rhymes on each four corners. The other style is cream, red. orange or green enamel drop leaf table, with which one or two chairs to match. A white kitchen cabinet, with shelves for spices, salt, pepper, sugar, flour, etc., in the top, and large shelves for pans La the bottom, completes the kitchen furniture. This furniture is all in a size that, although meant for dolls, is large enough for a little girl to use, so she may place her dolly in one chair and use the other herself. But Santa Claus in shipping his orders did not forget the little boys. He sent them scooters,'velocipedes, Dan Patch Master Trucks, and a new ttoy called the Play Boy. Ii really is a sort of glorified scooter, with a seat in front of the platform, where the "man power” stands and a way to guide it by the one who does the pushing. Along with the fiber ’doll buggies this year are fiber rockers with cretonne covered seats that are made nicely enough to put alongside Dad’s chair in the front room.

m : ' AIRPLANES ' BUILDS 15 MODELS, 91.25 GUILDS 25 MODELS $1.50 ZEPPELIN. Anew building model ..95.00 Mg# AIRPLANES that fly ....91.50 to 912.50 MECCANO, 9t to 925 V -' ERECTOR.. 91 to 915 automobiles for young- 50 Electrical and Mechanical sters 4 to 12 years— Trains at close-out prices. Make 98.50 to 935.00 your selection now and use our layaway department. __ sidewalk bikes 912.50 II jP VELOCIPEDES 93-50 to 918.50 If \ BABY WALKERS $2.50 to 90.75 1/ . , OTI \ DOLL CABS 91-50 to 918.50 \ BICYCLES.... 922.50 to 945.00 ' SI.OO and $1.50 GAMES. SCUDDER KARS, 98.50 f One assortment . FLIP-FLOP AND TOBY TUMBLER. Special, 59£ A THOUSAND TOYS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS SMITH-HASSLER-STURM Cos. 219-221 Massachusetta Ave. „ 116 E. Ohio St.

SMITH STORE IS TOYPARADISE Every Item of Sporting Goods Shown. Toyland is just in the making at the Smith-Hassler-Sturm Sporting Goods store. At least that's what the. store executives say, but a youngster who ventures in the store these days will be convinced he is in the toy city proper. Airplanes, propelled by air currents, flit above the store visitor’s head, games and toys of every description line the wall and showoases, and the bicycle and tricycle racks—for which the store is noted —are filled with bright, shiny steeds. To top off the toy display, there is everything the athletic youngster’s heart could desire. Small tennis racquets, golf sets, of shorter length, but patterned exactly after the clubs the links wizards use. boxing gloves, punching bags, in fact, all imaginable athletic equipment, is to be had. Electric toys of all kinds vie for notice with the other toy displays, magic sets, roller skates, hobby horses. They’re all there. A special feature is the father and son boxing glove set, with one pair of gloves much smaller than the other. No dolls, no girl games. Boy, this is a real he-man store. SHIFT FEET kND WHY? But .Firm Fails to Collect for Public Speaking Speech. By United Press MILWAUKEE, Nov. 29.—“ How often should you shift your feet during a fifteen-minute speech?” “Do you move your hands?”* “Why?” “How near the edge of the platform should you stand while making an address?” Such were some of the questions asked in a “personal analysis and public address correspondence course” described by Judge Michael F. Blenski as the biggest humbug he had ever seen. A Chicago firm sought to collect $59 for the course from C. Benjamin Johnson, Milwaukee business man, but Judge Blenski dismissed the suit.

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PLANES MOST POPULAR TOYS, FINDS Washington Street Store Has Pioneer Plaything Department. Toy airplanes, from the kind assembled by boys themselves to airplanes in which the child rides and propels by pedaling, are among the most popular playthings this year at the Charles Mayer toy department, according to store officials. Some of the airplane construction sets can be built into 250 different types of planes. The store’s toy department is held to be the oldest in the state, having been established with the original store in 1840. A large stock of toys is kept the year around, as well as at Christmas time. The store attempts to satisfy the desire of children for toys expressing the trend of modern civilization, such as airplanes, mechanical toys, and miniature household articles. Dolls Stay Favorites Dolls still remain the prime favorite among girls, with miniature household toys a close second. Among these are dollhouses, large and small, some with elevators and others complete, even to toy bathrooms. Sewing sets, cradles, kitchen outfits, including electric stoves that really will cook, and toy pianos are among other favorites with the girls. The doll stock is unusually comprehensive, with French boudoir dolls, Italian art dolls, with most realistic features and hair, as well as the usual stock of Americanmade talking and sleeping dolls. Before the war 95 per cent of the dolls sold in this country came from Germany, France and Italy, according to Mayer, but now the order is exactly reversed. The same is true of other toys, probably 80 per cent of all toys sold in this country, except the cheapest types, being made in the United States, where a few years ago at least 65 per cent were made in Europe. Movie Machines on Sale One of the features of the stock is a complete line of toy motion pic - ture machines, with short reels of films taken from real motion pictures of Tom Mix and other screen favorites of the children. One toy that catches the eye of children and grownups alike is a toy bird, which, when wound up, pecks at grain almost as realistically as a real bird. An old toy in anew form is the “Designascope,” a sort of microscope. which transforms pieces of colored string, glass and other articles placed on a revolving wheel into startling designs of beautiful colors. Among the favorite toys for boys, store heads said, are electric trains, mechanical toys of all sorts, including outdoor tracks, fire trucks, sand loaders, ice wagons, wrecking cars and carpenter tools, such as saws hammers and vises. NATURE JS_STUDIED Coburn School Conducts Special Classes. Several classes in nature work are being conducted at Coburn school, Thirty-eighth street and Broadway. The departmental grades have made books containing names and samples of weeds. Some of the best are by Phylli| Minter, Jane Held and Mary Lapinska. The 2A grade children are making leaf books and racing to be the first to get fifteen leaves. Stress is being placed on the different trees in the leaf work of the intermediate grades. Two individual charts of leaves were hung on the lower hall by Lois McCasky and Carolyn Beal of the 4A-B morning 'class.

KIRK’S TO HAVE SANTA CLAUS ANDJIG TREE Toys of Every Description Will Be on Display for City Children. Santa Claus will come to the Kirk Furniture Company the beginning of next week, bringing his great big Christmas tree with him. It will be set up in the center of the store and all the toys placed about it. But since all the little boys and girls have been so eager to pick out their toys, Santa sent a lot of them in advance and you may see them at the Kirk store now. For the little boys have been yearning for moving picture machines, so they could give shows at night in their own homes. Santa sent two kinds of moviegraphs—a large size and a small size. Films of Charlie Chaplin, and cowboy pictures, and your favorite actors in their most daring feaffc may be had for the machines. Boys Get Lindy Planes Ever since Lindy flew across the Atlantic, boys have been yearning for planes modeled after the Spirit of St. Louis, and now they can have them—the kind large enough to ride in. Os course they don’t go up in the air, but you can pedal them so fast it seems like you are flying. Dimples and Rosebud are waiting with open arms for the little girls to make up with them. Dimples is a large baby doll that stands about thirty inches high, while Rosebud is only twenty-four inches high, but is past the. baby stage. She Ls a coy little girl who opens and closes her eyes and has real curly hair. Aluminum kitchen sets large enough to cook in are new this year. They consist of a peculator, loader, stewing pan. kettle, double toiler, strainer, four cups and saucers and plates. Kitchen Well Furnished Other kitchen utensil sets with white and blue painted handles consist of teaspoon, egg spoon, ladle, egg beater, spatula, potato masher, potato peeler, pancake turner, three sizes of mixing bowls, half-dozen muffin pans, bread board, rolling pin, and special bowl in which to beat the eggs. These sets, containing different items, range in price from 55 cents tO $1.98. Pianos are there, too, in two styles.

Come - Meet WHHP SANTA . at Vonnegut’s HHSBEBfca./HU We want every good little bov and arirl to come Jgg TuSSS&rjp? and meet Santa and see the enormous selection and variety of toys and games Santa has brought to Y Vonnegut’s Toyland. Every case and every table is tilled to overflowing with the things that do- sf/fj light the heart of childhood. Santa will expect you \ C tomorrow. SPECIAL Friday - Saturday Use Our vy as |,ing Machines IfißaP* . Lay - just like mother’s. . fIL i 1 f||f ll fjy Ip/ - away Actually washes. 11 11 Hiy ZroCn*- / ' Service QO- V MM\wSKKmJ/ fa** /*g| Special 9OC XK^Hp/ Regular SI.OO \ / oJLZh* 'ZIJL' Bootball or Psi f Baseball Games " IgfeS** Very exciting. Has „—- — 2 A J leAStn /~ Special ir. I *¥ / * r / •?/. j / Secular ie. \ WJ fl Xb CsrtmS c/ffUsv, / JMjgS AM iSr/stftJZ.f?' /* Lionel Outfits \ s’^ 1 vL /J &***"*> / i h„™ .'m Engine, two cars, j *ft ~v JR ' / ~ (J /for every good eight sections of I / bffjcj / P -7 / little boy and track, transformer and sta- t A 1J / / QyOL/VXAXZ. ( i girl If accomtion. Special <plw %XL / / panied by dad Standard gauge outfit, with large size locomotive, three large cars. *• large size transformer, large station Velocipedes f3.50 to $19.50 and ten sections of 4J0.1 Autos $5.85 to $34.50 track. Special P***lV -A 4/Wa^ - \ sleds $1.65 to $8.75 — Blackboards $1.95 to $6.35 Children’s Rockers $3.45 to $5.65 jt\.. X'T'Wll Wagons $1.50 to $9.95 ir \ \."Ar$2 Scooters $1.95 to $3.59 w \ Carrom and Crokinole 80ard5...54.95 to $7.95 A \ Building Lumber Sets 60£ to $5 , ' A '\ Soldier Sets $1.45 to $12.95 (p \\ \ Noah’s Ark Animal Sets $1.35 to $12.95 y v>\6 \ T Steam Engines 75d to S4O V V * aQC A ni/m Doll Carriages $2.25 to $10.35 \ . QT\v \ D oiis osc to $10.95 V a <to- IIW \ i Wm/'A \ Chemical Sets $1 to sl2 \\ V** - i-ry V** *tr iirvlfr •Y jf > Lincoln Logs $1 to $4 \ 'OOW * Buddy “L” Toys $2.75 to $27.95 \ Puddy “L” Tool Chests $14.95 to $27.95 Games 25<* to $5 Ur Compare 1/ Erector Set to $25 Our JZSHnrWJ Bilt E-Z Set $1 to $5 D . H I Lionel Electric Trains $6.75 to SBS rrices Train Accessories 35£ to $10.35

Est. 1852 Our 76th Christmas

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Living Trees Christmas Center Piece Will Thrive If It Is Replanted.

B.u Times Special NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—Thousands of American families will have living Christmas trees in their homes this year. Then, when the holidays are past, the trees will be planted outside to decorate lawn or garden and keep fresh the memory of this Christmas for many years to come. According to an article in the December American Home, the living Christmas tree will live ninety-five times in 100 when planted out, provided reasonable care is taken. For this double use, the tree oought from the nursery is preferable as it has been sheared into a more compact shape and, having been transplanted several times, it has a ball of roots to which earth clings. The wild tree with straggling roots from whiqh the earth easily falls off, more frequently dies Before the tree is bought, the place where it is to be planted should be selected and a bushel basket of leaves or straw dumped over the spot, leaving the basket upturned with the material inside. This will prevent the ground from freezing and make it easier to dig the hole. In planting, leave the burlap on the tree, loosening it at the top. The dirt> should be well firmed around the root ball and the tree copiously watered, both at planting and at frequent intervals later. Aside from the extra weight, the live Christmas tree is easy to handle, as it will stand upright with little support much more readily than a cut tree will. A large tree can be set inside a tub, while it is in the house, or on top of a tub or box. A smaller size can be put in a bushel basket, and smaller still in a candy bucket. upright and baby grand. There are four sizes in the upright pianos and two in the baby grand. Kirk is giving away a book of Christmas jingles to every boy ana girl who come to see Santa Claus at their store.

VONNEGUT’S

Doll Department One of Most Striking; Many Mechanical Toys. Almost the entire fourth floor of L. S. Ayres Co.’s new building is devoted to the stock of Christmas toys. The biggest ever carried by this store. One of the most complete departments is that given over to dolls. Here are dolls ofi all sorts and de- | scriptions, Negro and white, talking i and silent, large and small, expensive and moderately priced. Accompanying the dolls is an equally extensive stock of doll clothing, doll beds and bed clothing. An entire section is given to a beautiful line of children’s toy fur- ! niture, such as bedroom suites conI taining chiffoniers, dressing tables, beds, dining-room suites, writing | desks, rockers, tea servers, chairs, ! tables of all kinds and sizes, and | other such furniture. Many types j and sizes of doll houses also are stocked. Many Mechanical Toys To gladden the hearts of boys are many new mechanical toys and the old stand-bys also. A feature is an electric racing car aperating by contact along sides of operating by contact along side of obtains its electric motive power. ! The fence may be adjustd to any | shape desired. Boys also will find joy in the ■ stock of electric trains, electrically , aperated jig saws, lathes and electric steam engines. Games fill one entire department of the toy store. One of the interesting educational games is an "electric questioner,” which contains various charts with more than 500 questions. By pushing levers past printed answers, children may find the answer i to multiplication, division, fractional, ! geographical and similar questions, a buzzer sounding when the indicator passes the correct answer. Some Toys Elaborate Among the more elaborate toys are large castles, complete with drawbridge and several dozen knights and esquires dressed in the fashion of King Arthur’s time. In addition to these, the store carries the usual line of Christmas toys, such as construction sets, those for making airplanes, dirigibles and airplane hangars; footballs, basketballs, horns, puzzles, toy musical instruments, sleds, wagons, building blocks, stuffed animals, carpenter tools, toy automobiles, tin dinner sets, and cooking sets.

NOV. 29,1928

SANTA RULES OVER TOYS AT PEOPLES CO; ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Air Hovers About Yuletide Basement. Santa Claus has arrived to preside over Toyland in the basement of the Peoples Outfitting Company. In his regal splendor he sits, red robe, white whiskers and all. to distribute gifts, receive Christmas gift requests, and direct visitors to various streets and stores in his realm. An Alice in Wonderland air hangs over the entire basement. It is, in fact, a tiny city. One starts a tour of inspection at Plaything avenue. At his right is the doll hotel, where dolls St every description and make are on display. At the left is the motor speedway, where tiny automobiles are being tuned up for the Christmas day sweepstakes. View of Athletic Club Swinging around the corner one receives an inside view of the athletic club, where miniature punching bags, boxing gloves and all athletic equipment is exhibited. On to the Buddy L. Steel works, where dredging outfits, steel cranes and other toy machinery is busily at work. Then to the motion picture show, where the latest projection machines, with real film in them, are ready to be operated. The school of music is next. Here miniature pianos, victrolas and other musical instruments that really may be seen. Wall Street is the next intersection, and the walls are decorated with blackboards and slates. The blacksmith shop, filled with chortling, neighing hobby horses, is next. On the left is the Parkcycle Club, awaiting only members; the velocipedes, tricycles, bicycles and all equipment are in readiness for an outing. See You Christmas The furniture store is at the left, filled to overflowing with tables, miniature houses, chairs, doll buggies and what not. Then to the railroad station, where tiny trains whistle their ways from station to station. The Gilbert Construction Company, with its wheelbarrows and girders is the last stop on the Inspection tour. Santa is waving good-by. "See you Christmas.”

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