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ft~?I -s Mei 1 Make oui I and suitable | King's! 71<> ?!> ^ ViC '/,? 1, Cliildren and 01 Vt. ^ j*' fejrt<lvV/? p 5-IILDREN are conservative beings, even old fashioned, when it comes to choosing They aren't up to date and as Jul! of the modern spirit of progress j&nd invention as the toymakers bellieve them to be." Thus 6poke one who is a sort ol (professional Santa Claus?that is, he Juts played the part at so many Sunday school Christmas parties that he aometimes imagines he is growing cotton whiskers. "They display the same quaint, sim;ple, old-fashioned taste as their grandfathers and grandmothers when they were children," he continued. "Most of them, do. anyhow. Every year the toy manufacturers break loose with a new crop of automatic racing cars, aeroplanes, submarines, fire engines and kicking donkeys. If the children were constructed on the same nervous clock-work plan, they would give old Santa Claus no rest unless he kept up with all the modern invention/. Instead of toy soldiers they would demand mortar batteries, and they would not be satisfied with mooley cows, but would demand that they have pedigrees and aive only certified milk and cream. "They would ?ot accept a Noah's ark unless It was a combination of the steamship Lusitania and a modern cement bungalow, with sleeping porches, twin-screw propellers, electric searchlights, wireless apparatus, second chattel mortgage?in fact, all the comforts of ship and home complete. They would require Mr. Noah to carry a pilot's license as well as a college degree in natural history. All the animals would have to be trained to do tricks, and poor Noah's family would have a fine time herding them while wearing wooden raincoats and stovepipe hats. "Fortunately children, real children, ere not constructed that way. They want their arks on the old-fashioned plan, whereby you lift off the roof and find Noah minus his head, and most of the animals trying to hobble on three legs. ( "Automobiles in miniature, with real APPLIED NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Via/3 Kmvrt unmourl In V.* ( J. ?V UOU WVVM ?W ? trunk across the lake. He placed the trunk in the bow of the boat, with the result that the boat tipped forward. Man (on the dock)?What are you rowing with that trunk in the bow of the boat for, Pat ? Pat?Sure, an' if it waa in the - stern wouldn't I be rowin' uphill all the time? An' this way I'm rowin' downhill all the time ? rry C i? i i r store your neau gifts for all. D< tree Dry I d-Fashioned Toys I i upholstered seatg and rubber tires , may fascinate a small boy for a few ; hours, but you'd better place your i faith in a good, old-pattern rocking i horse, with saddle and stiTups, and a mane and tail of real hair. The rocking horse is not going out of fashion ' by a long ways, and I predict that in i the horseless age, if that time ever comes, our children's children will be 11 jerking the mane of a wooden 'horsey' and whipping him on his painted flanks, and trying to feed him crackers. Also, they'll be falling off his ~ back and bumping their little foreheads in the old-fashioned way, and 'horsey' will have to be thrashed and i locked up in the clothes closet for his | bad behavio" "And as for dolls, you've got to give them real 'baby dolls' and not grand ladies in the latest tango gowns and hats. For the last 50 years or so doting parents who a#e well to do have been trying the experiment of presenting their little girls with waxen fashIon models?only to find the precious one crying for the rag baby of the laundress' daughter. Children show the real mother Instinct when they spurn the 'play-child' which Is too dressy and up to date. "I have one friend, the father of a large and lively family. I make him happy every Christmas time by presenting his kids with a bunch of cheap, mechanical toys. After about half an hour of winding them up, the little ones tire of the clicking wonders and return to their woolly dogs, rubber dolls and other simple favorites. That is when father's fun begins. He insists on winding up the toys and run- . ning them all Christmas day, osten; sibly for the pleasure of his youngsters. He does net cease winding until the toys begin to get out of order, and then he has the additional pleasure of trying to repair them. Sometimes I think that a manufacturer could make a fortune selling toys Just for grown-ups. Seeing a bunch of aduits busy working mechanical toys reminds me of the time when the whole family insists on tak jing little Johnny to the circus. | Th^Ca^bb als?^ 0"u,^jn-n-r,-r I The Cabballsts were a sect of Jew- | lsh philosophers who exercised greet Influence upon the mental development of the Hebrews In the ninth to the seventeenth century- The teachings of the Cabbalists were & mingling of Talmudlsm and Greek philosophy, especially Neo-Platonlsm. Jolting Started Clock. Moving a clock a distance of a mile j from one house to another In Waycross, Ga., caused it to resume work after it had lain idle for seven years. Jewelers had failed to start it going, but the jolting succeeded. ^iins Iquarters for your n't delay, for Ch UUUU9 VChristmas : and Nove A gift for everyone in the holiday goods is complete, the goods to be had for the mone^ to have you call and look t gladly put aside any article future deliver^7. Engraving notice. A few of the many g are mentioned below. EVERY ARTICLE GI Diamond Set LaVallieres Golc Cameo Set LaVallieres Lad Gold Necklaces h Gold Bead Necklaces Lad Bracelets Bi Watch Bracelets Ladi Diamond Set Brooches Ladi Cameo Brooches Den Diamond Bar Pins Ladi Gold hat Pins Bi Ladies' Watches Ladi Ladies' Cameo Rings Ladi Ladies' Stone Set Rings Ladi Children's Set Rings Silvi Ladies' Pearl Set Rings Gen Gents' Scarf Pins Ki Gents' Tie Clasps Gen Gents' Cuff Link Sets Gen Gold and Silver Thimbles Gen Gold and Silver Mounted uen Fountain Pens Gen Eyes tested and glasses fitted, on short notice. Bring me you broken jewelry for repairs. Repa ceived. Mail orders receive prom] T. E. BAGGETT, Jewel? 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T LET YOUR 1 j TYBURN AHOIE VUR POCKET! < .; il i ? o is burning the candle at bath ends try as fast as he makes it the VALUE rt him on the EIGHT BOAD today, see the error of his ways. The open- \ p to many a youth's wild desire tn be i KINGSTREE. ~~~4i arcusl LA 1 5SS | '(Male. V ioing On! ^iss It! i lest values are re, so don't fail -.1 ?. _* 1. gei your pick y best values are ft if Ready-Made :ond to none in j JPDK.S.C. ' emi-Weekly State "O 85 a year COUNTY AND STATE