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were invited into the social hall for some delightful refreshments. They
were planning cheer gifts for some of their sick friends.
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Toys, Dolls Bring Ageless Delight
Modern Marvels Have Their Rivals
In Wondrous Playthings of Pasi
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Under the Christmas tree of today, the walking doll struts the
baby doll cries and takes her bottle, the fashion doll displays
her wardrobe and the talking doll shows off her vocabulary
Side by side with the dolls are toys equally fabulous The
model train wends its way through a realistic model town
while electrically-powered miniature racing cars execute excit
ing maneuvers along intricate stretches of track Milk trucks
fire trucks, police patrol cars and a myriad wheel toys come
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
selves, now find their children's Christmas playthings beyond
their experience.
II hat About Toys of Yesteryear?
One toy manufacturer, it is said, includes these instructions
with "to be assembled" toys: "Caution: Adults, hands off! This
toy can be assembled only by a child "
If Christmas doll-and-toyland is a strange and wondrous
place for the not-so-oldsters of today, how would it have
;^ em ed to the chi,d of y est erday? Would a little boy or girl of
the 1880 s, for instance, have found the modern array of toys
and dolls amazing or bewildering 9
To yesterday's child, the wealth of packages under today's
Christmas trees might well have been bewildering. Until auite
recently, Christmas gifts were few in number, though their
very rarity made them at least as prized and cherished as
the modern Yuletide bounty.
As for amazement, today's toys and dolls are marvels of
mechanical ingenuity - yet that ingenuity would not have
seemed so very strange to yesterdays youngsters. Complex
though they are, modern playthings have their counterparts
in the wonders of the past.
ToUouin# Tushion — and Invention
Since earliest times, dolls have followed fashion, and toys
have copied man's inventions. In some cases, toys may even
be said to have sparked inventions witness the velocipede
a favorite toy a century ago. Inspired by foot-powered hobby
horses ot the early 1800 s. the velocipede in its turn became the
forerunner of the bicycle.
Toys today reflect modern living and so did toys of lone
ago, in their day. For instance, toy racing ears came onto the
gift market early in this century, when the automobile indus
try was getting its start.
As for dolls, the electronically-motivated walking tilkine
wonders ot today arc only the latest development in a lone
me of magical, marvelous dolls Yes. modern dolls are fabu
lous in their complexity but dolls of the 17th and 18th cen
turies were frequently even more elaborate 1
Has Dual Role
Since ancient times, the doll
has played a dual role, as toy
and as religious symbol 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 bone have been unearthed
by archaeologists from tombs
thousands of years old. Their
presence in the tombs is
thought to mean that the dolls
were intended as idols
The word, "doll," in fact
derives from a Greek word,
"eidolon," which means "idol."
Historians say that, before
the birth of Christ, Egyptian
sun worshippers idolized a
doll-like figure, or child, at the
season of the year now cele
brated as Christmas. The doll
was meant to symbolize the
coming “rebirth'’ of the sun in
the spring.
Dressing Dolls
France, famed for its fash
ions, early gave attention to
dressing dolls known as "fash
ion babies." First created about
600 years ago, the “fashion
babies” in later years became
ambassadors for French styles.
In the early American Colo
nies, for instance, the arrival
of a group of “fashion babies”
from France was greeted with
great excitement. For payment
of an admission fee, Colonial
women could see the dolls dis
played, and observe the newest
fashions, in miniature.
Works of Art
The elaborate European dolls
of the 17th and 18th centuries
were the precious possessions of
the very rich. Often, they were
court dolls, prized by royalty.
In times of war, these valu
able dolls were treated like
works of art — as indeed they
were. Special arrangements
were made to transport them
to safety and a peaceful refuge
for the duration of the war.
For Every Child
During the past century, the
doll has really come into its
Advent Christian
Church To Give
Special Program
A Christmas program will be
held at the Pembroke Advent
Christian Church Thursday,
Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m. after which
refreshments will be served in
the Social Hall.
The program will consist of a
slide presentation entitled “The
Christmas Story in Song,” fea
turing the following characters: •
Mary, Debra Alford; Joseph,
■Joe Hill; Wise Men and Shep- :
herds, Nancy Alford, Greg Hill, I
and Wilson Pickett; Angel, ;
Sheri Garday; The narrator will i
be Reverend Harold Aldridge.
Music will be furnished by a j
recording of the church choir.
Poems and special songs will be 3
given by Nancy Alford, Thomas I
Dußois, and Sheri Garday.
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own. as a precious plaything
for every little girl Now the
wonders of the doll world, once
the province of kings, are at
the disposal of “little mothers”
in homes across the nation
From waking, talking, well
wardrobed creations of won
derful complexity to soft and
cuddly rag dolls of sweetest
simplicity, dolls timelessly de
light little girls For, yesterday
or today, one thing is certain.
In every generation, packages
from Santa evoke the same
sparkle in young eyes, for a
child's delight in a dream
come true never changes
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blessings upon all, we sincerely f '
wish our good friends in 1» ’
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filled with life’s M ?
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