TOYS COMBINE FUN AND LEARNING
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Radar And Rocket Kits
Give Tralning-in-Play
Whatever career junior may
yearn for, Santa will have avail
able this year a toy kit to provide
useful training-in-play. Tae trend
towards career preparation and
creative play activity is growing,
reports Melvin Freud president of
the Toy Guidance Council.
Manufacturers seem to have put
their heads together with the eco
nomic planners in an effort to
solve future personnel shortages
by putting special emphasis on
toys that stimulate interest iu en
gineering and science.
Electronics have inspired a fas
cinating selection, from rocket
launchers to a “brainy bug” for
toddlers, which turns when its an
tennae touch an object in its path.
Others for the scientist-ip-lhe-mak
mS are a radio set with a trans
sis tor, a radar station, guided mis
sile equipment, and an instrument
■board for an atomic powered sub- ;
marine.
Intercoms and Wiring
The dial telephone, long a play
room favorite, comes now with a i
four line switchboard complete 1
Dogis
THE ART OF RETRIEVING
by Bob Bartos
Manager, Friskles Research Kennels
A dog bounding across the
fields in the crisp autumn air
with a bird held gently in a
“soft mouth" is a scene to warm
the heart of any hunter.
As one authority puts it, ‘The
hunting instinct is an inborn
trait of the hunting dog and its
Dog of the Week:
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Sporting dog. Average weight:
"0 pounds. Shoulder height: 24
inches. Coat: Double. Undercoat
fine, dense and wooly. Outercoat
harsh, no longer than l Vi inches,
thick, oily. Color: Dark brown,
jaded tan, tan, dull straw-colored.
development in the highest de
gree can only be attained when
there is complete understanding
— and affection — between the
hunter and his dog.’*
One major point in develop
ing the canine hunting instinct
is the art of retrieving, in which
a dog—setter, pointer, spaniel
or retriever—fetches the kill on
command, carries it firmly, but
softly and without injury, and
gently delivers it to hand, re
leasing it on command.
The first thing the dog must
learn is to come when called
and to have a desire to retrieve.
A com cob, an old glove, or a
boat bumper can be used.’ Hold
the dog by the collar, wave the
object to be retrieved to attract
his attention to it, and imme
diately throw it a short distance
toward bare ground.
On returning with the object,
the dog should not be allowed
to drop it, but must deliver it
to hand.
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Feeding Tip: Don't worry if
your dog doesn’t drink from his
water dish. Dogs will seel: water
when they are thirsty. Be sure,
when you are in the field with
your dog, that his source of
water is fresh and clean.
with hold buttons and signals. For
those with a bent toward com
munications there are also a vari
ety of intercom systems and minia
ture broadcasting units and a vel
ocipede with a lineman’s tool kit
for the young telephone repair
man.
Newest thrill for junior con
tractors has an authentic model of
a ready-mix concrete Mick. The
mixer geared to the axle, rotates
with a realistic mixing noise, and
the body rises to unload cement.
Nearly every boy goes through
a time when he wants to be a fire
man. Just for that stage there is
3 new suburban water pumper
which shoots a continuous stream
af water supplied by a hydrant
which can be connected to any gar
ien hose.
Does he plan to build sky-scrap
jrs? There’s an architectural k;t
>f plastic inter-locking blocks then
with full instructions to reproduce
Manhattan's famous skyline.
Potential musicians -should be
well-satisfied—even if the neigh
>ors are not—with any of the new
>lastic toy instruments which have
mrrect tonal range.
How-to kits concentrate on gjv
ng boys, as well as girls, basic
raining in home maintenance and
n cooking projects ranging from
>arbecue techniques to Western
ityle chow wagons complete with
>rand soups, spaghetti, pork and
mans.
Range Riders Served
Even with so many modern toys
around, range riders will be serv
ed. New in this department is a
Western style gun that can be con
verted to a detective’s typo when
junior wants to switch the locale
of his drama.
Designers have come up with
some quick-change ideas that
should suit larger families and
simplify storage in space-hungry
homes. For instance a new doll
carriage converts into a doll swing
and a car seat. Folding and cx
pandable play tables and chairs j
are much in evidence, and a new
bike is simply converted from S
boy’s style to a girl’s model.
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