Doll Fashions Have Changed
"Hie local stores have featured
***** ^usual toys for Christmas.
New features have been added to
«d stand byes, that being a cry of
*e*»ght to the child lucky enough
get one. One of them is the new
Jas&ons in dolls, to make them
“iaaost human.”
Dolls under the Christmas tree
this year have muscular flexibility.
A ballerina doll, equipped with
such coordinated muscles, can
achieve virtually any position in
ballet routine.
Newest in child-size dancing
dolls is a 46-inch ballerina whose
feet are equipped with elastic
straps which slip over her part
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ner’s shoes.
»re amongbest sellers in the char
acter doll class. For realizm, one
doll cries wet tears directly from
the eyes. Another has a flexible
mouth for kissing and is equipped
with a tooth brush to keep its
teeth shining white.
Almost all of the new dolls have
rooted synthetic hair that can
stand up under daily shampooing
and setting. And a new thrill for
junior hairdressers is a non-elec
tric miniature hair dryer that real
ly works.
Doll wardrobes stress varied ac
cessories. One very ^complete ward
robe for 4 glamour' doji supplies
wigs o£ different colors, so doll
mothers can turn their darlings
into blondes or brunettes. Beauty
cases cintaining harmless versions
of various cosmetics are featured,
too, among the good grooming play
kits.
The Women Buy Most
Christmas Toys Bought
A toy industry survey shows
that mothers between the ages of
30 and 44 buy 67 percent of all
die toys sold.
Mother takes dad along 14 per
cent of the time, especially when
buying a big toy. She is in on 81
percent of the buying of toys. Dad
shops himself for only 10 percent
of the toys.
The survey for the industry cov
ered the last Christmas season. It
showed that mothers are frugal,
too. When they were alone, 78 per
cent of the toys they bought were,
purchased for $3.00 or less. When
costume. Boy and girl chef dolls
coonskin cap and complete frontier
Another ...-ize doll wears a
they were >uyxng toys for the
children of mends, their average
expenditure was $1.60.
Families with incomes between
$4,000 and $7,000 and with parents
between 30 and 44 in age, spent
the most for toys. The average for
the nation spent in toys was $28.
Women shopping alone bought
523 million dollars worth Of the
020 million dollar total toy billi
The average woman bought nine
toys, six for her own children and
three for children of friends and
relatives. Dolls and accessories led
all other toys in popularity.
A bid of $1,515,186 has been of
fered by Morrison-Knudsen Co. of
Anchorage for construction of a
4-schedule project at King Salmon
U. S. Air Force Auxiliary Field,
the Alaska District Corps of En
gineers announced.
This was the only complete bid
submitted at the opening held De
cember 16 in the Seattle branch of
That the approach of
another Christmas season
will bring with it
loads of good cheer and
happiness for each of you,
our friends and customers.
Pacific Northern Airlines