ANIMAL TOYS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 728, 29 January 1910, Page 11

ANIMAL TOYS.

: Becauseyjthe jchHdyis. so - eminently, accountable, for';' its; actions y/ahd ideasjysays. ahLondoh would ye'^y'much'; like to, know, ■'for ..'instance, l why- there -has been'"a-heavy -run- on- the life-sized- ...plush- models of. St.. Bernarddogsl";'lt:;is,'^quite, improbable- that the little'boys'.and-girls of"to-day.; have, an acquaintan.ee 'with- that: legend of the- St. Bernard -monks' which,:.in the" past, was, engraved, and ' oleographed ,to the. point of mawkishness. The immense popularity: of the .pliish. St. Bernai-jd dog. only, indicates, favouritism in' tendency .of the - moment. ■•". ;■.'-', All'the St. Bernards in London haying , been-captured::-by' intelligent ..parents'and relations,.'..:the demand spreads- to the vvhole..:dbg ',-tribe,"'.":.toy the' beasts - pfKthe. jungle,- arid '-'to' those' creatures of semipolitical '.'evolution; the. "Teddy Bear" ,and,.'the . "Billy'.',"opossum.'.';. Ignorant-; as Ve may remain: as .to the inwardness of this, animal > craze, : we:. might, perhaps, suspect.that it.owes something: to'an in-

stinctive '-children's revolt "against- the attempt tor-make.: them ■participate"; too ' deeply . in:. the:. scientific . and: mechanical progress of the age.. ' .::.:;. -~' j ''':;'. ■ Mother—"ls it possible,' Harry, ..that :you' have eaten- all that cake, without giving -a thought to. your sister?" Harry— I'\cas'afraid ail the time thatshe.would come before I had,eaten:it up."-; -'".