Plenty of Toys in Shadow of War - Domestic vs. Imported - A. Schoenhut Company - Public Ledger 23 Nov 1914, Pg.3

FINE AMERICAN-MADE DOLLS.

Perhaps the .fjnest American-made dolls on the market are made by the A. Schoenhut Company, of Philadelphia. They are made of all wood and can do most everything but talk. They can stand, sit, assume the poses of the most modern dances, play football and at least talk with their hands.

The Schoenhut dolls are really "companionable" more so, perhaps, than "the big blue-eyed babies" with the typical doll faces and a vacant doll stare. Albert F. Schoenhut said yesterday that it had been the object of the firm since it was established by his father, Alfred Schoenhut, more than 40 years ago, to make instructive as well as amusing toys.

The all-wood dolls are natural. They look like little neighbors. Every joint is flexible and practically unbreakable. As Mr. Schoenhut said: "Fancy bisque heads break easily, and every father knows that he can replace the head only at considerable expense; but to the child the doll is never the same. It may be a case of love at first sight, but when a child loves a doll. If the doll breaks, the child's little heart is likely to follow suit"

Dolls are a great institution, as all children will agree. They were used by the early Egyptians, and the doll army has invaded and captured the world.

War or no war, with American-made dolls among the finest, or at least among the most "intelligent," with the country well stocked with all kinds, of toys, the children, as said before, "need not worry." As the old pessimist would say, they will have enough to contend with when they grow up.

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