Toys from Paris, Alsace and "Somewhere in France"
A new sort of Christmas Fair is in prospect for the end of December, opening on December 15 a holiday market which will make us out here in Shanghai much acquainted with French toys than we have ever been before. While the French doll has always been a favoured figure in nursery circles it has not been widely i nown outside France how many harming toys their skilled artisans can produce. Moreover, since the war, the inutilees who are unable to do any heavier work have turned to toy-making as a profession and a large number of their clever and original toys are being sent to Shanghai for this Christmas Sale.
The toys will be of every description and price, beautiful, quaint and grotesque, so that €very want will be met and it will be worth while for parents to defer some of their Christmas shopping until these unusual of-forings are placed on sale. At one of the hall a typical Alsatian village will be arranged with attendants in the appropriate costumes. A cinematograph performance will also be shown for the amusement of those present. All children who come dressed in the Alsatian costume will be given free admission to the hall and Children's Hours wil] be arranged. A number of original devices and entertainments are promised and altogether the French Fair promises to be a real addition to the Christmas festivities.
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