NEW MASCOTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 30, 6 February 1928, Page 11

NEW MASCOTS.

We have become used to motor car mascots dangling in the windows of almost every car that passes. These engaging but useless trifles are usually made of silk and wool, and are dolls in their most modern form. Now, new mascots are being introduced in the shape of bead figures, animals, and other toy shapes. "One of the most ingenious forms of these mascots is an aeroplane of flat and round beads, but most of the mascots are more simple than that, having a big bead for a head, a j bigger one still for the body, and long land round beads threaded together to make arms and legs," says the Manchester "Guardian." "Faces are put in with a paint brush, and some very comical effects are seen. These mascots are sold in the shops for a few pence each, but anyone who cares to do so can easily make them at home. Wooden beads of all shapes and sizes are to be bought, and it is the clever use of these beads that makes the little figures so funny. Some of these bead toys are ijcorated with coloured wool, but there is no limit to what may be done with them, although their use when made might be more difficult toj discover."