THE CHILD INSTINCT
UNCHANGED THROUGH AGES Aeons pass on inexorably, human nature changes, and fashions come and go, but the instinct of motherliood inherent in every girl from infancy upwards is as strong to-day as it was in the times of the pharaohs. Egyptian tombs uncovered in recent years, have frequently shown young princesses with their dolls buried with them. Modern toys have temporary attractions for children, but sooner or later the mother love triumphs and the doll, perhaps old and battered, is restored to its. foremost place in the heart of the youthful owner. What better Xmas gift could a small girl have than a doll almost human in its likeness. Eastwood’s Book Store have large stocks of all kinds of dolls, chiefly the best Canadian, and the prices are most reasonable from 2/1) up to the almost living baby at £l. With dolls also are issociated perambulators, best wicker bodies, steel handles and. rubber tyres, which range from 3(1/6 up to 5*4/G. For small boys the favourite gifts are bicycles, strong, steelbuilt machines, retailed at from 55/- to (12/li. While for the younger child ol" either sex the pedal car, running from 39/6 upwards, is still the most popular Xmas gift. Less expensive presents are children’s books, which are in great variety at from one penny upwards, all having been marked down for Xmastide. An inspection at Eastwood’s Book Store, coiaier of Gladstone road and Derby Street, is well worth while, and no one is pressed to buy.*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19820, 23 December 1938, Page 6
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