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TIDBITS® TAKES A LOOK ATTHE HISTORY OF TOYS
by T. A. TafoyaThere is a good story behind almost every toy. Sometimes the story is as entertaining as the toy itself! This week, Tid-bits takes a look at how some toys were invented and how others got their names. • President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt is responsible for
giving the teddy bear its name. In November of 1902, Roosevelt was helping settle a border dispute between Mississippi and Louisiana. While there, he attended a bear hunt in Mississippi. His staff, trying to accommodate him, captured a black bear cub and tied it to a tree for the presi-dent to shoot. Roosevelt didn’t find this sporting enough and ordered the bear cub be set free, sparing its life. The Washington Post ran an editorial cartoon that illustrated the event. The cartoon was called “Drawing the Line in Mississippi” and depicted both the state line dispute and the bear hunt. The cartoon and the story it told became popular, and within a year, the cartoon bear became a toy for children called the teddy bear.
• “What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs, and makes a slinkity sound? A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing, everyone knows it’s Slinky. It’s Slinky; it’s Slinky. For fun it’s a wonderful toy. It’s Slinky; it’s Slinky. It’s fun for a girl and a boy.” This catchy advertising jingle helped sell a quite simple toy that was created in 1943 by naval engineer Richard James. He was working with tension springs, and when one of the springs fell to the ground and “walked” end over end along the floor, an idea for a toy was born. After borrowing $500, James and his wife Betty started the James Spring & Wire Company. He de-signed a machine that he made himself to manufacture Slinkys. They began producing and selling the coiled wire as a toy in 1945. Each one is made of 80 feet of wire, and to date, over a quarter billion Slinkys have been sold worldwide.
• In 1916, Frank Lloyd Wright and his son John Lloyd Wright supervised constriction of the Imperial Palace Ho-
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Page 2 For Advertising Call 251-285-4116 tel in Tokyo. The hotel was assembled with an inner frame of wood to withstand earthquakes. John was inspired by this method of building, and it gave him the idea to cre-ate a line of sturdy, interlocking toy building logs sold as Lincoln Logs.
• 1940, during World War II, rubber in the United States was scarce and the shortage began to hamper war produc-tion efforts, especially for truck tires and boots. American industry was called upon by the government to develop a synthetic rubber compound. James Wright, an engineer working for General Electric, experimented with combin-ing boric acid and silicone oil in a test tube. The com-pound “polymerized,” resulting in a bizarre substance with unusual properties. It bounced, stretched and could be broken in pieces, yet it had no practical use.
• In 1949, the mixture eventually made its way to a toy-shop owner who put some of the “Nutty Putty,” (as she called it) in her holiday toy catalog. It out-sold everything but Crayola® crayons. The name was later changed to Silly Putty, and it is now sold by Binney & Smith, the makers of Crayola. More than 4,500 tons of Silly Putty, enough to fill the Goodyear blimp, have been made since 1950.
• Back in the 1870s, a baker named William Frisbie of Bridgeport, Connecticut, had a clever marketing idea. He put the family name in relief on the bottom of the reusable tin pans his company’s homemade pies were sold in. The idea was that every time the pan was used, the person bak-ing would see the name Frisbie. Mr. Frisbie’s pies were sold throughout Connecticut. It was at Yale University sometime in the 1940s where students used the pie tins to play catch, whizzing them through the air.
• A decade later in California, a flying-saucer enthusiast named Walter Morrison designed a saucer-like disk as a toy for throwing. It was produced by a company named Wham-O. While on a promotional tour of college cam-puses, the president of Wham-O encountered the pie-plate-tossing craze at Yale. And so the flying saucer from California was renamed after the pie plate from Connecti-cut. The spelling was changed from Frisbie to Frisbee to avoid any legal problems.
• What we know today as the Yo-Yo is possibly the sec-ond oldest toy in the world after dolls. Ancient Greek yo-yos made of terra cotta are displayed in museums and pictured on the walls of Egyptian temples. The yo-yo is known to have been popular with Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington. In the 1920s, a Philippine immigrant named Pedro Flores came to Santa Monica and worked as a bellhop. He had grown up carving and playing with wooden yo-yos, which was a traditional pastime in the Philippines. On his coffee breaks, Flores always drew a crowd playing games with his yo-yo. He became the first person to mass-produce the toy and is responsible for the name Yo-Yo, which means “come-come” in Philippine. An entrepreneur named Donald Duncan saw the Flores toy, liked it, bought the rights from Flores in 1929, and then trademarked the name Yo-Yo. Duncan changed the string from a tied knot to the looped slip-string, which allows the user to do advanced tricks.
• In 1767 London, an engraver and mapmaker named John Spilsbury created the first jigsaw puzzle as an aid in teaching students geography. He glued a map of England and Wales on a sheet of hardwood and cut around the bor-ders of the countries using a fine-bladed saw. The jigsaw puzzle was born. The idea caught on, and people began making puzzles out of pictures as a form of entertain-ment. These early jigsaw puzzles did not interlock; that wasn’t possible until the invention of power tools more than a century later. In 1880, Milton Bradley made the first jigsaw puzzle for children called “The Smashed Up Locomotive.”
1. HISTORY: When did the Franco-Prussian War end?2. INVENTIONS: What was the name of Robert Fulton’s first commercially successful steamboat?3. RELIGION: Who is the patron saint of Wales?4. MUSIC: What famous singer’s 1950s TV show featured the Vic Schoen Orchestra?5. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “Rebecca”?6. MYTHOLOGY: In Greek mythology, who was Telemachus’ father?7. ADVERTISEMENTS: What is “the beer that made Milwau-kee famous”?8. GEOGRAPHY: Where is Lake Maracaibo?9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: For what line of work was Fannie Merritt Farmer best known? 10. POLITICS: What system of government does the Fabian Society support?
Answers 1. 1871 2. Clermont 3. David 4. Dinah Shore 5. Daphne du Maurier 6. Odysseus 7. Schlitz 8. Venezuela 9. Culinary expert and cookbook author 10. Socialism
¥ On June 10, 1752, Benjamin Franklin flies a kite during a thunderstorm and collects a charge in a jar when the kite is struck by lightning, enabling him to demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning. Inven-tor Franklin coined a number of terms used today, in-cluding “battery,” “conductor” and “electrician.”
¥ On June 7, 1893, Mohandas Gandhi commits his first act of civil disobedience. Gandhi, a young Indian lawyer working in South Africa, refused to comply with racial segregation rules on a South African train and was forcibly ejected.
¥ On June 6, 1949, George Orwell’s novel of a dys-topian future, “1984,” is published. The novel’s all-seeing leader, known as “Big Brother,” becomes a universal symbol for intrusive government and op-pressive bureaucracy. It described a grim vision of a future where all citizens are watched constantly and language is twisted to aid in oppression.
¥ On June 11, 1955, a racing car in Le Mans, France, goes out of control and crashes into stands filled with spectators, killing 82 people. The tragedy in the fa-mous 24-hour race led to a ban on auto racing in sev-eral nations.
¥ On June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War, Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats repeatedly attack the USS Liberty in international waters off Egypt’s Gaza Strip. In all, 34 Americans were killed and 171 were wound-ed. Israel later apologized for the attack, claiming that it had mistaken the Liberty for an Egyptian ship.
¥ On June 9, 1973, Secretariat becomes the first horse since Citation in 1948 to win America’s coveted Tri-ple Crown -- the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes. In 1999, ESPN added Secretariat to the list of Top 50 North American athletes of the 20th century, the only non-human on the list.
¥ On June 12, 1987, in one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the repressive Communist era in a divided Germany. Two years later East and West Germans did break down the infamous barrier.
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about, and how can I help? -- Jan H., via e-mailA: Living legend Hank Williams Jr. was the main brainchild behind “Music Builds: The CMT Disaster Relief Concert,” which aired May 12 on CMT. When I spoke with Hank recently, the Louisiana native and sometimes-Alabama resident told me why he felt he had to do something to help.“This is about the victims, the people who are af-fected,” Williams said. “I really want this to hit home. There was a guy down there I know -- I know the whole North Alabama, Birmingham, Muscle Shoals, been in Tuscaloosa forever, off and on -- and he really put it in a nutshell. He said, ‘It’s not about the homes and the vehicles, we’re looking for our children and wives and fathers and mothers this morning.’ And the death count is still rising. It’s one small little thing for me to raise money for the Red Cross.”
If you want to help those devastated by the storms in the Southeast, you can donate any amount by going to americanredcross.org/cmttelethon, or you can text “RED-CROSS” to 90999 to make a $10 donation to support the Red Cross disaster-relief efforts.
***Q: Did Alicia Silverstone have her baby yet? If so, how are they doing? -- Roxie R., DenverA: Alicia and husband Christopher Jarecki welcomed 7-pound, 15-ounce baby-boy Bear Blu Jarecki into the world on May 5. She posted the details on her website, the-kindlife.com: “We are all three in love! I’m so grateful to this community for all the love, support, good wishes and happy vibes you’ve sent me during my pregnancy.”
***Q: Will “Harry’s Law” on NBC be renewed? I sure hope so; it is one of the best new shows on TV this year. -- Bob and Ann B. in FloridaA: NBC just announced that it has renewed David E. Kel-ley’s legal comedy-drama series starring Kathy Bates for a second season. Word of “Harry’s” renewal comes hot on the heels that NBC decided to pass on the “Wonder Wom-an” reboot, which also was created by the aforementioned David E. Kelley. NBC also passed on the Don Johnson-starring vehicle, “Mann’s World,” which I was looking for-
ward to seeing if only because of my long-standing crush on the series’ star. Fans of the “The Event” also will get no closure, as NBC declined to renew it for another sea-son. However, spy-drama “Chuck” will return for its fi-nal season this fall.
***Q: Who is going to replace Charlie Sheen on “Two and Half Men”? -- Paul F., via e-mailA: CBS announced Ashton Kutcher as Charlie’s replace-ment, after negotiations with Hugh Grant fell through. Ashton said: “I can’t replace Charlie Sheen, but I’m go-ing to work my ass off to entertain the hell out of people.”
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The pack makes another turn at Dover’s Monster Mile at the FedEx 400. Pit strategy made all the difference for Matt Kens-eth in the May 15 race. (U.S. Presswire photo)
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As Matt Kenseth charitably pointed out, had it not been for late caution flags, his Roush Fenway teammate, Carl Ed-
wards, might have won the last two Sprint Cup races.Kenseth, of course, could afford to be understanding, since it was he, not Edwards, who won the FedEx 400 at Dover Inter-national Speedway.In spite of all the Monday morning crew chiefs who have been insisting ever since the checkered flag waved that Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Clint Bowyer collectively botched the race, blew the victory, struck out and fumbled the ball, it’s really much more complicated than hindsight would seem to suggest.In recent years, a certain oddity gradually has become appar-ent. When the strategic situation that decided the season’s 11th Sprint Cup race arises, the leaders are sitting ducks. Whatever they do dictates what other drivers do. If the leaders change four tires, the next group will either change two, as in the case of Kenseth, or not change any, which was good enough to secure second place for Mark Martin.As Johnson said, “I knew we were outnumbered once we came off pit road, and so many guys who had taken two or didn’t stop ... I knew we were in trouble.”If only he had known that before he came off pit road ...When the leaders stay on the track, or change two tires, the next group probably changes four. The situation at Dover made it even more complicated. Rains had limited practice. No one had really studied how much faster four fresh tires were than two. In practice, they ran with four tires that had been placed on the cars at once. Until near the end of the race, most everyone dutifully changed all four tires during each visit to the pits.Edwards, Johnson and Bowyer all played it safe. They seemed to have the fastest cars, so it would stand to reason that the best way to keep it that way would be to complete the race on fresh rubber.What they perhaps didn’t realize was that Kenseth had a fast car, too. He had just never quite been able to show it at the front of the pack, largely because he had started 24th and spent
much of the race trying to establish track position. The fact that Johnson had started first had much to do with the fact that he led 207 laps.But, said Kenseth, “I knew one of the first three cars on the restart was going to win the race. The rubber (from tire wear) would build up (on the track) and make it almost impossible to pass.”Kenseth quickly got past Martin because he had the tire ad-vantage. Bowyer, Edwards and Johnson finished sixth, seventh and ninth, respectively, because, once trapped back in the pack, they couldn’t get free of traffic.Now it all seems crystal clear, but it wasn’t really a no-brainer until everyone took his chances. Kenseth pulled out his second victory of the season because he and crew chief Jimmy Fennig made the right call.A baseball expert once said that if a certain manager wrote a book about strategy, it would be titled “Let Them Play and See What Happens.”Substitute the word “race” for “play,” and that’s pretty much the story of the FedEx 400’s final laps.
HOLLYWOOD -- Al Pacino will star in “Gotti: Three Generations,” making it the most newswor-thy new Mafia movie since “The Godfather” saga. People were thrilled that John Travolta would be playing New York mob boss John Gotti, and he was pulling for Lindsey Lohan to be in the pic-ture, too. Travolta’s influence and guidance could only help in turning her life and career around! Add to the mix Kelly Preston, John’s real-life
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Sad to report that Dana Wynter, female star of the ground-breaking 1956 science-fiction film “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” has joined her leading man, Kevin McCarthy, in Hollywood heaven. I’ve seen this classic film 150 times. If you haven’t ever seen it, it’s worth renting. Dana Wynter was 79.
Are you ready for a movie to monkey with the classic James Barrie story “Peter Pan”? A new thriller starring Aaron Eckhart as Hook and “Soul Surfer” AnnaSophia Robb as Wendy plans to do exactly that. Captain Hook is a former police detective in pursuit of a childlike kidnapper, and Wendy is the lone survivor who must leave the safety of an asylum to help Hook track down her former captor. Somehow I don’t see much of the Peter Pan story in what they’re planning. It starts shooting in October, and we’ll have to wait to see how it turns out. Which leaves the question ... why?***The great Woody Allen continues to shoot films in Europe because, he says, filmmaking in the U.S. has gotten too expensive. His next film, “Bop Decameron,” will be filmed in Italy and is based on Giovanni Boccaccio’s 14th-century work “The Decameron.” But since Woody wrote the script himself, we can expect exciting twists on the old stories.One of Italy’s most beloved stars, Roberto Benigni, who in l999 climbed over the seats at the Academy Awards to pick up his best actor Oscar from Sophia Loren for “Life Is Beautiful,” has signed on, along with “Juno” star Ellen Page, “The Social Network’s” Jesse Eisenberg, Oscar winner Penelope Cruz and “30 Rock” star Alec Baldwin. And for good measure, there will be a special appearance by Woody Allen himself. This film is surrounded by secrecy and starts filming July 11 in Rome. Hope things aren’t so secret they forget to turn de-camera-on! PHOTO: Woody Allen
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There are approximately 3,000 to 6,000 languages spoken by humans around the world today. Language is continu-ally evolving, and the meaning of words has changed over the centuries from one civilization to another. Here are a few examples of how words of ancient times meant some-thing entirely different from how we use them today.• From the Greek word para, “beside,” and pherne, mean-
ing “dowry,” the word paraphernalia has its roots in An-cient Rome. A Roman law stated that when a woman mar-ried, her dowry became the legal property of her husband. Everything else she had, called paraphernalia or “goods besides the dowry,” remained her own personal property.
• Sarcasm comes from the Greek word asrkazein, which means “to tear the flesh.”
• “Grotesque” was originally used to describe the artwork decorating the walls of ancient Roman grottos, which was characterized by unusual and colorful flowers, fruits and animals. Over time, grotesque art went out of style, and the word came to mean “ugly.”
• The disease malaria got its name from the Italian words mala aria, meaning “bad air,” because early sufferers of the disease thought that their illness was caused by the humid and foul-smelling air found in swamps, not by the bite of infected mosquitoes.
• The term pedigree comes from the French words pied de grue, which means “foot of a crane.” Old world French families were adamant about tracking their family trees.
• From the way a genealogy chart looked on paper, small at the top and branching out at the bottom, it looked more like the webbed foot of a bird than the roots of a tree. Hence, any Frenchman who came from a family promi-nent enough to have a family tree was said to have pied de grue.
• Originally from the Latin word monstrum, which means “warning,” the word monster also comes from ancient Rome. The Romans believed that when a deformed ani-mal was born to a farmer’s livestock, it was an omen of bad things to come.
• “Amazon” can be traced to the ancient Greeks, who had a legend about a tribe of women warriors who were so fierce that in order to draw their bows more easily, they cut off their right breasts. They called these women Ama-zons: A means “without,” and mazon means “breast.”
• Explode is formed from the Latin ex, meaning “out,” and plaudo, meaning “clap.” In the 17th century, the word ex-plode meant to literally clap someone off the stage after a performance.
• From the Greek word tropaion, meaning “monument to the enemy’s defeat,” the meaning of trophy has evolved to have a broader meaning. The ancient Greeks erected monuments at the spot on a battlefield where the enemy had turned away. Over the centuries, the word has come to represent any monument of triumph, commemorating victories in sports and other competitions.
• Ballot comes from the word ballota, which means “little ball” in Greek. On election day, the ancient Greeks voted using two small balls, placing them in a candidate’s des-ignated container. A white ball was a vote in favor of the candidate; a black ball was a vote against.
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ALL MY CHILDRENAmanda was disappointed to learn that she wasn’t pregnant yet. Kendall called off her wedding to Ricky, telling him that she wanted it to be perfect and not done in haste. Bianca had a flashback of her rape after Ricky tied her up and hid her in the closet. Liza realized that Tad was falling in love with Cara. Ricky was arrested for kidnapping Bianca. Kendall set out to prove Griffin’s innocence. Wait to See: David grows suspicious of Erica.
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFULTaylor fantasized about Ridge while under the aphrodisiac effects of the berries. Brooke assured Ridge that
nothing happened between her and Thomas while they were trapped on the island together. Whip made a bold decision about his marriage when he realized that Taylor would never get over Ridge. Stephanie promised to help Thomas’ career if he lied to Ridge about Brooke. Later, Stepha-nie assured Taylor that Ridge would one day be hers again. Wait to See: Hope and Liam outsmart Tawny.
DAYS OF OUR LIVESThe real Rafe went undercover hoping to trick Stefano and EJ. Nicole covered her surprise when Taylor told her about the business connection between EJ and Tony. Carly overdosed on drugs but lied and told Abigail that she took them because she was gravely ill. Jennifer worried that she would never measure up physically to Daniel’s past wives. Maggie refused to give up on a future with Victor. Wait to See: Chloe is reunited with her son.
GENERAL HOSPITALTracy took Luke to Shadybrook to undergo rehab. Maxie and Siobhan discovered that they each knew about Aiden’s true paternity. Johnny rescued Michael after Anthony pulled a gun on him. Kristina turned to Brenda for advice on how to look more mature. Elizabeth’s grief caused her to make a serious mistake at work. Lulu quit her job to run the Haunted Star. Alexis arranged for Jax and Carly to address their dispute in a rational manner. Anthony tried to bully Abby into working for him. Wait to See: Robin learns that Lisa has escaped.
ONE LIFE TO LIVEMatthew collapsed after his head began to hurt. Aubrey admitted to Joey that she started out as a schemer but quickly grew to love him for real. Marty blackmailed Todd into hiding her and the baby. Nate felt guilty for causing Matthew’s brain hemorrhage. Tomas grabbed a gun and headed over to Todd’s to take care of Marty. A psychic told Natalie that her baby was still alive. Wait to See: Clint goes into cardiac arrest.
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESSDaniel brought his daughter to Billy and Victoria, asking to move in with them. Chance told Nina that Heather had nothing to do with his decision to re-enlist in the military. Phyllis published a story about Lucy in hopes of luring Daisy back to Genoa City. Jack tested Jabot’s new product on Kather-ine, promising that it would rejuvenate the company. Wait to See: Nikki hits rock bottom.
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