Youth

Youngsters who got out of the stock market in time have some exciting new things to put their money into during the weeks ahead.

> Into a plastic tank the budding ichthyologist pours tepid tap water. Into the tap water he drops tiny fish eggs. Twenty minutes to two days later, pop! pop! pop! --instant fish, tastefully colored red, yellow, blue. They are an African variety, the eggs of which survive even when dried out during droughts, and hatch when the rains come. What do they eat? Instant shrimp, of course. Into a separate small tank in the aquarium goes salt water, and into the salt water goes a powder that turns into hundreds of tiny shrimps (a magnifying glass is included). By the time these are eaten up. the instant fish are ready for life in a bigger tank and a grown-up diet. The instant fish kit ($2.98) is produced by Wham0 Mfg. Co.--the entrepreneurs of the Hula Hoop.

> A transistorized, portable directional listening device called the Big Ear will make little brother into Big Brother for $18. "Pick up voices too distant for you to hear." coaxes the manufacturer, the Futura Manufacturing Co. of St. Louis. "Aim it at a group of friends a block away, and hear every word. " Also marketed by the friendly Futura people: the Big Voice ($12), a portable public-address system weighing only a pound, and the Big Blast ($10), a portable bullhorn "ideal for playground, spectator sports, boating, or just plain everyday fun.'' "

> MAKE A MONSTER," rasps the copy for the latest assembly kit--a ic-in. Frankenstein's monster at 98^. "Get Him Now Before He Gets You." The makers of the Frankenstein monster (and other movie monsters to come) include a pious aside to parents: "In the opinion of reputable authorities, [these models] actually perform a valuable service for the child." When "certain fantasies" center about such a model, instead of being "improperly focused," they are released "in the manner of steam escaping through the safety valve on a radiator."

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