Fun with Freud

Toys were once merely fun. Now they are considered "essential aids to child development." Newest, put on display last week at Manhattan's Toy Guidance Exhibit, is a magnetized doll-house ($15) raised on stilts and inhabited by a family of lifelike dolls. Any bright little girl can move the dolls by manipulating a magnetic wand underneath the floor. "It's a new concept," explained Exhibit Director Mrs. Janet Freud (whose father-in-law claims kinship to Sigmund). "Now the child can control Mama and Papa. The mother can go to the sink or she can iron at the ironing board. The mouse goes down his mousehole, the dog into his doghouse. The cat chases the mouse, and the girl can carry a letter." What does Father do? "He goes along with the mother. He can take the dishes out of the sink or pick up the letter."

After that, no doubt, Father opens the letter. It is a bill from his psychiatrist. He throws the dishes into the sink and follows the mouse.

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