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| | Action toy's origin hard to grasp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | The toy could be wound up, and the boy, with one leg up in the air, looks as if he is propelling the scooter as the toy moves across the floor. |
 | | Smitty was a character in a newspaper comic strip distributed by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate in 1922. |
 | | Write to Kovels, The Arizona Republic, King Features Syndicate, 888 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10019. |
| www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/home/articles/0514antiques0514.html (592 words) |
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