Today while walking past the Carson Pirie Scott on State street I noticed a man dressed as a toy soldier (complete with red jacket, tall black hat and red circles painted on his cheeks), and a woman dressed as Mother Goose. The two of them danced on the street corner (doing a dance that looked very similar to the Charleston) promoting something for the store with music playing behind them. Then, in a moment of shocking revelation, I recognized the toy soldier! He was the same man who had worked at the now-closed FAO Schwarz on Michigan as a toy soldier, standing outside greeting the children. I wondered to myself, Is this all this guy can do? Be a toy soldier standing outside stores? Or has he simply fallen victim to typecasting. Maybe he gets these jobs because he already has his own toy soldier costume and is ready to go at a moment notice. Whatever the case, I'm glad to see him working again, especially with those little red circles on his cheeks.