The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-02-17
A MUSEUM OF DOLLS.

e a collection of Dolls which is soon TO be ex-
D. hibi,ed in Paris. He says: "At first there
e seems only (anciful and useless idea IN
e such collection, which can only serve 10
il amuse little girls. But reflection and ex-
animation soon demonstrate how curious,
q instructive, philosophical, geographical,
+. and historical is this collection which at
Z first seems so pnerle. The attempt has
K been 10 bring together an incredible varle-
+ ~ oftvp OF races, Of dresses and customs,
/ which comprehend all countries and sew
a leral centuries. There are, ior example,
. five dolls Of the fifteenth century, which
/ give IN exact representation OF the fash.
: ions of that time. and carefully prepared
!; picture Of the kind Of beauty then admired,
!. and tell more about that epoch than many
, great books, which it would take great
. while to ad, could do. Here is The doll
+ with which a noble young lady under
Charles VI amused herselfat the time the
council of Constance was burning John
: Iiuss. Here is The model Of fseult with
I: The white hands, giving the prize OF the
, ,ournamen TO the valiant Chevalier Jean
Ide Bethencourt, who was not long alter to
discover the Canary Islands; here is the
, model Of the proposed costume of the sol.
lldiers of Lancaster, the defenders OF the red
rose at the battle Of Wakefield. Here is,
i ldfi the hurdle. the figure in miniature OF a
sufferer of the first inqusition OF Spain, IN
\ l47S. Here is the exact costume worn by
the Princess Mary, daughter Of Charles
the Bold, on the day Of her marriage with
J Maximilan Of Austria. | remarked that
1.-The hair Of the Princess is red, and imagine
this is the local color.
!. You can thus see the interest of this odd
museum. Spain has furnished for It almost
al! her religious orders, and under the hair
skirt, or the robe, the type Of the monk, MS
mead covering, his complexion, bis air
There is a puppet which enabled the mobiles
to Judge how Montesqneu killed the FRINGE
il Conde a, the battle oil Jarnac, dancing
figure Of that time, making undoubtedlya
part Of some popular spectacle, which rep
resents Charles TX, armed with the con-
tested agquebus which Catherine de Medi.
els put into his hand Oh the day Of Colog-
'fny's death. The image Of the dead Mar
guer,e dc Valois, the first wife OF Henry
liV. ON her dsa,h-bed Of state. Models Of
The native inhabitants which were found by
The Datch in The Indies, when the, founded
B4tavi,. Puppets with which noble miss
es under Casimir V. King OF Poland, anus.
ed themselves. The model presented to
,he King for the grand uniform OF the or
der Of ST. Michel, founded in 1863. The
costume Of the Doge francesca Erlzzo IN
1851. A figure dressed as did the widow
Of James iii Of England, who died at st.
Il Germain. The state dress OF the Doge's
wife Gremani, on her way tothrow the du-
cal ring into the waves of the Lido. Here
are four dolls found at Ecoun in the cells
of the pupils there; one representa- young
musque,eer. And, finally, the PuPpet ar
ranged by David, by which he submitted
TO the Emperor Napoleon the model ct the
consecralion dress.
"These hasty indications may give some
idea Of The extreme curiosity OF this slngu-
lar collection. II furnishes type Of al
most every part of the world. Savages
are represented there by figures Of great
simplicity ofexecution. There are relig-
ious image. and pagan idols. Egypt and
Hindostan, the Bosphorus aud the Missis-
sippi Canada aud Lake Ontario. There is
collection Of Chinese dolls, which forms
representation Of manners, discovered by
lifting up roofs, in the manner of the sDev
I'm on two Sticks Wood, paste board,
paste, earth, skin, porcelain, wax, are the
materials of which oil these bodies are
made; the remains Of all epochs Of oil
countries. Ths ingenious collector pur-
chased costumes at the Crystal Palace ex-
hibition, at great expense, OF Swiss, ltal-
ians, Indians, Laplanders, and even the
exact costume OF rose coored satin in which
Queen Victoria was crowned. He has
spent more than a hundred thousand
crowns in forming this museum Of the hu-
man race and human coquetry. The la
test Individuals placed in his glass cases are
beautiful dolls, half metre in height,
showing models Of the various fashions of
the last winter. At the present moment
they are embroidering the dresses Of Sena-
tors, counseIlors Of State, and Lilliputian
deputies. Ido not know whether the bod
les are wood or India rubber. This strange
and interesting collection have been psr-
mi,ted to see, under the promise of not re-
vealing the creator until he has put all his
creatures in order.n--1o-ddy.
A FATAL ACCIDENT on the Nj. s. NJ.
Railroad. the first accident that has occur.
red on this road since its extension to
lJaresville, took place last week. Just be-
Ifore the cars arrived at the Depot in this
; place, stupid biped might have been seen
on the track inten,ly looking between the
rails for something that he had lost, and
levidenty no, needing the approaching
cars-,be screaming whistle and the thun.
derng roar of The iron horse produced no
effect upon him, and shis fate was soon
sealed by the COW catcher taking him in
the back, which threw him down and the
whole train Of cars passed over his body,
) tearing il into a thousand pieces, scatter
ing the feathers into the air, and sending
his spirit TO the "oater sphere" OF rooster
, dom in the other world.
The Dutchman who owned the untortu-
J nate rooster was very much excltee, and
swore he would build fence across the
lo,1 s.,o s,on The Id ting from killing