The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-24

bent head. for they cannot reach the heart
that has been turned to stone.- Cattagfae
CoIe, in Men Orleans Picayune.
WORD ABOUT DOLLS.
ooh, do wish had new doll, wax
one, to play with, | am so tired of this old
thingm And little Nellie Grey pushed a
large china doll away from her as she
spoke. 1T won't shut it's eyes, just keeps
them staring open all the time; and can't
cry nor anything
"And yet some one went to great deal
Of trouble to make it, and had to bestow
both time and care upon it before it was
fit for you to play with
Couldn't have beea much trouble TO
made mooney-eyed old thing like that, .
muttered Nellie under her breath: but
Aunt Lizzie did not seem to notice the ILL.,
humored speech She only stopped long
enough to turn down the hem of Nellie
new white dress, which she was making.
Then threading her needle and putting on
her thimble, she asked,
''Would you like me to tell you how
dolls are made, Nellie?''
''Oh. Auntie, indeed ! would. Please
begin now" And Nellie drew her little
rocking chair close to Aunt Lzzie's side.
sWell, in the first place, china dolls,
such as that one of yours, are mostly
made in Germany
'.Tbat's good ways from here, isn't
itq.
eyes, dear. miles and miles, away cross
the ocean. The doll makers model their
dolls by hand, from clay. Then, after
they are formed, they are put in great
oven and baked for week
"a whole week?'
Yes, whole week-seven days"
Nellie's eyes grew round with wonder as
she glanced at Katie. Katie was the
doll
While baking, the tenders, or persons
who watch them, H1nstexercise the utmost
care. A single draft of air would spoil all
the dolls, so some one must be on hand all
the time
Night and day?"
might and day Those on duty during
the night must not 60 to sleep. but must
watch all the time until relieved by others.
The ovens in which the dolls are baked
are very large, sometimes containing as
many as 5000 dolls; and in some factories
there are as many as twenty or thirty ovens
full at The same time.
Then when the dolls are all baked,
they are ready to play with, aren't theye'
No, indeed, not yet They must first
be painted and glazed. You just said your
doll was 'mooney-eyed'; bgt when it came
from the oven it had neither eyes or mouth
| guess you would rather it had mooney
eyes than none at all, wouldn't you?'
Nellie hung her head and said, in a very
low tone, she was very sorry she said that
about poor Katie.
after they are baked" continued
Aunt Lizzie, ''about one in five is perfect.
Some have one thing wrong some an
other
"What do they do 18th the bad oness"
Sell them at a very low price to people
who are willing to take them. The rest
are sent to this country, and our store
keepers buy them and sell them, in their
turn, to kind mammas and friends who
have little girls at home"
Are wax dolls baked, too?''
''No, dear; they are made quite different
IT, The workmen have models at home.
The skeleton or frame, is made out of
lime and plaster Of Paris, the eyes, nose,
mouth and ears being cut with knife.
As soon as all this is done, the figure is
dipped 10 hot wax and dried. The eyes
and cheeks are colored, the hair-dresser
fits it with wig, and then it is ready for
the body. This latter is made out Of cloth
or kid, and filled with bran, sawdust or
coarse hair
''NNhy re do they get the wax?"
Through the agency of the bee; but
here, lately, substitute has been found
in wax made from part of petroleum. .
Dear me, Auntie, who would have
thought it was so much trouble just to
make dolll'
And that night, when Aunt Lizzie went
to Nellie's crib to t'ick her in and say,
Good night" she found her with Katie
clasped tightly in her arms, while the
rosy lips mnrmured, "Baked-in-an-
oven-a-w hole--week Poor Katier'-
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