Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13
HOW DOLLS ARE MADE.
A Strange, variegated and Most Event
History.


A Strange. varieGated and Most Event
History.
When the word first goes forth, 81
rs make dolls" 1t is not to potter's eli
that the hand of the dolls maker
stretched forth, but to q large roll !
white calico. cold and smooth and
dead as dead can be, Quaint patter
are laid upon it. close together, so th
there shall be no waste. and quick
the sharp scissors cut round them. T
result is number OF articles lookiI
exactly like those garments which
fashion papers are known under
name OF combinations Humiliatir
though it may appear to the owners
fine family OF doll-children, it is nc
ertheless true that these coarse wifi
combinations are the beginning of dol
OF all sorts and conditions. AS vet tn
are devoid of any life, even animal III
but nimble fingers seize them. sew the
neatly together down the sides, rou
the short arms and legs (tor the cali
arms come only down to the elbows a
the calico legs down to the knees), a
feed the pale form sodiligently on dri
seaweed or hay that presently the lin
begin to grow round and firm. the IN,
ter GUS part called inside" swells to f;
proportions the last aperture throu
which the intestines have been fore
into the body is sewn up, and behold
white torso, which if not exactly Ii
the perfect marble form Of the Venus
Milo, has still a good deal Of the hum
form divine"
There they lie, dozens by dozeI
awaiting the touch Of the hand viii
shall create a soul under the ribs
death" 1t is already near, that Ii
giving hand, which now puts down II
side the torsos a tray full Of ar
and legs and another tray full OF head
Some of the arms and legs are OF leath
and destined, by a wise providence,
the working classes among dolls, for
girls and women who will have chi
heads with yellow hair, broad faces,
red cheeks, and frocks Of cheap ma
rial These heads are made in G
many, and for their vulgarity a
coarse looks are cordially despised
the more refined classes of the co,
raunity. And they are ugly, no doui
with cheerful kind of ugliness, tho
broad-faced kitchen malkins; but wi
having played with them and loy
them with child's blind, eager love
generation ago, when the higher 70
Of doll was as yet unknown, does nj
with sense Of yearning affection, lo,
at the blue-eyed lass and in her he
of hearts give preference to her? /
the present generation knows nOught
such sentimental preferences; it chOo
the fairest and costliest the doll wit
curly wig Of human hair, or that m
perfect of dolls which has every hair
the head and in the eyelashes careful
planted into its place, as if ,,"owing
of the rosy wax.
Then there are china arms and lie
and pretty French china heads; "
limbs, exquisitely nodded Of the b
East Indian wax, and heads with bea
ing eyes and blush-rose complexions
the same material. Dozens there
Of each, and sometimes dozens
dozens, and all in turn are tall
up and fitted on one of the VIII
bodies; the stumps of arms and legs
beaten and kneaded into shape BY,
kind of massage treatment, and Il
comes the final painful process out
which the complete dol energies
full life. A long sharp needle, spec
made for the purpose, plcrt thrOtl
the arms and legs an through tho WI
shoulders, sewing 10 them W4th stiff
and strongest OF threads the shap
limbs, the fair young head. 1t is
ished, the doll is al We; for the first Ii
it looks around; timidIy, questionin4f
at first, and then with a joyful prese
ment of all the pleasures to come:
Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay,
For OH it Is not always May
Now begins series Of days of peri !
happiness, The boundless stories o
child's affection andadmiration are
ished on the darling doll. ''Doroth
she is called, and goes to balls and !
ties and teas and dinners every day
her life, and for each event she
dressed in another frock from her dait
trousseau. She drives out in her q +
private brougham (which is only cal
perambulator when Dorothy" is an
fant), she goes shopping wrapped up
furs and shawls and her complexion D. I
tected by soft white veil. When
long day is over; when tired with pie
ure, she retires; it is into a bed cove
with sheets and pillows of cobweb tea
ure, with lace trimmed satin quilts ~
curtains, to lie in which is happir /
itself.-Pall Mall Gazette. -