The sun., 1891-05-31
THE BABY'S DOLL.
THE cuILD,s MOST CONSTANT FRIEND
AND PLAYMATE

| As Old ~ the Mills. ssa Ever young ss Its
Bsby Mether-I.eved ana Fstted, Ca
ressea and Corrected. Conaaed In, For
| sahen for . Time, bat Always Remem-
bered AReetion-Some Historical Facts.
A little girl with doll hugesd TO her breast
was once on the operating table OF the great
surgeon Langcnbeck. She was suffering from
q disease OF the knee. which rendered peces-
sary the amputation Of her leg. Langenbeck
feared to give her chloroform on account OF an
acute affection OF her heart, 80 throughout all
the cutting and saving and dressing che was
| painfully conscious. She lay with wide-open
! eyes and white face. both arms around her
| doll. Not even a whimper escaped her close-
set little lips. When the operation was done.
| the great surgeon could not say enough in
| praise OF her heroism. He kissed her, patted
her check. and pressed her tiny hands while
she smiled inintly.
"Yoa are brave little girl" he said. a. he
passed his hand quickly over his oyos. and
then added jokingly:
II hope the doll will bo As good as you. for.
you know. she. too. has q bad leg and must
out it on"
mo! mol you mustn't you mustn't" cried
the little girl as ahe squeezed her pct with all
her puny strength. and the tears. which her
own sufrerings had failed to bring. streamed
down her checks.
A hardly less significant story came from be-
yond the big bridge few days ago. The
house in which little Carrie Hartl lived was
burned several weeks since and the child's
doll was found on the next day with It's face
aud clothes smckc-stained and dirty. 1t was
only q rng doll with an old china head, and
Carrie was hardly three years old. yet she law
ished on 1t all tho tenderness OF the mother OF
a perfect child. She enveloped it in oil the
love which che had stored In her baby
heart during her anxious waiting hours
just after the fire. The doll was carod for as
nevor before. Its face was washed till tho
features faded. and the body was newly
clothed that It might be fitting companion in
the little foster mothers bed. As she bathed
It In barrel Of water one afternoon she lost
her balance md foil In. No one wns there to
help her. and she was drowned. In her last
struggle. however she did not forget her baby.
1t was still clasped tightly in her arms after
her body was cold In death. and. in rover
ence for her love. Il was left with her alone in
the grave.
Every man or woman with children can re-
latc from his own experience scores OF anec-
dotes fully as significant. though happily not
so tragic. as these. A little boy. with shoe.
less doll In his arms. wandered about on the
front. ,eranda Of the Mansion House. in
BEoosyH ieM sace When asssd
street Yesterday. and she stabbed her toe and
b. oks might be written about the vaccination
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the IN. the vicissitudes Of the walks and talks
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fioat and china dolls that sink in the treacher:
Gus waters Of the washtub. the arstocracy Of
hnDIt In an fh.A0 a 0tnn n n nd
get gel the knocks Of the Highways.
ali hi s 1as 1 do S snd
deep place in d the baby heart Mere however
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old story that young husbands oocasionaily
surprise their wiyes earessIng the miniature
That toy with such firm hold on human
hearts mus. have so curious Iti and long history IL
Significant roc. thread along the great line Of
the progress OF civilization is at least plausible
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civilized mankind have loved, seeme almost
impossible This re.icenes q - the OK no,e,rs Of
Sss$sns: %soitas ,isII Ssd .i5sssdS Rssa .slias
tSns Sury With IL so TsE Witch a Ssa Deen
horso with the ansr his
and slinSshot with nth the he Won woman A.. her spindle
German soil had come repeatedly little clay
figures tiny men and women, and occasional
ly even miniaturHs re- warriors in the armor Of the
racked ,hef brains for all sorts Of ,espiana-
tIons ,1lu 81 the uses & to which & &these lit;
tSsores !naas as Se syss q
ornamentation and decoration among the
aUrAa1 thar the TOW and
were used to beautiiY earthen ovens Of the old
time In 1872 hGwsysE there were found
and pos Z, ;aS ana S'GE
uncovered. and all the, little clay men and
women. who had been found in their earthly |
bss q obi sSSfss Ct oUR to 5e
since then r. The h., doii has been the subject Of
silent in their hard little heads: ,,,
the Chnrsh found in Il child OF the dev Hfa and ID
81 81 their hardy lines "A Church council IN the
eighth century forbade pa the playing With dolls
81 aaa THU plab
s SO es Il
psllsd to yIeId a roinnt here ana there to the
!hs%: the h e,aotiss q e5;esins A doil T. 9hs
was, The mot heathepIsh ., IT, hesthsn:
Rome. The ltoman maiden. on tho morning
Di n hor marriage, M 50 sacriieed to % Venus doll to
md was about % devote 9li her best energies
Sasion planted the same custom among the
German barbarians.. who. however. made the
sacrifice to Huda. AS has occasionally been
he case. the pions fathers ot ths Church aid
wished. In fact. they accomplished lust the
opposite: fol. German womankind ,clung to
,ot shake nor persecution weaken. The doll
lid not 20. but stuck fast In the arms Of those
who loved It. taking on ali the i'm morovements
ot civilization and often carrying the greater
refinement OF dress from one province into the
ldjourning territory.
Nuremberg became the favorlte homo Of the
amous wood caryers Of that city turned out
md women With the high born features OF the
.nights Of the day: The making Of dolls in
Known; In fact never came till the feudal
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