Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-15
THE FLEETING SHOW.

Sought the stern face-read naught but purpose
 grim,
 Then, with groan he lifted up the child, Kissed her sweet mouth-pushed back with
 trembling hand
 The massive bolt, and thrust his darling in The little one stood motionless, with brave, Confiding look, she faced the savage beasts, Till one, the f1ercest of them all, sprang near Shifted at her hands, held his great tawny head Close to her face, and glared with angry eyes, Then, with some marvellous impulse, all un-
 known,
 Sank down before her.
 There with ominous growls Uplifted head, and tail that lashed the floor, He held those crouching demons in check They dared not break, strong was he and
 grand.
 Ismail looked on, well pleased. This sport was A sight unusual, that stirred his blood. Would they but struggle-that would be superb. But still the guardian lion kept his watch, His duty self-imposed, and those at bay Moved not. The father, faint with fear, had
 turned
 His pallid face A little straying lamb Came near, and Ismail, Hearying of the sport, Commanded: ''Seize the lamb, and toss it in, Take out the child!'
 In agony of haste The man obeyed and while the snarling beasts Fought for their prey, the father snatched his
 child,
 His little lamb so marvellously spared, And held her to his aching heart, and sobbed, And he, the ruler of his people, laughed, Tossed him paltry coin, and went his way.
 DOLL LORE.
 A writer in Science" speaking of the antiquity of dolls, says that those which were in use among the children of the an- cient Egyptians were made of wood, and on account of their excellent preservation might be mistaken for fabrics of recent date. The hands and feet of some of them were moved by means of cords, while strings of beads, stimulating hair, adorned the heads of others. Among Greek and Roman antiquities dolls of wood, clay, wax and ivory have been found; in Siberia ivory dolls in fur clothing of beautiful workmanship, and in Peru dressed dolls have been unearthed from the graves of their little owners. Tacitus tells us that the ancient inhabitants of Germany used to bury with their dead their most valua- pO6SCSoAOAoy and armor; with the hunter his arrows and sling; with the woman her distaff and ornaments, and with the child it's toys. In spite of this information German archaol- ogists puzzled themselves for years over | the odd little clay figures repeatedly dug l from the soil, tiny men and women and | warriors in armor, now believed to be the | playthings of the little children, lost cen 1 turies ago.
 | Thus aside from it's important share in the life of childhood, there is much of his toric value pertaining to the doll; @ history that, well written and fully illustrated, would be curiously interesting Not the l least interesting chapter would be that re- lating to what might be called it's persecu- ton at the hands of the church. A doll seems an innocent thing enough, but there was a time when the fathers of the church | looked upon it as a snare of the adversary and the force of their displeasure was brought to bear upon it. A church coun- cil in the eighth century forbade the play ing with dolls as injurious to the souls welfare and unworthy of toleration in 6 Christian home. The reason was custom, the German bride offering doll to Hulda, the divinity of marriage just as the Roman girl on the morning of her marriage sacrificed doll to Venus te show that she had put away childish things to take up woman's duties, while Egyptian maidens, long before, had per. formed the same rite. The good fathers however did not accomplish their object the children c1ung to their dolls, thu mothers sanctioned the enjoyment of the favorite toy, and doll making, as nigh have been expected, fourished, thougf the obnoxious rite after time fell intt disuse.
 Again in the eighteenth century tn, as upon puppet shows. The doll theater known in England and America as Puncl and Judy, has long and varied history This amusement, too, may be traced bacl to Egypt, and it travelled thence to south ern Europe and Germany. It is men tioned in manuscripts in the tentl and twelfth centuries, and in tn sixteenth century '"The wonder ful and lamentable history of Dr. Faust forerunner of Goethe's famous tragedy was being played by marionettes, on thei little stages, all over Germany. Other title of favorite plays were "The De Invalid," and t'The Life and Death O Wallenstein." The church interfered wit this amusement also, the doIl-theater wa denounced as dangerous, and from Der lin, as exhaustive and forcible communities , ton was sent to the King praying that might be prohibited, as vicious and de moralizing. The puppets however wen on playing to appreciative audiences, an the best of musicians and authors did nc disdain to contribute to their repertoire 5 Haydn composing five little operas, give , | in the doll-theater of Prince Esterhazy. A work in which dolls for years bore very important part was that of enlighter ' ing the world as to the art of dress. B, , fore the days of fashion plates and mag zines, dolls, carefully attired in the yer latest styles, were sent out from Paris the provinces and neighboring countries
 as illustrations and models of the elegar
 and refined in dress and before their tin @ the dolls of Nuremberg had gone fort
 upon the same mission
 Perhaps 8 still more interesting volun r. of doll-lore would be one of facts ar it stories in proof of the strong and dee l. hold they have upon the hea
 of children, stories amusing, pathet y and tragic even, of their pow 's to soothe pain, comfort the sorrowf ic awaken human instincts, arouse symp if thy, and teach in a sort of kindergart.
 system many arts and occupations u daily home, life. The child's treatment sr her doll reveals, too, her training and sl