The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-20

nodded. the too Dubious nose is pinched
and the eyes are denied and creased into
proper shape. When the head is done it
resembles parchment and bears q striking
similarity to brunette persons of great age.
The old lady IL given a cloth body ana is
dressed IN a plain gown. with cap and
kerchief. and q few gray hairs complete the
OUTFIT. Whole families have been made ont
of sheet wadding stuffed with cotton and
the colOred woods used for raiment. These
families generally are of the persuasion of
Friends. their demure aspect ard quiet garb
being patterned after that order. What old
lady of to-day does not remember the dear
old araminta of her youth, made of rags,
and what scores of pillows have done duty
as big dolls. whose obese proportions were
reduced by tight laclng. In contrast to
these giants, who were lugged about with
tireless arms and loving devotion, were the
peanut dolls. Many a mother has kept
her child interested and happy for hours
with o dough doll whose complexion could
be made to suit according to the length of
time it was left in the oven, and whole
regiments from Albinos to Africans would
come from the baking pans. The dough-
nut babys career was brilliant but brief,
Its corporeal body too often absorbed and
made To satisfy the cravings of its hungry
possessor. Paper dolls fashioned by q
skillful mother. opened mp avenues of
happiness for these same fingers created
the most wonderful wardrobes with gowns
for every occasion that could be thought
of. In fact, no individual can be Flora
hCc Im6ey SO successfully as the paper
doll: The materials are not expensive, are
easily procured and take but little labo to
shape and decorate. paper doll with
numerous gowns, wraps and hats and a
Election of all sorts of papers. with a
pair of scissors and box of paste is q
present for little girl that is not to be de-
spsed.
The child of to-day, who has families
of dolls of all sizes. ages and degrees
of splendor. revels in the quantity and
quality of the inventions from over
the sea, and which can be found in
the shops IN such quantity and variety
that hundreds could be purchased and no
duplicates could be found among them.
The greatest doll factories in the W orld are
IN Sonneberg, Thuringia. q province Of
Germany. Many of the dClis which come
TO this country and pass as French dolls
are made at Sonneberg, are sent TO the
French capitals and from there are re-
named and sent out as native products, as
Californla wines. which are returned to
TINS country with new labels. In the
factories there are departments where the
eyes are made, in another hands, in another
feet-in tact, each part of the doll is made
In separate department and then brought
TO one department. to be put together. The
only part not made in the factories is the
wigs.
No machine has yet been invented for
making doll wigs. These are formed
entirely by hand. The people who live in
the country and mountains near Sonneberg
make the wigs. all the spare time being
given TO this industry, the children devot-
ing every moment to shaping the material
Any Saturday afternoon great professions
OF people may be seen making their way TO
the factories. burdened with great bundles
the contents of which are wigs. They
bring them in and return laden with ma
terial TO make others, and this continues
year in and year out. Various hair-like
stuffs are used. but scarcely any "reap hair,
even that which is said 10 be ''reap never
having grown on a human being. Fhe
rag and other homo made dolls are
not so plentiful as they used TO
be. unless it might be in the rural dis
tricts. where but few shop-manufactured
dolls can be bought. The china doll with
q cloth body is almost o thing of the past
these having been superseded by the bisque
doll with kid body. The bisque is n kind
of china with n peculiar soft finish. which
more resembles the quality of flesh than
the old-tme china. These bisque dolls are
% all sizes. from two inches to three feet