Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-06-02
W0MAN'S WORLD.


The &ss4<nAer rsshiea The Chorus Ciri.
wsnan's warh In FINLAND organizing
w~Sksna oiris--ceaesst stage ceant-
~~@~~- Mrs. squirs's state Jewel.
singularly interesting isthe snnounce-
nlent that her majesty the queen has
lately caused to be sent to Osborne House
n large collection of Dutch" dolls which
she had dressed herself when she was
the little Princess Victoria In the cos
tune OF all the nationalities OF the
world. These unique puppets were 40
cidentally fonnd, IT 10 stated. by Sir
Henry Ponsonby at Buckingham palace,
and on his communicating the pleasing
fact 70 her majesty she at once COM
manded that they should be sent to
Osborne
Since the arrival Of the siollies in the
Isle Of Wight they have been photo
graphed, seated on chairs and sofas in q
specially arranged room, and we are in
formed that there viii appear in the
coming number OF one OF our illustrated
contemporaries an article, with letter
press descriptive Of their aspect and re-
vised by an illustrious parsonage. Now,
our gracious sovereign was, from the
doll dressing point Of view, 'slittle
girl" In the year 1929, when she was ten
years OF age. Assuming that her love
for dollies endured until she was thir-
teen, we should thus have . collection
OF costumes ranging between the years
1899 and 1882.
The statement that the dolls dressed
by her majesty In her childhood are
Dutch" is little perplexing. That
which is ordinarily called the Dutch"
doll Is the simplest and cheapest OF all
puppets, being indeed an arrangement
in wood, not very gracefully jointed,
unprovided with a face. legs or arms,
either Of wax or porcelain or compost
ton, but Of rudely carved wood, and
certainly devoid Of real hair. Unless
the little princess was supplied with
dutch" dolls In remembrance of the
fact that Queen Mary Z. had been the
means OF introducing these unpretend-s
ing little effigies into England, 1t might
DO thought that the Duchess OF Kent
would have provided her young daugh-
ter with the best dolls that could be
purchased at the epoch in question.
These, until the first years of her mai
esty's reign, were undoubtedly the M
remburg dolls. for the manufacture Of
which the ingenious German town had
virtual monopoly throughout Europe
until 30 recent = period as 1852. when an
enferprising French doll manufacturer
named Juneau, devised the "poupee
Parisienne." which was modelled strictly
in accordance with the canons OF artistic
anatomy. and the face and extremities
OF which were Of cunningly tinted porce-
lain. The '.ponpee Persistence has been
partially adopted by the English makers
of-whnt may be termed the burlington
arcade" and Regent street" dolly; still
thcre are yet large number of stanch
conservatives in the dolls kingdom who
pin their faith 70 the old fashioned dunn
my. with the wax face, she unmeaning
blue eyes and the fiaxen ringlets.
In any case the engravings OF the
dolls dressed by the little Princess Vic
Ecria win find a multitude Of admirers,
aot only among ladies and children, but
'moug those who hold that the snnta-,
ions OF fashion are an integral part OF
he history OF civilization. London Tel
graph.