Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-15
THE DEAREST DOLL OF ALL,
riary Kyle Dallas dossips Wit
the Girls About Her.
she Is n Real Rally Doii and trrlyedIar
Christmas Horn some OF the Favor
ties who Preceded Her.



probably had great many. Quito long
line marches before YOU when yon try &c
think. And tiny were all 40 different. A.
dlfercnt as babies are. You did not love
them ail alike. that wns not possible And
when they broke. you lei, worse about some
than YOU did about others What a pity tits
that dolls will break, but thoy do rhcreis
always some danger hanging over the heed
OF doll. You nevercan bcsuic In the morn
ing that she viii he ail right at night, Only
one or two kinds, the very sort that YOU can
never, mover, never love dearly There are
such--who ever loved knitted doll2 IL
doesn't seem natural II Is thing not a
doll. of course. for the baby, who puts It In
It's mouth aud hits IL nose with Il, Il will
have 10 do, hot not fora erl with feelings.
A rag doll. toD there 10 something sad about
rag dolls. rhey never aeem 10 be comfort
able, and their heads arc always crooked and
their iaccs iiAi. Ityour doll has not nose,
YOU may iorl sorry for her, but you cannot
Admire her. A. for those india rubber dolls.
Il ia worry hard not 10 hato thom. They arc
rough, thoir eyes aro like nshca, and their
compilations Aro hluc.whlte with purple
cheeks and comes on, AMI they stick to
| thlngs In warm weather. but tho worst q IL
| h. they haven't any sentlmont-you 500 that
! at glance. As said, Il Ia really hard not
to hate thom. OF course they don't MAXI
/ themselves, poor things, and you should
never nse them BADLY, but they put yor
teeth on edge. like biting flannel or scratch
ing a slate-poncil. Mamma seldom Rives
Thorn 10 you or homo auntea, only people
who don't know and haven't been children
themselves for long while, "rheres some'
thing aho can't break" YOU hear them say
but no ono over aaya that Of dear, loycabld
beauties Of dolls. noyer IL would not DO
true with them one fall and all IA over. Tho
pct dog will pull her 10 plocos In moment
and tho baby can suck all tho color out Of h@
ehoeks in ten minutes Il you leave her wher
he can reach hcr. OF brothers can take ha
out In wagon and meet with an accident
II seems mean not to let her have ride, but
as general thing, Il you do, she comes homt
In pooos.
DO you remember that little doll with
china head, and hair put up IN comb. and
yellow wooden hands and fcctl You had TO
droaa hcr like lady hecauao OF her hair.
She had train and lace nchu. You gave
her to tho poor click little girl In the hospital,
and you did not feel sorry not TO SEQ hor
; again. ilor name was ElEa--ehe was gen-
7 trol but not adorable You had one splendid
! doh. An uncle brought her from Paris. Bhe
coud be fixed upon something 10 stand up.
Z Sha had a beautiful face ike a young lady,
, blonde hair and a white dress and Brussels'
: not veil. She was dressed like bride. Her
1 name was Angelica, shc had oven q pearl
o necklace and pearl brooclota over her long.
white Md gloves. But you could mo- play
with her, you could only show her on, After
A awhile you had exhibited her 10 everybody,
4 and she was Just "a nice ~ ever.
But YOU did not feel a. u you had adolf at all.
}, and Just then your mother bought you that
= heavenly creature Violet. oh, how we'll you
y rcmombor her her light hair ourlod tightly
about her head, hor eyes were tho color Of
- panaies. You loved hor dearly, you sang her
d 10 sleep at night and held hnr IN your lap
l. wlilo YOU studied your lessons, and never
% went to walk without her you could not see
o, why she could not 10 "a church, but mamma
70 said that wonid never do And IL was one
N Sunday morning thnt you dresaed hor 50
a. beautifully. and lolt her standing on the
y wlndow-aill looking ont for you, and when
You came home she lay on tho sidewalk In
., Pieces. How It happened you never. neyei
At knew, unless II WINS tho cat. but all was over.
I'd FOR good while you thought you had
ID rather not have any doll but Just remember
OF Violet all your life, Hut glr cannot quite
Id live without doh, aud 40 your mother
I'd bought you ono. This was dark, with FASH
~ ing black eyes and obon ringlots, aud a high
color. ahc was very beautiful. and you were
III very fond Of her, You uacd 10 tell her about
bo Violet. ahe had good constitution and sal
" up nicely and lasted a long while You gave
ny hor 10 a little cousin when you got Sylvia
lr- sylvia wRs dark, too and Grace was Medium
grey eyed and brown hair. They all Ahu
ay their eyes 10 20 to sleep, They were all sweet
rlo ono wns stately. Adelaide Victoria and thor
Ia you had phonogmph doh. AZ frst It WA
Nv, worry nice TO stand her upon her feet and hsa
So her say
,ut "LI,tle Tommy Tucker