New-York tribune., 1895-12-22

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combines the office of trained nurse, head PHYSICAL
and maid-!n-wait7g with her own calling. She
looks not unlike a dol. herself, with her smooth
round cheeks and shining nair, her pump hgus
and light print gown
'.She wants new rubbers put in" says boy p.
tron, handing a much-wrapped parcel into the sur
geons hands
The unwound wrappings reveal good-szed bsQus
doll garbed in a single garment Of white muslin.
The head has complement OF blond curls, o1t
the face Is crushed into a shapeless mass
CONSERVATION settles the boys features as he
catches sight OF the mashed face. Il should think
she needed something more than only new ruooers,'
says the surgeon.
Il must have hit her head against something o.
the way down here" explains the boy. "She was
all right when started, except abou; the joints.
Shall I put a new head on herr
Yes; and fix 1t as near like this as you
can"
Tne dol is lifted to place in the long row OF wait
Ing patients seated up the table against the WALL
and the surgeon turns TO greet her next customer
Want her menGed?" she inquiries OF a GIRL who
extends a curly-haired dol. toward her.
II want to sell her." states the child; zone OF her
legs Is off, but 1t don't show with long dresses on"
This customer is shabbily dressed and her eyes
look wistfu)
Are you going to get doll?
mo: I'm going to buy aprons with the money"
"Aprons?'
Eyes. go a SEWN school. and can't go NJ
more unless have a couple OF aprons Mothei
says l ought to get dollar for the doll
What sort OF a body has she?' lifting up the
dress TO
kid. She cost 81 and amt had her but year"
After some bargaining a trade is made and the
surgeon puts saucepan on the stove and sets TO
work stirring the contents.
II have to put that Mitchell dolls great toe"
she explains II cook the papier mache very care
fully"
Can you make a living from your dolls hos
pital?" she is asked.
"Oh yes. / have all do. now that the people
know me. You see doll that cost IS or so or SO
be mended up 10 look nice new for S or
81. I buy damaged or cast-off dolls now 10 repair
with. but my husband is going to get a mould and
make doll bodies soon. He learned how in
a toy factory in Germany"
She stops talking to wait on quietly dressed lady
who desires to enter a patient
do you think you could put eyes In to look
weli?' she is asked. after inspecting the subject
"Oh, yes; what color?'
Brown. ! think she had brown eyes before, anA
It would do to have them changed"
A box full Of eyes is produced.
"wil you choose the French eyes?" asks the sur
geon
What Is the dinerence?"
"Oh the French eyes are fuller and have a better
expression. They so cents. These others e"
by all means have French eyes: these pretty
brown ones
"And wig? Her hair looks coarse and rumply."
What charge for the wig?"
For real hair wig that be dampened and
curled. 81 Is.
"Well, give her a wig"
How long must she stay In the hosptal?"
Until Thursday"
Very good. But stay, want to take her meas
ure: i she Is to have new wig and new eyes, sne
Il have a cousin who is doll dressmaker." vent
ures the surgeon. ''she would be glad to get or.
ders."
The lady looks relieved: even blissful.
You haye! she exclaims. WELL have her make
a navy blue visiting costume. hat and all, and add
It in the bill"
As the lady goes out she almost runs into two
rough-headed little youngsters not more than three
or four years old
Your children she asks the surgeon
NO have no children. These live upstairs:
they come In nearly every day to play"
1t Is about o'clock in the afternoon when q pct.
ursslus lttle dame In green velvet coat and hood
She she used to say pa and ma she don't say
nothin no more" this little creature lsps as she
reaches up to put a doll on the table.
Put new machinery In her." interprets the sedate-
iookinT nursemaid. I'VE have bought other dolls
ior Mauide, but she won't have anything to do with
them She likes her old doll best"
And fix new slippers to come of" directs Nine.
Matilde, "and curl her hair fresh
ana would you like her to have new dress?"
rtMauids nodded "A white dress" she stipulated.
men giancng aSkance at the rough-hared cherubs
IN tner soi!ed dresses who were romping in the
next room she bade the surgeon a formal good.
day" and marched of with her nurse