The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-18

Ger and the waxer-COttage
workshops
-.-.-bsrr. June 16-Papier-mache.
u.-, enters so largely into the composi7
.t-- Of dolls. is composed mainly OF pa
-..5,,,ed 10 a pulp by long boiling. Al
~. water has been squeezed out OF
--,ss the latter is thoroughly mixed
-.., powdered white clay. rye four and
~ until il is Of the consistence OF COM
non dough. and looks. indeed. like the I'M
b,.a5 black bread Of Germany. 1t must
r,- be TOO stiff. neither must it be TOO
-.,.=- The material having been brought
br zneadng TO the proper state for use
,.,, weighing two or three pounds, Is
sr4-7 off the loaf and rolled out until II Is
,b,,- one-eighth of an inch in thickness
ans Thin. as a pancake. This work Is done
IN. means of a heavy rolling-pn, and the
,r,7 who does it. dressed in white clothes,
micbt well be taken for pastry COOK
So. nieces of the rolled-out dough. of
any desired size, are now cut out by the
r,Ifng-man. and piled at his right nand'
win sprinkling Of flour or powdered
c-a,- between each piece. to prevent them
from sticking together. From this pile the
formers" help themselves.
Each of these. with his mould before him,
having first smeared it with oil, seizes
q thin slice of the composition and deity
presses it into the concavity, being very
sure that every part of the form is reach
ed. else dolly would be very apt to ap-
pear without a nose; or, at least, with
very Irregular features With sharp
knife the dough is pared away from the
edges of the mould. Then either the front
or back section of the head and bust, as
the case may be, is lifted out OF the
form and placed on flat board 10 dry.
This operation of forming IS quickly dohei
bur the future beautiful doll, at thls Pc
Rod Of her existence, looks forlorn IN
her shapelessness and Comical m her naD-
hiuess. After remaining a rev minutes
on the board, she IS sufficiently hardened
by the hot temperature OF une room 70 De
once more pressed in the mould. She now
comes out in better form and with some
degree Of comelness. The disconnected
parts Of her head and bust are now unit
ed boy means of glue. But the dear crea-
ture is yet very far from being perfect.
With a multitude of her sisters, she Is
ranged upon movable shelf and kept in
the parchirg heat until she becomes per-
feCtly dry and as hard as stout paste
board, and of a peculiar britteness.
As soon as the heads are perfectly dry
and hard they are sent to another room,
work. The blank spaces or depressiOns
which thus far have served a substi-
tute for the visual organs are first cut out
with sharp and pointed knife. Into the
sockets thus formed are now inserted eyes
of glass-blue, black or hazel as the case
may be. But Miss Dolly is treated very
roughly, in order to bestow upon her the
power of sight. With a heavy hammer
and with single blow her skull is cruelty
fractured, and nearly the whole of the
crown of the head is broken off, leaving
the entire interior exposed. This treat
ment is certainly curious, but it is GER
talnly necessary. Without thus pitiessly
breaking the head the Workmen would
not be able 10 insert the eyes. Sometimes
these are immoyably set but they are
as often furnished with a weight which
gives them motion This weight Is a
lump. Of lead, which it attached to the
eyes by a stout curved wire, and il os-
clllates like the pendulum of a clock with
every motion Of the doll, causing her to
cIose her eyes tight every time she lies
GOWN ana forcing her to keep them open
every times she stands up. To get these
EYES mo proper working order the in
terror Of the head must be aborat eIv
punt up. There are beds Of plaster to
Ho4u tne axes on which the eyes move. a
snaH piece of cork or felt is placed near
me cAln as fender to protect the head
from injury by the leaden weight and
Where the head is movable. a small niace
OF wood ike the top of a spool is in
osileu 10 allow the rod which is the axis
IBoa |hleh the head turns 10 pass
y .-i!GIugn. so II Dollys head is not filled
In brains, 1t certainly is stocked with
number of contrivances which take the
pace OF them. The detached portion of
o olIe crown Is now neatly glued in place
Al least half the heads are formed for
imitation hair-that is, hair of the same
Suustahce as that of which the head b1st
a. ms ana legs are compassionate the 9TH
u nan are cast with bald pates which orc
GTInnlinl NIT =
-. 9oth kinds of heads are alike sinh.
leu TO the next process. The dolls are
PASSED over TO the tender care of
ters Of ~ Pe'I maps 70 the wives and daugh-
f VI me men who are at work in other
~ anches OF the factory-for this is a busv
l,luuillN ", and even little children are
LW.TQ 10 90 their full share of the la
ticUlari,. t Jus nnesses OF Dolly's head, par
yrLr ally the seam or suture at the noints
"IeIe the parts of the form have her
~ 10. anu the oozlngs of glue which mark
I1d lIe where the detached crown of The
au mas peen replaced, are either scro,,aS
~ with a knife or rubbed aUaI, y,,i+L . e RiN
.Aller that is over Miss DolIov &C. 1870 a i4le
10 coat of paint - Heateu
fs an ms ms stage of her life, Miss Dolly is
"a from being the beauty she is d4;y 70
20 become. She is a burning bIusb +i4iass
oe 11I OF lly-white TO relieve fbe rosi,(e
81 "sr looks As soon as the naint is as
Of H. RRurIled off to the next department
me factory. 1t is now her 80 Incl. NiiieiII
oeIgo a waxing" A man s+a,e1s II 10 IN
I
aI-n ION nearly fun of melted bees,s,as "a
pinneo. oolllng hot, and into this hair baa
y-itb6oTTst me young lady, head downwsr .5o
ri9eiC.u any ceremony. She comes o -
sim booSd yea, eyes and all, and is beId
MN mead downwards, over tba ca1,i leu,
tric c, l1e last drop of molten vev run on
Neu from her pate wa mas
Inc wax soon dries oo7 a.
take o NE me lady, she is reoI,ira aCoi ~
order o ne or two additional way batbs 10 10
mora 10 10 make her an aristocrat ''iiS nm IN
= IT. coatlng she gets the fnar ~
nop, r ny Iurther work of beautif,S,,os u i
which b LINED with vigor. First tba rs rs -
scra6e5 ~ ass blinded her, must he cagaf,ii1,
1nuet u Oh her eyes. Then her eT-e at9r'Ily
her t oT painted, her eyeIasbes Ie.si,9s
her r eneks rougd, her nostTJls ,tir Peticlleu
rad PteIly lips receive the color l eso' ana
oesses y; All these are delica+e 1ape
ana exr ala require much more ne Nc Pto-
w. M Apeiftness to perform them p Tae5e
q n,n,tIa Dor is always dividad Pioper-
walls aior, VI Workmen, who SIT or tI.s
each us d narrow table of erea+ lo iller-
and car ~ ms mussel shell or Chin IN,
man 60 : halr brushes behind btLP e'lS sue
skin N example, who has atfsin III. one
con6nl Nouching the hns VjtS ieu great
non himself entirely To ~ edrmlne'
eyebrows 'Iisr only draws the line ~ IA a
fourb "a A third colors the t nbeoS or the
The iIoulches the nose. A fiftb ee 5lS
from ha@53 mes The work is Tins Pellclls
cial nav 20 hand, each doinec : Pe's9ea