The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-08
Il :. DOLLS OF PARIS.
StseY Used TO BE MANlNlNS, NOW
THEY ARE THE REAL THING.

eusploycd Go show on the Costumes Of
women-A Piece of Gaiisntry In War
Tmcs-some Modern Dolls Never Re-
surn to Their Partisan Masters.
NJ Guy Tomel in lie Journal des De-
hats gives an interesting account of dumb
dolls, talking dolls and dolls that get mar
ried. Three nations, he says, have the lu-
craiivc honor of furnishing the dolls for
litsle girls all over the world. England
produces the wax doll, Germany the saw
dust stuffed leather doll, with head of
porcelain, and France has the jointed baby,
Invented in 1862. Before this compare
lively recent period France did not con-
tribute much To the international doll
narket. Her dolls were nevertheless cele-
bratod throughout the entire world, but
they were fashionable dolls, or dolls for
grown up ladies. sometimes perhaps In
our travels through Paris we may have
noticed tiny glass showcases which serve
n the signs OF dreSsmakers. In these lit
Tie cases there are manikins dressed with
the greatest possible care in the feminine
fashion of the day. They are specimens Of
tho costumes offered by the dressmakers to
their customers. The elegance and detail
~ these lilliputian toilets, in which there
- not a single point wanting, have often
hoen admired. There the little lady stands
in her rather stiff but proud attitude, the
sphinx Of fashion.
Shlute't these little princesses whose num-
bnr is decreasing every day. During cen
turics they were the missionaries of the
French fashions, even in the most remote
regions, and, thanks to them, ladies in far
distant countries were never afraid to sup
ply themselves with articles which the lit
tie manikins taught them to wear with
chic
With every export of ladies' apparel the
MERCHANTS sent one Of those little mani
kins, and the precaution was never an un-
wise ope An example of its utility was
furnished in Calcutta. The first cloaks
that were sent there, Of very light tex
tori, considering the climate, we're worn
upop the head, like mantillns, by the Cal
sEtta ladies. 10 whom, by mistake, the ex-
porter had neglected TO send the little
.fnodel At the end of the year it arrived,
and the error was corrected.
Cine hundred years ago voyages were 20
long, 50 perilous and costly that they re-
9nired a sort OF boldncss reserved for men
alone. Ono could count on tho fingers the
number of women who came to Paris in
the eighteenth century from any country
outside Of Europe. And nevertheless about
that period Paris busted the feminine head
with Its renOwn as the capital of fashion.
But there Is better still. Tie French model
doll. awaited with impatience by the ladies
W whom il was sent, enjoyed privileges Of
immunity that were not always possessed
even by our ambassadors. For the doll
they created a sort of special law or privi-
fage. In a publication Of the eighteenth
century the following suggestive lines ap-
pnr:
Everybody knows that during the most
f0eedy war between Franco and England,
at the time Of Addison, a piece Of gallantry
not unworthy cf history existed between
fhe ministers of tho courts of Versailles
sDd St. James. I'm compliment TO the la
dies they allowed the big doll TO go free.
III was O figure completely dressed accord
ing TO the most recent fashion, To serve as
model for the English ladies. In this
way, in the midst of the furious hostilitics,
THE manikin was the only thing that was
respected by the soldiers"
Certainly the days of glory are passed
for the doll of fashion. not only because
the railroads and universal cxpositions
hiring frequently enough foreign ladies
capable Of detailing in their own countries
the secrets of orr high toned drcssmalers
but because the yulgar2ation of the fash
ION plates of the day that arc exploited b,
tho newspapers leave nothing to bc guessct
at by tho coquetics of the two hemisphcrcs
Nevertheless, continues NJ. Gu,
Tomel. II wanted 10 know If the mission
airy doll was cntiVly dead after such
brilliant career, and II some South Amcri
can republic or some archipelago of tn
antipodes did not exist where she continue,
to give her lessons in fashion. cxpressc
this idea 10 a specialist of the Rue dc i
Paix.
Do you send manil;in sometimes /
your EXPORTS i asked.
Certainly, he replied. The thing
absolutely necessary. No water color ca
40 into complete details. But the bottle
is that they do not always speak the In,
guage of the country
IAN right, thought; they are sendin
photographic dolls. That is progress.
"'For example, continued my intcl
locutor, Il want one now that can tai
Portuguese, and j haven't got one, an
another bother Is that very often the
won't come back when send them ava,
They remain in the country and marry in
TO rich families.
Yes, said, with minchincllos.
oh, no, not punchinellos, but yer
respectable people, can assure you.
lost two good ones recently i'm this way 4
Brazil
suddenly the cloud dissipated. m
dcrstood, and 10 was time. The fashion
able dolls that arc now sent along To ~,
company the expectations are employee
of the establishment who have given an
pie proof of their gifts, their abilities an
their elegance. IL is much sought f.
mission among the pretty, well forme
and skillful girls"
The Indian Plague.
In speaking Of the plague The India
Mirror gays: How often have yyp moi n.