Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-27
THE LATEST GENERATION tiAS WON
DERFUL TALKING POWERS.

American Demantls.
The newest dolls are all doing Del
sarte-beckoning posing, looking this
way and that, arch, coqr ettish, win
ming, looking any way, in fact except
In that blank, staring, straight-ahead
fashion that has been called doll-fash-
ion ever since dolls were AS for their
ioints and muscles, they are as supple
and flexible as once they were stiff and
creaky The new doll can comb and
brush her ha,,, lifting her arms high
above her he'd and twisting her long
locks deity, as she looks into the mir
ror. She can walk with less effort
than she could two years ago, she can
OPEN and close her eyes with less
CT a jerk; she can hold out her
hands and lock hospltable, or de-
plecatoIy, or pleading; she can
clasp them negatively in her muff
or raise finger in expos,ulation for
al the world as If she were made out
of flesh ard blood, ard not out of mere
Laper, or at best, papier mache.
Ike Ieve5t doll has body, too,
moCe ed on new and improved plan.
+ is TO longer merely box trunk with
legs ard arms stuck into it, but it is
s-.-l eu ike The le.,l human body.
Tae is expression in the limbs. Ev-
en- the little 81 dolls-thoze that Santa
Claus has to dless Le1ole he can dis
tribute them-are made in the like
ress of living children. with dimples
ard curves ard rounded OF times.
''Lcok at that troop of little dolls in
the bath tub, e~ch one little gger
than the other! l declare, they are as
pretty as stauary," said a woman shop
Ter as she looked at store display.
the rink-Heshed, bald-he2ded urcDln
piaythings were litelike enough TO
merit praise.
1T is the American demand for
better modelled doll that has sptr rrod
TIE elman makers up to a higher
standard said downtown doll i'm
porter. we get up our own models
nd show them TO the manufacturers,
nd urge the various improvements
reeGed. In most cases they take our
lGY.ce. The ere m of all, the fine
Grade Work, cones to this country.
What h We they dcne to the dolls
to make them look so very lifelike?"
lie was asked.
The mixers have gradually improv-
ed eJey smallest detail of their work
within the LIST two or three years."
was the reply. THE hands, arms, legs
ard fee &re all N de better, and the
head ard face are made after an ar
t.ss.c model.
What about tin bodies? They were
tried for while, but they d.d not
prove ropr lar. there's 10 better doll
bcdy made than tie solid paper with
b.sqLe preparation run over it OF the
correct tint. The paper bodies are far
sgI er.cr to the papier nache. They
haven't teen making tie paper bodies
ve.y long.
"a popular idea nowc days IS to have
some educational suggestion in toys,
whether dolls or something else. That
makes the big demand for mechanical
toys which has put so many dt plicateS
of domestic and scientific machinery
on the market. Papa ard mamma
are the only words uttered by dolls to-
day, but tie makers will improve on
that you may depeld on it. The next
thing we'll be having dolls spouting
proverbs like "A stitch in time
saves nire,' and Never too late to
Eer d. to their little mothers.
There is ore feature in which the
German makers have not improved,
ard that is in the quality of the hair
with which they top of their h gh cass
dolls. No matter how pret;ily formed
ard captivating the cand date for sale
may be, her flowing locks are nine
tines out Of ten either nothing but jute
or hemp, or a mixture of hair that
mats on short notice, and moreover,
resists the comb.
The dell is $3.50, did you say? Well,
OF course | mi st set wig fer her, and
that Will cost me $3.50 more" said the
woman who was pricing and compar-
Ing dolls
"Ch, her hair looks very nice; those
lovely curls" SAID the saleswoman,
twining one gold ringlet round her
finger.
1T looks lovely row, when it's Just
takc out of the box" was the answer,
out after my little girl has had hold of
her an horr or so, it will lie a sight.
Besides, I've promised to give aer
doll whose hair she can comb and
brush as much as she wants to. III
take that doll. She's a beauty. I'd
like to have her just to look at But
I'll get rid of that jute top-piece Of
hers straightaway."
do we keep dolls wigs?" said
well-known hair dealer. well, l
should say so. Some children want
dark hair on their dolls, because all
the dolls are brought out with light
hair. We sell many brown and black
wigs for that reason. Then, | don't
suppose there's a child of well-to-do
parents who does rot STIMULATE that her