Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-14
A Live Doll show,

L saw live doll show last winter
fourteen live dolls, and q nurse all
dressed up with white apron and cap
At least, she called them dolls, and
they behaved very much like dolls,
moving only at her touch. They had
evidently been taught that "chidren
should be seen and not heard" all
but the ''squeaking" doll and the
''proverb grandma" which will be
described in their turn. The exhibi-
ton was gotten up by girls club
that was organized for ''sweet
charity's" sake. The c. w. B. NJ.
ladies were giving a social, and one
room had been converted into nur-
sery for the dolls. They charged five
cents admission, and they intended
to spend the money in making some.
body happier at Christmas.
The most of the dolls were iointed,
and, when the nurse pressed spring
in the back of their necks, they would
bob their heads in a little courtesy.
A lady standing by one said that
she thought people made courtesies
with their bodies.
"Jh but dolls do not, you know"
answered the nurse.
And, sure enough, they don't.
The biggest doll of all was rag
baby, which was thrown carelessly in
a rocking chair. She behaved beauti
tifully, though every one who passed
her took hold of her head to see if she
was iointed, and they would ask if
she was filled with sawdust. She
never once smiled, till little boy, in
passing out, said, Good night, Miss
Rag" All the dolls laughe at that.
But they all did splendidly, and
know the nurse was proud of them.
There were three paper dolls, Tina,
Tess and Tot, dressed in plated wall
paper dresses and quaint paper hats.
Their arms only were jointed. The
china doll wore q dark dress and q
white apron.
The little Esquimau, when wound
up, would stump across the floor.
Then the nurse would turn her round,
wind her up again, and she would trot
back. She was dressed in white furry
looking stuff.
The young-lady doll wore her big
sisters dress, and looked quite stylish.
The Scotch lassie was equipped for
sport. dressed in plaid, with her
skates slung over her shoulder.
A man offered the nurse ten cents
for the "squeaking" doll. Whe.
pressed in the chest, she would say
Papa" or mamma" in a squeaky
voice, very much like doll Poor
thing! Every one wanted to hear her
'say it over and over again." She,
the nurse said, was present from
Mrs. Mckinley.
Pocahontas" was like veritable
Indian, with her red candy painted)
cheeks and long straight black hair.
She set on the floor beside a Japanese
lady, who wore a gay-fowered dress
and carried japanese umbrella.
A sweet faced nun, ",5ister Marguer-
lite" stood guard by high chair in
which sat curly haired baby doll.
The "baby" was iointed, and could
make her little curtsy, like the others.
They were all remarkably polite dolls,
owing, perhaps, to the presence of the
''proverb grandma. When wound
up, she would jerk out, in slow sue
cession, these three proverbs: penny
wise, pound-foolish," "Spare-rod,
spoil-child, and "All's-well- IT, ends
WE'LL"
lhe "proverb grandma" is the min
isHr's daughter, and when the nurse,
in describing her, said she was very
energetic, her papa said: whats
shat you say? Active is she?" Then
everybody laughed.
Quite jolly lot of dolls they were,
who were transformed in trice into
fourteen hungry girls as they were
invited to the dining room.
Their tongues were soon loosened,
and in few minutes they went home,
happy that they had given others
pleasure. Sunday School Times.
The annual tribute of the Initial