The sun., 1900-12-02
WONDERFUL DOLL HOUSES.
4 BRAND NEw vARkrr DsrBED nv
4 THfCtGO WONAN.
r,piesi Colonial Mansions Reproduced IN Al
Their Details Mount vernon One ~ rhem
The Famoss Doll House AZ ttretht -- other
Ncrv Elaborate Modern Doll Wou.es

Toylnnd ~ tn date would he as bow v,dcrin w
to tho old-timr child "a modern Now Yorl,
would ho to - Pilgrim Father. Not year goes
bv without the Introduction of hosts Of in
rcnou- now toys. and II the modern voung-
strr- do not hav" ~ much fun with mechanical
tuyp ~ th.lr grandparents had with old spools
and oprncob dolls. that doesn't alter the fact
that modern tovmaknr- hro clever
Doll houses aren't new thing. The Utrecht
| Museum has one that was made In 1850. and
IL still ahead Of anything else OF It's kind. but,
while doll houses. NJ n genus. are old. brand
new species of the article hns appeared out In
Chicago clever Young architect and all
around artist Of that city was In England
last year and fell hopeless victim to the
charms of the old English country houses
She determined 10 make tiny copy Of one OF
these houses. call It crawford. and design for
u a sctrf dolls which would represent the char
nc,crs in Mrs Gaskell's book. That was the
origin Of the CRAWFORD DOH houses though the
CRAWFORD was never built and the name OF the
doll houses H. so far misnomer.
A picturesque cottage in Chicago suburb
was the model for the first OF the doll houses
Then the desl gner had a happier idea and de-
cided 70 reproduce the typical colonial houses
OF our country. Mount Vernon was naturelly,
among tho first models and. possibly. the
most fascinating Of the doll houses Ia this mlnia-
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ch,,,, crr,,i,ad ora e,ecutsd a. caref,llv
,s ,h,, ,roa, 80 ~, ,rh,ot ,,or .,. oo,,ad
IN. s,i,dIo-Isgced chni,, and oohins,s rho
brc.,s and diri,, ,,hle. m. bras. a,diron.
cvan rho ti,cbon I,ensils are minute worL. q,
or, on,,, ,ha wasbi,n,or to,,u, 4. ito.
h.lov mr. 7, ,ratters ot d,e.s tho fa,bsr =,
b,s oonr,rr and b,s borsshoId ora hsyond "a
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,hot ,hsIr Manner. isoy. much ~ hs dssirsd
Ths ;,Ius,-io,,s Gro, in var 1c ciyos INV
Too onti-o,y 70 unconventional ,e,o,a,ion IN
-, hos,,, =, bt. ,ar,i,,. ard doro,,s T,or,
Iio,i,,, T., his a,,i,rdas rbua Mrs woshtn,,on
,or;.s ri,d bartenr with uos. Ine,eoon,
ahandon rven Dinab s,atclv in the tiled
li,cben Give. vav nj ,in,es 70 eccentricities n,
manner unheottlnp an African nrinoes, who
has always lived with tho orst families
"A n n,t,er q, fact doll. plausIhIe enoupb
for ,hess dslicioslv artistic and realistic Gran
tord houses ara mot in the ,narket and the
dou bouso orobit.ct .urars much bi,,srnc..
~ souI ovor this n,an in her .chen,e. but she
bones ,h,, tho house. will evolva the dolls
o,d bring to-, socie,v nm IN tbair lsva, r..
a sor, NJ univsrsItv settlement e,periment
in dou land
Tb, Cr,iria bo,sa Ia aro,bsr oborr,no dol,
,,,,,o 80 h,,u,. 90 ,ho wa.h,n,,ors ,h.,r bo,ro
ia o,,o,a,b.- dali,h,tu The original Craiu,s
80 has hoa, ror,oI,,,.i m a sIi,h, .xton,
md tho dou honss folows tho nlan ~ ths historic
ho,,sa a. ~ ,oy stand. with n. Now niazzas
~. oo,o-ir, =, h,,s o,d ,vhita and n. chongod
= a,o-u.a,,s. h,,, Tho o,d hr,s. L,ool,o, I. an
tho door and tho inside furnishing ia enouyb
~ driva n lovs- az a,tiouss mad with any With
its beautiful old chairs and sofas and candle
I,hr, ard tc,dsrs and dresslnu tahles 40 Tho
Whittier bouse at Danvers in II. good gray
siun,iritv ,vas another model and some NJ tho
famous ola Virginia homes are IN he oonied ~
arranv.-,anrs can be nads with their owners
Tho, ,he re,I Crawford house ia 10 he made.
and following ,ba, N ssries n, bousas that
ac,,re in fa,rous hoo,,s and acts NJ dolls ranre-
san,lng ths charac,srs in the hook. uis-
to-ic houses y, rurons are buzzino in tho de-
siyrnr's brain. and she tnlls too ~ n serias
shov;,, tho ,r,ic,I bousas of au ,orei,,r
countries vi,h d,us In corrac, cos,urs Il
oil so,,ds ,os, an,iciro and ,xou,d a,,,os, ,e,r,t
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an ohild ra,r-,
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