The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-23
FROM SAINT DoRolr,
MAS CONE rnt
ron D0ll

"Ss ueiiic tIic peSf and 49,
that could be given to a little N ~
nickname was Dolly, or Don. 81 Y
giving babies the nickname Il 49,
easy step to pass 1t on to the mn. 49,.
of which the babies were SO fona
The word doll Is not found 4 -
use in our language until TN rsxS! u
the eighteenth century, ana. A ~ ~ H.
be discovered. first appears n ~ S
tleman's Magazine for ScptumnS
in the following: Several dnI- \: =
different dresses. made In ~
street. have been sent to th4 c,n,f n
show the manner Of dressing Il sS7
in fashion among English latiea D.
Previous TO this the word us>6 e ii
scribe the favorite playthins * n 4
In all countries and IN an -
'sbaby," which Is to be found III
with 'poppet' or ''puppet. ii III
in the works of most Of u =
writer's. ~
The wax ana china don cr,n1nus
the middle of tho seventeenth r11
There were no ladies' fashion ~ =
now. and in order to show VI "
being worn on the continent ar
beautifully and expensively dre1
sent to the various European CO. n
and from the models orders wers
The dolls, to show on their eoslly - v
must be made Of more precious s(uH
wood. so wax and china and ev6n
ones were made. 6
Thuringia is the land where - -
are orn-puppetland. as It n tallC1 u
this account About two huadsea n
ago most OF the dolls were uo1&
Flanders, and they were called. nj
but Flanders babies. There uni y
an old English couplet which ~ q
"The children Of Holland tahs p
in making e "a
what the children Of England tn
ure in breaking"
At one European doll factosy \ 4
present day 100000 dolls are prod0e1
nually. some so men. women IN
dren being employed To make oUe3
ing doll requires the JOINT lAhof 4 l3l
men. Dolls eyes are Moda n
ground rooms. into wAich "a IT,
rarely peeps. and violet cfna ~ a. I,
difficult to color. There y cne ~
Germany where thrce-f ourths q ~
dolls eyes In the world are nladk a. u
In the case OF the moee 6xpendyo
IL real human hair used. "A
In a doll factory are woce
headmakers, leg and armmeer ~
makers. portrait artists haif de
doll sewers and doll stuiferx. ~
army of fashionable dressma1
milliners. Ss. &. !:
The Hindu child Il ptsha1ly T. III
doIl-less child IN the ,inlyetst
Egyptians haye thar woo0ea =
the same in STYLE M 100 y>oN M
These were sometimes made q ~
When a child died It's dolls W1ge u.
with II. In the expecta alton that the9 -
forms would rise and do ssfyiee y -
other world.
The paradise OF dolls \ JapsA xllle
they are most elabosa14Iy ~ :.
ously attired sffairs; % ~ ~ a. N
Kioto--.genroku." as they ~
They are often valuable WOOD ~
enameleti IN colors. or stasuetim =
artistic merit. ..5 ~
One OF the most interesting edl
OF dolls in this country II that
to the bureau OF cthnoiogy. Wa1A
They are dolls OF the Zunl
Arizona, and ARE made from a.
or subterranean branches Of ~ ~
wood tree, being whitfield e..
knives; they are decorated 0 "
yellow. green, and represent ~
the tribe--the god Of the snows 2s'
that eats up the rain clouds: ~ ~
the sun god and the corn Eodde \.
zuni children play with thsss ee's ..:
other children do Any one W. u.
into A. zuni hahitation Il certain o. q.
a rowsof these dolls suspended ~, Nv n
ceiling--not being in use they ~ y
up until wanted. -.
Ia Infantila is doll Win s.s y
II ts made OF clay, and Il cons'as', u, "
its owner--a Mexican iaay~snd n asss.
of other people. to be a workss " w ~
cles. and quantities OF costly Ss 49,
constantly being offered - y Sxs
in tho house or It's owner ~ ~. r
for its exclusive use; here y fFs ~ s'.-s
a canopied bed Of solid silver nss 4
tiful dresses and rich jeWeify 5.s,f
thousands OF dollars. Amans " .il e
gifts are a magnificent paano n. m
played upon by those who yls'l ~ ~ 11
as q part OF the services o. aas's'1 H
to II.