Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-13
RARE AND CURIOUS DOLLS.

played with a doll! For though dolls
always bear resemblance in dress
to- the nation they hail from and in
disposition are facsimiles of their
owners some little girl must have been
the possessor of the first doll, and
MANY tiny sarcophagus in Egypt re-
yeals pathetic children nlummies by
whose side rest little limitations of
themselves.
Among the wild Indians Of our
country are found quaint ivory dolls
carved from walrus tusks, with eyes,
nose and mouth of black enamel. They
are stiff in their joints, but as the
children prefer them in the sitting
posture this makes no difference, and
If white teeth show and black hair is
stuck in the holes in the top of the
head the little Esquimau girl is de
lighted and prefers the doll to Paris
j creation.
Il One of the most curious collections
a of dolls in the world has been arrans
III ef, in the Peabody museum at Harz
III ycrd. These figures are carved out OF
# the root of the cottonwood tree by the
al A1old indians of New Mexico and
III were collected by the late Frank Cush=
YA;ng who attended the sacred dances
&Sand ceremonials in which they were
@ used. AS they were made for religious
M ceremonies, the dolls are painted TO
M ranresent nature in her various
8 nhases-thunder. lightning, the sun.
8 moon and stars-and the dolls are
IA cared for by the Indian children as
ia so mnay sacred relics and are care.
VA fully hung in rows on the tepee walls
@ when not in use. It is curious to note
NJ in this connection that the dolls III
M Java also represent NEUROLOGICAL char
M acters and the children are taught
MI history in this manner.
II Bnt it is to Japan one must turn 70
s see the doll in all its glory, for THIS
H@ country might be called the land Oh
III dolls. Here the shops are. before IN
IsM Feast or I1l1ld MdlSttll, /, vi 1hN N>,'
81 Dolls. are filled with dolls of all sorts
sA and conditions, and when a daughter
s is. horn two of these dolls are puf'
ss chased for her. These hina are dress
wed to represent nobility, and the MI
u ,Aado and his suite appear in rich and
s roval robes. On the Matsurl all the
I family ioin in the festivities and
@ from the grandmother down each 1e
II male brings her dolls, which are dis
sd nlaved in all their glory. A greai
II feast is prepared for them, and the
II house is decorated with fragrant ap
g pie blossoms.
.A Though we associate Japan and
~ China together as regards traditions
VI and customs, strange to say there tas
4 few dolls in China. AS to Europe
M they are supposed TO be OF recent Or
8 gin, going from Holland to Gfea'
iA Britain France can date her love l92
!. dolls to the time when an Italian too'
81 images Of court ladies to the court Oh
"a Charles VI. The King ordered some
III and as 2 result the new playthlA2 Dc
I. came all the rage
n Today France and Germany mak
II the most dolls. though there are I'M
Il ages of darnine cotton, clothes pins
u and tin which seem essentially Amer
II lean. In the doll factories every KIM
n is represented, from the marlonettes
N OF Italy to Sisters Of Charity. Qnak
eks, negroes, French clowns, Tyroiesf
n peasants and Turkish merchants
France and Switzerland make dolls
4 by the hundreds of thousands and II
u is considered one of the most prom
able industries of these countries
So far we have not in America the
4 proficiency of our German frlends
l whose whole villages are interested
in the manufacture of dolls, eaci
I family making some particular par
and hading the process down to the
generations.
MANY of the dresses for doll beau
ties are made in large Cities "heie
doll dressmakers initiate Worm
elaborate creations or procure chai
acter dolls. In the parlors OF THESE
Jenny Wren dressamkers kings aho
queens in splendid gowns jog sailors
soldiers, dudes and beggars. All sofeS
ard conditions of men are suSSeseeo
by the dresses made by lhese
doll dressmakers, who obtain sooo
/ livelihood in the process.
A short time ago there was held III
Boston an exhibition Of Polly sum
1ners, a doll of early Salem. Ihoush
but a witch, Polly had been thfous'l