Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-10

head the little Esquimau girl is de.
lighted and prefers the doll to a Paris
creation.
One of the NEST curious collections
OF dolls in the world has been arrang,
e.. in the Peabody museum at Har-
v&rd. These figures are carved out Of
the root of the cottonwood tree by tho
aiolI indians of New Mexico and
were collected by the late Frank Cush-
ins. who attended the sacred dances
and ceremonials in which they were
used AS they were made for religious
ceremonies, the dolls are painted To
represent nature in her various
phases-thunder, lightning. the sun.
moon and stars-and the dolls are
cared for by the Indian children as
50 mnay sacred relics and are care
fully hung in ROWS on the tereo walls
when not in Use. II is curious to not
III this connection that the dolls in
.faya also represent mytholoeical char
Iacters and the children are taught
history in his manner.
Bnt il is 10 Japan one must turn to
see the doll in all its glory. for this
country might be called the land OF
dolls. Here the shops are. before th.'
Feast of Hina Matsnri. or the Feast OF
Dolls, are filled with dolls Of all sorts
and conditions. and when a daughter
Is born two of these dolls are pur-
chased for her These hina are dress
ed to represent nobility. and the Mi
kado and his suite appear in rich and
royal robes On the Matsuri all the
Family join in the festivities. and
male brings her dolls. which are dis
played in all their glory. A great
feast is prepared for them, and the
house is decorated with fragrant ap
pie blossoms.
Though we associate Japan and
China together as regards traditions
and customs, strange to say there the
few dolls in China. AS to Europe,
they are supposed to be of recent orr
Gin, going from Holland to Great
Britain. France can date her love for
dolls to the time when an Italian took
images of court ladies to the court OF
Charles VI. The king ordered somc
and as result the new plaything be-
came all the rage.
Today France and Germany make
the most dolls, though there are i'm
ages of darning cotton, clothes pins
and tin which seem essentially Amer
lean. In the doll factories every kind
is represented. from the marionettes
OF Italy to Sisters of Charity, Quak-
e!s, negroes, French clowns, Tyrolese
peasants and Turkish merchants.
France and Switzerland make dolls
by the hundreds of thousands and it
is considered one Of the most profit
able industries of these countries
So far We have not in America the
proficiency of our German friends.
whose whole villages are interested
in the manufacture of dolls, each
family making some particular part
and hading the process down to the
generations.
Many of the dresses for doll beau
ties are made in large cities. where
doll dressmakers initiate Worth's
elaborate creations or procure char
acter dolls. In the parlors of these
Jenny Wren dressamkers kings and
queens in splendid gowns jog sailors
ard conditions of men are suggested
by the dresses made by these
doll dressmakers, who obtain a good
livelihood in the process.
A short time ago there was held in
Boston an exhibition of Polly Sum-
mers, doll Of early Salem. Though
but a witch, Polly had been through
fire and water, and card announced
that only the good English oak Of
which she was made had prevented
her destruction through the cuffs and
c;.resses of more than three genera
tions. We have all heard of the
pleasure the late Queen Victoria took
" ith her dolls and of the famous col
lection made by the popular Carmen
SYLVIA and it is the collections like
these, composed of dolls from over all
the world, that arouse interest. for
the dresses are "a study Of nationa'
phases interesting to the sociologist.
Peasant dolls and the dolls of saw
age nations are always more interest
ing than those dressed in fashion, AM
many collections represent the work
of years and are carefully kept ir