The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-30

by their nepheWs ana their hleoes'
About Dolls.
The origin OF the word doll is Curl
Gus. Centuries ago. when saints
names were much in vogue for chill
dren. st. Dorothea was the most popu-
lar. and her name the best and luck
lest that could be given to little girl.
The nickname was Dolly, or Doll, and
from giving babies the nickname, II
was an easy step to pass it on to the
little images of which the babies were
so fond
The word doll is not found in COM
mon use in our language until the
middle of the eighteenth century, and
as far as can be discovered. first APP
pears in the Gentleman's Magazine for
September. 1851, in the following
Several dolls. with different dresses,
made in St. James street, have been
sent to the czarina, to show the man
ner Of dressing at present in fashion
among English ladies"
Previous to this the word used to
describe the favorite plaything OF all
sirls in all countries and in all ages
was baby" which is to be found, to-
gether with "poppet," or puppet, in
this sense in the works Of most Of the
earlier writer's.
The wax and china doll originated
in the middle of the seventeenth CEN
tury There were no ladies fashion
papers as now. and in order 10 show
what was being worn on the continent
dolls were beautifully and extensively
dressed and sent to the various Euro
pean countries. and from the models
orders were taken. The dolls, to show
on their costly garb must be made or
more precious stun than wood, so wax
and china and even ivory ones were
made.
Thuringa Is the land where most
dolls are born-puppetland 1t Is called
on this account. About 200 years ago
most Of the dolls were made in Flan-
ders. and they were called, not dolls,
but Flanders babies. There used to
be an old English couplet which ran
thus:
! The children Of Holland take pleasure
z in making
. What the children OF England take
pleasure in breaking.
At one European doll factory Of the
present day 100000 dolls are produced
. annually. some 500 men, women and
children being employed. To make ons
4 talking doll requires the joint labor
!. of thirty men. Dolls eyes are made
in underground rooms, into which th'
sunlight rarely peeps, and violet orbi
are the most difficult color. There \
one town in Germany where three
: fourths Of all the dolls eyes in th'
world are made. Only in the case o
the most expensive dolls is human hal
:. used In a doll factory are wood
y carvers. headmakers, leg and arm
makers. eyemakers, portrait artists
! hair dressers, doll sewers and dol
! suffers. also a small army Of fashion
= able dressmakers and milliners.
!, The Hindu child is probably the onl
doll-less child in the universe. Tn
!, little Egyptians have their woode
"Ushabtr'-the same in style as 400
!. wears ago. These were sometimes mad
4 of porcelain. When child died II
" dolls were buried with it. in the ez
pectation that their spirit forms woul
rise and do service in another world.
The paradise Of dolls is Japan, whel
ls they are most elaborately and gorge
te ouslv attired affairs: so are the dol
~ Of "genroku." as they al
y called They are often valuable voc
u carvings enameled in colors, or statl
. cites of great artistic merit
VI One of the most interesting cole
- tiou of dolls in this country is that b
oi Longing to the bureau of ethnolog
- Washington. They are dolls Of Il
Zuni Indians of Arizona, and are mat
from the roots or subterranes
branches of the cottonwood tree, beiI
is whitfield out with knives; they a
d. decorated bright red. yellow, green al
he represent the gods of the tribe-t
Tor cod of the snow; the god that ca
ay, nm the rain clouds; the fire god; Z
lat sun god and the corn goddess. 7
IN zani children play with these dolls
on other children do. Any one who go
in into Zani habitation is certain to
row Of these dolls suspended frc
the ceiling-not being : use they a
hung up until wanted.
to La Infantila is doll with histol
ms # q made Of clay and is considered
the its owaer-a Mexican lady-and
be hosts Of other people to be a worl
ara Of miracles, and quantities of cos
Ex- gifts are constantly being offered to
the 4 room in the house of its owner
the set aside for its exclusive use; h
act Il reclines in a canopied bed Of 90
silver; it has beautiful tresses