Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-17
RARE AND CURIOUS DOLLS.


played with a doll? For though dolls
always bear a resemblance in dress
to the nation they hail from and in
! dlspositon are facSimiles OF their
owners some little girl must have been
the possessOr of the first doll, and
many a tiny sarcophagus in Egypt re
veals pathetic children mummies 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
creation.
| One of the most curious collections
Of dolls in the world has been arrang.
O.. in the Peabody museum at Har-
v&rd. These figures are carved out OF
| the roOt of the cottonwood tree by the
iMoki Indians of New Mexico and
were collected by the late Frank Cush-
ing, who attended the sacred dances
and coremonials 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
81 mnay sacred relies and are care
fully hung in rows on the tepee walls
when not in use 1t is curious to note
in this connection that the dolls in
Java also represent NEUROLOGICAL char
acters and the children are taught
history in this manner
Bnt it is to 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 the
Feast of Hina Matsuri. or the Feast OF
Dolls, are filled with dolls Of all sorts
and conditions, and when a daughter
*, born two of these dolls are pur
chased for her These hina are dress
ed to represent nobility, and the Mi
Eado and his suite appear in ricn ana
royal robes. On the Matsuri al tho
family join in the festivities, and
from the grandmother down each fe-
male brings her dolls, which are dis
riayed in all their glory. A great :
feast is prepared for them, and the !
house is decorated with fragrant ap
pie blossoms.
Though We associate aafan and
China together as regards traditions !
and customs, strange 10 say there tho
faw dolls in China. AS to Europe.
they ere supposed 10 he of recent or.
Gin. eonc from Holland TO Grca,
Britain. France can date her love foF
dolls to 1ho time when an Italian took !
images Of court ladies 10 tha court OF
Charles VI. The king ordered some !
ar.d as a result the new playth;nG be
c;me all the rage.
Today France and Germany MAXI =.
the NOS. dolls. though there are i'm
ages of aarning cotton, clothes pins
and tin which seem essentially Amer !
lean. In The doll factories every }ind
is represented from tho marionettes
OF Italy 20 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 prom
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 par
and hadira the process down to the
generations.
Many ef the dresses tor dcll beau
i; are r.ade in large cities. where
doh 4ressmakcrs innate Worlh's
elaborate creations or procure char-
acter dolls. In tho parlors of these
.genny Wren dressamkers kings and
Queens in splendid gowns jog sailors,
soldiers. dudes and beggars. All sorts
ara conditions of men arc suggested
hy tho dresses made by he#e
don dressmakers, Who obtain a good
livelihood in the process.
\ short tine ago there was held in
roston an exhibition of Polly sum
lners. a don of early Salem. Though
hut a witch. Polly had been through
fire and water, and card announced
Not o,,lv tho Cond E'Oo1iSh oak 0f