The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
NOT A BAREFOOT
DOLL IN The CITY
TWENTY THOUSAND OR MORE
SUPPLIED WITH HOSIERY.
Upon Invitation, the Nurseries Are
Emptied and the Cribs Robbed that
the Dolls Of Minneapolis May Wear
tho Latest Thing in Seamless Stock
ings Children All Delighted.

Lean dolls, fat dolls, short dolls, tall;
now dolls, old dolls, any dolls at all, to
the number Of 10000, honored the Pow
ers Mercantile company with call for
help in hosiery yesterday and none was
denied. With the dolls came their.
youthful sponsors and with these spon-
sors came their mothers, and with the
at such remarkable gathering.
The occasion was dolls day, duly
announced in The Journa |, and the
donors were the Burson Knitting COM
pany Of Rockford, I'LL, happily repre-
serted by Mrs. L. E. Fish. The net
result was that 10000 dolls in all
classes of society. went forth, their
neither limbs comfortably covered with
the latest thing in seamless hosiery.
doll to our store we will give pair Of
Burson fashioned hose, the only hose
knit to tit without a seam read the
announcement, and in half the 40 900
Minneapolis homes into which this an
nouncement went, the feminine young
hopefuls secured the nursery and
robbed the crib for the various repre-
sentatlons OF babyhood in which such
feminine young hopefuls delight.
Even Mrs. Fish, who superintendent
the giving. away Of nearly 10000 dolls
stockings in a New York store recently,
was hardly prepared for the onslaught
which she and her assistants were
| obliged to withstand when the Powers
doors were opened at $3.50. It seemed
| as II all the dolls which have filed all
the stockings in all the history Of Min.
neapo1ls had come, en- masse, to fill
their tn own 2, stockings, at the cheerfully
adjustment.
The little miss with the bisque doll
was early in line, as was the happy gir]
possessed of the celluloid doll. There
were dolls of china, dolls of kid, dolls of
wood and dolls of rags. Likewise there
came IN IN almost endless procession joint.
were blonde dolls, brunette dolls, curly
haired dolls and straight haired dolls
with bangs and most Fascinating eve.
lashes, Ethiopian dolls, Indian : dolls
! rough rider dolls and dolls of countless
nationalities. Il -
Such wealth Of doll property had
never been seen beforehand each dol
seamless hosiery which fits the limb
Some Of the stockings were wee things
have cried at with delight. Others were
OF the comfortable proportions desired
! by life sized" doll. And between
tneSe extremes ran riot OF means most
astounding to the mere man who is not
"upO on dolls
| With rare tact, possibly born Of ex
perlence, Mrs. Fish decided early in tn,
day to play no favorites There was NJ
drawing Of the class line The doll VIII
Hwent out'' at dressmaking and tn,
doll which had it's own carriage AM
pair, shared equally in the division O.
the hosiery dainties.
1 Thus was avoided unhappy bicker
ZEN. tears Of disappointment. Invent
thousand homes were made happy b;
the possession Of a new pair Of stock
ings:..ff, !. sS,eeWhich same thing works til
same. way. with all ages Of the gentle
sex,''' declared Mrs. Fish, dispenser o
stockings to the American public.