Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-23
TOY SHOP DOLLS
PROMISE FUN
HUNDREDS OF TOTS REHEARSE
FOR 0PERETTA
All Sizes and Kinds Of Juvenile Char.
aeters to Sing, Dance and Ro.
cite for the Children's
Hospital

invasion of dolls into Los Angeles
such as the city has never seen.
| a whole toy shop full is coming, and
| dolls such as even Santa has failed
TO equal. Dolls with golden locks of
| real hair; dolls with brown ewes and
raven tresses; Dutch dolls; French
dolls; wax dolls, paper dolls and so
many kinds of dolls that the ones
now on the shelves in the toy shop will
nave their noses put out of Joint for
many a long day to come.
BirkeTs hall has been turned into a
Toy shop and every afternoon a whole
troupe of busy workers can be seen
making vigorous attempts to have the
dolls all ready by February s. for that
rs the time they are to be first intro
duCed TO Los Angelese society.
Mrs. stephen w. Dorsey is prophet
ress of the work shop and she has as
head worker Miss Margaret Martin.
VINO KNOWS more than most people
about dolls and has come all the wav
from Chicago to help I'm the manufac-
ture of the $50 beautiful and quaint
specimens which are to be shown in
Los Angeles. For working material
she has $50 Of the brightest, mcrrest
little boys and girls in Los Angeles.
Not Ordinary Dolls
The dolls are not to he ordinary
N'N''''' iiCl accomplishments are
many and varied. Each has a voice
"a dear little voice; each can dance
and, better than ALL each one has
charming little manner that makes one
forever swear to love dolls.
IT you are little girl you will be
so glad that you have not grown too
old to play with dollies. If you are a.
grown woman, you will undoubtedly
have longing to travel back several
years, and If you are a small--or even
big boy. you will be just bit en-
V1ous when you see the dolls.
he Toy Shop" that beautiful little
opera, is to be given in Los Angeles
for sweet charity's sake, and that is
why 1T is that Mrs. Dorsey and Miss
Martin and dozen other women are
spending hours in the dolls work shop.
Yesterday there was a rehearsal and
MISS Martin began the work of max
ing the bright-faced little ones into
dolls.
When a reporter entered the hall
Yesterday afternoon she saw $50 tots
sitting cross-legged on the floor, all
eyes turned on an energetic young
woman standing in front of them, who
proved to be Miss Martin.
1t would be safe to say so many
| lovely children have never been to-
gether before and there was not a
beautiful type that could not be found,
nor any age from three and one-half
years to sixteen years.
After they had been practicing the
chorus for an hour or more the real
| rehearsal began.
Curtain Goes Up
The curtain went up and revealed
q toy shop. The dolls were all asleep
IN their boxes on the shelves and any
where else where dolls are usually
InaF Nf s.,s1.
waved magic wands, sang a quaint
little song and the sleeping dolls were
given the power to walk and talk Then
the performance began in earnest
There was discussion as to who
should be the queen. Three little paper
dolls all tried to show their right to the
honor and then the Paris doll stepped
up and said she was the one to be
queen.
The toy makers daughter entered the
shop and glanced over the dolls and as
the rag doll has ruled the life of many
a child so she decided on her favorite
and declared the rag doll shall be
queen.
Miss Bessie Buskirk is the toy maxi
er's daughter and her part is a beauti-
full one. Then there are Jacks-in-the
box, three clowns, a troup of tin SOL
dierS and troop of wooden soldiers
Miss Louise Nixon Hill is the Paris
doll and queenly young person she
is, with a wealth of brown hair that
is, of course, real. Real hair has ever
been known as a necessary part of a
Paris doll and Miss Hills is not at all
disappointing.
On the Top Shelf
The dainty young woman and the
captain in command of the troop of
tin soldiers, who in real life is clever
Miss Mango buffet, have been on the
top shelf Of the toy shop for many
years and in all that time the soldier
has been in love with the Paris beauty
Because they were dolls and because
fairies had never before been good to
them, he could not tell her of his feel
ing. During the opera he makes up
for lost time and pursues her ardently.
She does not seem inclined to object to
his suit and the Irritation in song and
dance is one of the prettiest features
of the opera.
Miss Maud Reese Davies is the jap
anese maid and her beautiful voice and
brunette beauty make her q fascinating
maid. She has a company of Japanese
maidens as attendants and the song
and dance which they give is pretty.
The Florodora SeXtet will no longer
have the right to exist when Los An
geles has seen the seXtet from 1.-THE
Toy Shop" Three dainty little maids
and three clever little lads sing and
dance and carry on real live Irritation
and all this in doll land.