Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-09-27

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and not being SO eager TO earn
money at the expense Of honest
work. We decided to accept only
the orders that we could fill with
out outside assistance. Since then
we have never had a doll returned
and very few letters of complaint.
!. Once in a while where a child OBJ
jects to some particular dress in
her dolls wardrobe we send her
sketches of our other styles and
make her one in exchange for it.
| make the same requirement that
is made by the best dry goods store
"They are paper dolls, just as
their name indicates, but unlike
the old-fashioned playthings of the
same name, mine are painted to ma
ture. The nude paper doll is
dressed, and more carefully than
the highest-priced wax doll. Only
the sheerest, finest materials can be
used for the underwear. The ordi-
nary quality Of lace or white mus
| lin cannot be used successfully,
even on dowagers or dolls intended
for maids end waitressrs. When
| it comes to the dress, then the
material must suit the condition.
type and age Of the wearer.
"The largest family of paper dolls
| have made was Is inches tall.
That is, the father and grandfather
were exactly that height, and the
mother and grandmother were only
a. bit shorter. The two young peo'
pie were designed as bride and
bridegroom. | fitted them up with
most elaborate trousseau and l
understand they had most impress
sive church wedding. Then it seems
that the little girl mother realized
the she couldn't give them we'd
ding reception because there was
no mother and father to be present.
Her own mother solved the prob
lem by suggesting that the bride
and bridegroom remain away on
their wedding trip until | could
furnish the parents necessary for
respectabilitv.
"Although | set to work to make
the parents almost as soon as re-
ceived the order. before they were
finished | had not less than five
letters from the little girl urging
me to hurry, and giving as her rea-
sons the near approach Of the new
ly welded pair, While ] do not
approve Of making such large pa
per dolls, because | think them in
artistic, that family has given me a
great deal of pleasure. | have
since furnished two children for
the young people, a young baby
and a tot of two years. And twice
year, although the four grown
ups are now in their fifth year, l
receive orders for complete out
fit. The mother of the girl is ell.
couraging her to keep her dolls
and their clothes for the amuse-
ment of her own future family.
She says she wishes them to see the
various changes in the fashions.
IAN outfit tor a young lady doll
comprises six each of all undergar-
ments, a tailor suit and an after
noon gown Of some seasonable ma
terial and four evening gowns, two
hats and one wrap. If in the win
ter, then she has two sets of furs
instead Of the wrap. AS | have
kept the original designs Of all the
dolls that | have made to order, it
is an easy matter for me to keep
them supplied with fashionable
wardrobes. 1t is only when | re-
ceive orders for new outfits from
little girls whose dolls were made
before I began my order system
that | am at sea. Sometimes
where the amount ordered seems to
warrant | write and ask her to
| send me the doll for few days. Of
course, am diplomatic enough to
explain that / wish her fitting.
Once or twice | have got myself
into trouble by this. Some other
little girls whose doll has not been
invited to come for fittings immed-
lately feels hurt and begins to
imagine that her dolly's clothes
have been sighted, and as conse.
| quence there are heart burnings