New-York tribune., 1907-10-17
DOLLS GO TO SCHOOL.
introduced to Teach Pupils the Gus
toms of Other Countries.


springheId Mass. Oct 16 CSpecan- Beginning
with this month dolls are to play an attractive
p5rL III me education of children in the primary
grades in This city, and instead of learning b,,
heart dry facts about different peoples the bows
ana girls VIII Study the most fascinating dolls
Imaginable. the dolls being attfred To illustrate
child life in different countries No longer vim
Inc pupils think Of Switzerland as a land where
clocks and mountains are made Iut tho,, win
regard it as the homo of real boys and girls China
VIII mean something them besides a country
rom rom Wnleh laundrss spring; Arabia will be
VIII take on new interest because of these repre-
sentative dolls
Tho dolls nearly all of the wax variety
some are far-haired and fair-sllinned and some
are swartly and darll-h haired. Their costumes are
IN perfect taste. and have been made by Mrs. s.
{. Scantebury. OF this city. wEo has given the
most careful attention TO reliable authorities in
"raer tnat they may he perfect in detail Quanti-
HtS oI boohs and many pictures have been
suited 10 see Just how the Irish laddte Angus
Si.}a StTniu Wear ms Jaunty cap: how Gemila the
German habys bed should be made
Altogether there fifteen dolls five Of them
so Young that they are mere babies one of the
daintiest Of the older dolls is Lotus Blossom
the little japanese girl Her kimono-Iike upper
garment has pockets in the loose sleeves and she
wears little wooden shoes with short stills that
TT into the holes in the bottom These stilts she
puts IN during rainy weather keep her feet from
tn" Wet ground on her back her little brother
Toyo, l. tied for the japanese baby Is often cared
Tor by its older sister I'm this manner. the sister
playing. hop. skip and jump as nmbly rs if she had
no such burden Sometimes the Japanese baby
grows until he almost reaches the ground before
10 IIrda of arr~y-
inc him on her back
The Chinese boy is so true 10 life that he actu-
ally brought smile Of delight the face Of
stolld iaundrNlna0. He wears a light-COOTed silk
coat. loose fitting. with largo figures. and his eX-
oeedinEly loose trousers Of dark red satin.
with black stripe around bottom of each little
leg. The satin is the real stuff. having come from
China. The Chinese boys head IS smooth shavcn.
for he isn't old enough 10 sport a oucue and on il
he Il satin cap. which has no crown. hut
from which danCe two little tassels from either
side at the front He isn't named yet He has
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receive his permanent name until he goes to
school according to tho Chinese custom
one 81 the most interesting Of these doh chill
dren Is the Arabian girl Gemia. She IS barefoot.
wears anklets Turkish trousers Of orange
shade. striped sash. earrings, and scarf around
her head ON either side of her swarthy face. with
rs bright, JET black eyes, IS braid OF dead black
hair
In direct contrast to her are two faXen-hsired
Dutch children in dumping. clumsy wooden shoes.
They are Peter and WiIhclmina and they fairly
nuEgahle in their picturesque garh. The boy
wears 4 tan hat and his coat big buttons.
His trousers are long and bloomer-like. The girl
volumnous skirt, and the sleeves Of her
waist short and tigIr< Around her neck is a
coral necklace with clasps, and on her head IS
pretty white Dutch cap
short skirt IS of bright red and she bodice
decorated with odd chain ornaments. There are
two of these ornaments fastened with steel rosct"s
and one goes from each side of the front of her
shoulders under each arm and is fastened at the
back below each shoulder. They are quite long
and hang down below her waist
Petrovna. the Russian baby. is tiny and stil In
Russian mothers tie VI their babies II IS. first
laid IN linen cloth and then long bandaEe makes
q little bonnet over the head and is wound around
and around its body untn finally the ankles
reached. where II IS tied tightly.
Little Gretchen. the German child Is also "A mere
baby but SO beautifully tucked away in hcr little
bed that Il IS almost impossible 10 resist cuddiing
her The little pink and white face peers out of
snow white bonnet and the rest OF her seems to he
tucked away into a snowy envelope. II the blue
ribbons united the ''euveope' would be
found Just twice long 81 seems 70 be. The
baby IS laid upon the soft, pUffke cloth. pillow
IS tucked under It's head and then the "envelopc'
s. made by doubling over the linen and tying the
. ribbons The German U1Others say il keeps the
bany's hands and feet 10 wrap him up this
way and that he does not cry nearly as much
the American baby.
The Esquimau in its strange costume of fur and
leggings. is a woman, which IS indicated ny the
train" TO the fur coat. An EsCuimau man or boy
not have his ON the dols back
8 baby, SiDsu. carried in a hood. dressed
Just like its mother. except that II has moccasius
saved on the bottom Of the fur trousers, while the
mother has Ieggings made with the fur inside.
Mrs. Esquimau rather gaudy trimmings OF
beads. which she presumably secured from the
; traders
II these dolls are as successful in teaching the
boys and girls they are expected 70 be, II IL
proba BILE that permanent set VIII be put in each
school. u they are handled with care. they will
last a long time. Each doll viii always carry
flag Of the country from which she comes. come
of them carrying two flags: the Arab girl, for in
stance a Turkish and British flag.