The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-28
THE FRENCH DOLL COMES TO
LIFE AT MERRY CF4ILDREN'S PARTY

Fairyiand itself could have been no
lovelier. happier a place than was the
auditorium Of the San Carlos hotel
yesterday afternoon when the French
Doll and the Funny Clown and the
Teddy Bear, came to life while scores
of little children watched with Won
der and admiration the pretty scene.
And It was a real fairy party, for
things happened IN the most approved
fairy fashion and there was one sur
prise after another so that every one
was kept IN joyous futter Of exotic
ment all the time.
Perhaps you ask, who is st that
could make such q wonderful thing
happen. Listen and will tell you:
It was the st. Nicholas Girl who
can do the most marvellous things, be-
cause her heart is overlooking with
love for the little children whom she
In afraid the hardsh1ps Of q great cruel
war in Europe might deprive of a real
Christmas: not that Santa Claus ever
Targets anybody, but there are so
many hundreds Of little children in
France, in Belgium. In Russia, IN Ger
many and In England, whom the for
tunes OF war have scattered far and
wide over the continent, so that this
year, you sea. he might have to spend
ail his time hunting for them, and this
would not leave q great deal of time
to devote to the children IN our own
peaceful United States. And it was
this great tenderness that made her
resolve that not one child should be
forgotten and SO she is always busy
soliciting something for The Journals
Christmas fund for the poor children
of Pensacola and s:1e asked those who
have toys and pennies 20 bring them
to the party for these children.
But the st. Nicholas Girl must not
be given all of the credit no indeed,
for there was Miss Mary Louise Cur
tiss, whom all the children love. and
as she is just back from New York,
with all the new dances at the tip of
her fingers, or rather her graceful feet,
she was just the one capable Of MAX
ing the French Doll and the Funny
Clown and the Teddy Bear come to
life, and OF having all tho children Join
with her in the dance
And then the French Doll and the
Funny Clown helped, too, themselves,
for 1t would have been no party at all
without them.
The little French Doll vino came
to life in the most adorable way was
Phyllis Virginia Golderman, daughter
of Captain and Mrs. P. S. Goldernan,
of Fort Barrancas, and the Funny
Clown was BENJAMIN Robinson.
It was Miss Celia Myrover Robin
son, of The Journal staff. who last
year wrote the poems about the
French Doll, the Funny Clown and
the Teddy Bear and this year she con-
ceived the idea of having them come
to life, so that all the children might
sec them.
And they came to life in the most
charming way.
When the small guests assembled
in the auditorium, all gay with Christ
mas evergreens, they were very much
delighted to see on the stage, at one
end Of the room great red brick fire
place, with the stockings hanging up |
by the chimney, waiting for Santa. |
And near the chimney was great |
pinz box and in 1t the wonderful |
French doll. which the happy saint |
of Christmas time had brought. As |
the Funny Clown blew his whistle, as |
r signal, the French Doll opened her |
eyes and came from the box to be ad- |
mired, and such a storm of admiration |
as greeted her you have never heard. |
She was a truly lovely French doll, /
with golden curls, and the most ador- |
able long lasAes shading her great |
hazel eyes. And she wore a truly |
wonderful dress, all white lace and |