East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-18
DOLL HAS
BROUGHT RENOUN TO
ITS WOMAN CREATOR
NINE. IENDItEN MAKES PLAY
THING BETTER AND FINER
THAN MERE TOY.
Talented Woman is Sister Of G. T..
i. Hoff, Manager OF Paris Store IN
This City; Idea Came to IIeF While
Ill.

Notc-The following story from the
Daily Hotel Reporter OF New York,
ls Of particular local interest because
the doll designer, Mime. Hcndren, Is
the sister of G. l.. Hopf, manager OF
the Paris store In Pendlcton.
If you're not Il child
or, If you have no chlldrcn--
or, If you don't care for children
don't read this story; II won't in
terest you, for it is about dolls. par
ticularly the new American Doll, the
modern Galatea, the most amazing
ly llfe-like doll ever made, the doll
with all but life. and which has drlv-
en- the "made-ln Germany doll for
ever from the field. and captured the
love and affection Of mothers anu
daughters. and of those who love
| their mothers and daughters. from
one end of the United States to the
other
Such a doll Why, even grown
ups, big men who are captains of in
dustry and assign the wage work foT
thousands Of employees, and who. all
/ their lives, have spurncd dolls. ever
| since the days when they spun tops
and played with marblcs-evcn such
as these are not avcrse to fondllng
| this Doll-spellcd with a capital D.
and dangling her in their arms. Let
/ tors to this effect from the heads of
great stores have come to Nine. Hen
drcn. who is the creator of the Doll.
I The New I'ygmaliOn.
And who is Nine. Hendren? She
[ is the new Pybmalion who has put
/ Into concrete form the dream which
girls in all ages of the world have
/ been dreamlng-the dream for a doll
which shall be to them sOmctnlng
/ higher. better and dearer than "A mere
] toy. She has realized girlhooo $
/ yearnlng for playmate responsive
to the maternal instinct which nature
/ has implanted in the heart of the
youngest girls as soon as they are able
to toddle about.
The history of the evolution Of The
/ Doll-Mme. Hendren's Dolls as in
teresting as 1t is instructive.
Nine Hendren became exceedingly
( i'll in 1919, and for slA months lay
abed in one position. in a hospital
at Portland. ore. Adjoining her room
| was a ward in which were children,
whose cries were an almost constant
source of annoyance to the lone suf-
ferer.
Not that the children's voices ir-
ritated me-" said Nine. Hendren. but
4 1t pierced my heart with anguish to
hear the poor little creatures shriek-
ling out their pain; ana pondered.
night and day. for a long time upon
some means of soothing their suffer-
ings The physicians assured me
that it was less on account of pain
that they cried, than Of tedium, for
some of them had been in the nos
pital for a long time.
problem which l set about to solve
Once | had seen the old Princess An
CeIine. daughter of Chief Seattle, aft
er whom the city has been named.
She was above eighty when | saw
/ her, but despite her wrinkles still re-
tanned great deal of the beauty for
which she was said to have been dis
( tinguishcd in her youth. She had al!
amiablc, bcnignant looking face and
| wore n picturesque costume. Ana
now, while | was thinking of some
way of soothing the little patients III
the hospital, her sweet features came
I before my mental eye, and 1t occur
rcd to me that il l could make doll
that should resemble her. the children
would have "A brief amusement, TO bc
followed by another doll which would
afford them another spell of amuso-
{ lnCnt. AnU SO, ITpHl houT W hv"i'
thought, they might he made to for
get their tedium.
Cut Pattern from Paper.
Although | could not move my
body until a long time after, l still re-
talned the use of nay hauus and arms.
Thus | was able to cut out pattern
from paper and put It together and
then paint it until 1t rCsCmblCd tho
guod-naturcd Indian princess, VINO
by the way, had once rskcd her own
life to save the early white settlers
OF Washington. In n few days the
doll logged out in ALI tho fincry OF
an Indian princess, was sent into the
childrcn's ward There was an in
Simultaneous cessation of the scream
/ ing. Shouts of joy soon icsoundcd'
and from that day on tcdiun was
/ banishCd forever from tnat chamber
/ OF of sickness"
The children found a never ccasinG
source of entertainment in the doll
They listened to the story of the
| princess's life, as the nurse had heard
It from Mime. HendrOn; and they re-
pcatcd the story among themselves
until it was worn wcll-niSh thread
hare. BY this time Nine Hcndrel'
had designed another doll, younS
Indian chief. in full panoply of war,
And that was u Kllckitat brave; and
his history gave the youngsters fresh
material about which to talk ana tor-
get their ailments. And long before
her six months siege OF sickness was
up at the hospital, Mime Hendren had