The Washington herald., 1918-12-27

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
New York, Dec. 26.-Manhattan has
suddenly become the doll making CEN
ter OF the world. Toy makers have
abandoned every other article or
manufacture to make dolls. Germany
used to supply the world with dolls.
For four years doll making has been
lost art there and the supply OF
dolls in America has diminished
alarmingly-at least from the childish
viewpoint.
Doll sculptors in America are in
Variably German but most of them
are naturalized Young sculptors of
American birth are being tutored i'm
the art of sculpturing dolls. 1t being
the claim that II will be one of the
most highly paid pursuits in a few
years.
Very little is known about doll maxi
ing In America. There is doll psy-
chology as strange as in any other
business. A doll with long face for
instance is never salable. 1t may be
pretty, well dressed and have every
other perfect attribute-but there Is
no market
The die from which dolls head is
cast costs from $500 to 81 900. There
are experts who study. the doll mar
ket all over the United States before
deciding what kind OF dolls will prove
most popular. II these experts go
wrong the cost is enormous
doll manufacturing center is
springing up on Green street down
town. There are six factories in one
block and many others are being
placed in readiness to supply dolls.
| 1t is in n tenement district. Tho
: other day a crowd OF women were
walking along the street. Suddenly
all began to scream. Three baby
arms, severed from the body. hurtled
/ through the air and fell at their feet
One woman tainted
/ When the policeman rushed up, n
workman IN a factory apron and
wearing a green shade over his eyes
rushed down and gathered the arms
up. He was n doll maker and had
placed the arms on window sill ana
in picking them up they fell from his
grasp. \ saffron journal came out
with an extra on baby murder mys-
terry twenty minutes after the incl
dent
II is stranE" the dread that comes
over New York with the approach OF
Friday. the 18th. The great financial
| panics of history have commenced on
Friday and this has given rise to the
Q superstition OF the Wall street brok-
ers. stock exchanges, and bOurses all
| over the wOTld-that the sixth dav of
the week is fraught with i'll omen for
! those engaged in financial operations
The original Black Friday occur
, red l13 years ago. in 1745 in London,
On that date the tidings reached the
metropolis that the Pretender Bonnie
Prince Charlie. had reached Derby
with his forces. Londoners imme-
dlately made preparations to fly from
the city and a Wild panic prevailed
1t was on that occasion that the
Bank OF England had the closest call
IN its long history 1t placed dun
mics in the line to impede the gcnu-
inc depositOrs and by paying bona
hde depOsitOrs in small coin In 1853
( Wall Street had a Black Friday. due
to an attempt to engineer u corner in
gold. The worst of all financial
Black Fridays was that of 49,
when OF Friday. September IS, it
seemed that the whole financial fabric
OF the New World had Crumbled into
hopeless ruins.
1t IS a study in psychology to watch
brokers going down town early in the
morning on Friday. the 18th They
are white faced and shaking In their
hearts they know nothing is going to
happen-but the fear is there and they
cannot get rid OF it. Even some OF
the old-timers who could retire are
also affected by the strange fear that
falls like a pail over the lower tin OF
the island.