San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-09
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entire skirt of a mass of pleats an
tucks. Brown georgette dinner drcs
applique of velvet floral design. Worl
with wine and black vertical strip
coat of suede.
Jane Craighead: Child model. Blu
taffeta dress and diagonal cloth Goa
-Mandel collar. Rust color "Downy
wool" coat with cross fox collar anC
cuffs. Balbriggan dress with velve
and rose combination.
Dolls are the most staple article OF
the toy dealers many lines. This is
true now and has always been true.
The maternal instinct moved the little
ladies of ancient Egypt as is proven
by the models of wooden dolls found
beside the mumified figures of their
former owners in tombs of about the
18th dynasty.
Never has it been known that our
little girls have sighed in vain for a
doll at Christmas time, rega rdless Of
how dire might be the straits to
which the family finances were re-
duced, father and mother would cheer
fully do without some of the necessi-
tics of life in order that the heart of
the little child might be gladdened with
new doll at that time.
Up TO comparatively recent times
the majority of the dolls supplied by
the merchants of America were Ger
man and Austrian dolls. The manu-
facturers of America for some years
past had excelled in cleverly painted,
iointed wooden dolls. All will recall
the chubby. typically German faced
dolls with their deliberately laced and
brightly colored dresses which were so
popular before the war. At that time
too Germany supplied the majority of
the kid bodies and bisque jointed dolls
which were sold in large quantities to
American buyers-dresses for these
dolls being made in the homes at times
when the children were at school or
after they had retired.
During the first year Of the World
War America drew its supplies of dolls
in a large measure from Japan but
these dolls were modelled after the Ger
man styles and were not popular as
the features bore Oriental expressions
and the doll itself was not durable.
American manufacturers
had been studying the art of doll man
lfacture and the popular Mama Doll
with the pleasing, typical American
with eyes that not only open
and close but also roll and wink, with
heads that turn in all directions, with
voices that are almost human in their
constructed Of compost
ton that was practically unbreakable
and having soft, cuddly bodies with
tasteful, up to date manufactured
dresses was the result.
So great was the appeal presented
oy these natural Mama Dolls that the
Toll industry Of America has grown by
caps and bounds and row compare
lively few German dolls are found on
he market.
A comparatively late innovation in |
Tolls is the new born Babe doll and |
he new born twin babies, cunning lit
le mites Of humanity modelled from |
ife with baby clothes, pillow and
lankets.
Where in former times dolls were re-
arded more or less as holiday items,
Merchants now stock these throughout |
he year for anniversaries and L is |
ruited shrcwdly about that the pur-
hase and carrying Of the new model
ovelty dolls is not limited alone 10
amspls Of tender years as any obsery-
? will readily agree. especially after
Pullman trip or visit to some OF our
ollcge towns.