The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-09-22
Womon's Club
Opens Season With
Unusual Program

The Libby Woman's club held its
regular meeting Tuesday with an
unusually large attendance. Fol-
lowing the short business session
which was presided over by the
president, Mrs. Gordon Cornell, the
meeting was turned over to Mrs. s
S. Nichols, chairman of the after
moons program.
Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. NJ. T. Gay
had prepared program on dolls.
The lovely collection which was ex-
hibited had been contributed by
friends and members Of the club.
The stage was used for displaying
the exhibit and had been arranged
by Mrs. Nichols. BY using garden
flowers and the handsome mouflon
rug and boudoir stool in Ming blue
shades reflected from mirrors in
the rear,-sa. beautifully artistic set
ting was the result. Dolls OF many
types and sizes were exhibited, as
well as those representing various
nations. One doll of interest was the
one owned by Mrs. Ferd Peterson,
said to be over 100 years old.
AS an introduction to the program,
an article on dolls by Zona Gale
was read by Mrs. E. E. Jaqueth,
also interesting items about the first
national doll show held in New York
this summer. Over 10000 persons,
of which only Is per cent were chill
dren, visited this show. Nothing
like all the rest were women either,
executives declared, the history
ranging, world wide character of the
exhibition bringing plenty of men
observers.
A present day collector whose
dolls were discussed, is Mrs. Alice
Kent Trimpey of Wisconsin, whose
collection is said to be one of the
finest Becky" for so years known
as Americas best loved doll and one
that has been on the stage and in
radio programs, is the pride posses
sion of Mrs. Trimpey. Mrs. Trim
pegs oldest doll is 225 years old
and is of English origin, dating back
to the reign of Queen Anne.
Through the remarkable Trimpey
collection may be traced the changes
in dolls in the past two centuries.
Earliest dolls of historical times
were made of wood put together
with tiny pegs and had painted
faces. Their successors, about 1900,
had papier-mache heads and bodies
of kid or cambria. About 1850, dolls
with younger faces became numer-
GUS and some one had the idea of
dipping papier-mache heads in wax.
During the late 40's and COS, china
heads and the Greiner patent COM
position came into existence.
Dolls characteristic of different
nations were explained by the fol-
lowing:
The American Doll Mrs. Otto
The Mexican Doll-Mrs. c. d.
Rowe.
The French Doll-Mrs. r. S. Peay.
Interest was added to this pro-
gram by the music, which was con-
tributed by Bobby Bigelow, who
played selection of violin solos
and Miss Katherine Neils, who
played THE Doll Dance" and 1.-THE
Dance OF the Wooden Soldiers"
ASdlh AAlb luEiIlUET I1du DG6n
asked TO bring a discarded doll
which could later be refurbished
and given away at Christmas time.
Joan Iillevig, Dorothy Alice DAN
ner and Lois LeDuc, the three little
living, dolls present, assisted Mrs.
Nichols in passing among the crowd
and collecting the old dolls.
Each person bringing doll was
given a number and at the close of
the program the one whose num-
Der was drawn received for a prize
the book, 1.-THE Story of My Dolls"
by Alice Kent Trimpey. This lovely
book, which was autographed by
the author, had been purchased for
this occasion by Mrs. Gay through
personal correspondence with Mrs.
Irimpey. Mrs. Bertha Krebs was
the iucky winner of the book.
AS a conclusion to the afternoon,
tea was served. The tea table was
beautiful with centerpiece of
bright yellow flowers and tall burn
ing yellow tapers. Those pouring
we're Mrs. S. S. Nichols and Mrs.