Evening star., 1943-05-16
Doll Festival Will Present Historical Picture
GOOdwiU Industries
WI Be Benefited
By Unusual Exhibit

The story of dolls parallels the
history of the human race. They
have played an important part
in the history OF every nation
and their history is a fascinat-
ing subject in itself. Because of
their intimate association with
the human race, their collection
is fast becoming one of the larg-
est hobbies in the world.
The Importance of their his
tory and their popularity with
collectors will be made still more
apparent at the United Nations
Doll Festival to be given Satur-
day afternoon by the Dollology
Club. The festival will be given
for the benefit of the Goodwill
Industries and will take place at
the Shoreham Hotel from l until
6 o'clock.
More than q thousand dolls
from all parts of the Old World
as we'll as North and South
. America, many of them more
than a hundred years old and
wearing the costumes Of the rich
and poor Of all nations, will be
shown. The unusual materials
from which many of the dolls
have been made present another
interesting branch for study.
Breadcrumbs, fur, apples, leather
and shells are only a few Of the
many materials that have been
used.
Members of the Dollology Club
will be on hand at the Festival
to tell stories about their dolls.
Mrs. Kathryn Shale Rodgers,
president of the Dollology Club,
will exhibit her dolls of famous
figures, which she creates and
models from a plastic of her
own formula, as we'll as rare dolls
from her collection of over 500
from all over the world. an
cluded in her doll family" are
Ningpo wooden hand-carved
dolls, splendidly dressed in hand
embroidered silks and satins
while others are clothed in the
cotton costumes of the workmen
Of China.
Another interesting collection
is that of Mrs. William Meggers.
whose dolls represent IS Indian
tribes. They are accurate re-
productions of the costumes Of
these tribes since they were made
by the Indians themselves. Two
doll pairs are from South Ameri-
ca. One is the Jibaco tribe, head
hunters of the upper Amazon
River, and the other Is Of the
Quichua tribe, Indians living
high in the Andes Mountains.
Mrs. Clara Fawcett and her
daughter, Claire Fawcett, will
display their lovely antique dolls.
One is a Greiner doll Of 1858
which was given to a Negro SER
want of General Robert E. Lee by
Mrs. Lee. Two others are a
brown-eyed boy doll and blue
eyed blond boy Of the 1880s, both
having china heads. Both brown
eyes and blond heads are rare
among china-headed dolls. Also
in this collection Of historical
dolls is Mime. Juneau" a large
bisque- headed doll. The swivel
head is credited to Juneau and
the doll belongs to the late 70s
or early 80s.
These are only a few of the
many dolls that will be shown at
the festival, and all are Of equal
interest.
Mrs. William o. Douglas, wife
Of Associate Justice Douglas, Is
president of the Goodwill Guild,
which will benefit by the show,
and Mrs. Florence M. Meara is
chairman of the Doll Committee.
There will be many honored
guests at the festival, among
whom will be Mrs. Wiley Rut-
ledge, wife Of Associate Justice
Rutledge. The wives Of four
cabinet members will attend.
They are Mrs. Francis Biddle,
Mrs. Jesse H. Jones, Mrs. Claude
r. Wickard and Mrs. Frank C.
Walker.
Wives of several ENJOYS will
also be present. Among them will
be Nine. Fotitch, wife of the Am
bassador of Yugoslavia; Nine. de
De Bayle, wife of the Ambassador
Of Nicaragua; Nine. Hurban, wife
of the Minister Of Czechoslovakia;
Mrs. Thor Thors, wife of the
Minister of Iceland; Nine. LIE
Calais, wife of the Minister of