THE DOLL OF 1909.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 666, 17 November 1909, Page 4

THE DOLL OF 1909.

■ ; Tho shore art preparing for. thoir Christmas et»lc3 already, and frhftre just a little time ago .there -vnere drill.tilings such a&whito embroidered uukdorskirts, 1 portmantaux, or worknow, lhxls Teddy Bears Swinging high in tho .air,m company with black gollywogs, and Bill about the tables aro delightftrl toys, tea-s3ts, mechanical toys, and animals. Bat tho dolls Sro-. thb , wjironio" attraction. Never wero tlscro moro wonderful beauties. Bow'after row they, stand or swing and smile and stare, -their beautiful curling hair just eo, their hands stretehed oat appeahngly As if asking ovory tttlo girl tdio comes by to tako theni: home... Otie torn, Bee that thOSe gorgeous eye's,;jitacticaUy all ■ iris and pupil; with. hirralT a, touch of whito—jost 63 if (lolls had horses eyefi—ttre mado to shut: Sleepily, and their pretty BUM . tuid legs ■Ttill 'bond. "Theso afo very supeaor dolls, and very fbi 6 indeed aro the prices. '• A perfect beauty may'bo picked up for-comet hing under' ten-shillings, ; and for dven less than that .there .are : dainty little dears that will move their limbs and head, aftdshutth'eir qjie6, bat they are'small in : size, fthd nowadays. hfcr dolly's siio ddes eount with a child. The ttooen of the dolls is very beau-tiful-;inde<xL< Lal»Ued at'.JES IBs., she sits in 's£ ; chair.': and'; gazete; with, plenty.-'of expression in her dimpled' facomt tho spectator; saying: "I'm nit for .you unless you aro wealthy. Can'you I afford to buy me, or can you girt mo tho sort I of (home I hssro-beea aocUßtdnied to?" and fori tho most part tho' mother who has been thinking how much sho would like .that doll "for shakes her head and pisses on. with the MMBtimi; that' she would not':, feel -justified lit giving more than sewn and sixpence for any doll, and indeed that is far too much. Tho only complaint otte can make against theso d6lls is tho: escessrve curlimess of their hair. Never. #eW> there such carls in rc-al life, and tho very sight <rf is , enough to sadden the who is jtlmost,invariably -i The. curls-do not last very ,ldi)g,Mit is' true,'', for - every littlo girl. loves to comb, and brush her doll's hair, and shd often .wets.'-it and .ti« it up in long plaits to make it frizzy, which is death to curls. ; ."I am looking for a doll for Janet," 6aid a flfcrthtr the other standing m front of a perfect, galaxy ot beaaty, "ancf I am quite in aospaui • These are all eo expensive. Dtn't you think they cost' mtifih. liioto than they nsed to do? I owl remember tho beaaibfiil dolls my younger sisters .■ used to pl&j' with ten yfiara ago, and I don't behove we .used to pay sti 'much for tllem.. I wonder- .Whether it 18. that my ideas have changod or .whether ■ dolls ate really imioh loore expensive. . . . 1 "Both, I eipoct," 6iid her firsend. "I-think the real. reaiott for- this expenso-is that tho Atax doll has gdM., All of thise are made of i compteibon, and they Always jlsavo oost tutire i ithan -tho old wax onfls usedfto, hut then, on tho other hand, they wear much better." . "That's quit® truo/' said tho mother; "bnt Janet , is very - careful with her toys, and If only X could get one 6f thoso old ffiahioiied tfax ones', sho.would lovo it quite as.muohjas' any little, composition ono that I'could afford to buy. Thero don't 6e<sm to bo dolls for poor children. nowiclftTS, they are all for tho wealthy ; ;littl4;girlsV .'I think I,niust get that seven and sixpenny doll." - . .: >-,"!Nowdo'you rfeaUf think; asked hot. friend, 'thati your .smill child-will rippfeciate to dif- : foronce betweeh that and. thB l long-legged doll over .thero marked half a crown ? Aren't yon buying the'. : doll thiii; Satisfies. y<to. : ideas and forgetting ;Jaiiet's imagination?". . , •: "I believe J'oU ;aro right," said the mother, •''(tad 'in 1 another - iminute the "long-logged-'. doll, C with tow-coloured hint. that oauld .. not be combed, found : a . purchaser, and no doubt I Janet .was .woll itatisfledi . . : . v , r