Show Dolls for Japan I Q By DR FRANK CRANE A mo ement is or ori od foot to have the children of America send send to Japan dolls for Cor the Japanese children chil dren to be used at nt their the annual doll festival The J Japanese people have hare a beautiful family custom custom cus cus- tom torn called the he Ulna Hina or 01 or festival of ot dolls which comes ever every year oj the third of bt March On that day ea each h family brings out of ot Its iLs ls' ls ancestral treasure house the dolls of preceding generations to get acquainted with the new ones They are ex exhibited ex- ex in comparison with the polls dolls of ot the present present pres pres- ent tnt day Little girls and older girls dress in gala costumes I and enjoy th their lr ancestral dolls and those of the I present rese-nt day It is Intended that the children en of this country hall shall contribute dolls for tor the Japanese children ItIs It Itis itis is proposed that they send many thousand dolls to loin the doll families of Ja Japan n as an expression of good will wm and friendship A committee on world friendship is Is' Is Instituted by the federal coun council of church s and its 11 proposal for doll cion messengers is approved and recommended by the children of America Vlen WIlen so mu much nuci p is b being done dene to arouse e suspicion suspicion cusp cusp- cion and atHI distrust toward to Japan among Americans It is refreshing to see this gesture of ot good will and kindness on the part of the children In n spite of the efforts of politicians and others it is th the feelIngs feelings feelings feel feel- I ings of the common people that has Its way at last lat We Ve cannot begin gin too early to Instill good will I friendship and understanding among the children of the various rac races s The Japanese children should I be th tha friends and not not the enemies of or the American Amen Ameri I c can n children n. n The child Is a born internationalist t. t It makes no difference to 0 him with whom he plays so long longas as It is a human being A white child will ill Ju jut just t as soon play with a a. negro negi baby aby as with a a white bab baby It Is on only in later life Ufe that we learn to mak racial distinctions The desire to play with dolls is a universal a in In- In It is present ent in all girl children Little girls like me to play with dolls because their mothers for countless countless' ages have been nursing children To the end of time probably the doll will rill be the favorite plaything of the girl The movement 1110 therefore for the American children children chil chil- dren to send dolls to this Japanese festival is to be commended f Th The instructions are that the dolls doUs should he be from thirteen en to fifteen en inches MId and should look like an American They should be carefully and be provided with extra dr dresses tb So that the dolls should be as much alike as possible In size and quality they should cost between and 4 They should be read ready by hy the of ot December 1926 Copyright 1926 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate A A |