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Show Dolls OfYesteryear OfYesteryear Of Of"fesfceryear Yesteryearby "fesfceryear fesfceryear Yesteryear "fesfceryear"jPrances " byPrances by byFrances "jPrances jPrances " Frances Prances Grmstead Grinste3d Grinstead . ' ; t 9 C Cq q l lJF JF JFT JFSVENTY IWENTY SVENTY FIVE years ago a lit- lit little lit little - T tle girl's girls ' letter to Santa Clauswent Claus Clauswent went something like this thisDear thisDear Dear SantaPlease Santa SantaPlease Please bring me a new head headfor headtor for my dolly Her name is isChristina isChristina Christina She still has a nice nicebody nicebod body > , but her head has so many manydents manydents dents it won t last another year yearI earI I would like one this time with withreal withreal real hair made into curls and andeyes andeyes eyes that open and shut shutYour shutYour Your trusting friend , , What has become of those ChrIst ChrIstmas Christmas Christmas mas dollshose dolls \ whose \\hose hose ttihose \ bodies could out outlast outlast outlast last half a dozen heads7 heads ? ' When thecurls the thecurls thecurls curls curlsent went \\ent ent \ \ straight , , or the wigf wig wigMother t1 oft1 ; ; f of b br r , ' ' f fi lnni'lll'f lnnilllf ! * % i , Mother ldother Took the Little Girl to See Seethe Seethe Seethe the Dolls . . dropped off ofi or little brother Johnme Johnnie JohnmepIcked Johnniepicked Johnnicpicked pIcked thea the \/a a ita \ va-t va t / , < ' - off the eyelids , , and andsIster andsister andsister sIster was consoled by promlsmg promising promisingher promlsmgher promisingher her a new head Mother took herto her herto herto to a department store \ where \ here there therewas therewas therewas was as large a display dISpla ) of do doll ] heads headsas headsas headsas as of dolls There were china chma heads headsmetal , , metal heads , , and heads of papler papier papiermache paplermache papiermache mache There were heads \ with \ 11h wigsand WIgS WIgSand wigsand and some without There were \ \ ere thosewith those thosewIth thosewith wIth parted lips hps and aod nod dainty damty teeth teethshowmg teethshowing teethshowing showmg showing , \ while \ hlle others hid theIr theIrsmIles theirsmiles theirsmiles smIles behind behmd firm mouths and star starmg staring staring mg ing eyesOne eyesOne eyes eyesOne One One thing thmg these varied vaned heads had hadin hadin 10 in common Their necks nech.s nechs nech.sIdcned . widenedinto \/Idcned Idcned widened widenedinto \ / Idcnedmto mto into four square bibs front and back backl1th backnth back\/ith back ith \l1th l1th \ nth / holes at the corners for apply apply- applylDg applying applying - ing lDg the needle to the old body Thebodies The ThebodIes Thebodies bodIes in m those days were of cloth cloththeir , , their inner substance sa\\dust sa dust sawdust sadustWhere sawdustWhere sawdustWhere \ \ Where now nO\1 nO 1 no \ ; are tnose toose torsos thatcould that thatcould thatcould could withstand endless repairIng repairingJresh , , Iresh ! resh sawdust sa\\dust sa dust \ \ , , and new heads7 heads heads7They ? ' They probably found their thelr way to tothe tothe tothe the attic in m time and sister was waspromIsed waspromised waspromised promIsed a whole new doll Then Thenher Thenher Thenher her trip to the department storewas store storewas storewas was a matter of deciding decldmg between betweena " ' ' ' ' 'dolly dolly ' a "dressed dressed and nnd an undressed 'undressed dolly Mothers Idothers preferred the latter latterbecause la latterbecause tter tterbecause because they \ would \ auld bear closer m- m in- in inspection mspectlon in inspection - spection spectlon as to materials matenals andlOrk and \lOrk lOrk work workmanship \ workmanship lOrkmanshlp manshlp manship Dolly's Dollys Doy's Doys ] ' ' clothes were easily eas easlly easily lly ily made out of the family scrap bag bagor bagor bagor or by the willing hands of the family familyseamstress familyseamstress familyseamstress seamstress , \ who uho \ ho did the job for rec- rec recreatIon recreation rec.reation recreation - - . reatIon Moreover , the undressed undressc undresseddoll undresseddoll undresseddoll doll cost a little less But sister sisterhyed sisterlil sistelliked lil hyed ed to hnger lmger linger over those in silks silksand silk silkand silksand and satmslIth satins satms \ with \lIth lIth poke pol-e pol e - ; : bonnets and andplumes andplumes andplumes d plumes covering their golden curls curlsThey curlsThey curlsThey They wore petticoats and often oflen they theyheld the ) ; held their fr fragile glle fingers in tmy tmymuffs tinmuffs tin y ; muffs of mink mmk and sablee sable sableti e ti Western Ncv/tpapcr Ncv tpapcr Newspaper / Union : t |
