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Show I I I I I 8W NEWS, WEIKEND OF OCTOBER 3, 1977 DESERET . Dolls for work, dolls for play I After Estelle Ansley Worrell made dolls and dollhouses for her daughters. she was considered the best mom on the block. A few years later, however, her titled had changed. She WaS now considered one of the nation's experts on dolls and dollhouses, and was a competent author, as well as a creative I istorian. tier doll prWzxts attracted local. then national attention. She appKz red on several Yadio and television programs, including the !Dinah Shore Show." and NBC's Today Show." She was in Salt Lake City recently accompanying her husband, Norman Worrell, at the National Assembly of Art I I tier career as a doll and dollhouse maker started in the early 60s. :, ,' I '''' ,.... ......: :,... - ''' I -- ;Alai.. ';' 1. .. - ) ,i--- , ,,- - , 84 ''':".' ..' '''''''' ' '''"Ittlk '; ;,:''.. ''',". ,'' ,,,f, ......- .- I --- , , ;' , ' , ) , ' ; , 4 , ', I. .: . 44 ..,i, vi., - , .I- .. 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' 1'.. , '.; ...,,......:., ,1,,' , ;,, ... ti . 1::':' ':"1, .. $ ..i.,,Nt,m,..t '' '.4.,,,, :. ::: ' :',H":11.7.,A".'-:'''...- ,;; :': 1: ,e'''' -; - :f.,- -. 74 , ' ,..i,r-- ' s,,,,, :',..,::..;...t.0,,,, ,.i, :,..,..,'; ..,.;, e' 1 ' A' ., , Z.,, ,, li, .V,,: ,.. f iii,,t',2, t.,, 4 i44, 4, Hang on to your principles 7 remember it was i "4' 1 I I ;" :.:'"' ' ,'.. ' '4 ,...,' I the Congress. she saw women from around the world develop a love and understanding for each other. Al wine-colore- d ,,,,A , , , i vei :',,,t ) " ,4,. ..., 1 I ': ,.' -- tr,4-.- f,,, l'''':":77'4 ".4't f '4', ' t "., : ' ', , ' e ;,, 1, , , , a very solid. dramatic show. Vinie who is a nati,.e of New York, started to write this play after she returned from the World Congress of Women held in Berlin. October 1975. '.' k', , .,,,,,, , '' , ' '- e t ,k .,'., ,,,,,-., t , ' : - , t-- - "Back then." she added, her shows really meant something. She always had quality people produce and act in her plays. "It really was an auspicious begin fling for an apprentice." Vinie added. "It gave me a sense of professionalism." Even when Vinie was a mere child. she knew she wanted to act and she look it very serious. "When I was a young girl, I would put pebbles in my mouth and practiee speaking clearly. I was following the example of Demosthenes, the Athenian orator. "I've always been mterested in the lives of others and I've always loved to read." show line added, "In a there is always a lot of reading." Since Vinie made her debut with appt:arvd in a number Of successful plays. The rues sage of most of her productions is to encourage men and women alike to search for more meaningful lives, thus enriching the world. actreta-.off stage. the att ac Just as concerned alsall upgrading life. especially for women, She believes the media has great lagential, and if used correctly. CLIII extremely effective in improving the woman's position in today's world. Th, Broadway acires has outlined three ways in which the media can help uplift women She explained. "We heed niore and (Mien reporters. publishers editors. We also need more women in positions. "We must do away with porno ra;diy. It does nothing but degrade woolen. -Ve noed to give our young women good examples to follow. In the media. there arent enough role models for their patti-rthem to admirc DEAR ABBY: I'm 15 and I'm going with a dude just turned 18. He says he loves me and wants to marry me some day, but we fight almost every time we're together because he keeps trying to talk me into going all the way with him. I told him I was saving myself for marriage and I wasn't going to change my mind, but he keeps trying to break down my resistance. Abby, I really love this guy, but if he keeps hassling me to go all the way, I don't know what do. How can I hold him off without losing him for good? HANGING IN THERE who DEAR HANGING: Let's get one thing straight. A fellow who loves a girl doesn't hassle her to do something that's against her principles. If you lose him because you can't hold him off, you'll be lucky. Hold out for orange blossoms. Ile's offering you poison ivy. ABBY: Most men think nothing of or even longer. suit for four or five years So will you please tell me why a woman won', v ea r last year's dress? WONDERING DEAR WONDERING: Some don't want to. And others can't. DEAR wearing a have a darling granddaughter Ili call Lisa. My soli is Lisa.z father, hut he and Lisa's mother were never married and do hut live together. Lisa's mother has lived with one Mall after another. Right now, the one she's living with belongs to a motorcycle gang. You wouldn't believe the terrible filth this child ;ives in. She's dirty and hungry much of the time. and sleeps on a filthy mattress (which she wets amid roaches and mice. She also has a chronic kidney DEAR ABBY: L.4 tile( ,10"1,6,0'1,-steVidia- 4,....4,...;he,',,,i' - o. Vinie Burrows s,t1(1 s, my rwitgy the suc( e,1111 .s.ho j grolw,ited of NCA UMS11) I 114. hi,t roy oh te!,I.t IhIr os I ( ;d 74 :4"' 11 r DEAR ABBY ABIGAIL -- 4, VAN BUREN child's kidney ailment, but her mother give it to her forgets to We appealed to the Child's Protective Service in the community where Lisa lives, but wvre told that since our son was never married to the child's mother we are not the child's grandparents, so it Is none of our business! What can we do? FRANTIC IN ARIZONA PEAR FRANTIC: This is clearly a ease ol child abuse. Had you disclosed your name and address, I would have reported it promptly. I urge you to phone PARENTS ANONYMOUS at e and tell them number: this Abby told you to call. And write again to let me know what is done. I care. toll-tre- DEAR ABBY: Um a fellow who hai let my hair mc grow down to my shouitt(Ts. Some people "miss." How can I let them know I am a man? MANNY DEAR MANNY: Grow a beard. Hate to write letters? Send SI to Abigail Van Buren cO Deseret News, P.O. Box I2S7, Salt Lake City, Utah 84I10, for Abby's booklet "How to Write Letters for All Occasions." Please enclose a long, stamped (24 cents) envelope. ,s ,ri . ...--, i it,t ;11)1'. ' PUBLIC NOTICE ien that a public hearing will he billed on Thersciay, Octaber 13, 1977, crt 12:00 noon to firtulize the public's decision on how to use term itirs Community elooment is hereby the second p,ollic hewing to be hal, on Commonity memos for fiscal 'iv", 1978 79. The Town some imporic,it urv,s A!so rosidorlts e ec rc; efth be be,d at the A't, Centro' 1 , Citizens of Alto Notic Ar., '', y, , vt Bolici :!. 4 At c')geritly-Re (31fearer she's because Pd Poi Adv qualified 4 164 -- ''''""of iae aaor eiris taw 0 t Pamela Shepherd - 1 attf.r Viho Borrav, I I ,.7-- eoni Idiom We live S5 miles away. and Lisa 's mother sends her to visit us occasionally. When it time to take lit-home, she cries and begs to stay with us Our doctor has pre:;cribed medicine for the decision-makin- 4 1 : , ,.. i3:1"T.,,,,,s,, '' Ix e ' ' '' f ; , ence. Li yt'S ,: ; .. , :I"T ''f'''' ' , one-ma- I ,,.,, ,.... ' v Broadway actress Vinie Burrows salutes women of all ages, races, classes iind beliefs in her latest play, "Sister, SisterlEarlier this week she presented this dramatic production at "Women Art '77," this year's version of the UDIVersi ty of 1:tah's annual women's confer- During the play it seemed she you'd change her moods as easy zs she could raise and low,' r her voice, and it 'A.,r-- ; easy to see how she can hold tel audiences spelluoun(1 When Vino. yi):rn; ;2Yi, made her Broadway debut : ' ,.. 0. ''''''''- - .1 ,....,.. . t'' , ' 4, ''''' , ,., , -- I. ' , 5'7'.''','' , . ' ' - ,:.4 ' , Promoting love, understanding child ,;. ' ' Actress Vinie Burrows a woman from Israel embrace each other and weep. "At the conference in Berlin. 1 met NOM(' Zambian women, and NA.0 became I nends "The ciniference brought iAornen togetilur and made -them morc aware of each otlwi' ;weds..inie continued. "I was so struck Oh the sincerity of these women, that I had to wrOc a play. I tried to ilinisier fee!ings about that event into a drama. As Vim(' performed this play her vivacious spirit apparent. Filled with exufx,rance she recited her lines, hummed a few bars, then sang a few lines and skipped across the stage bhe a - . .., : A , always thought history would be more interesting and easier to learn, if Dressed ill a sweater and skirt, and wearing a fashionable black turban. 'line explained, "This play grew out of my own experience I had while attended the World Congress of Women held in Berlin two ve;!rs Even though many of the women Mere couldn't simak the same guage. there was a unity among them. "I saw a woman from Palestine and . , ,';'.; , ' , ' - , , , Al '' '''',;, ' "I wanted to give children a visual image because I can remember sitting in history classes trying to imagine 'hat people like Louis XIV looked like and what they wore. Y7:: ',i , t. . 1 ? , paint:;. I mad.t. 3 D deEignE," exphtiperl the talented artist and writer who resides in Nashville, Tenn.' il 1,......,,,,-4........:x.- '7 Encouraged by its success, Estelle decided to write her second book. "When I got the contract for my second book. I was even more thrilled than when I got the contract for my first," she said. In her second book, she took a creative approach towards history. She succeeded in illustrating America's past by using dolls dressed in clothing from a specific era. "Instead of doing illustrations with !e4. tt : f& 'i.:;ott'-'..t-- . ':".' ,,.... lo larst. her book was published. Almost immediately it was successful. ,:is, ' ' - 1 4 N...,1.''..;.....!' 1' :, t N mor.,!".1....,,,,. ' , ' ' ...... , I ai 0 , 4 , ''. z s ... :.,;.;. '' ,';, .....:1, ......,. ,, '''''? , ,.:,.,,,:,. p e .1 .,,. Yr.' -.- 'r. , , One of her most creative designs was for a chest of drawers. For that piece of furniture, she stacked empty boxes on top of each other, then painted it black. Estelle did hours of research so that each piece of furniture, each room, in each house would be authentic. Looking at one of these dollhouses is like reading a history book. ''''':'''': t....,,:.e, i,,:,,,IN , ,,,,- i !,..4o.e.01.. $ t '... ....'!; , ti,,A40.3r-9,,,,- ...:'..1.. .. I: ' .:00'.' .. ,,,, ' :? .,:,.,....::!,;: oil s .S , designs. ::',.; ..'''''' ''. of ihe houses she added paper or wood shutters to the windows: and if it ht the motif of the house, she would w allpaper the walls with tiny scraps of material. For the floors, she often used little pieces of vinyl. Estelle also designed tiny pieces of furniture for these houses. She made the furniture out of layers of cardboard, so that anyone with a pair of scissors and a bottle of glue could assemble her .".". ,l, . ., ; On some ...... ' ,, simple, but attractive, and could be altered to suit personal tastes. '''. '.. '' 11' ........, ...... '''''''''.. ...' ' , ;. houses. ''''.". A ,i For the book, she created a number of plans for dollhouses, including several patterns for Colonial American, French Provincial and Victorian i'.''..:: ", .' -:- , , ; Book." '',':' , , , ime. The . ' , , started as an art "Ailungh leaeher. I knew that writing was what I really wanted to do," she added. While her children were out playing or taking naps. she would sit down at her desk and work on "The Dollhouse e -- 04,,V, I Christmas was rapidly approaching. Estelle vi as a proud, young mother of two lovely daughters. She was teaching full time at the Barstow School for Girls in Kansas City and part-timat the Kansas City Art Institute. Tin year she wanted Christmas to be extra special, so instead of purchasing presents at a store, she and her husband made dollhouses for their little girls. One dollhouse was decorated with miniature French provincial itatiWire; the other with Early American "...::,;,. - ,: ',,,, '' thdr friends admire their dollhouses and soon other parents on the Hock were making similar dollhouses for their children. It wasnt long after that, that the Worrells had a third daughter. Estelle gave up her teaching jobs so she could be home with her children. After making another dollhouse for her youngest child, the former art teacher discovered another profession. She explained, "It was a perfect situation. After I had our third child, I quit teaching school so I could spend more time with my daughters. I soon discovered I could write at the same Agencies.) '' ,10"1'',,s -,14 , furniture. Each house matched the bedroom decor of its future owner. On Christmas Day. when the two girls opened their presents, they were delighted. With great pride, they let By Pamela Shepherd Deseret News staff writer I .. , ----- ---.- |