Emery County Progress | 1907-02-02 | Page 3 | Historic Toy

H stone toy in independence hall at philadel phia there is preserved among not able revolutionary relics a quaint lit tie doll dressed in the fashion of louis XVI long before there was a united states this i retty Parisi enne found her way over sea carrying with her into william penn s woodland a little of the folly and fashion of the old world for she was not only a plaything but the fashion of her time can you plot ire to yourself the countless m altitude of dolls that has followed in I 1 er waya in the last six months for instance paris sent over to new york toys worth and over 1 alf of that sum was represented by dolls in lecent years france has lost a little of her su prelacy in the toy market she can no longer compete with germany in 1 amely to s the trifles that are sold for a song but in pla things af a finer sort she still holds her on not without effort however the local ai tho aties of pans offer tempt ing re yards tor the invention of new toys W ance thompson in every blodys