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Show Doll's House for Czar When n young man of twenty-four, Peter the Great of Russia went to Holland. lie was working at different differ-ent jobs so as to be better fitted to become ruler of Russia. In Utrecht he saw a miniature doll's house, furnished fur-nished down to the minutest detail. In (he library w;ere paintings two Inches square. Cabinets were filled with thumb-high porcelains from Japan. Ja-pan. Special carpets were manufactured manufac-tured for this bouse, and the linen was woven in Flanders. Peter the Great took a great fancy to this tiny palace and offered any price for one like it. The builder, a retired merchant, would not accept money for his handiwork, but offered to make one as a gift to the young czar. The- llllputian mansion, completed com-pleted after 25 years of labor, is now In the royal museum, Amsterdam, says Mentor Magazine. |