Show 1 j q F f fy y J l f I How the Manages to Keep Right on Playing With With- o- o ws r the Girlish Ts j which the Finds So Much bore Three of the large Fascinating Than g z r f a family of dolls doUs for w h i ic c h Mn Ford Either wealth or Love ti sta P t makes charming sir Y gowns and hats that r are we towe later by adapted real flesh for forr forIS IS Able to r and blood and blood women hY I A V Y 5 s of oft t z za a sF M Y r r r VERY ONE knows that most little l 1 girls are fond of dolls all dolls all ea c ex a very few who prefer to play with their brothers toys Instead And the findings o of ot arch archeologists in ancient an- an ancient an ruins and the testimony of his his- historians historians his historians as well shows that since earliest times girls have hate played placed with much the same ki id of dolls ard and in much the same way that they do to-day to But the number of ups grown-ups or even girls over our ov er nine years ears old who continue to be fascinated b by dolls as they ere when wh n younger is tell us very small and odd ca cases es of this kind actually existing are with the greate greatest t interest One of these rare persons person is Mrs Regi Regi- Reginald Reginald Ford of New Yolk Sho finds mak mak- making ing mg 10 lov lovely ely gowns an in fi fitting them on her extraordinary dolls mote mOle fascinating than tra traveling about the world with her hervery ery wealthy husband or filling a place In fashionable society or doing any of the theother theother theother other pleasant things that are within leach each of a millionaires millionaire's beautiful wife Students of psychology are arc very sery ery much girlhood interested ed in the way Mrs Fords Ford's girl girl- girl girl- hood enthusiasm m to fo dolls persisted even after she bhe was old enough nough tc to be married It is a remarkable example of what they call the doll complex a well known well psychological phenomenon which usually manifests ts itself only in young oung girls gills Hundreds and hundreds of ca cases es have been studied to ascertain for science just what it is that makes dolls so fascinatIng fascinating fascinating ing for little girls and so seldom so for boys and also why hy now and th then n a grown woman like Mrs Sirs Ford continues to be absorbed in her doll family VIctor Hugos Hugoe on w this his tf C sub sub- subject so long accepted that doll dol play is isan isan i-an i an early cropping out of mother lose o e has been questioned in m the light of these more recent observations Professor G hohas Stanley Hall Ball of Clark dark University who ho has made exhaustive studies in doll dol love loveis IS inclined to think the great French writer correct only in a partial sense Some mothers are very fond of their children but novel never cared much for dolls points out Professor Hall This he con Eiders con seders siders very Cry good proof that the ma nia ma- ma terna maternal materna instinct is not necessarily responsible sible sable for tor interest in dolls doHs either cither among amon g little girls or adult women who aho ho continue o to love their childhood toys r And furthermore Professor Hal Hal I adds the saying that the first child is i s the tho last doll is I believe from front careful I observation not true of normal women Indeed it s is is just possible that the idea I mother nev never r plays with dolls abandon with great grea t Girls often play with dolls regularly Y until thirteen or fourteen but after that tha I age the doll dol passion generally abates for fo forit foit r It Is 13 then realized more distinctly than n before that dolls have absolutely no inne inner r life or feeling But on the other hand handsome some girls play with dolls with gre great at pleasure but secretly till well wellon on ill in the t he teens and often in the twenties and occa occa- a atonally occasionally married women generally tho those 11 1 sa without children or single uti ju women play pl a y with dolls all their lives The strangely interesting thing abo about Mrs Dire Fords Forda ll ti- ti ut dolls is that theare many jr of us the them m are extremely ugly Just the same samo kind of ugly child dolls dolla she abe used to withas play with wi th liS as a little girland girl and in which she has hi s never lost interest in spite of the many ma nY joys her husbands husband's wealth and loco lo lov a ha va brought her When she was a II child she loved her h hugly sr ugly dolls best and her chief interest w win wa wain as in dressing these thesa dolls to offset th thi their e u I i ugliness because she felt sorry for far them and because she instinctively 10 loved ed to work out costumes that would Improve then their appearance There was Voas one particularly hideous doll witha with a wide aide ide grin Irm and big staring eyes and red hair Little Maria Marla was ass as al always nays ays fixing her up to look distinguished or clever lever or i interesting A black ar- ar artist's ar artist's tarn tam or something smock a smock something neither too fluffy nor too severe severs for dollys dolly's unfortunate would face face would perhaps do the trick and dollys dolly's mamma would work until her ugly baby looked really realy presentable j The delight Maria the little girl who oho grew up to become rich Mrs Ford took in m her dolls was no remarkable s than that taken by millions lE C Cof of other girls in these childhood child- child childhood h hood symbols of worn worn- What was remarkable remarkable re- re e was eves the way It persisted long after lifter the age ago when dolls usually cease to interest in in- in rarest terest young oung women When othel other girls of j jc c cc c her age we were e casting a their dais dods f contemptuously c s A to t in favor fa vor of more dignified forms of amusement Marra Mana clung devotedly to bersand hers bers s sand f and nothing her par par- parents parents co could ld say or do mould induce her to give them up Of course she was laughed at a u good deal for refusing to grow up in this one ono respect but that only made her doll dol complex all the She would could steal away from gay par par- parties par par- parties parties ties where her girl friends were dene- dene dancing ing mg merrily with Ith their young beau beaux in order to enjoy a hour half Vo with h the large family of dolls which she kept hidden away jn in her room She took them to boarding school and college with Ith her feeling that life would be quite unendurable able unless they were ere always ays within her reach By the time Miss Maria was old enough to be falling in love and marrying manying she had come to the conclusion that in order to continue playing with Ith her dolls with with- without with without out being ridiculed or thought queer she mu must t find some useful purpose for her strange doll complex One day when she w was as as planning a new gown for herself it occurred to her to tryout try out some of the ideas she had in in mind lInd mindon mindon on a doll that had a face figure and coloring much like her own The rc of her experiment e with bits of chiffon laic lace and ribbon was delightfully success successful ful and soon she was producing all 1111 her hats and gowns in this way fitting tl ti em cm first to her doll and then hosing having the and milliners work them out outon outon on a n larger scale for far her Sho became kno known n as aa the best dressed women woman in her set and when hen her friends knew the secret they were eagle to have her design fashions for them in the same way avay Of course she was only too glad to oblige them for this gave her an ex- ex excuse ex excuse cuse cusp for playing with her dolls delta more mOle and more She Sho accumulated an assortment of dolls that reproduced in miniature the characteristics of her some friends friends some tall talland talland and slender some sonic short and dumpy blondes and brunettes many radiant radiantly beautiful others severely plain a few posItively ugly For hours every day she would devote herself enthusiastically I A Another of dolls that sup t tr g r r ply Mrs Ford r s play dressed in g ga t 4 a costume of w x e r b his her design fr e 4 rte 1 a p 4 k n tuiti c g r rp i y q c 2 f r 4 i rl q r rs tP 5 b a nt A Ad d Q ve yr j r t sf a j b ay mod 1 e fir 6 n nb f 4 w d s off a tU 4 fez N Y 0 tf to toa a t 7 A i if t 1 to the task of devising j A costumes that would best beet set sat off the beauty of these y 1 1 little figures make ss i ifor or 0 up t r for their lack of it s- s r f r Mrs Ford found fould fou id play c mg with Ith her belo ed dolls k v h i in lU n this unique and very v useful 1 useful way say ay so se fascinating that now she is making It ither ither her lifework instead of II a ati amere ti mere pastime Although her her husband husban 1 is a man ofA of wealth the owner of f y A splendid homes Eng'S S 'S in ni England Eng- Eng land and l anda and a fine summerplace summer Slimmer place m in Deauville she prefers remaining in m NewYork NewYork New jj York except for a few a months every year lear ear and 0 devoting her herself elf tb t the r i work which for pr her isI is aMft s sf f featly I play play Instead of riding about x in m a II Rolls Rolls Ito ce and lead lead tM 5 a ing lUg the idle life of a ff fashionable society woman worn worn- l nil nn she sits day dolY after day f before A a table spread nr i n r t with dolls dolis And the hats and gowns she fits to v these little figures are ale l later magnified into those 1 I worn by some of the best dressed best dressed American Wom women n I Just as liS when ashen hen the she was as wasa II a little girland girl and begged m her mother for a few remnants remnant of silk anda and a II bit of lace and an old ostrich plume she occupies herself with th her dolls and the tho materials for their clothes All her fl know better than to call up and ask her to tea or ora a a brIdge party for they know she is busy snip snipping ping with the shears stitching and trimming as she she ehe turns out out ono one after ri i Y Ya w a li f I 4 i On ther the r M I right the quite un- un untie usual l 1 dot tie doti a ast st w h i c IT- IT Mrs Mrs Ford V ar has has nicks nick nick- s t nicknamed named the Tired r Flapper fk 9 4 a aOn On the left one k one of the 2 remarkable set of dolls pre pre pre- prepared pared by Mrs y r Bennati a Chi Chi- Chicago tn- tn sago cago artist to picture the his his his- Cory lory of the tills silk industry j industry and from which r R Ra l a doll doll loving Mrs Ford Fordi rf y i iy much gets y s sy sy y i inspiration d the 0 other the r x ry adorable Hy 1 r fon ton evening gowns goons swag swag- swag swag-J arL ger lIttle 1 l t t 1 e sports cos- cos costumes cos cos a tomes and attractive at- at w f fa J s hats a i t r and h head head- heads headdresses head dresses e ad- ad dresses drees lAnd And Mrs rord's Fords dolls arc perhaps the strangest collection in the world Some are fat as pincushions and acid some are just slats of wood somo soma are so ugly you'd wonder who ho ever thought of such hideous distortions and others arc ne as pretty as if they came from fairyland 0 n tr tri tra a i t t tit a r dal dalr r u t f et ta a fI I s S Mrs Foid FOld likes dressing the ugly ones one s best There is 15 great satisfaction for e example ex example ample in taking a thin wistful halo half starved half starved looking doll whose hose body is made mad madof e of a slender stick of wood and g a gown that will make the dolla doll a thin g of rounded well beauty Just like liko a little girl sewing toi il her he r doll this pretty vivacious man ho ah o wont won't for all the wealth health and goal gool time tunes s In Inthe the world orld stop playing with dolls talks talk s to them as she clips and sews and drape s the tiny pieces of brocaded silk sill and real lace and delicate chiffons I know dear the che says ays shaking her he r sleek black head sympathetically r I know v he ho likes that horrid fat woman n and I know you lust jut cant can't sit bit still an d give yourself a a chance to get plump plump- plump youre you're so headed crazy-headed andI and I nin n nervous ous- ous but you'll youJI just lust have to brace up Now Now- Now let me see youre see youre you're so thin you'll get cu cuon ut uton t on y If it you arent aren't careful I think a bouffant skirt rows ros and row rows ro s of o 4 1 ume will do the trick and of colors 4 long so sleeves sleeves so Now you vou OU look quit e human i 1 n Yi a ds r aM 1 f fa f a H S t Mrs Mr Maria aw Maria sa f Ford who furnishes y pay with such an extraordinary extraordinary i example of the way a complex girls girl's doll complex can persist far into adult life And now for you vou OU Fatima I should your husband would hate the sIght of you Why dont don't you stop eating French pastry and chocolate Well here you OU ate ale low waistline with a girdle of something rhinestones something showy to get you to wear the right dress for yourself Then a long line from the shoulders shoulders- shoulders shoulders- why you dont don't look 1001 like Ilka a barrel burel no now at all alii l Of course the idea of using dolls to evolve beautiful go gowns ns and hats or to how how them off effectively ely is nothing ne new newin newin m in the history of fashion In Inthe Inthe Inthe the days there were sere such things as fashion magazines maga c e c gowned dolls were wele sent i senti from one country to another to toI keep the ladies ladles of royalty and the nobility informed about tile the new now now-I est eat styles st Ii's 1 But it is a decided novelty to to see a woman oman prefer dressing dressing dolls to lolling in m the luxury ury a rich lich and loving husband can cana a can grit 1 e her r a Dolls have been found ac ex- ex x useful in many y-S-w y now new ways ays especially the ws SL gro grown up up n-up or sophisticated k C doll One of the most moat in- in interesting T in of these thebe uses for dolls is in m the fashion ex- ex exhibition ex exhibition where the tho mod els ate ale all doll dolls dressed In the miniatures of the most e exquisite fashionable clothes The silk industry has found these tm tiny models especially esp valuable in illustrating ing mg the history of the manufacture n iid t uses tiles of silk and showing shO how the various vanous weaves and colors can be utilized in making beautiful dresses The cotton colton 1 too has had lied whole sots sets of dolls made by the cleverest artists to show the progress of making cotton cloth since ItS beginning loveliness as liS well 11 as liS exhibiting the love love- liness of up-to-date up patterns and color combinations in cotton Dolls are lire an excellent e sort of model to show different styles of dresses on Not only are lire they less expensive e with ith their tinY theirs copies of gowns ns but they have tiara been found to fascinate men and as women women exquisite miniature things always do Thus the d doll ll has become to be con very sery ery Important important as a decoration and a toy in the fashionable boudoir 0 or limousine orn anc ant anc- it is taken extremely e seri sen Sen seriously by the ilia great industries Th The I doll like i so Maria Fords Ford's orde s has as b become an institution t 15 1 m 1 n both the lous ous and the tho artistic worlds Ih There arc are few women er however w wife I II I 10 h have ave sound found f oun d dolls so particularly particularly fasci i iha noting as Mrs Ford L has L and h halo ha ae carll carved cd over f few who h 0 their girlhood dc dt c 00 d t cupa Ion with them in Quito quite so i lUg ing a way 1 |