Show vY- vY COURT OF DOllS TO TOUR NATION mm Collection of J Toys Tors to Be Given to Museum BOSTO BOSTON April By 10 10 By The I AssocIated tress Iress Press There Is II liv- liv In In nn an I al apartment In this city n II royal court with k II retinue ot of o forty la- la ladies la ladies dies and gentlemen musicians and servants which wilt will make Its lis first andI public appearance early in April I Although of a nation barred by bythe bythe the present immigration laws law the tho royal entourage required no pass pass- passports passports pass passports ports to even enter enter even with Its owed avowed Intent to snake male male this coun coun- country coun- coun country country try Its s permanent home homo In the tho words of o the th United Staten customs Invoice the party consists of 2 pieces dolls Prince and Princess S 3 pieces piece dolls court ladle ladies 2 pieces dolls doll court guards and nd so on through the Included In their bag bag- paco bae-paco gago are I 1 l piece toilet arti arU article den cle 1 I yet set cabinets 1 I folding screen 4 trays tras tr y 1 I dining t table bJ 2 I boxes of candy and toys tos and II a variety of auch nuch material as orange or and cherry trees boxes with flowers cloth fish lIsh an and which will make the th fragile ra ilp visitors tors ct home In the most roost Occidental Occidental tal of places CO CONTRIBUTIONS s 's As Is usual with diplomatic mis- mis missions mis mission sion the lie arrival of o tho the dolls was Preceded by months ot of o corre corre- correspondence correspondence Miss Jessie St Sher Sher- Sher- Sher Sherwood Sherwood wood wool of Boston Doston and her friends In Osaka Japan began bean the of notes note The Tho movement was ta- ta taken ta taken ken Ien up publicly and soon contri contribution to were w r sufficient to 10 defray detray the cost of bf t the th journey and pro pro- pro provide vi vide the tine line brocades silk silks and the artistically fashioned d wardrobe necessary for tor a state vi- vi visit vi visit sit in ti b i foreign land These dolls Jails or others similar to them have hale a large lurg place In the tho life lito ot of th the Japanese Boys Eos and girls each hn have ve a II day of the year set et aside alde for lor them The Th gIrls festival no or Hina Matsui the Feast ot of Dolls falls on March 3 When the girl Irl baby Is born the parents buy a hina or group roup of dolls Always It Includes the Sam Sama a or cr royal pall pair but the size siz of ot the retinue on tho family's finances Yearly thereafter her parents parent solemnly fe teed feed d and entertain the dolls ranged on their red huns shelves helve until the girt girl is old enough to hold her own festival parties Then rhen she the Issues Issue formal Invitations to 10 her small mall friends and they Join with her In honor honor- honorIng honorIng honor Ing and with rice ric cakes candy and nd cake tho the mannikin who are re never treated as every every- everyday everyday day evry-day day playthings plaything INHERIT DOLls DOLT S When tho the girl cirl Irl marries she takes lakes her hor hina with her r 1 eldest son non on Inherits It at her death Thus great and famous lamous collections grow as that notably of ot the To- To To the family ot of the last Shogun After Arter a tour lour In American cities Miss lIss Sherwood has Indicated that the collection will be bo given to B a museum making a special pedal appeal to children |