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Show "This Is the House That Hilda Built" To Solve Housing Problem For Homeless Doll Families 1 4 j 1 NEW YORK. OCt . Hilda Gaige I if, always putting one over on Mother Goose, it seema. When she was a little girl, po the terj goes, she had ao many dolls to mother i wouldn't have been wondered won-dered at if she had followed the uamplC of the old womnn who HncU in a shre and had so many Irhlldren shl didn't know what to I do." But lhat's just where she got 'ahead of Mother Goose the tirst time Hild did know exactly what to do I No shoe for her precious bisque Children nit, Indeed. The moal ordinary or-dinary little box. did it chance to fall into her clever 'hands, became a .charming. cozy little home -doll house, some material folks call uch things. Hilda had a gift for design ng and decorating. Now she Is "all gTOwn up." She is ih- wife of R. Crosby Gaige. vice piesidcni of Selwyn and company, theatrical producers. HOUSE HILDA BUILT VThis is the house that Jack built" Mother Goo.se is fond of de-I de-I I. i.mlng But there It la again' Why bother about Jack's house when Hilda has built one a lot of them. In fad --so --so Infinitely more fascinating? It ail tartfil one Christmas when Mrs Gaige warned to give a wee friend f hers something especially i She probabl) thought back to the daya when the housing of her own t;.inily of dolls gave her such detlght. Anyhow, she :ei about lo make a doll bou:e for her friend Two orange boxes sho found, nailed ihcm together, and straight- ... had the foundation for the most canning of four room homes. Velvet Clrpeted the lloors. chintz coered the walls, irilly lace curtains inside and cunning g.inn shades outside. . ur ained the windows and adorable furniture whittled out of solid blocks if wojd, furnished the rooms Mrs. Gaige bn the iront of the house open, cutting windows in tie other side and both ends Between bed room and living room on the second lloor was a tiny but very complete bathroom Beneath it. between kitchen and dining room, was a hallway with open, winding stairway. Well. It was finished. And -uch Joy as it brought to Hilda's little friend URGED TO DESIGN MORE That was the beeinuing. for someone' some-one' else saw It a woman who is a famous dealer in children's toys. This dealer saw behind the house the love that inspired it. She went to Mrs. Galga and urged her to design a house for sale like the one she made 8 a gift, and told her the world of toys knew nothing so lovely In the way of a home for the doll family. So Mrs. Gaige Is busy making doll .homes. She wants to have at least a full dozen completed by this Christ hilda JtcA sV 1 S mas, to fill the hearts of hn i many little girls with joy But Bhe refuses the pleadings of the dealer in toys, 'that she establish a factory and pro-idtice pro-idtice the results of her genius in great number : h Mrs. Gaige's firt doll house was ' made as a Christmas gift for a tiny doll mother. m "What? Let others do my work r'j for Utile children0" she protests, She does employ a retired cabinet " maker to build the houses after her , " design. But only her own fingers caxe the furniture and fashion the frilly decorations. Tie dressing table in the bedroom is hung with rose I pink taffeta; o ts the chaise lounge. The lamps have handmade bead stands and hand decorated shades. ;1hc dining room chairs have raffia bottoms. There's a rolling pin and a mixing bowl on the kitchen table And upstairs in the light of an artistic ar-tistic floor lamp is a highly polished dignified grand piano. Yes, she J carved that, too. |