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Show UTILITY DOLLS. DOLLS arc now utilised as ornamental coverings for so many articles tliati the collection of the college girl is quite as extensive as is that of the little maiden still iu tho nursery. Japanese geisha girl dolls garbed iu quaiutly printed silken garments, demure Quaker ladles in dull grsy frocks and showy kt-rcldefs, and Coionial dames in spreading silken petticoats petti-coats make eosoy coverings for fire o'clock teapots. Dolls dressed iu the stiff brocades bro-cades of the pompadour penod and with their bisque faces surmounted by elaborately elabo-rately dressed flaxen hair, cover luucheoo tjible, bonbon boxi, cr in while satin, lace and orange blossoms, pose as modern brides on weeding souvenirs. NurMi and French maid dolls with flexible flex-ible joints, movable eyes aud abundant tresses are dressed to accommodate a com-Iph-ie sewing outfit. The coquettish cap conceals a thimble case, the paddoJ Mhoulde-rs are pin and needle cushions, the apron pockets bold scissors and bodkins, a riblKiu chatelaine sustains a stiletto and ribbon runner and reels of thread arc kepi in the broad hem of the skirl, which is turned up on the upper side and divided into innumerable small compartments. Hat, belt, veil and scarf plu cushions arc iu the shape of small jointed dolls dressed in padded garments similar to those affected by the various college football foot-ball teams of renown. The outspread snus nnd legs of tan. white nnd black plush Teddy Bear nnd Iv-kjino dolls are used for tie racks. Chin.i doll in L'ulch costume and bisque pickaninnies pick-aninnies In coarse flannel skirts are disguised dis-guised penwipers, and whisk brooms mas-loiierade mas-loiierade as colored mammies iu bright calico frocks or lurk henenth the figured crept: kimouos of bored looking Japanese. |