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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



September, 19 13 



and been associated 

 with some earlier re- 

 ligious celebration, 

 possibly connected 

 with the Vernal Equi- 

 nox. The doll is com- 

 mon in China, Korea 

 and Japan. In the last 

 country it is made 

 to represent the Idol 

 Daruma and is called 

 "Rising up little 

 'nest. 



All these dolls are 

 made of papier 

 mache, round at the 

 bottom and weighted 

 with clay so that 

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that gives the children 

 these discarded 

 " F a sh i o n Babies," 

 for they are very sub- 

 stantial and last for a 

 long time as queens ot 

 the play room. Al- 

 though French dolls 

 have long been held 

 high in renown, it has 

 remained for the Ger- 

 man artist doll-mak- 

 ers to make the most 

 wonderfully lifelike 

 ones, and particularly 

 notable are the dolls 

 designed by Frau- 

 lein Marie S c h n u r 

 and other German 



A group of Vienese do 



tilted they right themselves at once. To the Japanese maiden artists, illustrations of whose dolls accompany this article 

 a new doll is only a new doll, but one to whom tradition Likewise, American artists are beginning to turn their atten 



has given a soul which must be treated with rever- 

 ential awe. 



When or why or where the Ecclesiastical doll 

 became the medium of shadowing forth the coming 

 fashions or of carrying them from one country to 

 another is not clear, but we find the record of their 

 having been so used in Venice in the early part of 

 the fourteenth century. They were shown at the 

 annual fair on Assumption Day, dressed in 

 the mode that was to prevail during the com- 

 ing year. It is claimed by a French writer 

 that the custom originated in Paris, but it is 

 certain that the fashion in part, if not in its 

 entirety, was borrowed from Venice at the 

 time when the Queen of the Adriatic ruled 

 the social as well as the Ecclesiastical world 

 From the acknowledged center of fash- 

 ion the custom has been in constant use 

 for several centuries. Fashion dolls are 

 a large part of the commercial world at 

 the present day. It is a lucky chance 



tion, with excellent results, to this facinating study 

 and pursuit. 



The first Japanese dolls represented Gods of the 

 Country, mythological beings, demigods, evil and 

 beneficent deities in certain religious ceremonies and 

 plays. Some of the modern ones belong to this 

 class, but not many. 



The doll inheritance is a curious and interesting 

 feature of Japanese life. It is found in sev- 

 eral other countries, but nowhere else is it 

 carried out to the same extent that it is in the 

 Island Empire. 



When a little Japanese cherry blossom 



|./ comes into this world her happy parents buy 



for her a small collection of dolls, consisting 



of effigies of the Emperor and Empress, court 



musicians, five at least. To these are 



added gods and goddesses, members of 



the royal family and as many more as 



the generosity and financial condition of 



the parents and family will admit. These 



A "knitter's doll" 



Modern German dolls 



Ancient Egyptian doll 



