AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
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The Apotheosis of a Lump of Clay 
Potter’s clay is made of materials brought from the 
ends of the earth. With deft hands and cunning tools the 
potter shapes this clay. Then it is baked in a fierce fire for 48 
hours. Two, and generally three times it takes this bath of flame, 
coming forth, at last, a beautiful, snow-white dish. Thus does the skill of 
man and the refining fire exalt aclod of earth. 
For 40 years we have made fine china. On quality we have built the greatest 
pottery on earth. Tell your dealer you want our guarantee—the trade-mark name 
—Homer Laughlin on the under side of each dish. ‘‘The China Book’’ 
is a beautiful and interesting work on china making. Send for it. 
LES 
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The Homer Laughlin China Company, 
Newell, West Viginia. 
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DOLL-MAKING IN GERMANY 
HE old home of the doll is Thuringia,” 
writes Consul-General. Frank Dilling- 
ham, from Coburg to the Daily Consular 
and Trade Reports, “especially the town of 
Sonneberg, twelve miles from Coburg. 
Most of the poorer families in and around 
Sonneberg are engaged in this industry, 
which is the chief source of revenue of the 
population, giving employment for the 
whole year. The work demands a great 
deal of practice and skill, as well as 
time and trouble. The inhabitants start 
making dolls while very young, and by 
constant practice are finally able to work 
with astonishing accuracy and speed. In 
the doll industry only some special part 
of the dolls is made by each person. Some 
make the bodies, others the heads, and still 
others the arms, hands, etc. By this divi- 
sion the work is done much quicker and 
better. 
“The heads are first molded, and, when 
sufficiently dry, the eyes are cut out by a 
skilled worker with a very thin, sharp knife. 
This is extremely delicate work because all 
of the sockets have to be of uniform size 
or the eyes do not fit. After being burned, 
the heads are painted, waxed, or glazed, 
depending on the material from which the 
heads are made. The arms, legs, and hands, 
are produced in a similar but simpler man- 
ner, as the painting consists only in giving 
the necessary flesh color, while the heads 
must have rosy cheeks, red lips, and dark 
or light eyebrows, depending on the color 
of the eyes. The setting of the eyes and 
the making and attaching of the wigs in- 
volve a number of other processes. 
“The doll industry is now commencing to 
make the ‘character doll’ in restricted 
numbers. The model is made by an artist 
and the molds are then copied from this 
model. The painting of these dolls is done 
with especial care, and, consequently, their 
price is considerably higher than that of 
the commoner type of doll. 
“The assembling of the different parts of 
the dolls is often very complicated. The best 
jointed dolls have stout elastic cord on the 
inside, to which the movable parts are at- 
tached. A special branch of the industry 
is devoted to the making of dresses and 
hats. The latest Parisian styles are copied 
in dressing the larger-sized dolls, and the 
creations turned out compare very favor- 
ably, in miniature, with the original.” 
BATHROOMS IN ARABIA 
N American consular representative 
in Aden, Arabia, has written the fol- 
lowing note regarding bathrooms in Brit- 
ish Arabia: 
“This is a primitive country. Drinking 
and bathing water is drawn from the sea, 
condensed, and delivered to residents in 
wagons at one half cent a gallon. 
“There is no plumbing and modern 
bathroom fittings are conspicuous by their 
absence. We use washtubs for bathing 
purposes, and for shower baths we use 
an ordinary tin bucket with a sprinkler 
soldered in the bottom and suspended 
from the ceiling. Thus a shower ar- 
rangement costs only fifty cents. How 
soon these conditions will change for the 
better can not be definitely stated. The 
British authorities have considered the 
advisability of piping water into Aden 
from Lahej, about thirty miles distant, 
but have come to no decision in the mat- 
ter as yet. Should a change take place, 
this consulate will do its utmost to insure 
the introduction of American plumbing 
and bathroom facilities.” 
