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, By Lillian Jeffreys Petri. ‘°
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Ti 'K "gig story of the Christ
Ghild is told the
5 fl great vorps of
“T workers inspired
 by the Christ‘n1ns`
,j//:lf 7 , I spirit devises, in-
_li-;Tj,_£"»‘~_ ,_A rents and labors
` " for weeks and
.,,.T_,»;,_u  months to carry
, '~ 'fjf out the orders that
A Santa (llaus de-
) mauds to li a v e
_` __ ,_ finished for the
' " cheering and enter-
taining of the world on the twenty~
fifth of December.
Among these are some who Cfltch fill
spirit of the time better than others, who
have the peculiar skill to, express their
understanding in quaint or lovely objects
suitable for gifts at Yuletidr.
One nf these members of Santa Clans'
intimate council is Kaetlin Kruse. To”
her one evening. wilou sho bud putflier
i-hiltl to hed, <-:imc thi- inspiration to
mu.ke, a human faced doll.
'l`he doll was rather crude at first.
lt had, lmwevvr, what Knethe-Mother
doomed tho essentials nf it humanlike
doll, 11 wdbhly henfi ilud loose, limp
limbs. lt was only a potato head!
wrapped in a towel, tho four oorners
pulled ont' for logs und arms, and ui
burnt matrix pointed fact-. but Kaetize-
Mother worked over her humuu faced’
doll until sho evolved the sweet creature ,
now familiar to lovors of dolls. it is
made. over .1 east of a famous Italian
hmby head known as the Finmiuingn
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was a little girl with snapping blacks Suddenly she fountl ii tiny Kcwpif- infslike the parchesi board. Inqtead of
eyes and s message of cheetin her heart. the palm of her hand. It ff-lt cool ti- the wnnileu figures there were the required
She was lame and_haL‘. to be wheeled touch. yet soft liken bird. :ind it seemed number of slave girls. Tlnmc were
about by her brothers and sisters. but comfortable, for it jiggltxl with its fem. moved about the eourtyahi UB N10
her heart was full of love. One Christ- looking at her .sideways und 1-liuclcliug. |uove.s the little "men" uronpd the board,
mal she sat making a little elephnnt of In her words: - the olijwt be-ing. of eoursee to win the ‘
white felt, with red and white layers "Thu Ke-.vpiu wigllts stay up ut nights. beautiful slave girls away' from each
of _felt to stand upon, between which All guyly singing rumt_\' tum; ulhvr. '
were tucked pins and needles and other Like puddings, they nm pleasiuit sights, Our# in Chicnlio -1 wfmrvm artist was
useful things. A tiny, pale blue satin Well rounded at the tninty tum." ' very blue. in desperstionf she made 'a
saddle cloth with initials em-broidered '.l‘hey turned somersuults, pluyod leap- 1 sort of infant Buddha. She called him
in white npon it 'lay over .Tumbds bark. frog. snapped the whip, slid about. tucked "tim god of things as they ought to be'
The nngne of the lame girl was Mar- each other in little hollows of thi- bed und put. him upon herm:1ntel“foriuq7r."
garete Steiff. and she sat sewing deftly <-over. oxumiuvd tin-, books ut thc side of Ho brought her luck, for he was Da
before the old falhioned open fireplace her hed and sat in it row ou the foot. widely known Billikln ntahlette that ._
so that her gift might he ready for her hoard smiling nl. her, Uni- mite stood :unused the world, and the Gmal: 'l‘oy._',,`
mother that evening when the big tree guard at the head of the bed. a x~;oldie~r's
eap upon his top knot, u gun in his tiny
was iit. , '
Santa. on his roluidl, must have seen
Mugamte as “hc “.113 finishing the Rose 0'.\'eill awoke the next morning
elephnnt with "nl ivory ,wks and dp filled with thoughts nf thorn. lho little
sided that she ‘Nm the very perm" m 4 f‘Ynricl~ts." :ts :_-ibn #ails them. sneniwi so
hem him_ lunoeent and kind; they soc-mwl to teach
right hund. Tiiere wus n host nf them.
1,' fl 't'_tl: -: lr-,l
of an tha my workws in _hp world  r~i~son_n um1nni_\ noi-xiim im gmt
sonse without oven knowing they had u
Mammal” Steiff is pprhaps 'hp mmf, "mission," Sho hr-gnu iuukiug \'or.'~‘es
aebvc. She thinks nnrl works nn|l'al_omth" , ,ir - I,
works and thinks all her days. over
evolving fresh delights for the children.
She went on making the beautiful ele
h _ __ ____ __ H1 ' Miss O`.‘\`oill got hor niessuge from Santa
m.inr < nwing rom.
tihildrou :\\'ery'vvlir-rv out out Kewpies
und plny:-il drelight|»di_\' with them. So
D an S or "W "°' t 9" " M' Rnimalm i Clnus tn make Kr-wpiv 'paper dolls :ind
and R” “ani” r')"h 'hr' gnu]-V mth his send them oul, iiroadrnst into the world.
deep grunt. tha- tnoukey. tho camel, the
Then sho luodeliml the fbrtlis of hor
lion :ind tho_'1‘eddy Brnr. flloddy 3_0!" pets in clay. travelling to tho land whore
wns hr-r bright pnrticulav inspiration. I ,wrybmiy iovps ,lmnnkp tn_,.__,_ ,md ,|,,,_
The popularity of this animnl brought
prosperity and fame to the obscure,
quaint old town where Mnrgarele Steiff
dwelt. Her great factories house the
mnsl' thriving industry nf the place. and
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nearly every cottage for miles around_ }{M,,‘Jm.d,_,, hm] ,,,,. Baby |I:,,,pif“,l
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contains one or more toymaksr. More
head. an art treasure handed down from i
um Mime Am. mn being .-ov.-rea with 
cnnvns and hand painted. 'l‘ho body is ~
n copy of the chubby form of Knethe r
Krueds own little child. Tim dollim are l
named, some of the prettiest having the |
flames of Mother Kaethe‘a babies, as;
.lockerle and Himnerle and Michel. '
They are not like “store dolls." for the
littln vhiid who first desired them had
never ziekerl for ri “doll"; she distinctly
said ii “Christ Child.” Her artist. father
had :i great deal to do with tho, in-
spiration. too. because lic insisbed that
tho Christ Child must be mother-mnde
to satisfy the iongings of the little
inother heart. i
lu :mother corner of the world there’
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#ussing the making of Kwwpio dolls with
grave mon. She amid that sho wnntoli
them made perfectly: cspf:1'irllly lhf' lim'
eheup ones that would lic likely to go
in poor 4-hiitlren.
pat the ,ugly lirnui-li on th liond und
Mun came and got: him. A cle-ver man of
our own country, who had spent his Iifo
in making' toys for children found a
poor old mln' from the land of the Bear
wlin had invented an unbreakable ma~ , , ri,
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terial for the mating of dolls and he
promptly mrquired it, building up a won- i -"l 1
dorful doll imhistry hero. Whse it was
_~tlmught it i-ouldn'l he done.
R4-t\vr»cn hor love for her children
and that of her work of toy modelling "  '  ‘
.\fir.=. Ht-len Fox '1‘rrN'bridg0 Bcartely 'f'//"ff
knows which mziki-s her happiest. It is
such n vongeninl work that even the
mon 'who travel for thly Very Smart \
Man :ire oaught. in tlw cotingion of good
f~lio<>r. Sho thinks the work as enter-
tninins: to grownups ns the dolls to the
vhilclrou, and sim is n strong advoeato
of sprwiulized home industries for women.
making of inodels for mart- lifvtiike dolls
was but a short step, .-is the picture of
Mrs. ’l"rowhridgn first specialized in 
child pnt'tr.1itnr<-. From that to the  
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"B:ih_v-suck-n-th|.rmb" shows. She and
thf- clever man are matting their heads
than three thousand different kinds of | mogmithim mi 1,, had |,, s,,,g|,._ fphpn 1 ,Ug,,,_hc,._ ,.°m_in“nuy` trying . gnc,
my* h""` °°m“ fmm M"W¥3\`0f~@'5 fm” he indéiied :ind l'inull;»' lm tlisn.ppr-nrt-ei
tories. She gets up nearly all the marvel-
the great shops near Christmas time.
In Ohicngo, for instance. this year ia
fi hotter rind more :Artistic doll It n low
_ _ and left ri thistle in his plni-r-. 'Fliore prim-. ’l‘hc dolls’ heads are of an un-
1°”‘°YW1nd°Wdi5P|l~Y“th“t"‘*5°¢"in 'ni"e‘°"1‘oon_v, VV(-1-ny :ind Qur»f-u_y llnppi- hroskablo vfriveiy material. almost as
fat. Queeny \v1-urs it rr»s»- wr:-ntli.
soft ns the skin of n child. 'Due features
Weeny is sporty :ind :uhh-tit-_ wearing' urn painted bv hand one man putting
bfi' 11089 N085" AHC- f TIHVP 85911 fl .1 sweater with n big ll on it. Teeny on nothing but; eyeiirowa, another the
Eirvrna, _:ith ¢Il;w11S. fN¥P¢l0 P¢l‘f0lll§¢!'l- in the leader, tho bminy_om~._ the thinker. 5 lashes, :mother the eyes, and anotha- the
“BUY 1'* 95”' °"n”=f°*f "f U10 wiht, He wears nu Earl) Victorian costume white spot.; which form the high lights -:""*- `-3:`7`§
Dilflplle-F0855 Hillwlf W9 li". 707360 and |. cap with it tussel of the eyes The bent worker of all at
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by elect-uuty with fn\K'lIlN-ill! l’88\!‘|fl§ Santa Claus bus had “September on the rosy rbceks with an atomizer. ! ~i!‘-`~i}` `
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fl f‘°‘\f|Jf.V fl-i\’» Wil” ¢l1'l’°\W1liH and bi! Mom" made up into cunning dollies. The clothes are made carefully, that
swinss filled with doll children movéd mill- Guam.. Kiddie it .-i .muy um they may mnfi many .ii-essmgs and un-
met-rily to the organ,.-'t§tat,_,ri dolly organ-
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_ _ squmks no mutter xdmt one does to her l dressings by vhildiah fingers. " `l v/ 
sl-i|_=i=§‘r *wird alpihlpdllrz wi1ere'n’¢fi¥‘ or new .ne room.. fzimmmr uoiuns Mre.'1‘rowuridg¢i»m.¢kn>gnewmou¢n  -°; , 3 '
man doll  IYIIIIB ililillmfi lifhllil' imitate or caricature every human at-_` for dolly :ill the time, sometime; even  
U\0`1_l¢ll|il1_hlIf1_f0 £50 'DD 0f 3*! P015 tribute und. wmkness. The Kestner t going to hosmimis to get originals of all
ZNISIIIC ‘Ill lf'l'¢°K\'|i1 “Bd WNY °U|*1‘ dailies come from the hem-t of the dark nationalities to copy. Her greatett joy
*mlm Wch 35 8" “Nfl 31- 0 TG" mlm” ` foltst. They are cute-eye dolliea, dnl- is in catching the wimuome whinxsiealities
fsif “V *W C°“*7 193mg' I B3” *'59 ‘B Hts thlt more their tongues, some that of children. To South America go dork
enormous at0fB M1800 \`»\\l’“°d ini” T53* .live mal eyebrows inserted from the skinned dolls, to Japn s beautiful Japa-
llllil ‘Vial 01"! N50! in *md 0"! °f buck so that hairy hands Cannot pull nose model. Every cotmtry likes. to see
eaves. dolls <'l10m~‘filtg *mtl ill 11 f°! Dian out, some have “pearl” teeth made in: own typeepiwrtrayed. ,
f0N!f».b€ll'8 WBKIUZ Clifil' <`-|\1m3!» \l&|il of gina, some mohair wigs made from `
and livns movies. Angina not skin.
One day an artist named Rose O'Neill
Magic lanterns have new grdwn tai
dreamed it dream of 5 Kewpies. She lmoliix picture shows for the home, and
thought shewaaawake, but. was notqnite the doll houses have developed a hun-
suro. She seemed topeep half frightened f drod stylus of architecture.
over the coverlet nt n merry. innocently; The old game olf parehéi has a pie-
minchiovous, scampering horde of round. 1 tlrreaque origin. Long ago, in the lund
pink, baby Kefwpu, with wide. rolling! of perpetual sun. the kings and princes
eyes, sweetly impish smile. and above all. used to invite each other to one another`s
u top knot. Rose 0'Neill says they pgiuces to play the game of purehesl
seemed to be “young. toddliug muains of which had a wonderful vogue nmong
that. earlier illustrious family of Brown- them, 'Phe <-out-fyarii was mm-ken off
308" Kill! Mr- U0! |005 “80 tirvlwfi f° fi" | with different colored 'tiles into sections I
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joy of countless children and grown-ups.
Sho smarts, however, that n Kewpie
met-ting A Brownie face tn face would he
quite overmme with respert.
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