Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1910 — Women Carry Dolls Instead of Dogs [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Women Carry Dolls Instead of Dogs

PARIS. —The very latest is to carry a doll Instead of a dog. The foolish erase began in Paris a month ago. The Idea originated lp>the cracked brain of that same King of Fashion who is guilty of originating the hobble skirt. Babies? Such things must be left at home in charge of the nurse. These dolls that have ended the day of the pet dog are wondrous affairs. They have a very decorative effect and are the most expensive toys that the woman of fashion has had to play with. The dolls themselves are worth only a few dollars. They have bisque features, human hair and reversible joints, and are about thirty inches high. But they are gowned complete by the most celebrated modiste in Paris. Hare the for SBO.

there they run up to S2OO each. Add the |SO duties and transportation to New York and they will sell there at from $l5O to $250. Their originator argues that they will give an incentive o women to spend more money in will ra,se the « tandard sartorial taste. As if wealthy women needed to spend any more on dress than they do today! , drawba ck about the new md is the weight and size of the dolls, hey weigh about twenty pounds and a toy Pom weighs six, but the doll keeps still and the dog doesn’t Those t the 400 who lack muscle will take thelr jiqUs aboptintheir motor cars, only carrying them when they alight f °ra languid- shopping expedition. Those women whesetibefaxhimih in Paris, the favorttfed>bfi Vlettiog kings and lesser potentates, first appeared at the swagger restaurants with the dolls. Immediately the “high world” had to imitate the “half world." Proprietors York Bh °P 8 returned home with the bedecked dolls and the fad is on. London has already taken ng the craze. >