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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1907
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THE BEAUTY NOOK
Alice Neiger
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DOLLS AND CHRISTMAS GO TOGETHER---and this doll with
her golden curls and golden harp seems to symbolize the hap
piness of the season. She’s one of more than 8,000 dolls in
the Samuel F. Pryor International Doll Library, Greenwich,
Conn. The Doll Library may be visited by appointment only.
Because we realise how much our success
is due to you, we are most sincerely appreciate
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Lore and Legend Express
Happy Mood of Season
From home to home, from
country to country, Yule cele
brations abound.
The happy
traditions of gift giving, home
decorating, carol singing, card
sending, candle lighting and tree
trimming express the merri
ment of the season.
Popular folk customs of na
tion after nation have been ab
sorbed into the international
legend and lore of the Yule-
tide. Yet virtually every na-
tion--and every home and fam
ily, too--has its special way of
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celebrating Christmas, and its
special memories ofChristmas
past
Carrying in Straw
Straw is a traditional part of
Christmas celebrations inSwe-
den--in probable remembrance
of the first Christmas when
there was straw in the manger.
While “carrying in the
Christmas straw”is a tradition
rather than a modern custom,
Swedish people still make straw
and wooden figures to hang on
their Christmas trees.
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"It’s flm to get a doll for
Christmas."
This statement comes from
a real authority, who is a for
mer Marine, a world traveler
and international airline exec
utive--and who is also a man
who has more dolls than
anybody except Santa Claus)
Collector Samuel F. Pryor is
th«* founder of th«* International
Doll Library in Greenwich,
Conn., where more than 8,000
dolls ar«* gathered in fabulous
variety.
Begun in 1953 when he in
herited 300 dolls from a friend,
th«* still-growing collection in
cludes hundreds of dolls
searched «nit by Mr. Pryor him
self, and it has also been aug
mented by gifts from some of
th«* thousands of visitors to the
Doll Library--hence Mr.
Pryor’s personal knowledge
that a doll under th«' Christ
mas tree is truly a source of
delight.
The Doll Library, so named
because every doll lias a story
to tell, is attractively housed
in a 1792 barn, remodeled to
providt* appropriate sittings for
the dolls.
Visits to the Doll
Library are by appointment
only.
Here, there are antique dolls,
historic dolls, craft dolls, reli
gious dolls, dolls of every land
and every era. The dolls in
deed have much to tell to the
serious student of world his
tory and world civilization.
But to Mr. Pryor, the impor
tant thing about the dolls is
that they are objects of affec
tion--cherished by little girls
waiting for Santa, and by ev
eryone who loves dolls, to play
with and admire.
Along with their legacy of
love, the dolls bring a record
of mankind’s ingenuity.
Among the antique dolls in
Mr. Pryor’s collection is a
19th-century beauty who turns
her head, flutters her eyelids,
heaves her bosom and plays a
lyre, to the tune of a hidden
music box.
>ther dolls in the
Many
Pryor collection make it plain
that mechanical accomplish
ments are by no means limited
to the dolls of today. For in-
stance, a group of early Ameri
can dolls includes the "Auto-
penpatetikos’’--a walking doll
patented in 1862.
Another kind of ingenuity is
manifest in the craft dolls,
lovingly fashioned by thought
ful hands from virtually any
and every convenient material
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Among them are "Mr. and
Mrs. Crab,” dolls with faces
made from crab claws. These*
do-it-yourself dolls were fea
tured in "Godey’s Lady’s Book"
for May 1867, with illustrations
of Mr. and Mrs. Crab and "how
to" instructions.
Among the Library’s little in
habitants, dolls of other lands
form a miniature United Na
tions.
A turbaned Brazilian
dancer, a Spanish matador with
cap«* and sword, a Japanese
geisha, a Belgian lady, a Ger
man tourist, an Arabian desert
prince, an Argentinian gaucho--
the list Is seeming endless.
Differences may divide na-
tions—but not in the Doll Li
brary. Mr. Pryor’s dolls get an
opportunity to enact th«* holiday
spirit of peace and good will,
all year.
As a pastime, he
likes to bring dolls of many
nations together in friendly
groups.
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while St. Nick rewarded good
children with gifts, Pelsnickie
had the unwelcome task of pun
ishing naughty boys and girls
with “gifts" of lumps of coal
and switches.
The Doll Library’s Pels-
nickle sports Santa Claus
whiskers, wears a coat of
shaggy fur and holds a bundle
of switches.
While Pelsnickie and
switches are usually asso
ciated, a study of Christmas
lore reveals that in earlier
legends he traditionally carried
a birch cane, says Mrs. Jun«*
Anderson Douglass, whose
responsibilities as curator of
the Pryor Doll Library include
researching and cataloguing
each doll.
Like St. Nicholas, Pelsnickie
was a European figure, known
primarily in Holland and Ger
many. He came by his name
very logically, since he was
generally believed to wear a
a fur coat. “Pelz" is theGer-
man word for fur.
Today, the custom of having
Pelsnickie appear at Christ
mas time is still observed in
some Pennsylvania Dutch
homes, according to the editors
of The New Book of Knowl
edge.
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