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vrHE^SAN^FR ANCf SCO; CAtife SATURDAY; JANUARY 22, I'HO.— THK JUNIOR CALD
DOLLY AT THE TOY HOSPITAL
WHKN Mi«s Holly is 111 It la neces
sary that she should be taken'
care of Just an much as it she
w«;ro a human being, for, like other
people, If she i.q nnto t looked after at
once she Is sure to got very much
worse very speedily nn<i to have a very
bad time of It Indeed. So that l« why
It la necessary to have doll hospitals
where skilled doctors and surgeons and
kind nurses who understand all about
tin? Ills that dolls are heir to are ready
to do everything In their power to
restore the patients to perfect health.
A dolls' hospital 'la so much nicer
than any other kind of a hospital that
really it is worth while to go to one
to see how much belter dolls do things
than we human beings, with all our
boasting.
Very few dolls have anything the
matter with them' which may not be
cured by surgeons. When a doll goes
to a hospital' it is usually because she
has broken an arm or a leg or perhaps
even her neck;. but medicine, of course,
would be of no. avail in such a case, and
so the surgeon -is immediately called
In. Dolls almost never 'have measles,
mumps or bad .colds, and so pills and
torrtes are practically unknown to them.
One of the most ordinary ailments in
a dolls' hospital is the loss of the eyes.
A dolls' hospital always has oculists
oh tho staff, and when a poor doll who
can not see ia brought in by the,ambu
lance the oculist Is at orice sent for.
.Then the oculist examines Miss Dolly
and discovers that the poor thing can
not see because her lovely eyes have
ABOUT COMMON THINGS
FROM FLOWERS TO THE PERFUME BOTTLE
GUSSIE P. DU BOIS
NOW. and then an artist paints for
us. r&ses *or violets so real
that they seem to bo grow
ing upon his canvas;-^ yet there Is
always one thing lacking. The soul
of the (lower, the rare odor, is
not. there. How can we preserve that
which we can neither- see, taste nor
touch? It is a very prosaic fact, but
it Is true that this airy sprite, per
fume, prefers to travel in a lump of
fat. We may strive to forge chains
line enough to bind the odor of the
violet ior enslave the breath of the roses
and they will still slip from our grasp;
but the most subtle will yield when
shut into this safe keeping, and we
may send it whither we will.
The flower farmer, who raisos his
blooms for perfumo, must bo up and
afield to gather the fragrant petals
before the sun has withered them.
They are carried to the factory by huge
hagketfuls or in large bags. Here
plates of< glass have been spread with a
film of iliH-ly purified fat, and on this
fat the petals* are lightly spread in
thin layers. After a time, which, ac
cording to thu nature of tho flower,
may be shorter or longer, the odor de
serts the petals and becomes allied with
tho fat. The wilted petals aro then
gathered up and thrown aside, and a
fresh supply is spread on tho fat until
it is saturated — that means will hold
no more. This fat, which holds in
prison the perfume, tho soul of the
llowor, Is known as pomade, and in this
Id rni is sent to the manufacturing per
fumer. Now, how do you .suppose he
makes this greany substance into the
delicate perfume that tills the bottles
on lila sh<-lvt.s? It is very simple. X'ut
into sniiill rubes find put into alcohol,
the odor having first demoted th« flow
ci- f<,r tho fat, now leaves the fat for
t!i»- iiloohol, awl .the result J» extract.
Koinetlntei perfume is obtained by a
Mlitvhllv different method. Water is
jiouifd over the dowers and fat; then
':\u25a0:•; li'jtkis lli* 1 , water into steam, and
.-•\u25a0('.\u25a0!( is cuiukn.sed l>y cooling It; the
vanished quite down Into her head, for
almost always when dolls have trouble
wllh their eyes It "ft because the r*ye.i
have fallen down insldo the head.
Usually when this hftppens nothing can
be seen of the missing eyes, but a
melancholy rattling which tells what
has become of them can bo heard from,
the Interior of the head. The oculist*
and the Burgeon then set to work and
tako off MISB Holly's beautlftil hair 'ami
a part of her head and then fish out
the eyes which have fallen down. If
Miss Dolly Is Rifted with the power of
closing her eyes or- of turning them
from side to side It Is usually neces
sary to get her an entirely new pair
of eyes, and sonieti-m.es this has occa
sioned n great deal of difficulty. Some
times oculists and surgeons have not
been as careful as they should have
been about selecting Miss Dolly's eyes
and she has been changed from a blue
eyed beauty to a brown eyed ono while
in the hospital. This is sometimes most
distressing to an affectionate mother,
but at other times it seems to- give a
great deal of pleasure to the relatives
and friends of "the altered beauty.
If a doll is undergoing this treatment
for the eyes it : takes about three days
to complete It; that is, if the treatment
is for a doll 'which moves its .eyes.
The eyes, which are fastened to a cross
piece to which a weight is attached, are
set into their place with plaster, of
paris and this is allowed to dry, and
the eyes are loosened several times
until the movement is perfect and the.
eyes are. at the same time firmly held
in place.
When Miss Dolly plays too violently,
which frequently happens after Christ
mastime, she is : apt to have a good
deal of. trouble with her neck, and then
it is necessary to remove her head tem
porarily to see what is the matter and
remedy the ill. Very few little girls
would endure having their] heads re
oily substance thus obtained is called
otto.
- When the odor is confined in the
skin or rind of fruit the oil 'ls secured
by" subjecting it to great, pressure, :.
Some . odors are said to be volatile.
The exact meaning of that word is
like a winged creature, that is, restless,
ready for flight. In tlvts case a com
panion is brought to st&y its flight, and
the companion is known as a "fixed"
holder. Fixed odors are good com
panions to keep others In captivity,
but are seldom or never . used alone.
The principal ones aro orris, tonka,
vanilla and benzoin, and three animal
substances, civet, musk and ambergris.
Orris Is the root of the Iris; the word
is a corruption of iris. Tonka is the
seed of a treo. Vanilla comes of the
seeds of the vanilla plant; we know it
well in candy and Ice cream. Benzoin
is a gum from the benzoin or Benja
min tree. /
Musk Is the most important of all the
animal substances used In perfumery; it
1h very expensive, $25 and even $30 an
ounce, but its great strength balances
the price. It lasts longer than any
other known odor. Its strength makes
It very disagreeable when used alone,
yet, strange as it may seem, It Is diffi
cult to detect It when blended even
with the most delicate odors. Civet is
a secretion of the civet cat. Ambergris
is llttlo used now; it is a secretion of
the whale, and Ik found floating In the
ocean. \The num.; comes from the color,
umber-grrls — gray amber.
Aft«r all our efforts, many of the
(lower souls evade our grasp, and here
is where the modern perfumer exhibits
his skill. We know that in painting',
all the colora are produced by mixtures
of red, yellow and blue; it, has been
found that odors are also grouped into
a f»>w classes, the individual members
of which resemble each other. 80 when'
ono refuses to come ut his bidding, the
perfumer combines two or three al«
ready in his possession and succeeds
ho well that we rarely detect the trick,
played with our noses.
J<'or Instance, heliotrope has a fra-
Ki'iince rt^i'inbliiu; . vanilla combined
with lli«' sharper fccent of bitter ul
moved as quietly an does Miss Dolly.
She undergoes it all with the greatest
composure, and sits placidly waiting
without a particle of impatience until
the surgeon Is roady to fasten on her
head ap:ain. The result of all this calm
forbearance on the part of Mian Dolly
is that she never loses flesh or groves
pale while she is In the hospital, as
other persons do, but comes out after
a most severe ordeal as plump and rosy
as when she went In. \u25a0
Another very interesting phase, of
life In a dolls 1 hospital is to see Miss
Dolly having her arms and legs re
stored. If the difllculty with the arm
or leg Is not very great, then It is
treated by poulticing the damaged limb
with plaster of parls, which soon heals
tlie wound. If a serious break has oc
curred, then it is necessary to supply
an entirely new limb. \u25a0 There are rows
and row« of odd arms and legs hanging
from the shelves In the dolls' hospital,
and it would be perfectly natural under
the circumstances for Miss Dolly- to f
have some little curiosity to see what
sort' of a new arm or leg she was
about to have chosen for her., Almost
any little girl would be looking around
trying to choose an arm or a leg for
herself, because it , was long or short or
fat or thin or shiny or otherwise.. But
Miss Dolly is much too polite to act in
this way. She is perfectly convinced
that the d y octor will pick her out. the
very best possible kind of a leg or arm,
and she never once turns her, head or In
any other way shows her curiosity
while the new leg or arm is being
chosen. Sometimes, when there has
been a great deal to do in the dolls'
hospital, legs and arms that didn't at
all match have ; been "' chosen for Miss
Dolly,, but even under these trying: cir
cumstances she has kept perfectly quiet
and has waited until the doctor or the
nurse has found out the mistake.
Often when Miss Dolly has been hurt
monds; so he blends the two, adds
enough rose and orange 'flower essence
to give sweetness, and we have helio
trope perfume. Lily of the valley, .
honeysuckle, 'myrtle and clove pink are
usually combinations.
Of our odors about 60 per cent are
obtained from flowers; the other. 10 per'
cent are continuations. Careful experi
menting-lias enabled, the modern per
fumer to make rare and skillful crea
tions; while your violet wafer is not the
,odor from crushetl violets, yet his.care
ful and exact blending produces the
same effect as that which' is brought
to your nostrils by. a violet bed in full
bloom.
''Prance leads all . countries in flower
fanning for perfume, with its acres on
acres of violets, mignpnette and cassia.
Nime.s Is famous for- Its rosemary and
thyme, Nice for its violets and Sicily for
bergamot. England grows lavender that
Is worth four times* as much in ,the
market as any other and also very fine
peppermint.
The priceless perfume, attar of roses,
comes from the far east, Asia Minor
and in Turkey along the foothills of
the Balkan mountains, Most elaborate
caro is taken in its preparation. The
petals are gathered before sunrise, and
100,000 roses yield only ISO grains of
the attar, or 100 pounds of rose leaves
yield only about three teaspoonfuls, ho
there is very little real attar of roses
In the market, as It sells for a dollar
a drop where it is made. ,
The ancient Egyptians used perfumes
as well as oils in anointing kings and
in preserving the bodies of the. dead
and scented oils were everywhere nued
in the baths. They were very-skillful
in making these perfumed oils. In a
museum in England there is a specimen
of ointment over 3,000 years old which
still retains an odor. The word per- ;
fume comes from the Latin "per," from,
and "fumas," smoke, and the first per
fumes were made from wood or aro
matic gums, which in burning gave off
agreeable odors. \u2666 •
His Name
"Owen Kluiiiiagiin! Are you Owen
Plannatfun?" said the clerk of the
court. j \ii') . ;
"Yes," replied the prisoner, witli a
merry twinkle Iv his eye, "I'm owln'
everybody!"
In an automobile accident she not only
breaks her limbs and loses her eye
sight, but she knocks out some of her
beautiful pearly teeth oa well. And If
dolls eat too much candy", as they do
during the Christmas season some
times, they are apt to suffer for It just
as little girls do. Then of course they
aro obliged to go to the dentist — and
there Is always a dentist for them in -
the dolls' hospital.
Here again Miss Dolly has an ad
vantage — oh, such an advantage — over
poor hthnan beings, for she never has
to get her teeth filled as we do; she
simply has her "hair removed andjjfaj
part of her- head and then the dentist
takes out ; her old set "of teeth which,
have been broken and puts iir a beau- '
tiful.new set, which he neatly "fastens
In with, plaster of paris, so that they"
stay forever. Then the top part of the
head Is put back; and the hair is, put
en, and there you are. No gold bands
on . one's teeth to '.'straighten them.' no "\u25a0';
grinding and , lining .and troubles of
many sorts. Certainly- It would be :
much, better if every one could have a»
dentist-like- Miss Dolly^s. , v J -,'
Game of Conundrum Auction
This ""game is "prbvdca tiye'; of 'much \
fun and Is a very good one to break up
;any feeling of stiffness that may exist
at the beginning of the evening./
.Select a talkative and jolly person,
as auctioneer., and have "your articles
wrapped up in such a way as to.com
pletely! disguise their character. Each
player should be suppliedwith a num
ber ,of beans to represent money,
wrapped in a Japanese paper napkin,
and.,, that is to represent his whole
wealth. The articles. auctioned off are;
sold to the highest but if one
bids too high for one article he is more
or less crippled in his bid for the
next. As an article is "knocked down"
to a bidder it must be, opened for the
company to see, and as your! articles
aro chosen with this in view it is easy
to see.', the laughter that will follow.
The Articles should be merely trifles,
with, an occasional "find" to stimulate
the excitement of bidding, and written
catalogues in conund^m form, without
tho solutions being wTitten, add to the
fun and give scope to the auctioneer, as,
you . will see when he lias excelled
himself In praise of a "bit of old'lace,"
which, when purchased and the pack
age opened, resolves Itself Into a shoe
lace. Here Is a list of articles and
the conundrum catalogue.;
A bit of old lace— shoe lace,
' A portrait of her majesty Queen Vie
torla— an KngllHh copper penny."
Study in black and white- — chalk and
coal.
Souvenir of the wedding duy— - rice. '
The traveler's guide— time table.
A fruit of disobedience — apple,
A letter from Hados— ll.
A marble group— several marbles.
A pair of slippers— bit of orange peel
and banana .skin,
A mighty weapon— a pen.
'A bit of Indian Jawe?ry — a bead
bracelet.
The first American — cent with In
dian's head.
The most honored American—postage
stamp with head of Washington.
A new writing machine— h new
pencil.
Knitileni of confidence— sealing wax.
ilawthorne'H masterpiece-^Letter A,
painted scarlet.
Th# way to v girl's heart — flowers or
a box of candy.
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