DOLLS FOR WOMEN

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1924, Page 15

DOLLS FOR WOMEN

'The craze of women in Paris for carrying dolls has taken a hold in Lon■Hon. Aj correspondent writing to the •"Daily Mail" says:—"l saw two extraordinary dolls being ' danced' around in hotel ballroom by two women. The owner of the first was dressed completely in white, but the doll, which was of the kind she might have played with when a child, was garbed in mourning of, black velvet. A tiny veil of widow's 'weeds' fell over the flaxen hair, and the whole effect against the white dress was rather startling. The other doll was frankly ugly. Its face was- long and pasty white; and the sunken eyes had a vicious glint. It was dressed in flamecolour and silver (presumably to offset her black dress), and the owner declared that the doll was a copy of an African god. Both women: carried their dolls in the crook of their left arm throughout the evening, leaving the other arm free for their partners. At supper the mourning doll, which was of considerable s>ize and must have been rathey heavy to carry for an evening, had a chair to itself at the table."