DOLL, a favorite plaything of children, found in variety of form and decoration. Most of the dolls found in the stores are made in the village of Sonneberg, in the Thuringian forest, Germany. Here the industry of making chil dren's toys can be traced back to the 17th cen tury, where the work of making them—as in other centres of the industry on the Conti nent —is divided among the various members of the household. Other villages in this vicin ity and some towns in France and Switzerland also export large quantities of dolls to England and the United States. The importation of dolls into England was at one time almost en tirely from the Netherlands, hence they were called ((Flanders babies)) There are about 40 doll manufacturers in London who make dolls of a superior kind. In France expensive life size dolls are manufactured. There are a num ber of doll factories in the United States, where of late years ((doll or bazaars have very popular. The phonograph doll, invented
by Edison, created great interest when it was first introduced. The interruption of trade from Europe through the Great War has given an impetus to their manufacture in the United States: in New York one factory has been established with a productive capacity of 7,000 heads a day. The doll is the 'oldest toy known and is found among all nations and tribes, even of the most remote antiquity. Mr. 'Edward Lovett, of London, England, has made remark able collections of those toys—one containing 2,000 specimens. The oldest in his collection Is one 4,000 years old, found in an Egyptian tomb, and another —a little broken image, with no arms or legs — is a relic of the Roman occu pation of Britain.