Dolls - Collecting

Another kind of doll collection that can be quite fascinating includes only dolls made and dressed to represent story-book characters: your own conception of the classic heroines of fairy tales, of Shakespeare's works, or of current plays and novels.

Some doll collectors specialize in rag dolls. Others favor dolls of wood, china, wax, plastic, or of some other material.

The best way to display your dolls is in a glass-enclosed case, so lighted as to display them to good advantage. Having them in a case will lessen the danger of an accident, keep them out of the hands of children—who, after all, have their own—and keep them clean.

There is an infinite variety of paper dolls that are easy and cheap to acquire. Paper dolls offer many advantages over other dolls, aside from their lower cost. Collectors of three-dimensional dolls are often forced to stop collecting them because there is just no more space for them in the home. There is no such problem with paper dolls; they can be kept in a scrapbook which will hold hundreds of them in less space than you would need for two dozen of their china, rubber, or rag sisters.

Harry L. Lindquist Publications, 153 Waverly Place, New York 12, New York, publishes several good books on dolls. We especially recommend Dolls; A Guide for Collectors, by Clara H. Fawcett. Hobbies, the indispensable guide for hobbyists of all varieties, is a good magazine for the doll collector.

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