the chase stockinet doll
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The
CHASE STOCKINET
DOLL
A Tradition in American Families
IF Stradivarius had made dolls,he would hove made The CHASE STOCKINET DOLL
2. It must "cuddle"; fit softly against the child's own body.
3. It must be "unbreakable" to withstand years of hard play.
4. It must be so designed as to develop in the child the use of fingers, hands, ingenuity and imagination.
Because it meets all these basic requirements better than does any other, the Chase Stockinet Doll is in daily use in the kindergartens of New York and Philadelphia, among a long list of public schools, in day nurseries everywhere, orphan asylums and childrens hospitals. Teachers College, Columbia University, recommends it exclusively.
Dresses Designed for a PurposeThe Chase Stockinet Doll may be purchased either
dressed or undressed. Chase dresses are, however, quite inexpensive, chic and exquisitely made.
A complete outfit for the Baby model consists of a white dress, slip, diapers and bonnet.
The Girl model is equipped with a dainty dress and bloomers to match, white slip, shoes and stockings.
The Boy model is dressed in shorts and blouse, or in overalls with blouse, and shoes and stockings.
All these outfits embody special features developed by Mrs. Gretchen Murray of Teachers' College as the result of experimental work in Columbia's kindergarten. They are simply designed with large arm holes, big buttons or snaps and are open all the way down the back. They are made of material that can be laundered easily by the child itself and they have other refinements that are essential to teaching the child to be deft of fingers and careful in the performance of its own toilet.
The Best to Buy for Any ChildThe Chase Stockinet Doll is a tradition among discriminating American families. Beau
tiful, loveable, practical, sanitary, washable, indestructible, the Chase Stockinet Doll is conceded by all authorities to be the best to buy for every child. This is the doll that generations of children have loved and will love for years to come. Handle it as they may, scrub it, beat it, throw it around, it will last longer than any other doll made. This we guarantee.
Are you looking for a doll that is really choice, that has beauty and a serious purpose in life?
Buy a CHASE STOCKINET DOLLNearly half a century ago, Martha Chase created her now
famous stockinet doll. She made it solely for her own children. But when she took it into a store to be fitted with shoes, the quick-witted shof> girl seized on it and gave it to the world.
Since then, Martha Chase's dolls have gone into every corner of the globe, into palaces and hovels. They have become museum pieces and collectors items. Mothers and grandmothers
How Chase Dolls Are Made
The manufacture of the Chase Stockinet Doll, from the first stroke of the shears to the last painted eyelash or lock of hair, is fascinating to
watch. It is hand made by trained craftsmen of specially woven stockinet, stuffed with clean, white cotton batting, till it has the natural life-like responsive body of a young child. It is painted with the purest and best paint obtainable and completely waterproofed so that it may be bathed at will, kept sanitary and perfectly safe for the child to handle. In fact the child can take it right into the tub.
The mysterious shapes and
How to Buy a Doll
If one is to buy a doll to satisfy the needs of the child rather than to gratify the pleasure of the adult, consideration must be given to certain basic qualities.
1. It must look human; be good looking but appealingly true to life.
2. It must "cuddle"; fit softly against the child's own body.
3. It must be "unbreakable" to withstand years of hard play.
4. It must be so designed as to develop in the child the use of fingers, hands, ingenuity and imagination.
Because it meets all these basic requirements better than does any other, the Chase Stockinet Doll is in daily use in the kindergartens of New York and Philadelphia, among a long list of public schools, in day nurseries everywhere, orphan asylums and children's hospitals. Teachers College, Columbia University, recommends it exclusively.
now hand them on refinished and reconditioned to the newest- generation.
The Chase Stockinet Doll adheres to the age-old tradition of perfection of design combined with the best materials and fine craftsmanship. It takes its place beside the works of Christopher Wren, Sheraton, Stradivarius, Cellini and the distinguished line of other masters. It is built for all times, not just for the moment.
forms which the shears cut out are quickly sewed into arms and legs, with elbows and knees and fingers and toes. They are then stuffed with cotton batting till hard and firm as flesh and blood.
The head also is made of stockinet and cotton. But the remarkable thing is that the delicate features are all so real and beautiful—raised like the features of a bisque doll, formed and hardened by a special process so that a child cannot crush them.
When finally assembled the doll is sent to the studio where it is thoroughly water-proofed from head to feet and then painted to look like a real girl or a real boy, with pink ears, smiling eyes, wavy hair, round cheeks and pudgy nose.
Dresses Designed for a PurposeThe Chase Stockinet Doll may be purchased either
dressed or undressed. Chase dresses are, however, quite inexpensive, chic and exquisitely made.
A complete outfit for the Baby model consists of a white dress, slip, diapers and bonnet.
The Girl model is equipped with a dainty dress and bloomers to match, white slip, shoes and stockings.
The Boy model is dressed in shorts and blouse, or in overalls with blouse, and shoes and stockings.
All these outfits embody special features developed by Mrs. Gretchen Murray of Teachers' College as the result of experimental work in Columbia's kindergarten. They are simply designed with large arm holes, big buttons or snaps and are open all the way down the back. They are made of material that can be laundered easily by the child itself and they have other refinements that are essential to teaching the child to be deft of fingers and careful in the performance of its own toilet.
The Best to Buy for Any ChildThe Chase Stockinet Doll is a tradition among discriminating American families. Beau
tiful, loveable, practical, sanitary, washable, indestructible, the Chase Stockinet Doll is conceded by all authorities to be the best to buy for every child. This is the doll that generations of children have loved and will love for years to come. Handle it as they may, scrub it, beat it, throw it around, it will last longer than any other doll made. This we guarantee.
Martha J. Chase
creator of the
CHASESTOCKINET DOLL
M. J. CHASE2 4 Park Place
PAWTUCKET, R. I.