European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Clothes drying tacks and Watt tube from 1840s below and a Tum of Uta Catt Tury i Kitchen measuring about 3-by-7vi of museum dedicated to dolls in Hanoi Vemta ski photo by l. Emmett Lewis or. There s blur of excitement and Awe As a youngster watched by muss urn Alda Marianne Wegener examines dolls placed in a Nook when children visiting the doll museum can play. Stories by Janet Howells Tierney staff writer Barbie and Ken can Trace their ancestral tools Back Aboul 2,500 years All Widau leaving Home. The Well known doll couple have resided win their forebears for nearly fou years in fhe Hessi Sches Puppen museum in Hanau Wilhelm bad Germany the Hessi Sches Puppe museum is Hessen s doll museum or the biggest doll House one will Ever wander through passing by the two Large Flaschen Holla Al the museum s Entrance a visitor May nol realize that the guard like figures arc a part of doll history. But. As wish All the Eye appealing displays in the museum each has a Story of is own meshed with history. The Flaschen dolls Dale Back to medieval limes when Farmers in the Berchtesgaden area customarily wrapped their babies tightly with bandages to make sure they grew up straight. There has always been interest in childhood especially toys and dolls says Marine Baumecker. One of 30 Volunteer guides who have been with be museum since is opening in 1983 much of Mankind s cultural history can be followed through dolls Baumecker said spreading her arms to encompass the cases that line each Wall. Dolls were used to instruct girls on How to run a household and to show boys How to be soldiers doll dishes Are often found with dolls. Some dolls found in children s Graves dating Back to 400 b a. Were found in Italy in what were once greek colonies you can follow Iho development o the modern Kitchen and How the furnishings and the style of living changed she says pointing to a Small replica of a 1700s cooking area. After the turn of the millennium there was a break in dolls akm Flaume Kef said. Dunn the Middle Ages children were seen As unimportant and dolls look on the physical Cha Roc Lens pics of adults she says motioning o a Case of dolls de used Only in the adult fashions of the Lime. Interest in children Rose again in the 18th Century and dolls began looking like babies again. Dolls were first made out of Clay 3,500 years ago and the museum has some roman baby figures in the first room 1 then people began hand carving dolls out of Wood Baumecker says in the 19th Century they were made aut of papaw Maceio using child labor. Each family made different doll party which i Wera la Ler fit dolls also were made Oul of Wax. Tin and China a Sample of each can he found in the museum. My first dolls were made Oul of rags Baumecker says. That was during the postwar years and there was t much else to choose the most natural looking dolls Are made of bisque which is biscuit Ceramic Ware left unglazed dolls made in this Way Are prize for obvious reasons she Maya pointing at the Rosy face of a baby doll that at firs glance looks alive. This Young lady will bake you a cake ii you Tell her what your Mavorite flavor is Bays Baumne Kef of a smiling doll wearing a chef s hat and holding a spoon Over a mixing bowl the doll is surrounded by a Kitchen that would accommodate even Betty Crocker if she Werf Only four Lee Tail. These twins As you can see Are dressed Only in underwear. The parents of a Sal of twin girls gave hem the Dot s hoping to interest hem in dressmaking Tho girls never did get interested so a Park for All Seasor the Beauty of Wilhelms and Park has delighted families for centuries and despite the Mineral Spring drying up 100 years ago Uwell known for ils recuperative Powers. Walking through the English landscaped walkways and watching the ducks Dunk for dinner in a Pond near a caste ruin can Calm the most ragged nerves. Widhelm bad was first discovered in 1709 when two women collecting herbs near Hanau Germany stumbled upon a Mineral water source. Prince Wilhelm von Hussen Kassel ordered the Kuxhaus and adjoining apart meals to be built in 1777. The stones for the buildings were quarried from the surrounding area leaving Homes that Wera hurried into Ponds. An artificial fortress ruin and an egyptian Pyramid also were built the nearby Fornal was transformed into a English Park which added to the spa s Charm. A Large Ca Rouse. Buil i in Rie form of an an Lique Roum Temple delighted the children of the Day with ils color tul horses and carnage. The Carousel was powered try determined donkeys hooked up in an Page 14 the stars and stripes tuesday i
