European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The dolls remain in their underwear. Some of the doll owners Are still alive and they regularly come to Check on their babies she said. One lady comes to Cheek that the doll House she played with so often As a child is Kepi Baumecker Points out dolls with real hair Glass blown eyes and closets full at Well tailored clothes. Dolls Wilh lots of clothes Are Worth More and usually come from Rich families Baumecker says motioning to an entire display Caso taken up Fay a doll and her wardrobe. Although plenty of German dolls Are in the collection there Are also american Indian japanese african chinese Eskimo russian swedish French and English dolls. In one room a miniature theater nearly 100 years old with interchangeable scenery and cast members is displayed. The cast can be moved like puppets with wires from above the Slage. A three ring circus Complete with Lions igers and bears is featured in another room. Children can Purt a Button and make the lights come on and the stands Zolata some of the diffs even the oldest ones have moveable parts and can be wound up. Because of their age and frailty Thesa dolls normally Don t leave their Glass enclosures or move their Creaky joints. But once a year on the fourth sunday of Advent the museum allows children to breaths life into the dolls with the turn of a Rusly key or a pull of an old string. A major Force in the creation of the museum is Gertrud Rosemann Mother of four and an elementary school teacher who wanted to display har extensive doll collection to the Public. She regularly leads German Tours. A Large display in the last room is a Model of Rosemann and her husband s dream House Complete with bathrooms bedrooms a Library and even a Patio. Everything from Little hair brushes to vacuum cleaners gives he House a ived in look. Because of the expense of maintaining and adding to her doll collection the House will never he a reality. But the dream is Kepi up by Rosemann arid Tho other volunteers who update the House to Refl it the changing seasons Pult Rucj rows of Flowers in the Jiny window boxes or covering the scene with i anal of White col Ion for Winter. Tote Puppe museum is open to am to noon and2-5 p.m., tuesday through sunday. Adan san cos 2,50 Marks Lor adults and 50 pfennings Torch dry majors can wander through the museum atone each play is labelled Roj in German Only of make use clone of the Lour guides. Appointments must be made Loren Jyh speaking Tours by calling 0618186212 the museum is located in the Wilhelm bad Park two mites Northwest of Down town Hanau. Underground Tunnel. Wilhelm bad attracted 300 guests during its first year of operation in 1779 the popularity of us gambling Casino along with the spa flourished by tie Mineral water s source dwindled 00 years ago and attendance nosedive. N he 1960s, Wilhelm bad awakened from its Long sleep when the state of Hessen restored the old buildings including the Carousel. However bars were put around it o avoid damage to the horses. The area still is known Tor its year round Beauty and now for some modern recreational offerings. Renovated in 1969. The Park comedy theater actually Germany s oldest barn Type theater presents productions year round that Are broadcast on German television and radio. A sprawling Garden cafe provides moderately priced meals and other refreshments of is tors who can visit the nearby doll museum Pla a Lew rounds of Golf on the Large course or ride hoses around Ilia Park. The Wilhelm bad sports stadium attracts soccer and track and Field Competition a Park of All seasons Wilhelms offers ice skating during the Winter months wooden dolls Mark Entrance to museum near English partial Wilhelm bad a spa since the 18th Century me 16, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 15
