European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine never ending love is a Jim i Naples Dell doctor Luigi grass with one it his patients front the Lima i was a toddler my Lite has revolved around this Ospedale Delle Bamboo Dell s Hospital. By Alba Bragoli Mediterranean Bureau the tiny pat1lwts stare Al the doctor Wil Glassy unblinking eyes and timid smiles they Havu Confidence in a said Luig Grassi they know i m a Good doctor and i la Lake care of anything lha ails them. Missing arms broken noses even sever cd Heads i valued them All and never had a  like a Gulliver among lilliputian doll doctor Tassi moves about his cramped shop with measured gestures brushing Iho scratch on a patient s chock Here gently re arranging a mop of tousled hair there from the Lime i is a toddler my life has revolved around this Ospedale Delle Zambole doll s Hospital said the 5q-Ycar-ol j craftsman a s been in my a Arnicy for one Hundred years 1  to i dolls from my Farhet and my Grandfather but Iho Amore. The love sprung up of its at. N Accord and keeps growing " from his Little shop in irvi1 heart of Naples. Grassi t a i Luck gone rations of t a Tor  of people from Ceramic to plastic to the new angled electronic creatures. The shelves and the display cases Are Iho wads my Workbench is the operating room. Down the Stroot. In a storage room i have the Organ donor Bank. There along with she electronic and mechanical parts i keep the dolls with maybe Only one Good Eye or Arm. Then t match up the pal enl with Itie donor and there you go Good As now ready to be cherished Tor a song time to come said Grassi. Picking up a Chubby doll with a patched up leg whal Grassi likes to do Bosl is restoring antique dolls. When 1 can return an old dolt to us original Beauty i feel like i Nave accomplished a minor muscle like i be blown new Lite into her said Giassi As i work gluing Here and touching up there i can ust feel the vibrations of All the Little hands thai have handled he before a doll is such a Happy Lay " once 0 doll is restored it generally is returned to me owner or put up for Sale generally. There arc seme dolls i run a  Lime parting sunday. October 30, 19b8 with. Some i never do. The Anicic the love is Loo Strong. Then 1 take them Home and they become Parl of the family. 1 have old loves and Nev  Grassi said. Grassi s latest lame is an a Quisito 161h Century porcelain doll she has a Laded brocade Elf Vas embroidered with real Gold thread mailed tresses of real hair and a Chain of tiny Gold beads around her fragile an Cicil Nock. This one is iffy a grand old lady said Grassi her restoration must be Dona Veredis Crelly gently. One bit at the  then nothing s hurried in the dolls Hospital True to neapolitan i tradition Grassi s perception of time is related i open the Hospital around 10 or 11 a m and close Al 1 . Tor lunch. Then i Lake a siesta till around 5 and open Back up pm a couple of hours the Way 1 figure i hey need me badly enough they la conform to my visiting hours and won t Rush  Wilh one exception. Occasionally i la have a Little Girt who us can t wait to gel her cuddly companion Back then i la drop everything also. Even my siesta Lite got Itie Job done i unc Forsland How she Leelo m s the am orc. The  the stars and stripes Page 13