Studio: international art (26.1902)

Studio- Talk

of anatomy. It would have been better also to
have rounded off the tables and chairs, for
corners often cause nasty hurts. However, we
are grateful to Mr. Urban for showing us some-
thing novel.

The dolls exhibited by Wilhelm Pohl (Vienna)
occupy a prominent place. They are of all sorts
and sizes, from the most primitive to the most
advanced of Secessionist. I fancy most girls
would prefer the mean between these two, for lady
and gentlemen dolls are not, as a rule, favoured
by children, for the simple reason that in real life
they stand more or less in awe of a lady or gentle-
man. Some of the dolls shown are dressed in the
different national costumes; and these, too, are
also instructive. Then there are modern wooden
horses of a very advanced type, and many other
interesting toys.

Very interesting, too, are the honey cakes, which
from time immemorial have been so favoured by
children. Their English equivalent is ginger-

the hagenbund's exhibition arranged by j ^ fe bg ^ fashion tQ commemorate

of "art in child life : heinrich leffler

corner of a day nursery and j. urban

great historical events by baking honey bread,

as are the carpets and
other appurtenances, in-
cluding the walls. But an
English mother would
think twice before having
her baby's cot built high
into the wall as a sort of
continuation of the decora-
tive panelling, while the
drawers and shelves under-
neath it would at once con-
jure up thoughts of dust;
and dust must be avoided,
and more especially so
where children are con-
cerned. The day-nursery
is very pretty and attrac-
tive, and for once every-
thing is in its place. But
the normal child would
soon tire of so much order,
and the boy would be glad
to hie to his lame horse
and the girl to her hard-
used doll, in the destruc-
tion of which they have child's cradle and doll tyrolese, 13TH century
already begun their study (From Dr. Vigdor's Collection, Vienna)

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