London, Dec. 23.
Mile La France and Mile Marianne, the beautifully dressed dolls which the children of France have given io our Princesses, are providing children with a new kind of entertainment these Christmas holidays. The dolls are holding a prolonged "At Home" in St. James Pclace where already over eleven thousand people have visited them. Grown-ups are as enthusiastic about this Exhibition as the young generation, for secing Mile La France and Mile Marianne and examining their exquisite clothes is as good as a visit to Paris to attend fashion shows by the greatest of French fashion houses, Bruyère, Worth, Lenvin, Maggy Rouft, Marcel Rochas, Agnes and Suzy and Rose Valois have all contributed to make of these dolls' trousseaux. a unique fashion display which, as an official has declared, could not be bought for £5,009. In euch an astonishing collection of tiny model frocks, coats, hats and lingerie some other miniature articles are to be overlooked.
The dolls have eight fur coats, dressing-table sets, writing cases, scent bottles and a Sèvres tea-service. Each has an identification bracelet ang wears on her right wrist a thin gold chain and plaque enamelled with the French tricolour and engraved with her name. A utile summer-house accompanied the dolls from} France. It is made of wood and has a thatched roof, and every few days fresh flowers are sent from Windsor Castle to decorate its room. At pre-
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