A REAL DOLL!

     TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

                 A REAL DOLL!

   Today we're saluting a real doll! A

real American doll. Maybe not like

the beauties you see on the silver screen

and certainly no Barbie. But she's already

outlasted most of them and today is her

Birthday. It was on September 7th ., of

1915 that artist/writer Johnny Gruelle

patened the Raggedy Ann doll! As the

story goes his daughter found an old

rag faceless doll in her grandmother's

attic. Gruelle painted it's face and the

grandmother sewed a button on for a

missibg eye! Her  name came from

portions of two James Whitcomb poems, 

"The Raggedy Man" and "Little Oephand

Annie." So a very Happy Birthday to

Raggedy Ann! Hope all your NEWS is

good!

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