Daisy, The Doll That Came to Life:
The Ladies Home Journal had been running Sheila Young's paper doll pages of Lettie Lane and her family since October 1908. Lettie Lane had a doll named Daisy. Then someone at the Journal had a marvelous promotion idea: they would offer a real Daisy doll as a premium to little girls who sold three subscriptions to the Ladies Home Journal. Daisy was offered in the March 1911 Journal; the caption read: "Lettie Lane Presents Her Most Beautiful Doll to Every Little Journal Girl." The little girls would send in three names and $4.50 and they would receive Daisy free. She was described as a fine bisque doll with lovely golden curls and real hair eyelashes: she had pearly white enameled teeth, and cheeks as pink as roses. Just 18" tall, she was a fully ball jointed doll. Her blue eyes would open and close. Daisy came dressed in a white muslin shift with blue trim on her bodice and belt; she wore white lacy stockings and white slippers. Patterns for the clothes show in the March 1911 Journal and for underwear were sent free with each doll.
In June 1911, the Journal an announcement was made that owing to the popularity of the doll, stock ad run out, but "orders were placed, and will bring a flesh supply soon. By October the editors were announcing "Thousands of dolls, fresh from the German villages where they are made are now in the Journal's offices ready for immediate shipment. Daisy and her costumes were featured in five different 1911 Ladies Home Journal.
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