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Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 10,1984
Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Kisser
On Wednesday morning our
luxury liner the “Sun Princess”
docked at Fort-de-France, the
principal trading and shipping
center of Martinique. It is a small
island about 50 miles by 20 miles
and was probably discovered by
Columbus in 1493.
After an early breakfast, I took a
six hour tour of the small island. A
geologist from Oklahoma shared
the seat on the bus as we traveled
through fishing villages. The fist
nets were hung out to dry and the
small boats were brightly colored
so that a helicopter could spot
them in case they were lost at sea.
Many homes were made of stucco
and had only openings for windows
no glass but sometimes slats.
The school children all wore
uniforms the same as they did on
Barbados. We saw a few Jersey
cows on the hilly pastures.
We stopped in St. Pierre for
picture taking and were told that in
1902 the Mt. Pelee volcano erupted
and killed 29,000 people in three
minutes. One man, who was being
held m a prison pit, escaped and as
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One oddity was a lily tree whose
small branches were used to make
fences. Due to the climate, these
slender limbs took root and grew.
We saw fields and more fields of
bananas with each bunch covered
with a thin, blue plastic bag in
preparation for shipping. The
workers here are paid eight dollars
per day plus a bowl of food. Our
bus also stopped at a pineapple
field. This plant takes six months
to bear while a banana tree takes
nine months and then is cut down.
We were served lunch at a lovely
old plantation. It included a fish
paste on a large sea shell, rice,
chicken, wine and a flaming
dessert of baked plantain. On our
way back to the ship we saw
breadfruit trees, grapefruit and
lime trees and papayas growing on
the trunks of trees.
We enjoyed a late afternoon tea,
then an Italian meal and ended the
evening by watching an audience
participation program.
Wednesday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m.
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In addition to the workshop,
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and also their children. College
students have spent hours
arranging the furniture in the
small rooms during shows on
campuses. A bigger percentage of
the clients are adults rather than
children. Ray tells of people in
their 60s and 70s buying and fur
nishing dollhouses. Also houses
that have been around for years
are being redecorated. They
recently gave a 35-year-old
dollhouse a face lift because the
owner wanted it “ jazzed-up.”
The businessmen don’t feel that
it is unusual for them as men to
have an interest in the dollhouses,
and explain that their wives are
not involved very much. The
handcrafted homes are the fragile
and treasured investment of both
men and women. The shop sees
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just as many men as women
visiting the establishment. “An
awful lot of men come in with their
wives and are just as interested,”
smiles Ray.
Every project is as individual as
the client. “We try to do it the way
people want it done. We don’t try to
pressure people. If it doesn’t turn
out we’ll knock it apart and do it
again,” Ray says.
The partners work on several
dollhouses at a time, but don’t get
much ahead of the demand. It
takes around two weeks to actually
get a dollhouse completed. That
allows for the drying time. They
work with all types of wood and
don’t find it difficult constructing
the miniatures. Everything is
scaled an inch to the foot. The
carpenters admit that the work is
not difficult, adding that proper
tools are the secret to success.
Bill is a member of the Central
Pennsylvania Miniature Club. The
co-owners can be found at many
shows getting to know others with
the same hobby.
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Expansion isn’t in the picture.
They just hope to work at keeping
the inventory up. When business
slows they attempt to fill orders for
their own families. Bill is currently
carefully constructing a dollhouse
for one of his six children, five of
whom are girls. Ray has twins, a
son and daughter, and expects to
build one for his daughter.
They may be thinking small
when it comes to houses and fur
niture, but they have big hearts for
their work and clients.
“We’re not into this for a profit,”
adds Ray matter-of-factly. “If we
break even we’re tickled. So far
we’ve made expenses.” Adding
everything up it’s possible that
sometimes they may make 50
cents an hour.
The Holiday Dollhouse Works is
very proud of their craft and while
working for simple enjoyment are
fulfilling the dreams of children
and adults. It is a chance to never
grow old as you recapture your
childhood.
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