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NEW ART CRAZE
Everywhere in these days we see little
wooden pictures and statuettes, quaint in
design, gorgeous in coloring, and with a
pronounced futurist touch. It is the
new Figurene jcult, and consists o! cut
ting out figures in thin wood with a fret
saw, and painting them.
The fashion was started by a London
schoolgirl, Miss L. Apperly, who is known
as the 'Figurene Girl.' She began by
making Peter Pans, Sleeping Beauties, and
Crinoline Girls, and then fitted calendars
to her creations. Presently a workshop
wasr started, a staff engaged, and orders
came in so fast that, they could not be
executed rapidly enough. America, has
caught the craze, and hundreds of dozens
of these quaint wooden figures are cross
ing the Atlantic. ? , '
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