Some of these establishments were already furnished
according to estimate, with a view to the convenience
of Dolls of limited income; others, could be fitted on
the most expensive scale, at a moment's notice, from
whole shelves of chairs and tables, sofas, bedsteads,
and upholstery. The nobility and gentry, and public
in general, for whose accommodation these tenements
were designed, lay, here and there, in baskets, staring
straight up at the ceiling; but, in denoting their de-
grees in society, and confining them to their respec-
tive stations (which experience shows to be lament-
ably difficult in real life), the makers of these Dolls
had far improved on Nature, who is often froward
and perverse; for, they, not resting on such arbitrary
marks as satin, cotton-print, and bits of rag, had
superadded striking personal differences which allowed
of no mistake. Thus, the Doll-lady of distinction
had wax limbs of perfect symmetry; but, only she
and her compeers. The next grade in the social scale
being made of leather, and the next of coarse linen
stuff.
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