So I gathered from the catalog PDF. Popular books for girls in that era were pretty nauseating all around. I also like how often the dolls are posed gazing beatifically upward at ... I don't know, I keep envisioning God from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

But the dolls--well, Elsie, at least--are very pretty--hence my dilemma.

Speaking of dolls, I've been meaning to ask where Beth Cady is from. She looks so familiar, but I can't remember exactly why ...