7RSHNDEXWLWKDVVDORRQV$FLW\ ZKLFKKDVVDORRQVFDQQRWKDYH DÀUVWFODVVVWRFNRIGROOVWKHPRUH saloons, the less dolls." 5HSHDWHGO\GROOVTXLHWO\ZHDYHWKHLU VWRULHVLQDQGRXWRIKLVWRU\²WKURXJK ZDUV²DQGHYHQSURKLELWLRQ Today large department stores are slowly disappearing. Many downtown stately department store buildings are being repurposed as apartments for inner-city dwellers. The Internet has made online shopping an all-too-easy option for consumers in this far-toofast-paced world. +RZHYHUHDFKZLQWHUWKHFLW\ RI'HQYHU&RORUDGRFRQWLQXHVWKH WUDGLWLRQRIWKH'HQYHU'U\*RRGV store's Annual Dolls' Tea Party at the historic Oxford Hotel. A long-time respected reporter and columnist for the Rocky Mountain News, Frances 0HOURVHSRVVHVVHGÁDZOHVVPDQQHUV DFFRUGLQJWRKHURELWXDU\LQ6KH hoped modern-day children would KDYHÁDZOHVVPDQQHUVDVZHOOVR LQVKHSOD\HGDPDMRUUROHLQ UHYLYLQJWKHWUDGLWLRQRIWKH$QQXDO Dolls' Tea Party. Inspired by the doll teas Ms. Melrose had attended as a FKLOGDWWKH'HQYHU'U\*RRGVVWRUH the Oxford Hotel teas follow a similar FXVWRPRIJUDFHDQGFKDUP7KH\KDYH become a much-anticipated annual KROLGD\HYHQW The Annual Dolls' Tea Party cups and saucers echo the charm of an era past. They whisper the timeless appeal of good manners and proper etiquette when the innocence and wonder of childhood could be found in a department store's magical tea room. (In appreciation to Neal Foster and Shirley S. Webber) Other department stores across the United States held Dolls' Tea Parties. This 1915 advertisement from Wiesseman's in Santa Ana, California, illustrated with Horsman's popular Grace Drayton-designed dolls, is surrounded by an article discussing prohibition and dolls...a curious perspective of the doll market vs. the liquor trade during that period of time.http://ufdc.org