Monday, April 2, 1934

Went to school. Daddy took Pauline, Ruth Ray and I. I walked home with Ruth Ray. In the evening went skating.

Celluloid Kewpie doll

Kewpie dolls and figurines are based on comic strip-like illustrations by Rose O'Neill
 that appeared in Ladies' Home Journal in 1909. The small dolls were extremely popular
  in the early twentieth century. They were first produced in Ohrdruf, a small town in Germany,
then famous for its toy manufacturers. They were made out of bisque and then celluloid.
Another company later created the first hard plastic editions. Their name, often
shortened to "Kewpies", is derived from "cupid", the Roman god of beauty and – as Eros
 is the Greek version of Cupid – erotic love. This particular style of doll was awarded as
a carnival prize and often collected

Their creator, Rose O'Neill (June 25, 1874 – April 6, 1944), is buried in Springfield, Missouri.

Sunday, April 2, 1933

Went to church and Sunday school. Went over to Raiferts and played pinochle. I read the paper.

In connection with the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago ("the Century of Progress Exposition"),
the San Antonio Express and Evening News together with the Chicago Tribune cosponsored a
 Court of Honor Competition -- a photographic contest seeking "charming" girls who would formally
dedicate the Century of Progress International Exposition at Chicago on June 1, 1933. Fourteen other
newspapers nationwide, including the Kansas City papers, cooperated in the event, and many others
ran advertisements such as the one above and articles. Among the fifty-one who were chosen were
Julia Wiedenmann from Kansas City, Missouri and Isabelle Perry from Kansas City, Kansas.