Flora and Edith's Home.

Flora and Edith were the two little china head dolls that accompanied my paternal grandmother and her slightly younger sister when they were packed off to boarding school in the early 1890s. The dolls were compulsory school equipment each girl was required to own. Part comforter and part sewing equipment, a china head of 7 inches or less in height was the only personal toy allowed. They were used to teach the girls at the school about basic sewing and dressmaking, as each child created a large wardrobe for her doll.                                       Flora belonged to Grandma, Maud Beatrice, known as Beatrice .                                            She is the smaller of the two dolls at a little over 5" tall.                                                                        Edith belonged to Great Aunt Agnes Mary, always known as just Mary .                                                                    She is just 6" tall. When they