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There were musical comedies in the London theatres, with lots of gay tunes. My sisters used to go and see them and buy the music and play and sing them for their own pleasure. There was one very special one called The Geisha, and for a while Japanese things were very popular. One shop sold them in Windsor. They had brightly coloured paper fans, and dolls of all sizes in crinkly paper, the small ones with arms and legs just stuck between the paper, and a soft paper body. There were coloured parasols of many sizes and they all had a lovely strange scent which seemed to come both from the wrappings and the clothes. I was given one lovely doll dressed in a green satin kimono, with a wide obi or sash, and a bisque china face, hands and feet, but she must have been made in this country – she had not the right scent. But the very best thing I had was the programme of the play – it was made of crinkly rice paper with a fully coloured picture of a Geisha on the cover, and a red silk cord and tassel, and it too had the same unusual attractive scent.