. New century speaker and writer; being a standard work on composition and oratory .. . PHOrO. B t MORRIfaON, CHICAGO THK MASK REMOVED. >HOTO. BY MORRISON, CHICAGO NO DECEPTION, NOW 1 HUMOROUS RECITATIONS. 245 brown silk dress, cause she expected MissDimmond to-day. Miss Dimmond alv/ayscomes over here to show off her nice things,and ma doesnt mean to get left. When masaw you coming she said, * the dickens ! andI guess she was mad about something. Masaid if you saw her new dress, shed have tohear all about the poor heathen, who donthave silk, and youd ask her for money tobuy hymn books to se


. New century speaker and writer; being a standard work on composition and oratory .. . PHOrO. B t MORRIfaON, CHICAGO THK MASK REMOVED. >HOTO. BY MORRISON, CHICAGO NO DECEPTION, NOW 1 HUMOROUS RECITATIONS. 245 brown silk dress, cause she expected MissDimmond to-day. Miss Dimmond alv/ayscomes over here to show off her nice things,and ma doesnt mean to get left. When masaw you coming she said, * the dickens ! andI guess she was mad about something. Masaid if you saw her new dress, shed have tohear all about the poor heathen, who donthave silk, and youd ask her for money tobuy hymn books to send em. Say, do thenigger ladies use hymn-book leaves to dotheir hair up on and make it frizzy ? Masays she guesses thats all the good the booksdo em, if they ever get any books. I wishmy doll was a heathen. Why, you wicked little girl! what doyou want of a heathen doll ? inquired themissionary lady, taking a mental inventoryof the new things in the parlor to get ma-terial for a homily on worldly extravagance. So folks would send her lots of nice thingsto wear, and feel sorry to have her goingabout naked. Then shed have her hair t


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