St Nicholas [serial] . READY FOR THE WEDDING-TRIP, LA MARTYRE,FINISTERE. grown-up people, Mother? There are so many Ishould think there might be one for children. A visitor standing near had evidently over-heard the question for she turned to them with 242 A CURIOUS MUSEUM [Jan, a charming smile, and said, addressing in English, but with the prettiest imag-inable accent: If Madame will permit me, / cantell her of such a musee in Paris, but very fewvisitors find it. At 41 Rue Gay Lussac, not farfrom the Luxembourg Garden, is the Musee de?Poupees—the Museum of the Dolls, she ex-plain
St Nicholas [serial] . READY FOR THE WEDDING-TRIP, LA MARTYRE,FINISTERE. grown-up people, Mother? There are so many Ishould think there might be one for children. A visitor standing near had evidently over-heard the question for she turned to them with 242 A CURIOUS MUSEUM [Jan, a charming smile, and said, addressing in English, but with the prettiest imag-inable accent: If Madame will permit me, / cantell her of such a musee in Paris, but very fewvisitors find it. At 41 Rue Gay Lussac, not farfrom the Luxembourg Garden, is the Musee de?Poupees—the Museum of the Dolls, she ex-plained to Margaret, who was listening are very kind to answer my daughters. FISH-GIRLS OF BOULOGNE AS THEY DRESS FOR FETE-AND WORKING-DAYS. question, said Mrs. Lindsay. It is as much ofa surprise to me as it is to her to know thatthere is such a place. And may we go there to-morrow? askedMargaret, her blue eyes sparkling and her weari-ness forgotten. Ah no! the lady answered. To-day isTuesday and it is open only on Thursday after-noons. You see; that is the time when ourschool-children can go there; Thursday is ourweekly holiday instead of Saturday, which I amtold is the holiday in America. Are the dolls very pretty and are there asmany as a hundred? demanded Margaret,eagerly. Oh surely many more than a hundred, saidtheir new friend. And pretty? Yes, some ofthem, but not all. It is more interesting to havethem different, like people, is it not? But please tell me, said Mrs. Lindsay, isit a private museum or a public one, and whoplanned it? Why, it was not planned at all. It came aboutin this way: some years ago it was decided toteach sewing in our French scho
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