. The story of live dolls : being an account of how, on a certain June . hetreated her doll. Those who made thesweetest and tenderest mammas werethose who had taken the most lovingcare of their dollies when they werelittle girls. She wanted them to beginover, and see who could be the bestmother during the few weeks that fol-lowed. Then they all sat on the grass,and Dinah appeared with cunningglasses of lemonade and tiny sand-wiches, and they enjoyed this almostsnore than the lecture. When they 53 THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS had finished the Queen said good-by,telling them to enjoy each
. The story of live dolls : being an account of how, on a certain June . hetreated her doll. Those who made thesweetest and tenderest mammas werethose who had taken the most lovingcare of their dollies when they werelittle girls. She wanted them to beginover, and see who could be the bestmother during the few weeks that fol-lowed. Then they all sat on the grass,and Dinah appeared with cunningglasses of lemonade and tiny sand-wiches, and they enjoyed this almostsnore than the lecture. When they 53 THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS had finished the Queen said good-by,telling them to enjoy each other whilethey could, as this bliss was to last buta month. Only little girls with live dolls canknow of the happiness that was no uncommon thing to see dollsplaying ring-around-a-rosy andhide-and-seek, or jumping ropes androlling hoops. Janie never tired ofwatching them, and she and her pre-cious doll had many romps. Early one morning there was left atthe door a miniature invitation, whichannounced that a picnic was to be heldat the Doll Farm the next day. Janie 54. The dolls playing ring-around-a-rosy1 THE JVEW YORK PUBLIC ?FBRARY LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS» L THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS ran into the doll house to ask if theywould go, and found Dinah busy cook-ing for it. She had just finished thelayer cakes, which had been baked inthe lids of baking-powder cans. Theywere all iced, some with chocolate,others with plain white. A number oftiny square loaves of angel food andsponge cake looked so good that Janielonged to pocket one. Dinah allowed her to cut out thefried cakes with a thimble, and whenthey were a golden brown, she rolledthem in pulverized sugar until theylooked like a heap of white then made a batch of cookies, 57 THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS which Janie cut also. Next came alot of jelly tarts and apple turn-overs,so crisp they would undoubtedly meltin your mouth. Last, but not least, she made dozensof the dearest little baking-powder bis-cuit
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