The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-10
HOW BLUs1E BECAME A "pRIM"

Blusie wanted to be bad-think of
that She hated to be good, and she
despised 'prims." She told Paulina
so-close to her ear, in violent. whis-
per.
1t might have broken Paulina's heart
| to hear her say such dreadful things
only that she hadn't any heart to
| break.
Perhaps that is one reason why dollies
never do have heSrts--to save them
from suffering mental anguish when
their little mammas fly into a tempest
and say dreadful things to them. And
perhaps the reason. why dollies haven t
any nerves is to save them from suffer-
ing physical anguish when their man.
mas get into passion and throw and
bang them about.
Oh dollies. never wish to be alive!
You are better off as you are, without
life or feeling or hearts or nerves.
If Blhsie's dolly had had heart, and
then OF course she d had some brains to
go with it-well, if she had had, think
Blusie wouldn't have sa all the things
she did say to her. She would have
been ashamed to, for she said many
more cross, naughty things to Paulina
than have told you-oh! many, many
more. She said even more than usual
| lately, for Blusie was staying with some
very prim folks. She told Paulina they
were very prim folks" so we'll let it
60 that they were prim, though Inever
| particularly noticed it myself
Well, these prim people tried Blusie
dreadfully-so she told Paulina. And
when you are tried, of course you are
apt to feel cross and if you don't dare
say the cross things you feel to the big
folks, for fear of getting punished, who
else can you say them to but dolly?
That is about the way Blusie felt on
the su iect though she'd never thought
it al out in words, this way. She only
just felt it. .-.........
You see, Blusie's mamma was sick;
she had gone long way off for her
health, and these ''prim folks were
taking care of Blusie until her mamma
got well enough to come home again.
This morning Miss Gregory called
BIusie back after she had got clear out
to the barnyard to see the new little
calf fed. She said Nov, Blusie. come
right back and fold up your napkin.
and put it in the ring, and pick up
your bib-apron off from the floor, and
fold it and lay it over the back of your
chair"
That's why Blusie called Miss Gregg
ry prim-in dollie's ear. Just for that
little reason making her pick DIP and
put away her own things. u.
About an hour. afterwards the other
Miss Gregory found Blusie's hest sum-
merhat. trimmed with white rib bon and
white curling feathers, laying right on
the parlor floor 1t had Teen there all
night Just where Blusie had flung it,
when she came home from the matinee
the afternoon efore.
So the .other Miss Gregory" called
in Blusie. This time she was clear
across the street, in Annie Sutherland's
yard sitting under tree, playing have
party, with Annie.
Blusie was not used to picking up her
own things at home at all. She always
left them on the floor and Janet or the
mamma picked them up.
But the mamma had privately told
the Misses Gregory, before she went
away, that if they could, by any man.
ner OF means, break Blusie of this habit
of throwing her things around, she
would be very grateful to them. She,
the mamma, had neither the strength
nor patience to do it herself.
Well, Blusie felt very indignant to be
called in a second time that morning
just to pick something off from the
floor.
She flew into regular passion. She
snatched up that best hat of hers by
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of the stairs. aud just flung the hat up,
instead of carefully carrying it up stairs
and putting it away in the handbook, as
Miss Gregory had told her. to do.
Wasn't that shocking? her best hat!
Miss Gregory was even more shocked
than most people would be, for she was
not very much used to little girls, and
she never even heard of one like this.
But she did not scold; she just led
Blusie upstairs, made her pick the hat
up again and put it away in the band
box, and then she told Blusie she must
stay up there alone until she felt like
being better-behaved girl.
Blusie was very angry at first, and
that's how she came to be talking away
so hard to Paulina that morning-+tell-
ing her how she wanted to be bad, and
hated to be good, and all that sort of
thing.
But Blusie never staid angry very
long, and pretty soon she began to be
ashamed of all the bad things she'd
said to Paulina. She wished she had
not said them, and she was glad no.
body but Paulina heard her. So she
whispered in Paulina's ear: IL didn't.
mean any of the things l said to you,
Polly; l don't want to be bad; I'd
rather be good, and then we can go out
! and play, And l guess Miss Gregory