The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-11-10

life that / never have. Now, / was
made Of leather. OF course was
stuffed and iointed at the proper
places, but / am stiff and awkward,
and I'm sure can't remember low
many heads | have had. They got
smashed one after another, and thea !
have to go without any head until
somebody gets me a new one. And
since can remember | never had a
head on me that was fixed up with
patent eyelids, SO could go to sleep
like other people. / have toalcep With
my eyes wide open | remember /
once had head that I could turn, SO
as to look over my shoulder, and l
have had plenty Of good hair"
Indeed you have said DAISY, al
most crying herself Il know l had
to send twice to the city to get q new
wig for you after you fell in the fire
and burned your hair all off. !"
"Well, | am not complaining about
hair, said Flossie, hastily, but I do
thinlzs it Is real mean that 1 don't have
the natural advantages that other dolls
do. Now, Alice wrote to me about one
doll that all you have to do was to put
key in her side and wind her up, and
she will walk off a few steps and stop
and say Papa, and then walk off a
few steps more and stop and cry, and
say Mamma, and then walk around
in a circle and come back to where she
started from"
Il don't believe it" said Daisy,
shortly
Its SO. And then doll made with
kid with bisque heads that look around
and wink because their eyes are made
movable, and they have changing
faces, and can laugh and cry just ac-
cording to how they feel. Then there
are others that turn around on stick
and sing, and they can throw up their
arms and legs like jumping jacks"
Now, you would look pretty throw
ing your arms and legs up like "a jump
ing jack, exclaimed Daisy; but Flos-
sic went on, imperturbably, there are
dolls that whistle, too, and clap their
hands and dance jigs, and I don't think
this is any kind of a good world to live
IN when one doll can do all such
things and another is just plain stay
at home country doll like me. |
haven't even got little weeping baby
doll, like Alice is going to have, but
then / suppose that is partly because |
never got married.
"Flossie Myrtle Walters" said
Daisy with great emphasis . if you
don't stop dreaming and talking in
your sleep I shall certainly spank you
and put you back to bed"
Ira not dreaming said Flossie,
Grossly: I did get a letter from Cousin
Alice Ill well educated dollies write
letters to their friends nowadays, and
if you loved me as much as you say
you do you'd get me little writing
desk and fit it up with pens and ink
and paper of the right size They
have them in the stores in the city,
What did Alice say in her letter?n
asked Daisy, beginning to waver lit
tse as she saw that Flossie. was in ear
nest
Il told you she said she was going
to be raarried, +" snapped Tlossie. She
went into society a great deal last win
ter. The city is no such place as this
poly old village, where there is never
anything going on but afternoon par
ties and early teas. They have balls
and receptions and real theatre parties
there There is one doll that has
regular theatre with an orchestrion
and real actors that move around on
wires, and there are nothing but pri-
vate boxes, and all the company go in
full evening dress, ladies and gentle
men both. And she met Mr.. Barry
Wells, he is the kingof the dude dolls,
and she danced with him ever so''
Now, Flossic Myrtle said Daisy,
warningly.
know as the city dolls really dance,
but they walk and promenade togeth-
er. And they met again this summer
at Saratoga, and he proposed and she
accepted him. He is awfully rich.
kLe has private yacht and racing
stable, and he is the president of
bank. They are going to keep house
Immediately, and he has bought the
house, and her mother is going to fur
nish it. She says she will have every
thing IN it that any other rich mans
house las, from the rugs in the vesti-
bule to decanters and glasses in the
buffers pantry
s'She wrote me all about her trous-
seau, too. Mr.. Wells has given her
beautiful engagement ring and is
going to give her q necklace for a
wedding present, but of course her
mother has to provide the trousseau,
and she has a dozen of each article,
from her silk stockings and kid gloves
to her lace robes de mutt.
''She is going to have three chill
dren. Now, ii I could only have
family of little ones, / could make my
self happy, even if I wasn't as rich as
she is, but | suppose can't have till I
get married, and I'm sure | don't see
how I shall ever make suitable
match until have some opportunities
to go out in good society. Her chill
dren will each have a negro maid, and
she says all the fixtures and arrange
ments of the nursery are as complete
in the new house as those of the par
lor. Each child has everything
baby needs, from nursing bottle to
silver spoon, fork and mug. Think of
that!
And when it comes to getting
ready for Christmas as I suppose all
good mothers are doing by this time
in the year -hore Flossie broke off
suddenly and looked sharply at her
little mother, who hung her head and
said nothing.
..Well, , said Flos.sie after a short
pause, when it comes to getting
ready for Christmas, as I hope all
dolls mothers will do in time, Alice
says that the shopping has begun
already. I'd Like to know what Kind
of a show a doll has to 60 shopping in
this village. 9
Now, Flossie Myrtle, said Daisy,
very sternly, I have listened to quite
enough. / have tried, as you know,
to be a good mother to you always,
bit if you will read fairy stories when
/ am not watching, and get yourself
into state of mind over things that
can't possibly be anything but dreams.
I don't know what I shall do to you.
The idea of dolls having theatres, and
writing desks, and nursing bottles,
and silk stockings Why, my mamma
says that when she was little girl