The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02
the fuIlness thereof, is it not moral les
son, with proper physical conditions2
Dorothy and Dolly.


I am going to let you just only wear
your nightgown this day. dolly, dear, an
put some water an some nice crackers an
cherry down low where you can eat 'em
all up your own self. Little girls mustn't
bother their mammas when their mammas
an papas is goin' to ole Congress. Not
any little small childrens must talk about
they wants to go too, cause Congress is a
place what's very bad for childrens to 60
to, an awful hard for mammas an papas
to stay away from. Ny papa said he
wouldn't go to one the leastest bit, an
then next day my really mamma telled
him she looked down on the floor Ct spose
she was Just a sittin' up ,betop of the
roof her own self an she saw him
standin' up as hard as he could for three
or six hours, an whole lots of other mans
was stand1n' up beround OF him. An nay
really mamma said my papa an all the
mans holded their mouths open most
every minute, an clapped their hands an
laughed an things when, nobody wasn't
talkin to them, an nobody didn't ask
them to come. My papa says they can too
come if they want to, an mans is just as
good as womans if their sleeves amt
so big, an he could get at the
Congress before the ladies is taxed all the
seats If she didn't make him be late cause
he had to stay home an put his little girl
to bed. Ny mamma says she Declines
to iscuss it some more, an won't
my papa just step upstairs an
bring her most prettiest hat, cause she
don't got no time. When everybody
gets gone me an Johnny Edison an
some more childrens is goin' to
have a nice Congress over to their barn.
Johnny is goin' to try an bring some pie,
cause they have pie an things. Con-
crosses is a feast, cause my really mamma
said SO, an if we can't get no sacred pie
spose rhubarb pie is most as good. We're
goin' to play circus an have lots of
fun, an ! guess I'd better put On your
things an take you along, too, my poor
dolly, cause Johnny says his mamma
says after the Congress let's out she's goin'
to take care of him. Some folks has been
sayin', "Come, let US with our children
live" an I guess we amt goin' to have
much more fun. If my papa wants to
come to our circus, it's all right, cause he
just only ties the ropes good an tight, an
says for US to go ahead, an sides, he
shows US how to turn summersaults, an
he don't say to be careful hardly any. But
if all our really mammas IS goln' to take
care of US we can never do nuthin'. l don't
want to be good little girl an sit in a
chair an have sore froat an headache,
would you, dollyP like to dig holes over
TO Johnny DdCk ydIu, al Soe Aty CioIueS
all tored, an have whole boxes OF cherries
an things, cause everybody is gone to a
Congress, an amt home to cook no bad
ole hot dinners onto a stove.
1 just only wish that really great, big
ole Congress didn't letted out so quick,
cause now I've got to go an be little
kindergarten child an rs stay ~, into into ole
all of us, cause when our mammas was
gone we piled up heaps an heaps of things
upstairs in 5ohnny's barn, an'-you
mustn't tell nobody, dolly, dear, but we are
got some nice matches hided out there, an
when our mammas an things was all gone
way just once more we was goin' to have
there, an we was goin' to take hold of
hands an dance all round it, singin' an
hollerin' an havin' heaps an heaps of fun.
Amt you really. truly sorry that ole Con-
gress letted out too soon, dolly, dear?