Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
DoIIy's Real Ilalksgiving.
by Mary h. o'donnor.

to go with mamma and Aunt Dorothy to
church. D fl :.
morning and were wondering what next to
do as they looked out the window peering
through the fog and drizzfpg rain. wishing
some one would soon come
Teddy must have been thinking of the
stories Aunt Dorothy hadTold them OF the
snow and frost In her country, and how the
children were all slagh riding or coasting
on this holiday, for he looked little down
cast, and said
Dorothy's home is, with snow to play In
and no wet rain to keep a fellow indoors"
ooh, answered Dolly, I'D rather have
oranges and flowers than snowballs and
frost on Thanksgiving.
asked Teddie.
.'Why, don't you remember what papa
told us? 1t is day to be thankful In"
Thankful for what?'. insisted Ted.
Thankful for turkey and puddingT
planned Dolly.
What other things?
ooh. just things-lets play something,
Teddie. -
with handkerchiefs."
mo; play school or store" said Dolly.
"Or Indian whoop-la!" And Ted gave
war Whoop that echoed around the room.
Hush, Ted! Perhaps papa is in the next
ROOM
'.That is all right He will think we are
thankfuling. But we can play cable cars.
You be a lady and will be the conductor.
Go and get your dress things on
So Dolly went to her play room and
dressed in her long skirt, which was clum-
silly tucked up around the belt In front, but
was allowed most deXterously to sweep the
carpet at its full length in the back. A
basque was worn over this, which. falling
to end at the waist line, was pursuing its
way to the heels but owing to peculiar
method of crss-cross buttoning was pre-
vailed upon to stop just above the knees.
The costume was topped on with daShing
flower garden of hat, and to complete all,
gloves, both long in fingers and arms, were
adjusted to the carrying of a Japanese UNI
brella that had several holes punched
through its gorgeous fabric
On returning she found Ted ready to as
sumo command of the car, with an old din
ner bell tied on his coat with which to ring
up fares.
Here's buttons for our money. I will
pay you big button and you must give me
back shoe buttons for change" explained
Dolly.
mot much" said Ted You get your
dime and will get my pennies, and we can
have real money to play with-thats more
fun
Come on, then" acquiesced Dolly, and
she led the way into the room Aunt Doro-
thy was occupying, and, getting her little
bank, tried to empty it of its contents. and,
finally, with the aid OF a long hatpin Of
Aunt Dorothy's, they succeeded in getting
out the treasure They were about leaving
the room when Dolly's sharp eyes caught
sight of small jewel casket containing a
number of rings and trfnkets
Just see what lovely things! If I was
only big enough to wear such things!" ex-
claimed Dolly. IL ID j.
why don't you wear one of them?" sug-
gested Ted.
mo, know I must not, without asking
Aunt Dorothy"
Put one on. anyway" tempted Ted.
Ladies on cars always have rings. You
can't hurt it. You wear Aunt Dorothy's
name, so I should think you could wear her
ring"
This was a very good argument, Dolly
thought. One side of her heart whispered
mo. no, Dolly" but the other side asked
why not?' So her little fingers selected
one Of the rings out of the box-a plain one
with two hearts Of yaricolored gold-and,
putting 1t ON, she said: H.
Il will borrow this one just for few
minutes"
With the aid Of some cushions and a stool
the big couch in the back hall was soon
converted Into cable. car, and, the con-
ductor was always sure of one passenger
on every trip. Several dolls and a feather
duster were added at different times, and
the car company was in a fair way of be-
coming rich.
They stopped at crossing to take on
papa's overshoes, but they got off at the
next corner because the lady told them not
to rub their mud on her dress. Then the
dog, PugZie, got on but he would not pay
his fare, and when the conductor boxed his
ears he barked SO loud that an umbrella
policeman jumped on and was. going to ar
rest them all. Just then the cat made her
appearance, and Pugzie forgot his man
ners. The cat made spring, and the con-
ductor, trying to catch the dog, stepped
into papa's silk hat that passenger Mr.
Brown, had been wearing, and fell head
long under the lounge. When he got on his
feet again he rang his bell fiercely and ex-
claimed:
Don't get excited! Only small acct
dent! Just ran over a man and four wo-
men! Please keep your seats!"
Very we'll, but don't let it happen again,
or will get out" said the lady passenger
Better stay right in, madam. You are
safer inside Accidents will happen" and
the conductor began collecting the fares
again.
But when he discovered the lady's money
had given out and the other live passenger
had disappeared after the flying cat he
thought they had better ride to the kitchen
and play squares"
The inanimate passengers were left to
right themselves as best they could, while
the conductor and the lady proceeded to
play their favorite game, which consisted
of walking backward over the lfnoleum ana
stepping on the black squares only Each
time they touched a red or white square
the game was lost. This was always great
fun but 1t did not last as long as usual.
for important things seemed to be going on
in the kitchen.
They were so glad they had come to
play squares, for they found the kitchen
redolent of spiced cake, cranberry sauce,
steaming pudding and the other things
which go to make that room the incest
place in the house on Thanksgiving day.
There were pies. pumpkin and mince, cool
ing on the window shelf. There was a
platter of cookies with cinnamon and red
sugar sprinkled on top, and tarts-oh, such
tarts-just smothered in jam.
All Wing was lost in the intricacies of
turkey dressing. Dolly was more inter-
ested in the pies.
Did you make some all covered with
holes?'' she asked.
1.-THE ideal How could they be covered
with holes?' laughed Teddie.
We'll 1 guese they could" she replied.
Just like the lattice on the porch. Couldn't
they, Wing?'
yep; ALA same closs-way like Jail win
dow" said Wing.
Say. Wing are you going to cook the
turkey now?" asked Dolly.
You talkee too much,' said Wing.