The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18

- NE afternoon Janet and her
Aunt Emma went downtown TO
see Santa Claus, who was visit
- ing for few days before Christ
mas at one Of the big depart
ment stores, and after shaking hands
with the jolly old fellow and seeing
his snow covered sleigh and reindoor,
Janet and Aunt Emma walked
through the doll department. where
Janet fairly held her breath in won
der and admiration, for no matter
where she looked she saw the most
beautiful dolls looking down at her
and smiling in a happy way until she
wondered which Of them Santa Claus
would put into her stocking.
While she was admiring them and
trying 10 decide which she liked the
very best, the brown haired dolls or
those with yellow curls, her aunt told
her they would now go over to the
hospital department and visit the lit
tie sick dolls And sure enough,
there on a counter Janet saw a great
snIz1Iy sick and wounded dolls of all
kinds piled in a cruel heap under
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Janet's little heart at once went out
TO the poor little creatures and whis-
pering cautiously TO her aunt so as
Tot 10 disturb the little invaIids she
asked II she might take one of them
home and put it to bed in her little
white doll bed, for she was sure she
could nurse il back TO health again.
80 aunt Emma and she looked them
over and what a sad sight to see one
poor doll with both china feet broken
Of and one with its nose broken and
one arm gone. Surely il must have
been a terrible train wreck to have
hurt so many dolls so badly
Aunt Emma picked up one who had a
dreadful rip in her side, and whenever
she was moved the least bit the saw
dust came pouring out She was a
pretty little girl doll, with brown curIs
and brown eyes. and the reddest of lips
and cheeks. Aunt Emma said she was
named Jennie and that she thought
Jennie would recover with proper
treatment.
Then there was another poor doll
with blue eyes and yellow hair and the
sweetest Of chubby. pink faces. Her
name was Susie and Janet liked her
very much. She felt badly when she
saw that Susie's arm was almost
OF and just hanging by thread. Aunt
Emma thought they could also cure
Susie.
Janet next discovered a poor little
colored doll named Topsy. whose kinky
hair was almost off and fell back re-
vealing a bald little head Janet was
worried for fear Topsy was too sick to
ever get well again and pulled her own
hair just once and decided it must
have hurt poor Topsy dreadfully to
have had hers pulled so hard.
Aunt Emma had the three sick dolls
carefully wrapped in medicated paper,
80 as not 10 run any risk of their get
ting worse. and Janet carried them
home and began at once to relieve their
suffering.
she aroused Mary Jane from the lit
tie bed in which she was sleeping and
sat her in corner. scoiding her for
being such a sleepy-head,. and then
went at her task Of getting the little
beds in readiness TO receive the little
patients just as soon as the operations
were over, for Aunt Emma said they
would all have 10 undergo an opera
ton.
After she had the three little beds In
a row. with the covers turned back,
Aunt Emma called her to help in the
operation on Susie. who would have to
take chloroform so that it would not
hurt so badly. So Janet held a piece
Of cotton under Susie's nose while Aunt
Emma carefully sewed Susies arm
back securely TO her body so neatly
that Janet could scarcely find the
stitches, and Susie was put to bed to
recover from the effects Of the chloro-
form.
Next came Jennie and after Aunt
Emma was sure that Jennie was sound
asleep. she took an instrument that
looked like a needle, only longer, and
sewed a piece Of chamois skin carefully
over the wound in the dolls side. Janet
then tied a bandage over the wound
and tucked Jennie snugly in her little
bed.
Topsy's wound was a little more diff
fcult TO heal. but after a moments
thought Aunt Emma said she had
some medicine in the library that she<
thought WOuld cure T1or,sv and eoor,