Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-13
THE WEDDING OF ARABELLA
GERALDINE BROWN TO
ALGERNON ST. CLAIR.
BY MIRIAM WILLETT.

I I've just been as busy as could be this
week. Rose-getting ready for the wedding
| Of my Arabella Geraldine. She Is going to
| marry your Algeron, you know-now, don't
| look surprised-pre tend you knew 1t all
! along. Mamma said l might come over to
| ask you to come to my house and stay all
day. Bring every single doll you have, and
all your doll clothes, and your doll carriage,
| for we're going to have a grand wedding
under the apple tree"
"Oh, what fun! I'll ask mamma But 1
never have been to a wedding; / won't
know what to do
| "I'll show you'll was flower girl at Aunt
Miles wedding just last week, and 1 know
just everything to do
| About half an hour later the two little
girls were sitting under the apple tree with
all their dolls, all their doll clothes. all their
doll carriages, doll organ, and an array OF
empty flower pots.
We must get the invitations off first
| said Gertrude, the mother OF the bride.
| Here are some scraps OF paper, Wen just
scribble on them and fold them up like en-
| velopes, and put them in the hollow of the
oak tree, that's the post office. Now that's
done. l am so relieved to get that off. The
| wedding will be in two weeks-of course
that means this afternoon Now for the
| dressmaking. Well have to be different
| things; I'll be the dressmaker and you be
| the taiior-for you can sew man dolls
clothes better than l"
| I've brought over an old coat of papa's
| to make Algernon new suit
yes but let's call it imported broadcloth
that sounds SO well. Arabella is to have
white satin dress. 1t is almost made, see?
! It's really from skirt lining of ma NINA S,
| but l think 1t looks fine-with this white
veil over it. She must have shower bou-
quet, but we won't do the decorating till
| the last thing
coats before, because Algernon has always
| been a little boy-and has worn kits most
| always"
| bella Is really only three months old. but. Of
| course l pretend she Is twenty-one years
old That is just as old as my Aunt Mile
| My grandmother was married wnen she
was only seventeen 90,
| 'How do you think Algernon looks!
ooh, just like Uncle Fred! Those long
| tails are fine they cover where the trousers
are kind of baggy, and isn't this white vest
IT am going to make him little white
I'VE must dress the bridesmaids and
flower girls now. They will be in pink
tarIatan' IN do that while you dress the
| minister Oh. and you must dress the
| father who gives away the brioe.
| .Well. I'll have to hurry-l'm glad papa
coat has enough cloth in It, guess =
dress my bald-headed Lucilla up Tor uhe
| minister Our minister has bald head.
| doll dressed as a widow. There was a
widow at Aunt Miles wedding-she can De
the brides cousin - aou
Are you going to let the Japanese oon
| Gomez" A.,
| "Oh, yes, he will be foreign prince. NOW
about fixing up the church The minister
will stand here in front OF the crotch OF
| this tree. The crotch is the pulpit. ana the
minister always stands in front Of the pull
nit Well decorate 1t all over with mowers;
| Dandelions will be chrysanthemums, ana
daisies will be marguerites. linen we we VII, WIN
get syringas for orange blossoms The or
| gan We'll put right here. and Alicia Jean
| nette shall play the wedding march. we
| might as well begin to fix things; lhese
| flower pots turned upside down Will be the
seats for the guests; we can prop s1isah ~, ny
! on them. You must speak for the bride ana
Leroom and I'll speak for the minister. AFTER
every sentence 1 say you must say 4 40.
Now there's the dinner bell. After dinner
7 wen come out and have the wedding. III
| just pick up some of this rubbish. l.,
| After dinner the grown folks Were all m
vited to view the wedding from affair." Tne
bride had a shower bouquet and looked very
| regal in her trained gown. The doll guests
sat In easy and elegant attitudes on the up,
| turned flower pots. Inc minister oiu
| "Algernon St. Clair. do you take Arabella
| Geraldine to be your wife-no-your. "eooed
wfe?'
II do"
| "Arabella Geraldine, do you take Algernon
st. clair to be yrur welded husband?''
| Il do 80,
win you both be good to each other till
you die?'
| II dol mean we will"
| DO you give all your worldly goods to
EArabella, Algernon"
| II do
Then give her the ring
| tiny wire ring was produced:
| "say after me, With this ring I thee
| we'd
| with this ring thee we'd"
| 90. most forgot! Who gives this woman
| to this man.?
| Father Doll, stepping out: Il do"
Has anybody any objections-if not let
him hold his peace.
"The wedding is now over. If the grown
| up folks will sit down on the grass they
| may have some wedding breakfast
The grown-ups and the dolls all removed
| to another tree where they partook of a
wedding breakfast of crackers and water.
Then Algernon and Arabella were put in
| a. doll carriage and departed amid shower
of rice and a dilapidated dolls shoe.