The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-28
THE FROSTED PARTY CAKE.

The Wlggly People go!
Maize V. Caruthers, In Lippincott's.
THE FROSTED PARTY CAKE.
Sue and Mary sat on the steps be-
fore the white hall door with it's big
brass knocker. There were two steps
with an iron rail to guard them, and
in front of the lower step was a braid
ed rag rug. The posts Of the railing
were topped by shining brass knobs.
Sues and Mary's great-grandmother
had the brass knobs polished every
day.
The two children sat sewing, as
fast as their busy little fingers could
go. Sue vas making a dress for her
doll, and Mary was hemning a sheet
for her hahy sisters crib. I am
afraid that her mother had to sew it
ever again. but the, wee little girl did
the best she could. They were talk
ing about a children's party that they
were going to in a few days; for they
had chIldren's parties in this old Qua
ker town, with it's brick and succeed
houses and white doorways.
At 4 O'Clock on the afternoon of
the party day ten little girls, ten dear,
little Quaker girls in white frocks,
went to Lydia's house on Penn street.
Lydia's mother and Lydia's aunt met
them at the white doorway, took off
the ten little bonnets, and all the lit
tie girls went to the back porch to see
the kittens. They drew strings on the
floor and the kittens ran after and
tumbled over n another, and every
one laughed and the kittens purred.
Then Lydia's mother took the ten
little girls out into the garden and
showed them the flowers. Lydia was
to have a square garden for her own
self, and her mother had two rose
bushes for it. Lydia's aunt played
games with the ten little girls, and
then the party supper vas ready. All
the little girls sat at the big dining
table, and Lydia's mother and Lydia's
aunt placed something nice on every
plate. How pretty the table looked
with the china and silver and the col
ored iellies and the cakes! There
were little cakes and a great, big
cake, frosted. This was kept for the
last. 1t was on a big plate, and was
cat SO that each little girl could pull
a slice out. Lydia's aunt took the
plate and said to Mary:
will thee have a slice of cake?"
How good it wasI Mary loved
frcsting, but her little heart was so
shy, and to pull out the first slice
while every one looked!
Az L 81
"Will thee have a slice of cake?"
asked Lydia's aunt Of the next little
girl.
NO. I thank thee" she answered.
Twill thee have a slice?" Lydia's
aunt asked of the third girl.
enc, 1 thank thee"
Ten little girls wanted the cake.
Ten little girls replied, mo, 1 thank
thee" because no one wanted to be-
gin. Ten little girls were shy and so
disappointed. Z
Lydia's mother knew.
"Oh," she exclaimed gently, "thee
will have a slice, Mary, won't thee?"
She smiled as she slipped out the first
piece and laid it on Mary's plate.
THE next little girl will have a
slice, will she not?" Another smile
and another piece of cake was laid on
a plate.
Sue will have a piece?"
Harriet will have a piece?"
Every little girl had a slice of the
cake. Every one liked Lydia's moth
er. She knew. The party went gaily
on. Every one had aslice of the big
party cake, frosted.-Harriet Men
denhall, il St. Nicholas.