Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

- mamma, tying Totties hat on
her head 50 that the wind might not bio .
1t off. for once Tottie lost her hat while
playing in the yard, for she had not tied
the strings under her chin. So the naughty
wind took ava her hat. carried 1t off over
the hedge and tossed it into a pond. And
that was the last of that hat Of Tottie's.
And ever since then Tottie's mamma had
carefully tied Tottie's hat on her head and
Tottie had not suffered another such ex-
p~erience as the one just related.
Down the street went Tottie, her curls
blowing In the breeze of a warm April day,
and into first this gate and then into that
passed Tottie. calling at the homes of her
little friends and saying to each little COM
rade: MY mamma says I may rave a
tea party this afternoon and that / may
ask all my friends. Will you come, pleaseg'
And. OF course. each friend was only too
happy to say; "oh, yes, Tottie. will be
there. What are we going to have to eatG"
And Tottie would name over the goodies
that she had seen her mamma and the
cook preparing for the afternoon tea party.
At precisely 3 O'Clock a party Of ten was
assembled In the big dining room Of Tot
ties home, and a gay little group they
made. too. There were Johnny Biggs.
dressed In his new suit (made out of his
papa's old trousers): Ethel Grace Ray, in
her white linen frock with blue braid and
pearl buttons; Anna May Davis. wearing
her sister stell's hat SteIl was two years
older than N Nay and her lace trimmed
lawn frock; Tommy Perkins, his collar
awry, his tie undone. his face smeared with
dust Che had engaged In a fist fight with
q little boy In the alley on his way 20 the
parity and his temper ruffled; Sadie Jones,
her finger wrapped up in a big piece OF
white cotton (she had cut II with her
brother Ned's jackknifs) and wearing a pair
OF new shoes and her old white dress, with
one button gone; Lulu williams. proud in
the possession OF a fine new doll, which
was dressed TO kin; Harvey Small, his
hair cut so short that he made all the
children laugh when he pulled off his cap
$50 he put II on again.; Nellie 1riant.
proudly showing a cavity in her mouth
where a tooth had been TIL that very
morning, but which now reposed in Nenie's
pink palm as she showed 1t privately 10
each guest present, explaining how heT
papa had pulled it out with his fingers;
Katie Jones. twin sister to Sadie Jones,
wearing a new plaid gingham frock (sadie
had one just like It. but she got some
blood from her cut finger on the front. and
OF course, her mamma made her take It of
and wear her old white dress with one but.
ton gone)-and that made all the guests
Tottie being the tenth person in the party
After a number Of Jolly games-in which
Tottie's older sister. Florence, led-Tottie'i
mamma came In will a large platter piled
with little round pies. Each boy and eaci
strl got a whole pie to himself. and pretty
soon into ten brown. crusty apple pieI
dipped ten sets OF white teeth. and almos
on the instant there were ten mouthi
emptted OF the bites OF pie. aud ten VT!
faces turning toward each other with ex
pressions OF disappointment. IT'S salty,
cried out Tommy Perkins. "Awl Il tastet
aw-full" And from Nellie Briant game tn
cry; Who ever tasted salty pie before
Ugh. it's nastyi"
AS soon as rottie's mamma could d
% she tasted the pie she had given d
TOttie, and she, too, spat out the bite, an,
also a a WHY face. But she smiled a
she said; Il guess cook must have go
into the salt instead OF the sugar whei
she was preparing the fruit" Then sh