The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-12-21

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Doll Wedding
We are to have a wedding:
Our motheru planned 1t all.
You are to be my little wife
And your husband tall
love your pretty eyes of brown
My own are dark and blue
But as they're only glass. my dear.
They'll sec no faults in you.
Ny china lips. they long to kiss
All your duh cares away.
But must wait for three long weeka
Until our wedding day.
However, time will pass. sweet maid,
And then we'll never part.
swear to love you all my life
With my true wooden heart.
Your own
REGINALD.
Dec. 3, 1910
Such was the love letter written by
Reginald Graham Of New York, a beau.
tiful doll twenty inches tall. light hair.
blue eyes, with long dark lashes. to
his ladylove. Miss Alice Winchester, q
brown eyed doll beauty Of Boston.
The fact Is that marriage had been
arranged between these two dollies by
their little mammas and several grown
up aunties, to take place at Christmas
time at the home of the doll BRIDE
But making the clothes! Grandmas
cousins and aunties spent days using
their nimble fingers to fashion the tiny
manly garments, as no little girl could
possibly do the difficult sewing.
1t was decided that black broad
cloth suit must be made, but as a full!
dress evening coat could be used only
for formal occasions a tuxedo or din
ner coat was finally agreed upon as be
ing of more service.
All the time we have been telling
about the bridegroom dear little Alice
has been so busy having long white
satin wedding dress made, real lace
veil and the daintiest kind of lace trim
med underwear.
A travelling gown Of cloth, an au.
tomobile coat Of champagne color. a
white hat with feathers and flowers;
all have been prepared for the "going
away" costume.
A procession of twenty little girls
with their dollies follows Reginald
and Alice, who march into the draw
ing room to the music Of a wedding
march played on the piano: then into
the dining room. where the dollies sit
ut table that has been arranged for
them. with tiny wedding cake deco
rating the center.
Then comes the wedding tour
around the garden. and then the newly
married pair 60 to housekeeping in Il
big closet that has been furnished fer
them with all the latest convenienccs.
1t was really the most brilliant mar
rage that was ever made in Toy,
land and is the true story Of a dear
little brown eyed girls Christmas
present.
A great many dollie guests were in
vited from Mother Goose Land. and
among those most noticed were:
Jack Be Nimble. Jack Be Quick.
He was the first one there:
Then came little Golde Locks,
Who ran away from the bear.
Bright Miss Nancy Etticoat.
Used to standing. long.
Shone beside Tom Tucker.
Who sang the supper song.
Mistress Mary. Quite Contrary.
Brought from her garden fair
Several maidens all In a row.
With pretty curling hair.
Bobby Shafto. from Ger the sea,
Was in a happy mood:
! saw him gazing bashfuly
At dear Red Riding Hood.
Little Miss Mufret had left her tufret
And surprised us all. oh. my!
BY going to corner with little Jack
Horner
And sharing his Christmas pie.
Shy BOpeep without her sheep
Many sweet glances won.
And there without his little pig
Was Tom. the Piper's Son.
Marjorie Daw and big Tom Stout
Attracted much attention
And many more whose names, alas.
! haven't room to mention.
1t was wedding so very grand.
All in the month Of December.
With the very Four Hundred OF Toy |
land there,
AS many will long remember.
Julian Jerome.
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liberties. In a Commercial street win