The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-17
OUR BOYS
and GIRLS
Adventures Of a Paper Doll

D1DGf OOll, SDD H8u no DdlGlt : 10
speak Of, but was printed and cut out
by machinery. Brothers she had none.
bat there was d large number OF sis.
tors. all of whom were her twins and
looked just like her. The edition
ran into something like ten thousand.
which makes the family of Gentle
Gladys one OF the largest in all his
tory.
Gentle Gladys was made with un.
dercothing on her This, as many
young people can realize. was a dccd-
cd advantage for her 1t made il i'm.
possible for her to take a bath Be
sides. her hair was always done up
just so. and every little girl Who has
had her hair in snarl and had to
have the kinks combed ont can apprc.
ciate the advantage Of being made
like Gentle Gladys was. ,Moreoyer.
the young lady. according to how she
was dressed was so made that with
two movements her luthCs Wer,
changed one movement w.s ,i.u2
the one color Off and the other was
putting the other color on. G!a.y.
tJOS0tHoSh SlN SDN 4aH anu BIN l..'. .IIIt
hats, all Of them very Jc,oMl-
While ordinarily mmuyablc. rcu..r.
ing in the same position iu wa,gA SAFE
had been made, it is fact that ao.l..
times she moved her hands when al.
changed gOWns-or rather, whom
some one changed gowns Tor her. In
one dress she had her hands in a muH.
In, ..'t. I.1 L., d,
third she was holding up her train,
and the trimmcst ankle showed under
the rufiled petticoat.
Gladys was a person of great re.
tinemeut and fine disposition She
was exceptionally gOod-natured. never
bainS known to complain or speak
harshly. She remained where she
was placed and always greeted visi.
tors with pleasant smile.
Gentle Gladys lived in a little paper
box, along with her gowns and her
hats. Her picture was painted on the
lid of the box, and she never gadded
about. 1t is presumed she slept most
Of the time, for she had to remain in
the box while her mamma was at
her eyes closed. She was too we'll
bred to sleep in the presence of COM
pany.
There. it has come out. Gladys got
a mamma sometime after she was
made. She was tied, while shut up
in her box, to Christmas tree and
given to little girl around the cor
no from 10 cbt,rnb Tbi, ,ir
by name, was delighted with Gladys,
and loved her very much. just as a
little mamma ought to do. She called
in neighbor girl, and the two dressed
GLADYS IN one after the other OF the
gowns Tor an hour at stretch,
GLADYS bore 1t all with patience, and
never sad a cross word TO her man.
ma.
"hen irene would go TO school,
N1auys "ould lie smut up III her DoX'
lhat dlu look IKE conn, ana never
say Word. And when Saturday
c"lle' theh ulaoys would De brought
out ana become the center OF attrac'
uon' while the little girls would cut
out new dresses Tor her. y very
queer person was gladys. She didn't
eat Dlte, and yet she remained
pump, ana apparently IN good health,
She dldnt talk, either. This Is the
reason why there IS no conversation
IN tHiS story Enough conversation
properly belongs IN every story,
irene talked TO gladys, and she could
ieel What GLADYS evidently meant to
9 al 11Ny
SAID WORD. Yet that she was happy
there can be no manner of doubt. If
sne wasn't, why should she always
smile so pleasantly?
Why. Gladys smiled even after she
had laid out in the rain all night and
taken that frightful cold. She knew
that her mamma didn't mean to for
get her, and, though she had suffered
untold agones when the lightning
and thunder played around her. and
her mamma was in a good bed, for
getful of her child. though she felt