The Winslow mail., 1915-04-03
ANNETTE AND FERDINAND.

hoAhO was 6AAASILOs HOAS ndu UIOWu
hair, which she wore high upon her
head, with band of blue ribbon
around it, and there were three curls
at the back. She also wore blue ear
rings, which were in style IN those
days. The house she lived in was
four stories high, and the little girl
to whom it belonged had to stand on
a stool to reach the top story. On
the ground floor was the kitchen, the
room above was the dining room,
above that was the sitting room, and
the top room was the sleeping room
This was in the days before the
modern doll house was invented, and
while it was well furnished for those
days they did not have electric lights,
or stairs, for it was made from
drawer that was very long and wide.
1t stood on an end, and had shelves
lifted in it for floors.
Now Annette's little mother decided
that it was not well for Annette to live
alone, and one morning she went to a
store and bought the manifest doll
she could find, and brought it home,
and although the dolls hair was light
and parted in the middle, the little
girls aunt, who was an artist, painted
1t black, and added the most wonder
full mustache, so that the storekeeper
himself would never have recognized
the light-haired doll he sold to the
little girl
Ferdinand, for that was the name
they gave him, was provided with a
black dress suit and a dressing gown,
and then he was introduced to An
nette, who blushed and shook her
curls, and tried to appear very indif-
ferent. But her heart beat very fast,
and it was a case of love at first sight
with both of them.
The next day they were married.
Annette wore white tarlatan dress,
with tiny white flowers in her hair,
which held her long veil in place She
carried a bouquet of white flowers.
The bridegroom looked very sedate in
his new suit, although he must have
been nervous, for he dropped the ring,
which was band of gold paper, and
had to be assisted in putting it upon
his brides finger. But at last they
were married and went to ride in the
park on their honeymoon trip. An
nette wore a blue velvet turban and a
blue cloth dress, and Ferdinand's coat
was fastened together and covered his
white vest.
/ am sorry to say that he did not
wear hat, for there was not one to
be found that looked at all manly. All
went well with them for while.
Ferdinand built the fire in the morn
ing, and did not find fault with An
nette's cooking, although sometimes
the fried eggs looked very much like
white buttons and the bacon like
brown paper and the coffee was very
watery.
But one morning Ferdinand did not
get up to build the fire, and Annette
said that she would not build it if
she stayed in bed all day. When An
nette's mother came she found both of
them in bed. She took Ferdinand
firmly by the shoulder, and placed him
in the kitchen and soon a fire was
built and the breakfast ready. But
the little mother decided that Dinah,
the servant doll must be had at once,
for Ferdinand declared the coffee was
water and the biscuits like wooden
button molds
The next morning Ferdinand and
Annette did not get up until the ris-
ing bell rang. Ferdinand sat at the
table, reading his paper, when An
nette appeared. She wore blue silk
wrapper, fastened at the neck and
waist with blue bows, and from the
waist down could be seen the ruffles
of lace petticoat.
You are looking very charming, my
DEAR" said Ferdinand, and Annette
smiled very sweetly. Dinah came in
with two little plates, and on each was
half grape, on very small leaf
Then she served most wonderful
omelet which looked very much like
daisy.
Dat am a daisy omelet, Mas Fer
man, she said, "an' it sure am good"
The biscuits looked very much like
those Annette had served, but Ferdi-
nand did not find fault, and everything
went smoothly for while.
Then one night Annette sat up all
night and waited for Ferdinand, and
he did not come home, and in the
morning when Annette's mother came
me found her sitting in her chair
looking very sad.
"Why, where is Ferdinand" she
asked, and then she ran to corner in
the room that Annette sould not see,
from her home, and there sat poor
Ferdinand, looking as sad as Annette.
The little girl had taken him to his
business office in the morning and for
gotten all about him. She quickly re-
stored him to Annette, who fOrgave
him, as good and loving wife should,
when he explained to her that busi-
ness was SO rushing they had to work
all night And as there were no tele-
phones in those days. she accepted his
pypuca So Won see all little girls