The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-30

reached the porch the front door opened
md a little, girl stood before them. She
nppearedi to be about the same age
rs Dorothy, and smiling upon her Wis
Tors she said, sweetly;
You are welcome"
Az the party seemed relieved to find
fh& here was a real girl, of flesh and
blood. She was very dainty and pretty
as she stood there welcoming them,
Her hair was golden blonde and her
eyes. turquoise blue. She had rosy
cheeks and lovely white teeth. Over
her simple white lawn dress she wore
An apron with pink and white checks.
md in one hand she held . pair of
Acissors.
May we see Miss Cuttenclip, please?'
4sked Dorothy.
Il am Miss Cuttenclip,' was the re-
ply. Wont you come in?"
She held the door open while they
al entered a pretty sitting room that
Z Was Uttered with all sorts of paper
tome stiff, some thin, and some tissue.
The sheets and scraps were of all col
prs. Upon a table were paints and
brushes, while several pairs of scissors.
% different sizes, were lying about.
sit down.. please" said Miss Cut.
tenclip, clearing the paper scraps off
ZONE of the chairs st is SO long since
have had any visitors that am not
properly prepared to receive them. But
I'm sure you will pardon my untidy
room, for this is my workshop"
iii DO you make ali the paper dolls?"
inquired Dorothy.
Yes; cut them out with my scis-
ssorS, and paint the faces and some of
The costumes. 1t is very pleasant work.
and l am happy making my paper viii
81 but how do the paper dolls happen
Ito be alive?' asked Aunt EN-.
IA 1.-The first dolls l made were not
alive said Miss Cuttenclip ~ used
to live near the castle of a great Sor-
n ceress named Glinda the Good, and she
saw my dolls and said they were very
h pretty. told her I thought / would
like them better If they were alive, and
the next day the Sorceress brought me
lot Of magic paper. This is live
cut out of it will be alive, and able to
A think and to talk When you have
used it all up. come to me and l will
give you more
present" continued Miss Cuttenclip,
and at once set to work and made
several paper dolls, which, as soon as
they were cut out, began to walk around
and talk to me. But they were so thin
that / found that any breeze would
fully; so Glinda found this lonely place
for me- where few people ever come.
She built the wall to keep any wind
from bowling away my people, and told
me | could build paper village here
and be its Queen. That is why came
here and settled down TO work and
started the village you now see. 1t was
many years ago that built the first
houses, and I've kept pretty busy and
made my village grow finely; and need
not tell you. that / am very happy in
my work"
MANY years ago!' exclaimed Aunt
En-. why, how old are you, child?"'
IT never keep track of the years,
said Miss Cuttenclip, laughing. You
see, don't grow up at all, but stay
just the same as I was when first l
came here. Perhaps I'm older even
than, you are madam; but couldn't
say for sure"
They looked at the lovely little girl
wonderngly, and the Wizard asked:
What happens to your paper village
when it rains?"
at does not rain here" replied Miss
Cuttenclip. "Glinda keeps all the rain
storms away; so / never worry about
my dolls getting wet. But now. If you
viii come with me. it will give me
pleasure to show you over my paper
kingdom OF course you must go slow
ly and carefully, and avoid making any
hreeze:'
They left the cottage and followed
their guide through the various streets
of the village. 1t was indeed an amaZ-
ingsplace, when one considered that II
was all made, with scissors. and the
visitors were not only greatly interest
ed but full of admiration for the skill
of little Miss Cuttenchp. ~.
In one place a large group of espe-
cially nice paper dolls assembled TO
greet their queen, whom it was easy
to see they loved dearly. These dolls
marched and danced before the Wis
itors and then they all waved their
paper handkerchiefs and sang IN
sweet chorus song called The tlag
of Our Native Land /.N
Al the conclusion of the song they
ran up a handsome paper flag on taF
flagpole and all of the people of the
@ village gathered around to cheer as loud
" as they could-although, of course
their voices were not especially strong.
Miss Cuttenclip was about TO MAKE axe
her. subjects a speech in reply to this
, patriotic song, when the Shaggy Man
happened 10 sneeZe.
oHe was d very loud and powerful
sneezer at any time, and he had trled
50 hard to hold in this sneeze that
when it suddenly explded the result
was terrible. ,.,
The paper dolls were moved down
by dozens, and flew and fluttered IN
wild confusion in every direction, tumb-
ling this way and that and gettin@
A wall of terror and grief came from
the scattered throng, and Miss cut
S"Dear me! Dear me!'' and hurried
at once to the rescue of her overturned,
9people.
"oh, Shaggy Man! How could your"
asked Dorothy, reproachfuily.
0'I couldn't help it--really couldn t, =
% protested the Shaggy Man, looking
quite ashamed. And ! had no idea
: it;.took SO little to upset these paper
dolls.S 500 .
% $50 ,Iittle!"\ said Dorothy. Why, it
was most as bad as a Kansas cyclone
And then she helped Miss Cuttenclip
rescue the paper folk and stand them
on their feetaagaln. Two of the card
board houses had also tumbled over,
and the little Queen said Ishe would
., have 20. renair them and paste them