\V! tf5 !*' iV <^ ^ \i\G rt^^v^' ^t oo^^t- Lady Hollyhock AND HER FRIENDS A HOLLYHOCK PLACE LADY HOLLYHOCK AND HER FRIENDS A Book of Nature Dolls and Others By Margaret Coulson Walker Author of " Our Birds and Their Nestlings " Drawings by MARY ISABEL HUNT "The more things thou learnest to know and enjoy, the more complete and full will be for thee the delight of living." — Phlalen THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY, Publishers 33-37 East 17th Street (Union Square North), New York Cx ?. Copyright, 1906, by The Baker & Taylor Company Published, October, 1906 I LIBRARY of CONGRESS Two Copies Received 0C1 19 1906 Copyrieiit Entry cuS^ a. xxcNo. COPY B. 1 The Trow Press, New York, U. S. A. To My Mother Who has always known how to help little people enjoy themselves I the fluttering and the pattering of the green things growing^ How they talk each to each, when none of us are knowing; In the wonderful light of the weird moonlight Or the dim, dreamy dawn when the cocks are crowing. 1 love, I love them so — my green things growing. And I think that they love me, without false showing, For by many a tender touch they comfort me so much With the soft mute comfort of green things growing. — Dinah Mulock Craike. Foreword THIS book has a purpose beyond that of mere amusement. Its aim is to aid parents in fur- nishing not only entertainment but profitable employment as well, for their little ones — profit- able, in that work under the guise of play, makes for char- acter. The value of the things made is not in their finish, but in the training which they afford — a value ethical rather than intrinsic. Children throw aside as uninteresting the finished toys from the shops when they have once learned to make playthings for themselves. To an imaginative child the possibilities of green things growing, of other materials provided by the changing seasons, and of the apparently useless trifles to be found in any home, are endless, and far surpass in permanent interest the realm of magic. In giving tangible form to the creatures imagined, thought is ripened into action and childhood's natural desire for ex- pressed imagery satisfied. In making use of these apparently inappropriate materials in the construction of their own toys resource- fulness is engendered, practical intelligence stimulated, the inventive faculty cultivated, sympathetic acquaintance with nature broadened, and manual dexterity increased — all of which will later in life prove of inestimable value. Then, too, such employment strengthens, or in some instances, creates the ability to get pure enjoyment out of the near at hand little things, which makes for perma- nent happiness. The whole nature of a child cries out for self activity. Producing by his own efforts something that satisfies his 11 own needs gives him the keenest possible pleasure, and puts into him that energy which results in love of work. There is no more interesting study for grown ups than that of children at play with dolls and animals of their own making. The more imaginative children prefer the flower dolls which fade or die quickly and then go to take their places in the sky to which they give the beautiful colors on sunset evenings. Others, natural little gad-a-bouts, always play ^'come to see/^ while in some practical little souls the spirit of motherhood is so strong that, to them, every doll is a baby doll, and everything they play with, from a clothes-pin to a poker, must be mothered — sung to and cared for, petted and rocked. Boys, with their more belligerent tastes, prefer to make Indians and soldiers out of the same materials that their sisters would convert into the most peaceful of citi- zens. Those in whom the sense of humor is strong make every face a comic one, while others put into the faces drawn by them the demure, trivial, or rugged features and expressions harmonizing with their ideas. An effort has been made to furnish in these pages suggestions for all sorts and conditions of children. The songs and jingles are for those who like to make rhymes, or to sing about everything that they do. Only a few of the dolls and animals children can make for themselves have been suggested. The possibilities of the subject are by no means exhausted. Margaret Coulson Walker. Des Moines, Iowa. 12 Contents Lady Hollyhock and Her Daughter The Cucumbers . Radishes and Corn The Radish Baby's Song . Radish Babies The Corn Lullaby Pansies .... Pansy Ladies Poppy Maids Poppy Lullaby Acorn and Burdock Eskimos Pigs Burdock Leaves and Clothes-Pins The Clothes-Pin Tribe An Irish (Potato) Woman and Her Creatures of Clay A Man of Clay . The Corn Husk Lady The Corn Cob Baby . Apple Jack .... Apple Jack's Story The Peanut Man The Peanut Chinese Woman The Acorn Family The Haws . \ . . The Gourds • . . . Gourd Men .... What the Gourd Man Said The Mender .... Hickory-Nut People . The Hickory-Nut Nurse The Kelp Maiden The Kelp Maid's Song Morning-Glory Toadies 13 Family 21 24 27 28 31 32 35 36 39 40 43 46 49 50 54 58 60 61 64 66 66 70 72 74 81 82 84 86 89 90 92 94 98 101 Jack O' Lanterns . Pumpkin Pies Jack O' Lantern Dreams Rastus Prune Dinah Prune Pipe Dolls Paper Dolls Handkerchief Dolls Pill-Box Dolls . The Straw Indian The Dried Peach Indian The Softening of the Snows Pastry Creatures The Doughnut Man The Gingerbread Maid The Yarn Child . Rag Dolls Rag Babies . Tissue-Paper Ladies Humpty-Dumpty Cinderella^ s Coach 102 104 105 106 108 111 119 122 124 126 128 130 134 136 138 142 144 146 148 151 153 14 Illustrations PAGE 1.— Hollyhock Place .4 2. — Lady Hollyhock and Her Daughter. — (Color) . 20 3. — Undressed Figures of Lady Hollyhock and Her Daughter. — (Corner piece) . . . .21 4. — Lady Cucumber and Her Son. — (Corner piece) . 24 5. — Lord Cucumber. — (Color) . . . . .25 6. — The Radish Baby. — (Corner piece) . . . .27 7.— The Radish Bsihy,— (Color) 29 8.— The Corn Baby.^(Co^or) 33 9. — A Pansy Blossom. — (Corner piece) . . . .36 10. — Pansy Ladies. — (Bottle bodies) . . . .37 11. — Pansy Ladies. — (Paper bodies) . . . .38 12.— Poppy Maids.— (Co/or) . . , ... 41 13. — iBurdocks in Fence Corner 43 14.— The Bur Eskimo 45 15. — Acorn Pig. — (Corner piece) . . , . .46 16.^ — ^Acorn Pigs in Pen 46 17. — Lemon Pigs. — (Color) 47 18. — A Clothes-Pin. — (Corner piece) . . . .49 19.— The Clothes-Pin Tribe 51 20. — John and Priscilla Alden 53 21. — An Irish (Potato) Woman. — (Color) ... 55 22.— An Irish Pig ' 57 23.— A Clay Sayage 59 24.— A Corn Husk . . . . . . . .61 25. — Cornelia Shucks 63 26.— The Corn Cob Baby ..65 27.— Apple Jack.— (Co/or) 67 28.— The Peanut Man .71 29.— The Peanut Chinese Woman 73 30.— Acorn Tops.— (Tailpiece) ...... 77 31. — ^An Acorn Man.— (Co/or) . , . . . . 75 32. — ^An Acorn Woman.— (Co/or) . .79 33.— The Haws 81 34. — A Long-Necked Gourd Man. — (Corner piece) . 82 15 PAGE 35.— The Weeping Gourd Man 83 36.— The Laughing Gourd Man /85 37.— The Green and Yellow Gourd Msm.— (Color) . 87 38.— The Mender 89 39.— A Hickory-Nut Nun 91 40.— A Hickory-Nut Nurse 93 41. — Pelicans Standing on Kelp Beds at Sea. — (Tailpiece) 96 42.— The Kelp Maid . . . . . . . .97 43. — Morning-Glory Ladies 100 44. — The Rainbow. — (Tailpiece) . •. . . .101 45.— A Jack O^Lantern . . . . . . . 103 46.— Rastus Prune . . . . . . . .107 47.— Dinah Prune . . . . , . . .109 48.— A Clay Pipe Baby . . . . . . .110 49. — Clay Pipe. — (Corner piece) . . . . .111 50.— A Clay Pipe Clown.— (Co/or) ..... 113 51.— A Clay Pipe Old Lady 115 52.— A Clay Pipe Maiden.— (CoZor) . . . .117 53.— Pattern for Paper Doll's Dress and Hat . . 120 54.— A Paper Doll . 121 55.— A Handkerchief Doll - 123 56.— A Pill-Box Doll 125 57.— The Straw Indian . . . . . . .127 58.— The Dried Peach Indian . . . . . .129 59.— The Proud Snows . 131 60.— The Tender Snows . 133 61.— A Pie-Crust Mule 135 62.— The Doughnut Man . . . . . . .137 63.— The Gingerbread Maid . . . . . .139 64.— A Cooky Moon 141 65.— The Yarn Child .143 66.— A Rag Couple 145 67. — A Rag. — (Corner piece) 146 68.— A Rag Baby 147 69.— A Tissue-Paper Lady.— (CoZor) . , . . 149 70. — Humpty-Dumpty ....... 152 71. — Peanut Cinderella. — (Corner piece) .. . . 153 72. — Cinderella in Her Coach 154 16 Lady Hollyhock AND HER FRIENDS I LORD CUCUMBER Radishes and Corn ^ The beautiful red radishes from the garden made the most charming of babies, with their leaves turned down for clothes and tied around with blades of glass. These and the corn babies were Florence's favorites. When the tender roasting ears were brought in from the garden the children all agreed that they were such dainty babies, just as they were, that it would spoil them to change them in any way. All they needed to do was just to open the green husk a little and there lay the most beautiful creamy white Corn Baby wrapped in the daintiest of silken garments. Florence hugged the Corn Baby close in her arms and as she rocked it to sleep sang to it a soft crooning little lullaby which she and the others had made up. Charlotte — and Mamma, too, had helped them a little \fc^^ with both the tune and words. As Florence sang to the baby in her arms the others joined her, singing softly always, and letting the song fade away almost to a whisper at the end that the baby might not miss the music when it was heard no more. Then the Corn Baby was tenderly laid in a cradle Tom had made by gluing two semi-circles of wood for rockers to a pasteboard spool box. The wooden circle which he had cut in two had once had a bolt of ribbon wrapped around it in a store. 27 The Radish Baby's Song (Tune: '^The Com Lullaby ^0 Dear little red faced Baby in green, You are the brightest child That ever was seen, Though 'tis for your brightness That others may greet you, 'Tis for your goodness That Mother will eat you. 28 i iy» i||V THE RADISH BABY Radish Babies SOMETIMES Radish Babies too were put to sleep in spool box cradles, but more often they were eaten by their fond mothers, for Radish Babiea were not only good to look at, and good to play with, but good to eat, as well. 31 The Corn Lullaby Andantino Rock-a - by, hush- a - by, Corn ba- by mine, Wrappd in your gar-ments'of When you have closed your eye-lids in sleep, An -gels will o - ver you silk, soft and fine, ten - der watch keep, Rock-a - by, hush - a - by, lit - tie one,' dej They will bring dreams to you, lit- tie one, dear. !?" JJi ^ ^ I J J 3 i f P ''Ef ^ '''itiic^ cU ^ f • ' _^ ^^ p. S. ^- After last verse r~F p ^ ^^ J I J -' J J j No one can harm you while moth- er is near. Now they are com -, ing, now they are here. rit,e dim. 1 n Pi o o Poppy Maids GREAT beds of poppies grew at the end of the cottage at Hollyhock Place. To make poppy blossoms into dolls is the easiest thing in the world. All you have to do is to turn down the soft, silky petals, tie a blade of grass round them, and there you have a poppy maid, all finished and growing on a stem — a real flower fair3\ There is a small green seed pod inside, you know, and that is the poppy maid's head. After making a number of these without breaking their stems the children often laid a cucumber, or radish baby in the poppy bed and sang to it a soothing lullaby — one they had made up themselves. Perhaps they had a little help — I cannot say as to that. Poppies are the flowers that bring sleep you know. Before long, the poppy maids would fade away and others would take their places. The dead ones were quietly buried near their friends, and soon after, at sunset, their colors were seen in the sky, as were those of many dead and gone, hollyhock and morning-glory ladies. None of these ever lived to be very old. 39 Poppy Lullaby Dainty Poppy maidens, From Dreamland far away, Gather round baby's cradle In your garments gay. Gentle Poppy maidens, Call the Sandman near. With his dreams from Dreamland For our baby dear. Gentle Poppy maidens. Whisper what you would Baby will heed your message Bidding her be good. 40 POPPY MAIDS Acorn and Burdock Eskimos ALONG the orchard fence grew great broad leaved burdocks crowned with purphsh pink tipped burs, which early in the season were made into all sorts of useful and beautiful objects — baskets, hanging baskets, cradles, sofas, chairs, tables and many other things. In autumn, when the large acorns with fringed cups began to fall, the children gathered them and made them into Eskimos. One acorn was used for the body, and one for the head, with the point on the end for a nose. Twigs of the oak served for arms and legs. The warmest of fur overcoats was made of the ripened burdock burs, while the furry fringed cup of the acorn made a cap that would have delighted the heart of any Eskimo. Then Eskimo huts or igloos were made of the burs or ^^furs'^ as the children called them. Of course every one knows that real igloos are made of blocks of ice or snow,. 43 not of fur, but ice was not to be had at that season of the year and would not have been comfortable to work with anyway. As the bur Eskimo was in immediate need of a home the little Wests made him the very best one they could of the materials at hand. A very neat round hut was made of burs and that it might appear more real, both it and the ground were covered with cotton snow, making a real arctic landscape. 44 THE BUR ESKIMO Pigs ^^Why don't you make animals as well as ^ people out of fruits and vegetables, children?'' said Papa one day. Why hadn't they to be sure? They had never thought of such a thing, but when they did it was not long before the place was stocked with all sorts of strange animals. The first piece of vegetable live stock the little Wests owned was a lemon pig which Uncle John made for them from a lemon, two white headed pins, and four matches. With a knife a small gash was cut for a mouth; then ears were cut from the skin. These were left fastened to the lemon at the front edge. Then pigs must have pens ! So pens naturally followed — pens of corn cobs put together in rail fence fashion. Later in the season there were acorn pigs in pens made of sticks and straws. ^2^^^ p' LEMON PIGS Burdock Leaves and Clothes- Pins Burdock leaves as well as the burs were used by the children in their plays. Hats and shawls were made of them — but best of all were the burdock leaf wigwams. To make these^ twigs or tent poles were stuck in the ground and burdock leaves folded round them in tent fashion. The points of the leaves were torn off to make them the right shape. Then there had to be Indians to live in the wigwams and these were made of clothes-pins. Nothing could be easier to make than a clothes- pin Indian. First the features are marked out on the head of the pin, then a band of paper pasted round the top and a feather stuck in at the back for a war-bonnet; and a square of stiff paper folded around the clothes-pin, for a blanket, and the Indian is finished. The little Wests made whole villages of burdock wig- wams with clothes-pin braves standing guard at the doors. Tom always liked stories of enchantment, so he made up one about these wooden Indians. 49 The Clothes-Pin Tribe JOURNEYING across the country a lone traveler chanced upon an Indian village. Such Indians as he saw there were unknown to him, and neither did he know that Indians of any kind dwelt in that part of the land. Strange to him, too, were the wigwams, or teepees, of the unknown tribe. All of the wigwams with which he was familiar were covered with either blankets or skins. These were of the leaves of the burdock and much smaller than any he had ever seen — fit only for the homes of a pigmy tribe — and such it proved to be. Guarding every wigwam stood an Indian, while others were scattered about the encampment. As the traveler gazed on the scene before him, his aston- ishment grew when he saw that not a figure moved. Every man stood up straight and silent. Inquiring of a passer-by, one who seemed acquainted with the regions round about, the traveler asked the mean- ing of what he saw, and learned that the pigmy tribe was ruled by a giant, who years ago had departed for a great city where he hoped to bargain with the people for the sale of the tobacco which his tribe produced. The sample he carried was in the form of a package of cigars, bound about by a strip of twisted tobacco leaves. For the crime of tempting people to make use of that which would harm them the giant Indian and his pigmy tribe had had a spell cast over them, which turned them to wood, took away their speech, and rendered them mo- tionless. From the time when the spell came over them no Indian 50 , , - » "'-^e'Sfe'F-'ir^?^' < THE CLOTHES-PIN TRIBE in all the tribe had so much as winked an eye. And all would remain as they were till the spell was broken. All stood just as they did at the moment when the enchantment fe 1 upon them — the sentinels stock still at the doors of their tents, and the others stiff and straight in the places where that awful moment had found them; the giant chief stood just as he did on that day, ever holding out the package of cigars bound about by the twisted band of tobacco leaves. When some paleface should take from the hand of the giant Indian the cigars which he offered, the spell would be broken, but to this day no such paleface had come. This was the story Tom told Grandpa, the lone traveler, when asked about his clothes-pin Indian village with its burdock wigwams. And Grandpa said that it was no doubt true, for he, himself, had seen the giant Indian chief stand- ing, wooden and silent, on a city street, offering cigars to every passer-by. The Thanksgiving season brought to mind the other early settlers of America, and these, too, were represented by clothes-pin men and women, while the rude cabins of our forefathers were represented by corn-cob cabins chinked with mud. John Alden in his tall Pilgrim hat and Priscilla in her gown of gray and kerchief of white were favorite figures in these early history plays of the West children. 52 JOHN AND PRISCILLA ALDEN An Irish (Potato) Woman and Her Family SOME of the j oiliest visitors were from the potato patch. They were Irish, of course, and every one knows how much fun there is in all Irish people. There was not a serious looking one in the whole family. The mother had a most peculiar face, round and plump and happy, but deformed. Though she had more than the usual number of eyes, they were not located so she could use them as eyes. One was on her cheek just where others sometimes have dimples, so she used that for a dimple. Another was on her forehead, and another just where an eye should have been for seeing purposes. But, sad to tell, this one had a sprout in it, and a sprout in the eye would ruin any one's sight. Had it not been for the little Wests, the Irish woman might have been blind all her life. With an ordinary lead pencil an operation was performed on her face which gave her a beautiful round eye just opposite the afflicted one. This so pleased her that a broad smile spread over her face — a smile that she wore as long as she lived — and that was reflected in the faces of all of her family. If you had asked her how it happened that they were always smiling, she would have said, ^^Sure, smiles are catching, just like measles." When one in a family has them, they all do. Yes, they're just as catching as measles, and much pleasanter to have. Other potatoes were made up into gay Irish maidens, with early rose complexions, and into Irish men, with sun- browned faces, and into sturdy Irish children. 54 AN IRISH (POTATO) WOMAN These were able to stand up very nicely too, having good substantial Irish (potato) feet. And who ever heard of an Irish family without a pig? And were not potatoes the most natural things in the world to make pigs of? Nothing could have been easier to make. A long potato was the body, four matches the legs, two pins the eyes, while a curled dandelion stem made the most natural pig tail imaginable. AN IRISH PIG 57 Creatures of Clay HAVE you ever made men and animals of mud? You can do almost anything with it when it is just soft enough. If it is too dry it is sure to crack. Clay is best, but any kind of mud will do. The little Wests spent hours and hours making people and villages of clay — for there was a most delightfully damp bank by the brookside, where the clay seemed made for young artists. After modeling a few men, the children began to notice just how large a head ought to be, for a certain sized body, and how far down the arms ought to reach, and whether the legs were longer or shorter than the arms. At first, though, they made some funny looking creatures. Lady Hollyhock must have smiled more than ever when she saw two of them coming. Or maybe she was frightened. One of them was a savage with excelsior hair standing out all over his head. The only clothing he wore was a skirt of leaves fastened about his clumsy waist. His companion was a dwarf negro made by Ted, a larger playmate of the West children. Ted never would be serious. He told the children that the ugly dwarf had spoiled his looks by looking and listening too much. His looks certainly had been spoiled in some way. Cousin Charlotte made a rhyme about him, which seemed to explain his appearance pretty well. 58 A CLAY SAVAGE A Man of Clay This poor soul has looked till his eyes stand out And listened till his ears are immense; And though his mouth has grown large from talking much^ He says never a word of sense. For his brain is so muddled, he never can think, Whatever he may see, hear, or say. He was not made to understand. He is only a man of clay. 60 The Corn Husk Lady Through the mail one day the Httle Wests received a box bearing a Nebraska post mark. On opening it they saw the queerest doll imaginable, all neatly packed in crushed tissue paper. This was a lady doll made entirely of corn husks and corn silk. The silk was for hair, of course, and very real looking hair it made. A bunch of the thinner, softer husks had been tied together for the head and body; a flat piece was laid over the place where the face was to be, and a string drawn tightly around it about an inch from the top making a very neat, shapely head and neck. Water color paints were used to make the clear blue eyes, rosy cheeks, and other features. Curly brown corn silk was next fastened on for hair, and two rather stiff rolls of husks served for arms. Then the lady was dressed in the most elaborate gar- ments. She wore a gathered waist, large sleeves, and a very full skirt. On her head was a bonnet, wonderful to behold. Like her gown and parasol, it, too, was made entirely of corn husks. A letter that came with the doll said that it had been made by a little crippled girl living on a Nebraska farm and who had made the husk dolls for amusement at first, but that since she had learned to make them so well many of her dolls had been sold. What she had begun for mere pleasure was now a source of profit to her. 61 The letter said^ also^ that in making her dolls this little girl always soaked the husks to soften them and to keep them from tearing while the dolls were being made. In looking about for a name for the new visitor the children decided upon ^ Cornelia ^' as the name best suited to one of her nature and general makeup. When Papa was asked to suggest a last name for the young lady from Nebraska he said he thought ^^ Shucks ^^ would probably be as appropriate as any other, so Cornelia Shucks she was called. On the very day the young lady arrived the children hunted up some nice clean corn husks and put them to soak in warm water. There were thin white pieces which came next to the corn, and butter colored strips, and deep brown ones — variety enough for any doll's wardrobe. After an hour or two of soaking, the husks were taken from the water and wiped as dry as possible and then they were ready. After much examination of the fair Cornelia's form and style of dress the little Wests were able to make quite respectable looking husk dolls. Of course, the first ones were a trifle clumsy, but after a while these children were able to make and dress lady dolls as fine as Cornelia Shucks herself. 62 A' CORNELIA SHUCKS The Corn Cob Baby THE corn cob doll is a hardy little thing, able to endure the hardest usage. It has no features, to speak of, and a dread- fully pock-marked face — yet no play baby is dearer to the heart of its owner than the corn cob baby. Baby Bunnie gave her corn cob child a little more style than such babies usually have, by wrapping it about as babies are sometimes wrapped in foreign countries. Red cobs were made into Indian babies, and bound into bark cradles, and hung up in the trees, like real papooses. ^ THE CORN COB BABY Apple Jack FROM the Orchard came Apple Jack, a most agree- able gentleman. Lady Hollyhock was not the only person who was proud to receive him. Everybody liked him, not alone for his engaging smile and pleasant manner but because of his goodness. Then he could always be depended upon to stand by his friends, and the advice he gave was always of the best. But we will let him tell his own story. APPLE JACK'S STORY Apple Jack is the name I bear And it suits me well, I ween: My home was once in an apple tree Among the leaves so green. My head and body were separate then With never a stick between. Though both are now of the richest red, When young, like the leaves they were green. 66 APPLE JACK Each part of me swung on a separate bough The whole long summer through— My color was changed by the sun's warm rays I was washed by the rain and the dew. When the autumn came I had a great fall Which was the making of me, For a boy chanced that way and took me up And made me the man you see. Though I never can do any work for this friend Who helped me to be what I am, I'll stand by him through trouble and joy And always prove loyal and calm. If he should choose to take me in I would cause him never an ache, For, since he was the making of me, I'd go down for friendship's sake. As long as on the earth I stay I will try to give him joy. With a beaming smile upon my face I will always greet this boy. The world looks so funny through apple-seed eyes, To laugh is all I can do; And when I go, ^^ Greet your friends with a smile '^ Is the message I leave to you. 69 The Peanut Man THE Peanut Chinese man was made of eight peanuts — one for the head, one for the body, one for each arm and two for each leg. All had double kernels, except the one forming the head. These peanuts were fastened together by heavy thread. The needle was run crosswise through the end of one nut; then through the end of the nut joining it, and the thread tied in a hard knot. The face was drawn with a pen and ink. The back of the head and bottoms of the feet were solidly inked for hair and shoes and the cue was of braided black silk thread, sewed to the top of the head. Over the place where the cue was fastened, a disk of stiff paper was glued for a hat. When crinkled tissue paper was gathered around the neck and arms to form a loose jacket and around the legs for wide trousers, the Peanut Chinese man was complete. 70 THE PEANUT MAN The Peanut Chinese Woman THE Peanut Chinese woman was not dressed like a real Chinese woman. Living in America, she was beginning to like skirt-like gowns better than the baggy trousers of her own people. Her sleeves, too, had just a little of the American look. But when it came to dressing her hair the real Chinese style suited her best. The heavy black silky loops were caught up and held in place by long pins such as she had used in her native land. Her garments, like those of the Peanut Chinese man, were of crinkled tissue paper, though the little Wests pre- tended they were of silk. They wanted these dolls to have silk clothing like real Chinese people, but as they did not have the goods, they just imagined that the paper was silk and were happy in the make-believe. 72 / THE PEANUT CHINESE WOMAN The Acorn Family IN the autumn when the acorns began to fall the children found no end of amusement in making them up into all sorts of people and animals. Some were converted into soldiers — Japanese, with blue kimonos and Russians with long fur overcoats — and often they were lined up for battle. Ruthlessly the children shot them down with bean shooters. Since their sympathies were with the Japs, of course the Russians suf- fered most, 3^et there were losses on both sides. While the brown of the acorns suggested Japs and Filipenos, it was equally suggestive of our own negro people, so nmnbers of these were made with their blue checked gowns and red bandanas. Then there were just ordinary acorn men and women, with acorn heads on toothpick necks, and bodies of twisted paper. One attractive pair was dressed in corn-colored crinkled tissue paper. A round disk of the paper was pasted to the top of the head of each for the brim of a hat, and the cup of the acorn pasted over that for a crown. No prettier doll hats could be imagined. The shoes these little people wore were of ink. Everything the acorn family had was made, like them- selves, of acorns. Their cups and saucers, their plates, their baskets, their tops, and their pigs, even, were of acorns. Tom enjoyed the tops most. These were made by running slender toothpicks, or shoepegs, about halfway through the acorns which spun on their own points. Games were often played with these tops. 74 AN ACOEN MAN When any one wanted to know which army would be victorious in battle two tops were set spinning on a plate and each named for an opposing army. The one falling over first was defeated, of course. Sometimes one spun itself off the plate. That meant a retreat. Disks of bright colored paper were often placed above the top on the toothpick or shoepeg. When red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet were used and all the tops set spinning at the same time, this meant that a rainbow had gone to pieces and each color was doing its best to get back into its proper place. k. /) 77 Note : An acorn is used for the body of each of these dolls, and tooth-pick arms and legs inserted as in Apple Jack. 78 AN ACORN WOMAN The Haws THE members of the Haw family were not very different from those of the Acorn family. Why should they be? They had lived side by side in the same wood all their lives, and had grown up to- gether under the same circumstances. Their complexions were different, to be sure, but aside from this and the differ- ence in the shape of their heads, they were built on exactly the same lines — / H round bodies, slender arms and legs. Like the Acorn family some had perfectly stiff limbs, while others were provided with joints The first were supposed to have rheumatism. The only won- der is that they did not all have it, going about as they did, without any clothes, in all sorts of weather. 81 The Gourds X. ^v /. u The little Wests each fancied a different style of doll. Eugenie like dressed up visiting ^' dolls, Florence played mother to baby dolls in long dresses, Tom liked what he called ^^ funny fellows^' and Indians, while baby Bunnie always insisted on her children keeping house. Tom's favorites, the funny fellows, came from the squash patch and gourd vines. It , was not necessary to even dress these. All XJ"-"^ one had to do was to dip a match in ink and mark out faces on them. These faces could be made either sunny and cheerful or sour and sad by changing the directions of the lines. Lines turning upward made the happy faces and those turning downward made the troubled ones. The oval yellow gourds were made into fat men and Humpty Dumpties. These Tom used to make run races with each other by rolling them down hill. Which do you think always beat, the fattest and largest, or the smaller ones? 82 /yCv THE WEEPING GOURD MAN Because I had no arms and legs I used to grieve and cry. Gourd Men NONE of the Gourd men ever had the appearance of being either sensible or well behaved. But one ought not to expect sense and dignity from any of their race, for, all over the world, those who liave neither are said to be as ^^ green as a gourd." It was only the gourd babies who seemed to know anything at all about behaving properly. Strange as it may seem, the younger members of this awkward family were as sweet and quiet as any babies in the whole vegetable kingdom. Some of these gourd children were made by using the large part for a head and putting a deep frill about the neck for a gown. This was held in place by a pin run through both gown and baby. Others were made by using the slender part for a head and putting the same kind of a frill about the neck for a dress. The last kind could sit up as well as any real child. It was the easiest thing in the world to make rhymes about these dolls — indeed the rhymes seemed to almost make themselves. 84 THE LAUGHING GOURD MAN Now IVe learned to roil about so well I can pass all the peg-legs by. What the Gourd Man Said I^m as queer a fellow As ever was seen With face of yellow And hair of green. With seeds in the place Where my brain ought to be- You can^t expect much From a fellow like me. 86 € THE GREEN AND YELLOW GOURD MAN The Mender A STRANGE creature made of spools, a thimble, and needles was called ^^The Mender/^ But it was not because he ever really did any mend- ing. He never did anything but stand where he was put, in the stiff est way imaginable. Even though he never did do anything, he was of some use in the world, for his very presence seemed to say, ^^A stitch in time saves nine.'' 89 Hickory-Nut People HICKORY nuts were rather hard to make into dollS; for it was almost impossible to make their heads stay on. But by putting close fitting caps on them under their bonnets, and bringing the cloth down and tying it at the neck with a string, this extended cap made a very good oundation for a body. It was found that bonnets and long capes were the most becoming garments for these dolls, as they seemed to harmonize best with the caps. Since Nuns and Nurses both dress in this way, the greater number of the Hickory-nut family turned out to be Nuns and Nurses. 90 A HICKORY-NUT NUN The Hickory-Nut Nurse The hickory-nut nurse has a hard, hard face But a heart that is tender and true; She could not change her looks, you know, And neither can I, or you. But we can be helpful and kind and good To all whom we meet and know, So they never will think of our looks at all, But of the goodness that Ues below. 92 A HICKORY-NUT NURSE The Kelp Maiden IN August Uncle John came all the way from California to make a visit at Hollyhock Place. The little Wests never tired of hearing him tell of the wonderful things that grew in that western land — of trees higher than church spires — of sea-gulls and pelicans — and of the queer California Woodpecker that bores holes in the trunks of dead trees and pounds an acorn into each hole for future use. As the family sat out under the trees this jolly old uncle of theirs seemed to take as much interest in the funny home-made dolls as the children themselves did. It was he who showed them how to make the great fat-faced Humpty Dumpties out of the oval yellow '' darning gourds'' as Mamma called them. And what fun they had making jingles — Uncle John and the little Wests. Songs he called them, and they were, too, for a tune always came with the words when he made them. When their uncle left to go back to his California home the children missed him greatly and watched eagerly for the letter he promised them when he reached home. Two whole weeks passed before the letter arrived. When it came there was a small package with it. What was in the package? There is no need to tell, the letter will explain. Here is the letter which made the children laugh as much as if Uncle John himself had been there telling them what he had written. Charlotte played and sang the song for them till they all learned it. But as I said, here is the letter: 94 San Diego, Calif., September 1st, 1906. My Dear Nieces and Nephew: — ■ What do you think ? Your Uncle John is getting the doll habit ! Since I visited you half the things I see turn into dolls as I look at them, and I immediately begin to make songs or jingles about them just as you do. As I sit at the table the dishes even, take doll form in my mind. The plates seem to have great moon faces, while the sugar bowl seems to stand with shoul- ders thrown up and arms akimbo like an awkward china washerwoman. The knives, forks and spoons are almost human with their shining faces. This morning as I passed a bake-shop and glanced in at the window, the cakes and buns seemed to laugh and wink at me with the fat faces of their bakers. The doll I send you today was made of kelp by a little California girl. Kelp is a heavy leathery sort of sea-weed that washes ashore about here. There are great beds of it off the coast of California. It grows so thickly that it gives the water a brown appearance and the long leathery leaves are strong enough to bear up pelicans and other sea- birds that one often sees apparently standing on the water. Visitors to California often take home beautiful baskets and other things woven from strips of this strong leathery weed^ which is brown on the outside and creamy white inside. This little kelp maiden I got for you several days ago and as I have watched her standing on the mantel-piece with that dissatisfied look on her face, she seemed to sing this song to me, and as I listened I seemed to hear the plash and feel the rolling of the waves which used to rock her to sleep out on the kelp beds at sea. 95 I wonder if it will seem the same to you? I know she will be a warning to you against discontent which is sure to spoil the pleasure of anyone if it is allowed to get into his life. I am hoping that the little kelp maid may grow cheerful through associating with Lady Hollyhock and her friends. They all have happy faces as I remember them — as happy as those of three cheery little nieces and a jolly little nephew of Your affectionate, Uncle John. 96 THE KELP MAID The Kelp Maids Song- Moderato Im a On a Bui I Till But I On a Though lit - lie kelp maid. In kelp kelp bed at night. In the soft yearned for the land With its shores of all ar- rayed, And once moon - light, Sweet yel - low sand With a one mo-men-tous day am not hap-py yet, bit of kelp 1 stand I am doom'd to stay A wave car- ried me a - way To the Now I long for the wet. For the Ev - er reachfng out my nands Toward the On this dry land far a - way My r r r r r l3 ^^ |^J|b- K J '1 } j\ ^ ^ =fp — 1 k— 3 —^ k-\ ^^^' J^ ** 1 dl *1_ ^^^ i^ p 1 " ' . — =it J J 1 lived on the bil - low - y wave iVhere from lul- ia - bies soothed me to sleep. And through rest- less- ness born of the sea. As I land where I had al - ways longed to be- To the soft sooth-ing damp-ness of the waves. My gown once kelp beds so far out at sea And h ^art --- ev - er J ] tu rns to - ward th e sea For f— my N=l= k-^ *=4= ^ ' ^= ^ W ^ = = =# = -JM-^ — ^tt^ ^U morn - ing till night Through nights- be-yond corn-pare Mermaids watched the dis - tant shore I longedto strip of yel - low sand On the soft and fair to see Is now as for the mer-m.ards' song I aw- ful dis- con- tent My life in ^ys' long and bright I comb-ing silk- en hair Sang go there more and more With that bor - der of the land The dry as y } A i .L ^^n :""'-! m smooth roll- ing lul - la - bies to rest- less- ness dry land where Id soft sooth-ing kelp beds long-irig - ly cfest of the wave, sooth me to sleep. :born of the sea. al-ways longed-to be. damp-ness of the waves, far out at sea. out toward the sea. m n- n. ^m Last verse ^ :§r y^ P p i i ^ ^ ^ sas ^•m B ^m Kelp Maids Sonff 3 LOFa ^^ 'T MORNING-GLORY LADIES Morning-Glory Ladies MORNING-GLORY ladies were made by slipping a flower cup upside down over the stem of a seed pod, leaving the pod for a head. Morning- glory ladies always died young. Indeed, they hardly Uved at all. The spirits of these lost flower children were not only seen in the sunset skies but in the rainbow, too. And when the little Wests saw the great, beautiful bow in the sky, they always repeated the words of old Nokomis to Hiawatha : '^Tis the heaven of flowers you see there, All the wild flowers of the forest. All the lilies of the prairie. When on earth they fade and perish Blossom in that heaven above us.^' 101 Jack O' Lanterns THE children planted pumpkin seeds early in the season and hoed and cared for the vines them- selves, that they might have their own pumpkins for Hallowe'en, and what fun they had with them! And how delightfully scarey they were, when made into Jack O' Lanterns! Some one said they were pumpkin ghosts. Two dreadful ones were placed on the gate posts to frighten Papa when he came home after dark. He guessed right away who had put them there. Others were carried about on poles with sheets hanging about them, in solemn procession. 102 U- \ v:. A JACK O'LANTERN Pumpkin Pies NOT all of the pumpkins were used for Jack O'Lanterns, though. Some were given to Mamma to make into delicious pumpkin pies. Poor little Tom ate too much of the pies^ and his greediness made him have frightful dreams and a terrible pain in his stomach. The verses Cousin Charlotte and the others made about his dream made greedy Tom feel very much ashamed. 104 Jack O' Lantern Dreams Once a greedy little boy Ate too much pumpkin pie at night, And the awful dreams he had Made his hair stand up in fright. Dreadful grinning pumpkin faces Crowded all around his bed, And every grinning pumpkin face Showed a fire inside the head. ^^We are ghosts/' the faces shouted, ^^Of the pumpkins in those pies, If you had not been so greedy, We would not before you rise.'' Then the dreadful firelit faces Faded slowly out of sight. But the awful pain inside him Lasted nearly all the night. 105 Rastus Prune RASTUS was a peculiar looking negro, with wrinkled face and goggle eyes. Paper teeth with a red lip line running around them were fitted into a wrinkle of his prune face and fastened by a touch of mucilage. His paper eyes were fastened on in the same way. With a light paper vest neatly fitted over his prune body and a paper collar round his peg neck he was as neat a colored gentleman as could be found anywhere. Then his chamois-skin suit with hat to match, gave him such style as any one might be pleased to copy. His checked trousers were his special pride, for they never bagged at the knees or got out of shape in any way. On this account he was perfectly satisfied to be a peg-leg. His feet, though, gave him some trouble. They were always getting out of shape. Being made of raisins, an ordinary step was likely to make them swing round and look as though they would prefer to take him the other way. But Rastus smiled on, thinking, no doubt, that this apparent deformity would prove a great convenience when it came to dancing a ^^backstep.'^ 106 J RASTUS PRUNE Dinah Prune DINAH, the mother of Rastus, was just a plain sensible colored woman, wearing a dark gown, and a bandana head dress. Like most colored women of her age, she always wore a neat kerchief folded across her breast, and a large apron to protect her gown. Though she was no beauty, she was good. All who knew her liked her, and the same might be said of her son. Like him, she was made of prunes and toothpicks, and stood on raisin feet. 108 li ./ DINAH PRUNE ^ A CLAY PIPE BABY Pipe Dolls Not all the dolls made by these children were of fruits, flowers and vegetables. In fact it was a poor scrap that they could not make into a satisfactory plaything. And not only the little Wests enjoyed them but Mamma was just as much interested in the making as were the children themselves. I One evening a little party of friends I was gathered together at Hollyhock Place and for amusement Mamma gave each a clay pipe, a lead pencil, a square of white and a square of colored tissue paper and 5 requested each guest to dress the pipe for : a doll. ! To some this, at first, seemed impossi- ! ble. One or two gentlemen asked to be excused, but when they saw the others meet- ing with such success they, too, became interested and went to work. Nearly all used needles and thread, but a few were most successful with mucilage to hold their materials together. It was funny to see the different expressions on those pipe faces. No two of them looked the least bit alike. The minister's wife did not use her colored paper at all, but from the white she made a long baby dress with a big bow in the back and a white cap with another big bow was made to cover the head. This baby had the tiniest httle eyes, nose and mouth you could imagine. Ill Another lady made a clown of her pipe, using orange paper for his clown suit and pasting white circles all over it. This was a neater clown than one ever seeks in a circus, for he wore the freshest of white ruffles at his neck, wrists and ankles. The bump at the bottom of the pipe made the funniest of chin whiskers for this queer creature who could not keep from laughing at himself — and no wonder. 112 f A CLAY PIPE CLOWN >d A CLAY PIPE OLD LADY One of the ladies made her pipe into an old lady doll with folded kerchief and great tall cap. In this one the bump at the bottom of the pipe served as a nose — a large, ill shaped one to be sure, but a very good nose for all that. A very dignified gentleman who was present said he always liked to see a lady wear a sun-bonnet, so he drew a face inside of his pipe and made lines outside for ^^ slats'' that used to be put in old fashioned sun-bonnets. A woman who would wear a sun-bonnet would, of course, wear an apron, so a large white apron was put on this doll. Her face was a pretty one, but her hands were large and clumsy, showing that she had done hard work in her day. These last two dolls wore several full petticoats which enabled them to stand up like real people. There were a number of other good ones, but why tell you about them, for I am sure you can make some just as good as the best of these. 116 A CLAY PIPE MAIDEN Paper Dolls THE paper dolls were more like real people than any of the others. They were made by cutting heads from colored picture cards or from maga- zines and pasting them on cardboard bodies. Then double dress patterns were folded and cut to slip over the heads of the dolls, and on these patterns were pasted gowns of tissue paper in all colors and styles. The children were very particular about dressing their dolls in good taste, for they knew that by making neat, sensible doll clothes, they would learn how to dress them- selves tastefully when they grew older. The little girl dolls wore either plain gingham dresses with fresh white aprons, or simple white gowns. Their hats were plain, without feathers or flowers, as little girls' hats should be. Lady dolls wore dresses that were more elaborate. The colors in these always harmonized. 119 / / I \ / { J \ U-- / 1 I Pattern for paper doll's dress and hat. The cut across the oval cardboard hat pattern fits over the top of the dolFs head. 120 A PAPER DOLL Handkerchief Dolls No collection of make-believe would be complete without the handkerchief doll. Surely she is a simple child, just an ordinary handkerchief rolled from each side toward the center, then the top turned down, and the corners pulled out and tied around the body for arms, leaving a stuffy little head at the top, and a long skirt at the bottom. The handkerchief dolFs little brother is made to look a trifle different from her, by having the lower corners of the handkerchief, of which he is made, pulled out for feet. Towel dolls are larger members of the same family. 122 ^vt- A HANDKERCHIEF DOLL Pill-Box Dolls ONE of Baby Bunnie's especial favorites was the handkerchief doll made over a round pill box. With a pencil a face was marked out on the box and around this a handkerchief was folded three- cornerwise and pinned under the chin. On dress occasions this little one wore around her neck a pretty fresh ribbon tied in a large bow with long ends. Could a more dainty child be found anywhere? 124 A PILL-BOX DOLL The Straw Indian LADY HOLLYHOCK'S visitors differed greatly in many ways. It was not only in looks that they varied, but in their very natures. And strange to say, many were different from what they seemed. Some who appeared bravest and strongest were the weakest. For instance, who would have thought, to look at the fierce appearing Straw Indian, in all the bravery of war-bonnet and blanket, that he was one of the weakest of them all? It was not his fault, poor fellow. He really wanted to be brave and strong. He showed that in both manner and dress. But with his weak constitution, how could he ever have gone into battle with the braves of his tribe? It had always been impossible for him to stand up for him- self, even, without something to lean on. He tried to make up for his natural weakness by dress- ing and acting like a brave, but it was useless. Exercise, which makes others grow strong, only made the poor Straw Indian weaker, and while he was yet young his constitution gave way and he was laid to rest by the little Wests, who loved him in spite of his weakness, beside others of his tribe. After the manner of real Indians he was buried in a sitting position, down in the orchard, near the clothes pin Indian village. However frail he may have been in life, now that the friendly earth supported him, none sat straighter than the lamented Straw Indian. 126 THE STRAW INDIAN The Dried Peach Indian THE Dried Peach Indian was just as different as could be from the Straw Indian. Being both strong and brave, he went out and did great deeds, as you can see by his war-bonnet. If he had been just an ordinary Indian brave, he would have had only two or three eagles' feathers at the back of the band encircling his head. But as every feather in an Indian's v>^ar-bonnet means some great deed done, any one can see the Dried Peach Indian had led a busy life. 128 THE DRIED-PEACH INDIAN The Softening of the Snows A snow man stood on the side of a hill, Stern and silent stood he, And though his manner showed but little grace It showed wonderful dignity. He carried himself as snow men do With his chin well up in the air, And he seemed to say without word of mouth, '^I^m better than you are, so there.' ^ His chest was as full as an alderman's chest, His head as round as a ball — And he wore, as such men usually do, A hat that was shiny and tall. The snow man's wife was much like her spouse. As she stood there by his side. Like him she was round, and silent, and stern. And equally dignified. Each treated the other with cold reserve, For their hearts were icy and chill; 'Twould have made you shiver to look at them As they stood there on the hill. 130 THE PROUD SNOWS The kind old sun with his heart of gold, From his place in the sky above, Resolved to soften this icy pair With the tender warmth of his love. The greeting he gave was so tender and warm It melted their hearts of snow, And the moment they felt the warmth of love Their pride began to go. Then each toward the other more tender grew And softer toward all, it is clear; But as they nearer to each other drew, It was plain that their end was near. Each gave to the other a melting smile And tears flowed from their eyes. Then both sank into the friendly earth. The snow people's paradise. 132 ^ %; « ^j*^ THE TENDER SNOWS Pastry Creatures BUT of all Lady Hollyhock's visitors, the little Wests enjoyed most those who came from the kitchen. When baking day came, Mamma always allowed the children to have a little pastry dough to make up into the forms they liked best. Pie crust was fashioned into all sorts of animals as well as into people. These kept their shape beautifully. Doughnut creatures, though good to have, were likely to lose their shapeliness as they grew in the fat. They did not suffer long, however, for they were soon eaten. The story of the Doughnut Man was always sung as one of these odd creatures disappeared. Sweetest of all were the Gingerbread Maids. It al- ways took a pan full of these favorites to satisfy the children. Verses were made about these, too, and often repeated. 134 f «f^- / A PIE-CRUST MULE The Doughnut Man (Tune : Old Grimes is Dead) The doughnut man is about to go Where we ne'er shall see him more; And with him will go his doughnut coat All buttoned down before. All buttoned down before, before. All buttoned down before. And with him will go his doughnut coat All buttoned down before. 136 THE DOUGHNUT MAN The Gingerbread Maid The gingerbread maid is not at all fair As any one can see, But although she is not beautiful She's sweet as she can be. There isn't a maid in all the land Who has lovers so many as she, Yet she hasn't a single accomplishment, She's just sweet as she can be. Oh, Gingerbread Maid, come alive, if you can, And teach a lesson we all should know. Teach us how to be sweet to all that we meet, Then we'll have friends wherever we go. 138 THE GINGERBREAD MAID The great round cooky moons were fine, too. Cooky dough seemed made on purpose for modeling. 140 A COOKY MOON The Yarn Child THE yarn child had a hard time in the world. You would not think it to look at her, but she did. The very first day of her life she was given to a baby who was so fond of her that he bit her, and tried to pull her to pieces; then squeezed and hugged and picked at her till it was a wonder she ever lived through it all — Lady Hollyhock never could have endured such treatment. But the yarn child did. Her main business in life was to amuse that baby, and, no matter how she was treated, her yarn eyes were just as wide open and her yarn smile just as broad as if she had always had the best of treatment. 142 THE YARN CHILD Rag Dolls AT Lady Hollyhock's all visitors were treated alike. Those who came in rags were just as welcome as any. Here is one pair, Mr. and Mrs. Dry Goods, who came all in rags even to their faces. Indeed, they appeared so well that one hardly thought of their garb until attention was called to it. They were just as neat and clean as could be, though every part of them, from bodies to bonnets, had come out of the rag-bag. These rag people were made by first taking a small wad of cotton wool for the head of each and covering it with thin brown silk drawn tightly together at the back, where knots of black thread were made to look quite like hair. The features were drawn with a sharp pencil on each brown face while a stitch of white thread between the lips did very nicely for teeth. A small stitch of white was used in each eye, also. Tight rolls of cloth served for the bodies, arms, and legs. When these were sewed securely together, the little rag couple were ready to be dressed. As real people in dressing put on stockings and shoes first, these rag people did the same. The stockings they wore were cut from worn-out black silk gloves and sewed neatly up the back. The shoes and mittens were made from old kid gloves and fastened on with a few stitches. Then the rag couple were dressed quite like other dolls, very neatly, of course, for the little Wests did everything neatly. 144 A RAG COUPLE Rag Babies Then there were the rag babies — I almost said the httle rag people — but that would not have been true^ for strange to say the babies were larger than the older members of the family. This does not seem so strange after all, when one stops to think, for in the whole rag world, everything grows smaller as it grows older. Some of these were just ordinary white babies while others belonged to the colored race. The Top- sies were made of brown cotton or silk, with faces done in water colors, and hair of French knots. But no matter what their color, or how they were made, the rag babies probably got more real love from their owners than any other dolls in the whole collection. Rag babies are made by folding a piece of paper length- wise and cutting the pattern of a half body free hand. This will insure the two sides being alike. After getting a good pattern, cut from muslin two pieces just alike for front and back, sew them together and stuff with cotton. The features can be made with either water colors or common ink thinned a little. 146 A RAG BABY Tissue- Paper Ladies OTHER tissue-paper ladies were made by gluing an upright strip of wood to the center of a hori- zontal piece, like an inverted T, and wrapping it with cotton for a foundation. A ball of cotton was fastened to the top for a head, then covered with white tissue paper on which a face was drawn with a pencil. These ladies wore loose, flowing gowns, long capes, and large, comfortable bonnets tied under the chin. Tissue-paper ladies of this kind could stand alone. 148 A TISSUE-PAPER LADY Humpty-Dumpty HUMPTY-DUMPTY was made from an empty egg shell. First, holes were carefully picked in the shell and the egg blown out. Then the face and cap were drawn in ink on the shell. Wires covered with dark tissue paper were then put through the holes and bent into shape for arms and legs. If light-weight hairpins are used, two or three may be twisted together for legs and spread at the ends to form feet. These dolls can stand alone. 151 ^ ^ % \ HUMPTY DUMPTY Cinderella's Coach ^^I wish a fairy godmother would, come and make a Cinderella's coach for us out of this squash/' said Baby Bunnie one day. '^We can be our own fairy god- mother/' said little Florence, as she ' set to work to make the wish come true. Soon there stood before them a wonderful coach made of that very squash — drawn by handsome peanut horses — and in it rode a beautiful ^^■'' peanut Princess, while a little dark ~^ " raisin footman with toothpick arms and legs rode at the back on a seat cut out for him. A hairpin was the axle which held the pasteboard wheels in place. The Princess was to drive straight to Lady Hollyhock's, where the footman would assist her in leaving the carriage. You, too, can be your own fairy godmother, and if you wish have a great ball, at which all of Lady Hollyhock's visitors may appear, not through the touch of a wand, but through the touch of the hand — and all of them will be so real that they will not fade away when the Princess goes. Would it not be best, after all, for every one of us to be our own fairy godmothers, so that when we want very much to have anything happen we can set things going to bring it about? Then the things wished for will not vanish away at the stroke of a clock, but will be ours always. 153 CINDERELLA IN HER COACH LRBAp?8 -i '^, % ^. ^Op, '\a %P. ^; <-o QV LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 029 714 107 7