t nicely on Hatty's gilt tray;
Real milk in the cream-jug, and real sugar too;
But only _play_-tea--we pretend that it's true.

We've got a _whole_ orange, and three macaroons,
And some _blue_-mange--we'll eat it with Hatty's new spoons;
And we've carried our table out under the trees:
So come, Carrie Wynn, to our party, do, please!

Hatty'll sit at one end, and the other you'll take;
And I'll cut the orange, and she'll help the cake:
You'll see something funny--the reason, don't ask it--
When we've eaten the cake, we can eat up the basket!

We invited the dolls; but they both have the mumps;
And yesterday mine got two terrible bumps:
So we left them in bed; and I do not much care,
For dolls never _will_ sit up straight on a chair.

Then, nicest of all, when our party is done,
We'll wash up the dishes; and won't that be fun!
Then scrub sticky fingers and sugary thumbs;
And the sparrows and robins may clear up the crumbs.

ELIZABETH SILL.

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DANDY THE BEAR.

WE have a dancing bear in our village. His name is Dandy. He belongs to
Mr. Werner, a German, who leads him about the streets, and makes a show
of him. We children all give Dandy some of our spare cents when we see
him; for a bear has to be fed like you and me.

"Come, Dandy," Mr. Werner will say, "here are the young ladies and
gentlemen, all with plenty of cents in their pockets to give you if you
perform well. They are good judges of high art. They can admire the
poetry of motion. So do your prettiest."

Mr. Werner has a monkey and a pet dog. The monkey is called Captain. He
wears a hat with a feather in it. The name of the pet dog is Grip. He is
fat and greedy; and, if he sees a boy with a cake, he begs for a piece
of it; indeed, he wouldn't object to the whole of it. I wonder if you
can spy out Grip and the Captain in the picture.

But Dandy makes more fun for us than all the rest. "Now, Dandy," Mr.
Werner will say, "make your most stunning bow to the ladies, and then
give us a turn on the light fantastic."

By the "light fantastic," Mr. Werner means "the light fantastic toe." He
has made this joke so many times, that we know what he means by it.

Thus encouraged, Dandy will bow, raise himself on one of his hind-feet,