I am to use them
This same afternoon;
So Dolly I'll give you
Some tea very soon
In a little white cup,
With a saucer and spoon.

[Illustration: Tea With Dolls.]

[Page 48--Dolly Land]

[Illustration: Sewing Doll Clothes.]

Doll Dress-making

Making Dolly's dresses,
Don't you think it's fun?
Here is one already,
That I've just begun

Oh, how many stitches!
And such a tangly thread!
When I pricked my finger
I just guess it bled

There! the needle's broken--
Bending all about--
That's a sign my dolly'll
Wear the dresses out

Youth's Companion

Dolly Town

Have you ever been down to Dolly Town?
The sight would do you good
There the dollies walk,
And the dollies talk,
And they ride about
In a grand turn-out,
With a coachman thin
Who is made of tin,
And a footman made of wood

There are very fine houses in Dolly Town,
Red, and green and blue;
And a doctor, too,
Who has much to do,
Just to mend their toes
And their arms and nose,
When they tumble down
And crack their crown
And the stuff they take is glue

But the finest sight in Dolly Town
That place to children dear--
Is no dolly at all,
Though so neat and small
If you've time to spare,
Go on tiptoe there,
See the pretty girl, the rose, the pearl,
Who is Queen of Dolly Town

My Little Doll Rose

I have a little doll,
I take care of her clothes
She has soft flaxen hair,
And her name is Rose

She has pretty blue eyes,
And a very small nose,
And a cunning little mouth,
And her name is Rose

I have a little sofa
Where my dolly may repose,
Or sit up like a lady;
And her name is Rose

My doll can move her arms,
And can stand upon her toes,
She can make a pretty curtsey
My dear little Rose

How old is your dolly?
Very young I suppose,
For she cannot go alone,
My pretty little Rose

Indeed I cannot tell
In poetry or prose
How beautiful she is,
My darling little Rose.

E. Follen

Sewing For Dolly

Such a busy little mother!
Such a pretty little "child"!
Did you ever see a dolly
With a face more sweet and mild?

Such a comfort to her mother,
Who is busy all the day,
And who never finds a moment
With her little girl to play