Fashion Announced That Roses Were Filled With Romance

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The Little Folks Have A Party And Hear Some Ne

There was a secret under the rose bush. The Lady of Fashion seemabout the secret than anyone else. Mrs. Lover looked quite wise

appeared to know a great deal about the matter.“Well, there’s one thing certain,” said the Policeman one evening Teenie Weenies who sat talking about the secret. “It won’t be secre women knowin’ all about it.”

For several days the Lady of Fashion spent considerable tim

bungalow, and one of the Lover twins let the cat out of the baproudly that “there was going to be a party” and that he was going.

Sure enough, the next day the Lady of Fashion personally invited tluncheon party on the following Saturday.

“Who’s the party for?” asked the Dunce when he received his invitat“Oh, it’s just a party; that’s all,” replied the Lady of Fashion.

On Friday the Old Soldier and the Sailor brought out their tooldirection of the Lady of Fashion, the two little workmen built a hugthe ground back of the shoehouse.



A huge yellow rose was placed in the center of the table, and it thvery pretty.

“Now, if everybody will wait here a few minutes we will soon mar

said the Lady of Fashion when all the little people had gathered inshoehouse.

The little lady hurried out and in a few minutes she returned aWeenies to the table, where they were seated on benches, which out of the armory.

The Lady of Fashion sat at one end of the table with Tess Bone on Buddy Guff at her left, while the rest of the Teenie. Weenies were sthree sides of the board.

Gogo and the Dunce brought the food from the shoehouse kitchbefore the little guests, and all the Teenie Weenies ate as tho wonderfully good.

The leaves of the big yellow rose in the center of the table moved sutimes, but none of the little folks seemed to notice it, although th watched it with much concern.

While the dessert which was chiefly pink ice cream and cake was



Clutching a tiny envelope in one of his chubby hands, he stareFashion and recited the following verse in one rapid sentence, mucboy would say, “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”:

“From this rose I now arise To bring a message of surprise.It tells of Teenie Weenie. hearts That I have pierced with many darts.”

When he had finished he handed the envelope to the Lady of Fash

and read the following message:“This luncheon is given to our many friends for the express purpothe engagement of Tess Bone and Buddy Guff.”

The Teenie Weenies set up a mighty cheer, while Mrs. Lover lifted table and slipped him into some warm clothes. Tess and Bucongratulations of the little folks, and every one said it had been tgiven under the rose bush.



The announcement of the engagement of Tess Bone and Buddyexcitement under the rose bush. The little folks talked of nothing else the Lady of Fashion was so excited she could scarcely sleep at night.

“Tess, my dear,” the Lady of Fashion said one evening shortly after th“you will need a lot of clothes, now that you are going to be married,myself will help get your trousseau together.”

“What’s a trousseau?” asked the Dunce who was lying on a caterpilla

the conversation.“Why, a trousseau means clothes. When a lady gets married she aclothes and it’s called a trousseau,” answered the Lady of Fashion.

“Ah, jinks!” exclaimed the Dunce. “You womans is all time talkin’ abotrousseau was somethin’ to eat,” and the dunce rolled over on his back



“I will arrange for that,” said the Lady of Fashion. “We will get a cou with us, and we’ll make a trip over to the brown house near the pamaker lives, and we’ll be sure to find plenty of scraps around. Any on which that dressmaker throws away would be big enough to madresses.”

The little ladies talked until it was quite late that night, and before tmade plans to set out the next morning for the dressmaker’s house in

After breakfast the next morning the three little ladies set off for the

and with them went Gogo and the Chinaman who had kindly offered tback the cloth.

It was quite early when the Teenie Weenies reached the dressmaker’s lady was still in bed, so the little folks had plenty of time to selecneeded.

Many small pieces of cloth lay on the floor; in fact there were so manlittle ladies had a hard time making up their minds what to take.

Mrs. Lover, who was a good judge of cloth, pointed out the best mathad chosen several pieces Gogo and the Chinaman tied them up intscraps of thread and carried them back to the Lovers’ bungalow where d



the sewing room, and he went about lookingmost mournful.

I don’t know whether Tess is in love with me

or her trousseau,” Buddy confided to agroup of Teenie Weenies one evening.

“Ah, you can’t blame Tess for wantin’ to geta nice lot of clothes together,” said Mr.Lover. “This is her last chance to have her

fill of clothes, for when a woman is marriedshe doesn’t have much time to spend onclothes.”

“I’ll bet that’s why the Lady of Fashion don’tget married,” cried the Dunce. “She’s afraid

she won’t have any more slick dresses if sheget a husband.”

The Doctor, who was rather interested in theLady of Fashion, gave the Dunce a nastylook, and nothing more was said about

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Something About A Teenie Weenie Shower

The coming wedding of Tess Bone and Buddy Guff was being looked Teenie Weenies with much interest. The wedding trousseau was alm

plans were being fixed for the wedding ceremony.“I think it would be nice to give Tess and Buddy a linen shower,”Fashion one warm evening to a number of the Teenie Weenies whporch of the old shoe house.

“A linen shower would be nice,” said Mrs. Lover. “But it seems to

make it a general shower. Anything any one would care to give—ohave to be something useful about the house— something that wtheir home.”

“That’s right,” cried the Old Soldier. “Make it general and not juscould give something.”

“I have it! I have it!” shouted the Doctor. “Let’s each give some thiourselves. Now I could make a little family medicine chest, and the Ca couple of brooms, and so on.”

“That’s a perfectly wonderful idea, Doctor,” cried the Lady of Fashio

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little folk had to work in many queer places to keep Tess and Butheir plans.

Saturday afternoon was chosen as the time for the surprise, and w

Weenies had gathered at the school house, the tiny band led the shoe house where the Lady of Fashion and the General had manaand Buddy for the occasion.

As the band and the Teenie Weenies stopped before the shoe housestepped out on the porch, followed by the General and the Lady of F

While the band played, each Teenie Weenie passed along and laid hthe porch at the feet of the tiny couple.

Tess and Buddy quickly unwrapped the packages, and it was vesmiles on their tiny faces, that they were much pleased with the pre

“Speech! Speech !” shouted the Teenie Weenies, and both Tess and red as cherries.

“Go on and make a speech,” cried Tess, and she gave Buddy suchfell off the porch.

“E-e-er I-I-I that is we-w-w-we oh shoot—I can’t make a speech.

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Tess and Buddy received so many beautiful presents there was hain the shoe house to store them.

Paddy Pinn gave the little couple a wonderful carving knife and f

knife blade were hammered out of a piece of darning needle, and made out of carved fish bone.

The Old Soldier’s present was a hickory nut baking dish with twothe cover.

The General gave a half dozen drinking cups which were made o

and bound with silver bands to which were fastened silver handles.

Gogo gave Tess and Buddy a beautifully carved basket which the litof a hazel nut.

The Doctor’s present was a half dozen cherry seed finger bowls.

The Lady of Fashion gave a lovely hand embroidered lunch clotinches square, and a half dozen napkins.

The Turk’s present was a wonderful serving dish made from an silver.

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Here Comes The Teenie Weenie Bride

The day for the wedding of Tess Bone and Buddy Guff was set forfifth.

Everybody was busy under the, rose bush getting ready for the big who lived in an old tree back of the garden, brought over severshelled for the wedding cake. The Cook had wonderful luck withlooked so good the Policeman thought it wise to keep guard over it day.

The Lady of Fashion kept five of the little men busy three days cleahouse. That little house was neat as a pin most of the time, but theit until it fairly shone, for there were to be guests at the weddingFashion wanted them to find the place spotless.

Four young ladies were coming to be bridesmaids at the wedding.

ladies was a cousin of Tess Bone, while the other three were sisters

Several days before the wedding the four ladies arrived, and theypretty and charming Teenie Weenies. In order to make a place for tthe Teenie Weenies had to give up their rooms in the shoe house.

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“Well, it’s as much my wedding as yours,” cried Buddy, but the

found out that a bridegroom is of the least importance at a wedding

“I want to be married outdoors,” said Tess. “Just as Mrs. Lover wa

rose bush.”As Buddy had been a soldier, it was decided to make the weddingand the little soldiers began polishing up their guns and buttons ulike stars.

Back of the Lovers’ bungalow a huge yellow rose hung quite nea

under this rose a small platform was built, so the little couple directly under the flower.

A strip of carpet was laid on the ground from the steps of the splatform, and the Lady of Fashion made the wedding party reheaover and over.

“We want everything to go smoothly,” she told the little folks, w

being put through the rehearsal so often.

One of the Lover twins was to be the ring bearer, but the little chatimes during the rehearsal, so it was decided to leave him out of it.

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The General, who was to marry the couple, stood waiting at t

trembling bridegroom with Paddy Pinn as best man waited near by.

As the band played, the little procession started down the shoe h

came two proud little flower girls each carrying a big yellow rose pethe Lady of Fashion as maid of honor, followed by the four bridesmalike and wearing hats each made from the petal of a yellow rose lea

next on the arm of the Old Soldier, who was to give her away following came the Lover twins carrying the end of the long bridal ve

When the little party had gathered about the altar, Tess and Buddyrose petals, which the flower girls had placed for them.

It was wonderfully impressive. As the General read the service evenin their flight to hear the solemn words that made Buddy Guff anand wife, and, except for the soft sobbing of the little ladies, all was

After the ceremony, everyone kissed the bride, and it was whisperor two of the little men kissed her twice.

The Cook had prepared a wonderful luncheon in the school house, aeaten their fill the floor was cleared for dancing, which kept up utime.

Fashion Announced That Roses Were Filled With Romance

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