Story and Pictures by
Marguerite L. and Willard C. Wheeler
Rand McNally & Co. Chicago, New York 1914 (1934 edition)
(I present here most of the text, but only those pictures that include
the Jap doll. There is a picture for each page of text.)
Once there was a little girl named Dorothy, who had a large family of dolls. She tried very hard to teach them to be polite and well-behaved, for she was a good little mamma and dearly loved every one of them.
When little Dorothy tucked all her dollies in bed one night, and then jumped into her own little white crib, she didn't know her dollies were going to have a party before she saw them again.
She tiptoed softly to where the Kewpie doll lay sleeping, and gently shook him. Then she awoke all the other dollies, but told them to be very quiet, lest they should wake Mamma Dorothy.
The Jap doll was very cross, because he was very sleepy; but he jumped up when Dotty Dolly told him she was going to have a party.
Then the Campbell Kid doll laughed so loud and so long, she almost woke up little Mamma Dorothy.
The other dollies did not wish to invite the poor Rag doll and the Black Dinah doll to the party, for their clothes were not respectable enough. But Dotty Dolly said that Mamma Dorothy loved them just as much, and that they should not be slighted because they were poorly dressed.
They made the Wooden Soldier stand guard at the door to tell them if anyone was coming.
Dotty Dolly was the biggest doll of all, so she climbed on a chair and took down the little blue dishes from the cupboard.
The Dinah doll set the table while the Jap doll folded the dainty little crêpe paper napkins.
But just as the Rag doll was bringing in the tea (adventure of Campbell Kid doll, 2 pages).
Then they all sat down, as comfy as you please, to have the tea party.
Now while all the dolls were bustling around, preparing the party, the lazy Black Cat had been curled up under the table, meekly looking on.But when tea was served he wanted some too, so he jumped up to join the dollies. Now the Black Cat was so big that when he stood up he raised the little table right up in the air, and over went the tea into Dotty Dolly's lap!
The the Black Cat jumped over the table, and knocked the poor Kewpie doll right into the chocolate cake and the jelly sandwiches, making a terrible racket.
In ran the Wooden Solder, all out of breath, to tell the dolls that someone was coming.
They all scampered away to their beds, helter skelter, just as fast as they could go!
Then into the nursery, in nightie and curl papers, walked Maria Jane, the cook.
Far up in her attic bedroom she had heard the noise, you see! And jumping out of bed had scurried down stairs as fast as she could go.
She saw the Black Cat sitting up licking his paw, for he had stepped into the tea. And she saw the table and the chairs tipped over, and the broken dishes scattered about on the floor.
She picked up Mamma Dorothy's little broom to shoo the Black Cat, for she thought he had done all the mischief--and so he had.
And Mamma Dorothy spanked the Black Cat for being so naughty. But I don't think it was a very hard spanking--any way he deserved it, didn't he?
