O'Kissme San; a doll from Japan

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O'KISSME SAN,

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'HIS book will tell

you all about
The doll, O'Kissme

San,

Her mistress, too,
Wee Betty Blue,
Pup Joe, and Captain Ban,
And should the story serve to pass
A pleasant hour or so,
Believe me, we
Most pleased shall be,
So please to let us know.

Q'KISSME SAN had

almond eyes,
A parasol and fan :
A doll was she
Of high degree,
From picturesque Japan.
Her hair was black and full of pins,
She'd teeny weeny feet ;
Her clothes were made
Of silk brocade,
Their cut was simply sweet.

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HEX

r\ N Miss Betty's
seventh birth-

Last July, O'Kissme

San,

In a lacquer box,
With all her frocks,
Arrived by parcels van ;
And Lovi-Dovi too, her

maid,

A Jappy little elf
Just half her size,
But, otherwise,
Exactly like herself.

JWT ISS BETTY gave a dollies'
IV1 tea

To all her little friends ;
And cookie bakes
Such lovely cakes !
Such fruit the gard'ner sends !
Each visitor her dolly brings
— Of course, she brings her best —
And, spick-and-span,
O'Kissme San
Welcomes each dolly guest.

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T"V RECTLY tea is over, then
The dollies must be fed ;

So Nanny brings

Their own tea-things
And sets them out, instead.
And now a curious thing occurred,
The little Japanese

Pushed back her seat,

Then, on her feet,
She squatted at her ease.

OUT when O'Kissme San

commenced

To eat, how they did stare !
For strawberry ice
She took, like rice,
With chop-sticks, I declare !
Of course, the other dolls with
spoons

And forks would eat no more ;
So you may guess
The awful mess
They made on Betty's floor.

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OW when it's time to

say good-bye,
Ere homeward they depart,

Each dolly man

To 'Kissme San
Offers his hand and heart.
The lady dolls with jealousy
Are mad, as you can see,

"What have I done? "

Cries everyone,
" Neglected thus to be ? "

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/^VNE day, a rick-shaw

came to take
O'Kissme for a ride,
With coolie-man
As in Japan,

Between the shafts to stride.
The other dolls — what do you think ?
They took the coolie out,
Then harnessed up
A playful pup
To pull the cart about.

fYKISSME SAN

got in, and then

Her maid got in, as well.

The sun is hot,

But off they trot,
Now listen what befell :
For, just as Joe, the pup, had got
Accustomed to his load,

A water rat,

So sleek and fat,
Dashed right across the road.

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AWAY goes Joe -the dollies

scream,

Away goes master rat ;
A nice green pond
Lies just beyond,
And off they race for that.
In jumps the rat — in follows

Joe,
Their screams he never

heeds,

The harness snaps,
The wretched Japs

See ! struggling in the weeds.
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/^V LD George, the gard'ner,

fished them out,
And laid them in the sun ;
The puddle-ducks
Had gobbled up
Their garments — one by one.
So as poor Lovi-Dovi had
No other clothes to wear,
A smart new

frock
Out of her

stock

Her mistress
had to spare.

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R Betty's Summer holidays
At Sandbeach-on-the-Sea,

Her Father took

A cosy nook
For all the family.
Of course, the dollies went as well.
With all the other toys,

A spade and pail.

With boats to sail—
The boats were for the boys.

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/"\NE morning, on the

yellow sands
The children are at play

When " Rooty-Toot,"

With pipe and flute,
Come Punch-and-Judy gay.
Down go the dolls, the spades, the

pails,
And off the children fly ;

The rooty-toot

Of Punch's flute,
What child can e'er deny ?

^CARCE was her mistress

out of sight,

When poor O'Kissme saw
A crab with eyes
Of bulging size,
And one enormous claw.
She screamed aloud, but no

one heard,

As, sidling down the shore,
The awful crab
Made just one dab,
And off his victim bore.

TUST then poor Bet comes

running up,
And with her come the boys,

And Joe, the pup :

The hunt is up !
My word, they make a noise.
Joe quickly spies the robber bold,
They raise the hue and
cry;

So crabby drops

His prey, and pops
Into a pool hard by.

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" A CASTLE for O'Kissme San
Let's build, " the children cried ;

" And let the wall

Be thick and tall,
The moat, both deep and wide."
So, when the tide was on the turn,
They wrought with willing hands

And pail and spade,

Until they made
A castle on the sands.

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TT was the biggest castle that
They possibly could make ;

Said they, "No wave,

However brave,
Will dare our fort to take."
They made a throne of oyster-shells,
And set it on the top,

And left O'Kiss

Me San on this,
Till their return, to stop.

ID UT, all too quick the tide comes

up,
And wavelets soon surround

The rebel fort,

O'Kissme's caught,
And looks like being drowned.
Hurrah ! a welcome bark she hears,
She knows that help's at hand ;

With eager din

Joe dashes in,
And brings her safe to land.

C A P TA I N • IB A

A T a dollies' sand-pie party
That Betty gave one day,

O'Kissme San

Met Captain Ban,
A sailor bold and gay.
Her fellow-countryman was he,
An admiral elect ;

There was no man

In all Japan,
With medals so bedecked.

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OAID he, "I've long de-
sired a bride ;
I'm sick of single life;
So, if you can,
O'Kissme San,

Please say you'll be my wife."
O'Kissme blushed and said, " I feel
Most flattered, don't you know ?
But O ! I fear
My mistress dear
Will never let me go."

TDESIDES, I have a

faithful maid,
I could not leave

behind."
"Why, let her wed,"
The Captain said,
" My man, if she's a mind.
He is the handiest tar afloat,
He cooks, and shaves, and sews ;
A bo'sun he
Will shortly be.
I'll tell him to propose."

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1DOOR Betty wept — as mothers

will,
When they their daughters lose,

But still a match

With such a catch
She couldn't well refuse.
And Lovi-Dovi and her tar—
His name was Yo-Hee-Vo —

Agreed that they,

That self-same day,
Would to the altar go.

" I ^HE wedding was a grand affair:
They'd breakfast on the shore,

With speeches fine,

Green ginger wine,
And sandwiches galore.
Then Captain Ban and Yo-Hee-Vo
Returned aboard their ship,

For they must go

To Tokyo,
Upon their wedding trip.

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IE brides
with all their
dolly friends,
Went for a walk

along
The cliffs of

chalk

For one last talk;

The wind v/as

blowing strong ;

But as the sun was shining

bright,

The newly-married dolls,
To keep his rays
From their bouquets,
Put up their parasols.

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" A DIEU, my friends ! " O'Kissme

cried,

"Wish us a happy trip !
Yon tiny boat
Waits there afloat
To take us to our ship.
I see my husband on the deck,
With telescope

in hand,
He looks at

me
Across the

sea,

Isn't he simply
grand ? "

r I "HE rising gale
their parasols
Makes parachutes,

and high
— One powerful

puff

Was quite enough —
Above the cliff they fly.
Said Ban, " It seems my wife

prefers

Ballooning to a boat,
So 'neath these aer-
Onauts so fair,
My ship shall gently float"

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O AFE in the air the dollies wait,

Until the tempest calms ;
Then down they drop,
And gently flop
. Into their husbands' arms.
Good-bye, good-bye, brave bo'sun

Yo!

Adieu ! most gallant Ban !
Stick to your brides
Whate'er betides,
Farewell ! O'Kissme San ! !

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