The first pix is of my antique composition Effanbee doll Patsy. She is the large Patsy approx. 27". I have her sitting on a stool in corner of our bedroom holding a Boyd bear in her lap. Before moving to Indiana I had her completely restored by a doll maker in Florida. She is just special. Still bears the original Effanbee heart tag on her wrist.
I also have pulled out a few books from my library and scanned a few pages here and there. One of my favorite authors is the Indiana Hoosier Poet James Whitcomb Riley. My father would read from an antique book of his poems, to me before going to bed. Then we would have our prayers.
Today I looked at one verse of "A Life Lesson."
THERE ! little girl ; don't cry !
They have broken your doll I know ;
And your tea set blue,
And your play house , too,
Are things of the long ago;
But childish troubles will soon pass
by.-
There ! little girl; don't cry !
I typed the verse as written in book. This book is Child Rhynes, James Whitcomb Riley , Hoosier Pictures by Will Vawter. Copyright 1890. This antique book I have was presented to a young lady in 1929 at Christmas time.
