BEFORE THE FIRE.
Take some beads of jet and coral,
And fuzzy white wool for smoke;
Of course ’tis only a make-believe fire,
But it’s just as much fun to poke.
Pull a cozy chair in front of your “fire,”
Where grandmother doll may sit;
While all the little dolls ’round her gather,
That she may tell stories and knit.
Play it’s Christmas and hang up the stockings,
If your dolls are fast asleep;
Fill them with a few little trinkets,
Which out of the tops will peep.
Fireplace