“You may have the Evergreen, if you like. As I say, there’s wide scope for choice of articles to sell.”
“I’d like that very much,” said Miss Larkin. “King and Kitty will be my helpers, and I’m sure we can get lots of green things ready for the bazaar.”
“I’m sure you can,” agreed Miss Merington. “And your tree will be easy to get, too. Just any kind of an evergreen tree will do.”
“A Christmas tree,” said King; “I’ll ask Thomas to cut one in the woods for us.”
“Yes, do. Some of the trees are much harder to manage. Many of them will have to be covered entirely with paper foliage.”
“How about our tree—the Orange Tree?” asked Delight.
“Well, you see, our tree takes the place of what is usually known at fairs as the grab-bag or fish pond. We will make lots of oranges in this way. Take some little article that can be sold for five or ten cents, wrap it in cotton until it forms a ball the size of an orange, and then cover it with orange-colored crêpe paper. Tie it at the top with a narrow green ribbon, and hang it on the tree. Of course, the customer, buying an orange, takes his chance on what he will find inside it.”
“Oh, that will be lots of fun,” said Marjorie. “I can make little pincushions and sachet bags.”
“Yes,” said Delight, “and I can make little stamp-cases and tiny picture frames, and lots of things.”
“And we can buy things,” went on Midget. “Spools of cotton, and celluloid thimbles, and little bits of toys and dolls. Oh, can’t we begin this afternoon?”