Make in same way as pompons on Doll’s Toque, using circles of cardboard 3½ inches across, and a 1-inch opening in the center. Wind until opening is almost filled.

“Oh, I will give mother one on her birthday!” said Mary Frances.

Soon she set to work and made a baby’s ball for Mary Marie.

“Pretty ball!” said the dolly, trying to catch it in her hands again and again. Suddenly she began to cry.

“Why, what is the matter, dear?” asked Mary Frances.

“Foots told,” the baby sobbed.

Mary Frances laid the dolly’s shawl over her feet. “Is that better?” she asked. “Oh, how I wish I knew how to make you a pair of slippers!”