Little Mammas. 93

as you see him in the picture; and this change
in his dress gave him such an idea of his own
importance and manliness, that he hardly con-
descends any longer to play with. his sisters at
all. He struts about all day with his hands in
his pockets.

   

xo : = =

 

 

The picture above shows us the twos sisters
playing with their dolls, after their brother no
longer joined intheir games. They are playing,
you see, at being two mammas. Each has her
child, and each is telling the other of the won-
derful beauty and talent of her own child, as
they have heard fond real mothers often do.