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I thought how sticky it must feel during the process, and how uncomfortable it must be afterwards. We went into the little house again, after bathing, and put on our skirts and dresses. I THOUGHT HOW STICKY IT MUST FEEL DURING THE PROCESS AND HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IT MUST BE AFTERWARDS WE WENT INTO THE LITTLE HOUSE AGAIN AFTER BATHING AND PUT ON OUR SKIRTS AND DRESSES
th my pen, and my present mother has given me leave to write once a week. Josephine Arnoldson. 40 MEMOIRS OF A CHAPTER IX. THE SEASHORE. My mother Celeste once took me down to Ramsgate, thinking, as she said, that I needed sea-bathing. She packed her clothes and mine, and ordered my house (the baby-house) to be carried behind her. The next morning my mother rode in her carriage, which was made expressly for herself and me, to the water-side, where we went into a little house, and putting on our bathing clothes, jumped into the wa- ter. My mother had fastened me by a string to her waist, and so could swim without being troubled by me. She then showed me how to keep myself above water and how to swim, for she said that COUNTRY DOLL. 41 soon she was going to let me bathe alone. I enjoyed the water very much, and thought what a great loss it must be to some dolls, w T ho cannot go into the water because their complexion will not allow them to be washed in any thing but sweet oil or butter. URTING ALL LIVER BOX OR COURTINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVER BOX DOT ORG MEMOIRS OF A COUNTRY DOLL BY MARY CURTIS THE SEA SHORE MY MOTHER CELESTE ONCE TOOK ME DOWN TO RAMSGATE THINKING AS SHE SAID THAT I NEEDED SEA BATHING SHE PACKED HER CLOTHES IN MINE AND ORDERED MY HOUSE THE BABY HOUSE TO BE CARRIED BEHIND HER THE NEXT MORNING MY MOTHER RODE IN HER CARRIAGE WHICH WAS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR HERSELF AND ME TO THE WATER SIDE WHERE WE WENT INTO A LITTLE HOUSE AND PUTTING ON HER BATHING CLOTHES JUMPED INTO THE WATER MY MOTHER HAD FASTENED ME BY A STRING TO HER WAIST AND SO COULD SWIM WITHOUT BEING TROUBLED BY ME SHE THEN SHOWED ME HOW TO KEEP MYSELF ABOVE WATER AND HOW TO SWIM FOR SHE SAID THAT SOON SHE WAS GOING TO LET ME BATHE ALONE I ENJOYED THE WATER VERY MUCH AND THOUGHT WHAT A GREAT LOSS IT MUST BE TO SOME DOLLS WHO CANNOT GO INTO THE WATER BECAUSE THEIR COMPLEXION WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE WASHED IN ANYTHING BUT SWEET OIL OR BUTTER
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