Prince of May. Rosy Posy was a May Maid of Honor, and Mrs. Maynard was
persuaded to accept the role of Queen Dowager of May.

Miss Hart was of the party, and the title of Duchess of May seemed to fit
her exactly.

And now the time had come, and Marjorie was jumping downstairs on her way
to her own coronation. She wore a red dress, very much trimmed with
flowers made of red tissue paper. The name of the flower doesn't matter,
for they were not exact copies of nature, but they were very pretty and
effective, and red silk stockings and slippers finished off the brilliant
costume that was very becoming to Marjorie's rosy face, with its dark
eyes and dark curly hair.

As she reached the lower hall she saw Delight coming across the street,
arrayed as the White Queen. Really she looked more like a fairy, with
her frilly white frock and her golden hair and blue eyes.

"Hello, Flossy Flouncy!" called out King, using his pet name for Delight;
"you're a daisy May Queen! I offer you my humble homage!"

A daisy May Queen was an appropriate term, for Delight's white frock was
trimmed and wreathed with garlands of daisies. Not real ones, for they
were not yet in bloom, except in green-houses; and so artificial ones had
been sewn on her frock with pretty effect.

King's own attempt at a regal costume had resulted gorgeously, for with
his mother's help, he had contrived a robe of state, which looked like
purple velvet and ermine, though it was really canton flannel. But it had
a grand and noble air, and King wore it with a majestic strut that would