"Yes," agreed Mrs. Merrill, "I'll have to sew. But I'll tell you, Mary
Jane, what you might do" (and Mary Jane's disappointment vanished as soon
as she saw her mother had a plan) "you might sew too."

"Oh, goody, goody, goody!" exclaimed Mary Jane and she clapped her hands
gayly, "and that's a grown-up lady thing for true!"

"I should say it was," said Mrs. Merrill.

"Shall I make me a dress?" asked Mary Jane.

"Well, not just the first thing," laughed Mrs. Merrill; "folks don't learn
to sew on dresses--not even big ladies do that. Now what had you better
begin on?" And she thought a minute while Mary Jane watched her anxiously.
"Oh, I know! You can make a picture card."

"Sew a card?" asked Mary Jane doubtfully.

"Yes, it's lots of fun," said her mother.

"But Alice don't do that," objected Mary Jane, "she sews goods."

"I know she does now," replied Mrs. Merrill, "but she used to sew cards and
she loved doing it too. Only that was so long ago you know nothing about
it. I remember that just the other day I saw some pretty picture sewing
cards at the store; I'll go right to the phone and order some for you." And
she hurried off to get the order in before the first delivery started.

As she came back into the room Mary Jane asked, "Do I have to wait all the