"Are you really going to act in a play?
Oh, can we see you ?" "I don't know yet, Midget.

Probably it will be an entertainment only for grown-ups.

We've just begun rehearsals." "Have we dramatic talent, Mother ?" "Not to any astonishing degree.

But, yes, I suppose your fondness for playing at court life and such things shows a dramatic taste." "Oh, it's great fun, Mother! I just love to sit on that throne with my long trail wopsed on the floor beside me, and my sceptre sticking up, and my courtiers all around me,--oh, Mother, I think I'd like to be a real queen!" "Well, you see, Midget, you were born in a country that doesn't employ queens." "And I'm glad of it!" cried Marjorie, patriotically.

"Hooray! for the land of the free and the home of the brave! I guess I don't care to be a real queen, I guess I'll be a president's wife instead.