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Saturday, March 28, 2020

Nora and Tilly



This paper doll sheet is from Woman and Home magazine, dated August 1956.  It features two girls who are twin sisters. Each girl has a dress.  One is blue with pink trim and the other pink with blue trim.  This one dates September 1956The Text reads:

Have you noticed our twins are growing their hair.  They wear little Alice bands now.  Tilly is the tomboy of the two- but with oh, such a warm heart!

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Such a lovable pair.. A girl will delight in cutting them out and fitting on their dresses.

One day Nora and Tilly were in their playroom with their heads close together in deep conversation.  "They're quiet up there," thought Mummy (me imagines a mummy in wrapping here) "I wonder what mischief they're up to." She went up and put her head round the door.
"We were just wishing Daddy kept a shop" they said. "We could have fun serving behind the counter." "Well, how would you like to run the White Elephant stall at our Church Bazaar?" said Mummy.
"What's a 'White Elephant' stall?" asked Tilly. "It's where people send all the things they don't want, like an old lampshade or a teapot" said Mummy, "and why not make a few things yourselves out of some old bits of material?"  The next day they roped in several of their school-friends and in less then no time they had a splendid collection for their stall"
At last came the day of the bazaar.  A very grand lady was coming to open it and the children drew lots as to who was to present the Duchess with a bouquet.  "I hope Nora wins" said Tilly.  "She can curtsy so gracefully.  I always fall over backwards" Well, Nora won, and after the opening ceremony, she hurried off to their stall to start business.  "Where's Tilly?" She asked, but no one had seen her.
Suddenly, they spotted Tilly threading her way though the crowd.  "I had to run home to fetch a little parcel I had forgotten/" She said.  "What is it?" asked Nora. "Something for the stall?" "Well yes," said Tilly, "But I don't suppose anyone will buy it," and she tore off the paper and string and there was a funny little needle-case mad out of tiny pieces of flannel, all different colors and filled with needles of all sizes.
"Where did you get it?" asked Nora. "I made it myself," said Tilly. "But i'm afraid the stitches aren't very neat." "I think it is beautifully made" said a strange voice behind them. "I would like to buy it for my daughter's work-basket." They all turned to see who the customer was, and believe you me, it was the Duchess herself! After that, there was a rush of people round their stall, everything was sold.

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