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Then we'll bring 'em here an' Maudie can give 'em all she has. But first" her little sharp eyes rested discontentedly upon Genevieve Maud's family six dolls reposing in a blissful row in a pansy-bed "first we mus' remove those pomps an' vanerties." Grace gasped. "Take away the dolls?" she ejaculated, dizzily. "No, not edzactly. Jus' take off all their clothes.
"She'd make an awful fuss, an' she's so good an' quiet now it's a pity to start her off. But her toys mus' go. They're very expensive, an' they're pomps an' vanerties, I know. So we'll take 'em with us an' give 'em to poor children." "You think of lots of things, don't you?" gurgled Grace Margaret, with warm admiration. Her sister accepted the tribute modestly, as no more than her due.
If you don't want to do what we say, we'll put your clothes right straight on again an' leave you in the midst of your pomps an' vanerties: an' then what'll become of your soul?" She paused impressively to allow this vital question to make its full appeal. Genevieve Maud writhed and squirmed. "But," continued Helen Adeline, solemnly, "if you do jus' as we say, we'll let you play some more."
They give up pomps an' vanerties, the minister says, an' they mus'n't have luxuries, an' they mus' live like nature an' save their souls. They can't save their souls when they have pomps an' vanerties. We thought we'd try it with you first, an' then if we like it er if it's nice, I mean, p'r'aps Grace an' I will, too.
They stripped Genevieve Maud, first of the sash and bows, then of the white gown, next of her soft undergarments, finally, as zeal waxed, even of her shoes and stockings. She stood before them clad in innocence and full of joyful expectation. "All these fine clothes is pomps an' vanerties," remarked Helen Adeline, firmly.
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