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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 350

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or Japanese chil-dren. She had no tiny woolen socks, for sheneeded none. The Japanese babys feet arcalways bare. There were no fine linen or soft wool, only tlie wadded dress,like a wrapper. So when Kine was one hundreddays old she was carried to the temple, just assome American parents take their… … PET MONKEY WAS FASTENEDA CHAIN TO A POST cotton. Kme and made of red crape,embroidered in white flow-ers and drawn together by silk cords. This bag containing the prayer was the guard from evil, and it is devoutly believed byunder-garments of all Japanese to have the power of keeping children 328…

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