THE LIBRARY 
 
 OF 
 
 THE UNIVERSITY 
 
 OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 LOS ANGELES 
 
 GIFT OF 
 
 Anne Revere
 
 O'KISSME SAN, 
 
 :: :: A Doll from Japan. :: ::
 
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 BY HARVEY GASKELL 0- -o- 
 ILLUSTRATED- BY- M-ETHOMP50N H-MfEMBERTON- 
 
 NEW YORK : 
 THE INTERNATIONAL ART PUBLISHING Co.
 
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 'HIS book will tell 
 
 you all about 
 The doll, O'Kissme 
 
 San, 
 
 Her mistress, too, 
 Wee Betty Blue, 
 Pup Joe, and Captain Ban, 
 And should the story serve to pass 
 A pleasant hour or so, 
 Believe me, we 
 Most pleased shall be, 
 So please to let us know.
 
 Q'KISSME SAN had 
 
 almond eyes, 
 A parasol and fan : 
 A doll was she 
 Of high degree, 
 From picturesque Japan. 
 Her hair was black and full of pins, 
 She'd teeny weeny feet ; 
 Her clothes were made 
 Of silk brocade, 
 Their cut was simply sweet. 
 
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 HEX
 
 r\ N Miss Betty's 
 seventh birth- 
 
 Last July, O'Kissme 
 
 San, 
 
 In a lacquer box, 
 With all her frocks, 
 Arrived by parcels van ; 
 And Lovi-Dovi too, her 
 
 maid, 
 
 A Jappy little elf 
 Just half her size, 
 But, otherwise, 
 Exactly like herself.
 
 JWT ISS BETTY gave a dollies' 
 IV1 tea 
 
 To all her little friends ; 
 And cookie bakes 
 Such lovely cakes ! 
 Such fruit the gard'ner sends ! 
 Each visitor her dolly brings 
 Of course, she brings her best 
 And, spick-and-span, 
 O'Kissme San 
 Welcomes each dolly guest. 
 
 12
 
 T"V RECTLY tea is over, then 
 The dollies must be fed ; 
 
 So Nanny brings 
 
 Their own tea-things 
 And sets them out, instead. 
 And now a curious thing occurred, 
 The little Japanese 
 
 Pushed back her seat, 
 
 Then, on her feet, 
 She squatted at her ease.
 
 OUT when O'Kissme San 
 
 commenced 
 
 To eat, how they did stare ! 
 For strawberry ice 
 She took, like rice, 
 With chop-sticks, I declare ! 
 Of course, the other dolls with 
 spoons 
 
 And forks would eat no more ; 
 So you may guess 
 The awful mess 
 They made on Betty's floor. 
 
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 OW when it's time to 
 
 say good-bye, 
 Ere homeward they depart, 
 
 Each dolly man 
 
 To 'Kissme San 
 Offers his hand and heart. 
 The lady dolls with jealousy 
 Are mad, as you can see, 
 
 "What have I done? " 
 
 Cries everyone, 
 " Neglected thus to be ? " 
 
 17
 
 /^VNE day, a rick-shaw 
 
 came to take 
 O'Kissme for a ride, 
 With coolie-man 
 As in Japan, 
 
 Between the shafts to stride. 
 The other dolls what do you think ? 
 They took the coolie out, 
 Then harnessed up 
 A playful pup 
 To pull the cart about.
 
 fYKISSME SAN 
 
 got in, and then 
 
 Her maid got in, as well. 
 
 The sun is hot, 
 
 But off they trot, 
 Now listen what befell : 
 For, just as Joe, the pup, had got 
 Accustomed to his load, 
 
 A water rat, 
 
 So sleek and fat, 
 Dashed right across the road. 
 
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 AWAY goes Joe -the dollies 
 
 scream, 
 
 Away goes master rat ; 
 A nice green pond 
 Lies just beyond, 
 And off they race for that. 
 In jumps the rat in follows 
 
 Joe, 
 Their screams he never 
 
 heeds, 
 
 The harness snaps, 
 The wretched Japs 
 
 See ! struggling in the weeds. 
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 /^V LD George, the gard'ner, 
 
 fished them out, 
 And laid them in the sun ; 
 The puddle-ducks 
 Had gobbled up 
 Their garments one by one. 
 So as poor Lovi-Dovi had 
 No other clothes to wear, 
 A smart new 
 
 frock 
 Out of her 
 
 stock 
 
 Her mistress 
 had to spare. 
 
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 R Betty's Summer holidays 
 At Sandbeach-on-the-Sea, 
 
 Her Father took 
 
 A cosy nook 
 For all the family. 
 Of course, the dollies went as well. 
 With all the other toys, 
 
 A spade and pail. 
 
 With boats to sail 
 The boats were for the boys. 
 
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 /"\NE morning, on the 
 
 yellow sands 
 The children are at play 
 
 When " Rooty-Toot," 
 
 With pipe and flute, 
 Come Punch-and-Judy gay. 
 Down go the dolls, the spades, the 
 
 pails, 
 And off the children fly ; 
 
 The rooty-toot 
 
 Of Punch's flute, 
 What child can e'er deny ?
 
 ^CARCE was her mistress 
 
 out of sight, 
 
 When poor O'Kissme saw 
 A crab with eyes 
 Of bulging size, 
 And one enormous claw. 
 She screamed aloud, but no 
 
 one heard, 
 
 As, sidling down the shore, 
 The awful crab 
 Made just one dab, 
 And off his victim bore.
 
 TUST then poor Bet comes 
 
 running up, 
 And with her come the boys, 
 
 And Joe, the pup : 
 
 The hunt is up ! 
 My word, they make a noise. 
 Joe quickly spies the robber bold, 
 They raise the hue and 
 cry; 
 
 So crabby drops 
 
 His prey, and pops 
 Into a pool hard by. 
 
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 " A CASTLE for O'Kissme San 
 Let's build, " the children cried ; 
 
 " And let the wall 
 
 Be thick and tall, 
 The moat, both deep and wide." 
 So, when the tide was on the turn, 
 They wrought with willing hands 
 
 And pail and spade, 
 
 Until they made 
 A castle on the sands. 
 
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 TT was the biggest castle that 
 They possibly could make ; 
 
 Said they, "No wave, 
 
 However brave, 
 Will dare our fort to take." 
 They made a throne of oyster-shells, 
 And set it on the top, 
 
 And left O'Kiss 
 
 Me San on this, 
 Till their return, to stop.
 
 ID UT, all too quick the tide comes 
 
 up, 
 And wavelets soon surround 
 
 The rebel fort, 
 
 O'Kissme's caught, 
 And looks like being drowned. 
 Hurrah ! a welcome bark she hears, 
 She knows that help's at hand ; 
 
 With eager din 
 
 Joe dashes in, 
 And brings her safe to land.
 
 C A P TA I N IB A 
 
 A T a dollies' sand-pie party 
 That Betty gave one day, 
 
 O'Kissme San 
 
 Met Captain Ban, 
 A sailor bold and gay. 
 Her fellow-countryman was he, 
 An admiral elect ; 
 
 There was no man 
 
 In all Japan, 
 With medals so bedecked. 
 
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 OAID he, "I've long de- 
 sired a bride ; 
 I'm sick of single life; 
 So, if you can, 
 O'Kissme San, 
 
 Please say you'll be my wife." 
 O'Kissme blushed and said, " I feel 
 Most flattered, don't you know ? 
 But O ! I fear 
 My mistress dear 
 Will never let me go." 

 
 TDESIDES, I have a 
 
 faithful maid, 
 I could not leave 
 
 behind." 
 "Why, let her wed," 
 The Captain said, 
 " My man, if she's a mind. 
 He is the handiest tar afloat, 
 He cooks, and shaves, and sews ; 
 A bo'sun he 
 Will shortly be. 
 I'll tell him to propose." 
 
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 1DOOR Betty wept as mothers 
 
 will, 
 When they their daughters lose, 
 
 But still a match 
 
 With such a catch 
 She couldn't well refuse. 
 And Lovi-Dovi and her tar 
 His name was Yo-Hee-Vo 
 
 Agreed that they, 
 
 That self-same day, 
 Would to the altar go.
 
 " I ^HE wedding was a grand affair: 
 They'd breakfast on the shore, 
 
 With speeches fine, 
 
 Green ginger wine, 
 And sandwiches galore. 
 Then Captain Ban and Yo-Hee-Vo 
 Returned aboard their ship, 
 
 For they must go 
 
 To Tokyo, 
 Upon their wedding trip. 
 
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 IE brides 
 with all their 
 dolly friends, 
 Went for a walk 
 
 along 
 The cliffs of 
 
 chalk 
 
 For one last talk; 
 
 The wind v/as 
 
 blowing strong ; 
 
 But as the sun was shining 
 
 bright, 
 
 The newly-married dolls, 
 To keep his rays 
 From their bouquets, 
 Put up their parasols. 
 
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 " A DIEU, my friends ! " O'Kissme 
 
 cried, 
 
 "Wish us a happy trip ! 
 Yon tiny boat 
 Waits there afloat 
 To take us to our ship. 
 I see my husband on the deck, 
 With telescope 
 
 in hand, 
 He looks at 
 
 me 
 Across the 
 
 sea, 
 
 Isn't he simply 
 grand ? "
 
 r I "HE rising gale 
 their parasols 
 Makes parachutes, 
 
 and high 
 One powerful 
 
 puff 
 
 Was quite enough 
 Above the cliff they fly. 
 Said Ban, " It seems my wife 
 
 prefers 
 
 Ballooning to a boat, 
 So 'neath these aer- 
 Onauts so fair, 
 My ship shall gently float" 
 
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 O AFE in the air the dollies wait, 
 
 Until the tempest calms ; 
 Then down they drop, 
 And gently flop 
 . Into their husbands' arms. 
 Good-bye, good-bye, brave bo'sun 
 
 Yo! 
 
 Adieu ! most gallant Ban ! 
 Stick to your brides 
 Whate'er betides, 
 Farewell ! O'Kissme San ! ! 
 
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