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walked in the afternoon.

Wednesday passed in like manner.

Thursday Thanksgiving was a holiday and I went to church with Mama and Papa.

Mama, Baby and I took a drive in the open carriage in the afternoon.

The park was crowded in spite of the game at Brookland, and as we were driving along, Baby sitting on the little seat. I heard a lady say

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just behind us on horseback to the gentleman she was with: "She is just like a picture."

I turned and saw they were looking at baby. And it was perfectly true.  She had on an enormous plush hat trimmed all around with little feathers, and
a bunch of large ones in the center. The part of the hat around her head was of pink silk (the head being a sort of greenish gray)
The coat was the same