What is known in a certain town as "A Shop Carnival" was being held, and
little girls represented the various shops. One, dressed in a white
muslin frock gaily strung with garlands of bonbons, advertised the local
sweet shop.
When the festival began she fairly glistened with attractive
confectionery, but as time wore on her decorations grew less. Finally,
at the end of the last act, not a bonbon was to be seen.
"Why, Dora," cried the stage manager, "where in the world are all your
decorations? Have you lost them?"
"Oh, no," replied Dora; "they're perfectly safe. I'm wearing them
inside."