The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book

Well... it was published 1918, so I suppose WWI was very much an issue... but Jane Eayre Fryer didn't quite... let Mary Frances grow. She got a baby doll “almost as big as she was”... and this was published 6 years after the Mary Frances Cook Book. In which Mary Frances was about... 8? At least deemed by the illustrations. Maybe 10? So she should be a teenager by now.
(Frankly, letting a child unsupervised in the kitchen with fire... er... What were you thinking, Jane?)
And Billy is playing with dolls, even though he is about the same age as Mary Frances.
But considering how fragile constitution their dad has... and mother, too... maybe the whole family is a bit... Except Mary Frances, who is a superwoman and manages to take care of the whole household at the age of 10 all by herself. And her fairy friends.
Geesh!