Polly Put the Kettle On (1917)

Polly Vance is at a loss as to where to get the next day's food. The children scream, "Polly, put the kettle on," but she finds only a few tea leaves. The kids are disappointed when they find no jam. Polly, though only 18, has been mothering these children a long time. She enters her father's workroom, where he is poring over plans for the invention which he is confid... Read all