About seven o'clock
`` Then let 's have one that they can see , '' said Bob ; `` I 'll tell you what we 'll do , -- I 've a brilliant idea . '' His idea was a brilliant one , so much so that it required the co-operation of both families with the exception of the two girls , from whom it was kept a secret . But the two D 's were told that the evening of the Fourth would be a red letter day for them and they looked forward eagerly to whatever it might be . About seven o'clock on Fourth of July evening , Mrs. Fayre came into Dolly 's room with her arms full of red , white and blue material . This proved to be a voluminous robe-like drapery which transformed Dolly into a goddess of liberty . A liberty cap was put upon her golden head and a silk flag was presented to her . `` Stunning ! ''