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The American Girls Handy Book
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
Spring
The American Girl’s Handy Book.
CHAPTER I. FIRST OF APRIL.
First of April Party.
Mirror Tableau.
Noah’s Ark Peep-show.
The Supper
CHAPTER II. WILD FLOWERS AND THEIR PRESERVATION.
Transplanting Wild Flowers
Cut Wild Flowers.
Sending Flowers by Mail,
Preserved Flowers.
Pressed Flowers and Leaves.
Leaves and Ferns for Decoration,
Color of Flowers Changed,
Natural Wax Flowers
To Freshen Cut Flowers.
Crystallized Flowers,
Perfume of Flowers.
Spring Flowers in Winter?
The Four-leaved Clover.
Some Old-fashioned Methods of Preserving Flowers.
Flowers in Alcohol,
Bottle Flowers.
How to Preserve a Vaseful of Flowers for a Year.
Keeping Bouquets Fresh a Long Time.
To Keep Flowers or Fruit a whole Year perfectly Fresh.
Rose-water.
CHAPTER III. THE WALKING CLUB.
CHAPTER IV. EASTER.
Easter Egg Games.
Easter Egg Dolls.
Humpty Dumpty
Miss Rolly-poly.
Mandolin.
The Owl.
Maple-wax Easter Eggs.
Bonbon Box.
Easter Cards.
Little Quakeress.
CHAPTER V. HOW TO MAKE A LAWN-TENNIS NET.
How to Make a Lawn-Tennis Net,
Lawn-Tennis Court.
Rules for Lawn-Tennis.
THE GAME.
ODDS.
THE BALLS.
CHAPTER VI. MAY-DAY.
May-day Sports.
How to Make May-baskets.
Birch-bark Baskets
Card-board Baskets,
May-day Combat.
The May-pole.
How to Erect a May-pole in the House.
How to Dress a May-pole.
May-pole Dance.
Summer
CHAPTER VII. MIDSUMMER EVE.
The New Fern-leaf Game.
The Plantain Test.
Fortune’s Wheel.
CHAPTER VIII. SEA-SIDE COTTAGE DECORATION.
How to Dry Starfish.
How to Polish Shells.
CHAPTER IX. A GIRL’S FOURTH OF JULY.
Interior Decoration
In-door Illumination,
Out-of-door Decoration
Illumination in the Open Air
Fireworks,
Parachute.
Thunderbolts
Whirls,
Winged Fancies,
Pin-wheels
Bombs
Lawn Party
Declaration of Independence.
Toss,
Fourth of July Jackstraws.
Progressive Mining.
CHAPTER X. PRINTING FROM NATURE’S TYPES.
CHAPTER XI. PICNICS, BURGOOS AND CORN-ROASTS.
A Burgoo.
Burgoo Stew.
A Corn-roast.
CHAPTER XII. BOTANY AS APPLIED TO ART.
The Peony Leaf.
A Bunch of Turnips.
Decorative Lines.
Plant Cross-section Designs.
Flower Sprays.
Changing the Color
Burs.
The Water-Lily.
CHAPTER XIII. DOOR-STEP PARTY AND QUIET GAMES FOR HOT WEATHER.
Five Minutes’ Conversation
Blind-man’s Singing-school.
A Game of Noted Men,
What will You Take to the Picnic?
Assumed Characters.
Shadow Verbs.
CHAPTER XIV. HOW TO MAKE A HAMMOCK.
Barrel Hammock.
CHAPTER XV. (FOR LITTLE GIRLS.) CORN-HUSK AND FLOWER DOLLS.
Mary Jane.
Flower Dolls.
CHAPTER XVI. HOW TO MAKE A FAN.
AUTUMN
CHAPTER XVII. ALL-HALLOW-EVE.
Melted Lead
Nutshell Boats
“Three Luggies.”[C]
Roasting Nuts
Kaling
The Magic Mirror,
Three Tin Cups
The Ring Cake
Bobbing for Apples
The Apple and Candle Game
The Ghostly Fire
Trying for a Raisin
A Lighted Candle
The Fairy’s Gifts
CHAPTER XVIII. NATURE’S FALL DECORATIONS, AND HOW TO USE THEM.
Fresh Autumn Wild Flowers
Buckeye Portière.
Panel of Fall Decorations.
Louis Quinze Screen.
A Panel of Field-Corn
Ornamental Gourds
Gourd-Dippers
Bowls.
Bonbon-Box
Bottle-Gourd.
Vases.
Small Decorations.
Brackets.
CHAPTER XIX. NUTTING-PARTIES.
Rules for Nutting-Parties.
CHAPTER XX. HOW TO MAKE A TELEPHONE.
CHAPTER XXI. HOW TO DRAW.[E]
Materials,
CHAPTER XXII. HOW TO PAINT IN WATER-COLORS.
Materials for Water-Color Painting.
Flowers.
Landscapes.
Painting from Notes
CHAPTER XXIII. HOW TO PAINT IN OIL-COLORS.
Materials.
The Easel
The Palette
Brushes,
The Palette-Knife
Oil-Cups
A Paint-Box
Mediums.
Canvas.
The Light
Setting the Palette
CHAPTER XXIV. HOW TO MODEL IN CLAY AND WAX.
Materials,
How to Manage Clay.
How to Preserve Modelled Clay.
Hints for Modelling a Head.
How to Model in Wax.
Modelling-wax.
CHAPTER XXV. HOW TO MAKE PLASTER CASTS.
CHAPTER XXVI. CHINA PAINTING.
List of Materials.
PALETTE.
BRUSHES.
KNIVES.
PAD.
THE PAINTS
OILS.
TURPENTINE
TAR PASTE
MAT GOLD
PURE GOLD
RELIEF.
MAT COLORS
BOX FOR MATERIALS.
PIECES OF SOFT, OLD MUSLIN,
CHINA.
A Monochrome Painting.
Tinting.
New Method of Decorating China.
Tracing.
Mottled Grounds.
Snow Landscape.
How to Paint a Head on China.
How to Paint a Carp, Sea-weed, and Fish-net on China.
Foliage on China Made With a Sponge.
Mixing Colors.
Royal Worcester Ware
CHAPTER XXVII. A CHAPTER ON FRAMES.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THANKSGIVING.
Impromptu Burlesque Tableaux
Landing of the Pilgrims.
COSTUMES.
PROPERTIES.
First Harvest.
PROPERTIES.
Devastation by the Indians.
PROPERTIES.
The Revolution.
PROPERTIES.
Slavery.
PROPERTIES.
Rebellion.
PROPERTIES.
Peace and Plenty.
PROPERTIES.
The Game of the Headless Turkey.
A Suggestion.
Winter
CHAPTER XXIX. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES AND HOME-MADE CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Julklapp,
Polish Custom
The Bran Pie
The Blind Man’s Stocking
Home-made Christmas Gifts.
Chamois for Eye-glasses.
Glove Pen-wiper.
Sachet.
A Book-mark.
A Scrap-bag.
A Walnut-shell Turtle.
Miss Nancy.
A Soft Ball.
A Lively Rooster.
Fairy Dancers.
CHAPTER XXX. AMUSEMENTS AND GAMES FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
New Game of Bubble Bowling.
Biographical Nonsense.
A BIOGRAPHY.
Comic Historical Tableaux
BALBOA DISCOVERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
NERO AT THE BURNING OF ROME.
Living Christmas Cards.
CHAPTER XXXI. NEW YEAR’S AND A LEAP YEAR PARTY.
New Year’s Parties
Pantomime of an Enchanted Girl.
Leap-Year Party
CHAPTER XXXII. HOME GYMNASIUM.
Exercise First
Exercise Second
Exercise Third
Exercise Fourth.
Exercise Fifth.
Exercise Sixth.
Exercise Seventh.
Exercise Eighth.
Exercise Ninth.
Exercise Tenth.
CHAPTER XXXIII. A DECORATIVE LANGUAGE.
Decorative Language.
The Field.
The Points
Divisions,
Colors.
How to Make a Design in Decorative Language.
Book-Plates
Floral Vocabulary.
CHAPTER XXXIV. A FEW ITEMS ON OLD-FASHIONED NEEDLE-WORK, WITH SOME NEW AND ORIGINAL PATTERNS.
Plain Sewing
OVERHANDING
OVERCASTING
HEMMING.
RUNNING.
BASTING
GATHERING
STITCHING.
BACK-STITCHING.
FELLING.
Button-holes.
HERRING-BONE OR CAT’S-TOOTH STITCH
Darning and Mending.
TO DARN A JERSEY OR A STOCKING.
TO DARN A TEAR.
How to Patch.
How to Sew on a Button.
To Mend a Kid Glove.
Fancy Stitches.
FEATHER STITCH.
CHAIN STITCH
A NEW IDEA IN OUTLINE STITCH.
HEM-STITCHING.
Drawn Work
Applique and Original Designs for Portières.
Portières.
Lace.
Ribbon Embroideries.
CHAPTER XXXV. SCRAP-BOOK AND HOME-MADE BOOK-COVERS.
Mother Goose Scrap-book.
Transformation Scrap-Book,
An Album,
Home-made Book-cover,
Flour-paste.
CHAPTER XXXVI. A HEAP OF RUBBISH, AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
The Mirror,
The Table,
Lantern
A Music-Roll
Work-Basket.
Key and Button-Hook Rack.
Paper-Weight
CHAPTER XXXVII. HOW TO MAKE ATTRACTIVE BOOTHS AT A FAIR—A NEW KIND OF GRAB-BAG.
The Tables
Flowers for Decorations
December
July
May.
November
June
The Five Senses
HEARING,
SEEING
FEELING
TASTING.
SMELLING
Walls
Grab-Bags.
The Lady of the Lake.
Fortune’s Wheel.
Rag-Balls.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. WINDOW DECORATION.
Oriental Window-Shade
Ribbon-Curtain
Drapery of Very Small Scraps.
Painting Window-Panes.
Painting on Lawn,
Imitate Stained Glass
Windows of Imitation Ground Glass
CHAPTER XXXIX. FURNITURE OLD AND NEW.
Bookcase.
The Chair
The Bedstead
A Dressing-table
Washstand.
A Hall Seat.
Window Seat and Book-shelves Combined,
CHAPTER XL. SOMETHING ABOUT MANTEL-PIECES AND FIRE-PLACES.
CHAPTER XLI. HOME-MADE CANDY.
Delicious Peanut-Candy.
Butter-Scotch.
Molasses-Candy.
Chocolate-Creams.
Walnut-Creams.
Walnut and Fruit Glacé.
Marsh-mallow Paste.
Toasted Marsh-mallows.
Molasses Peanut-Candy.
Chocolate-Caramels.
Pop-Corn Balls.
CHAPTER XLII. Saint Valentine’s Day.
Valentine-Party?
INDEX.
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