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Index
PREFACE
SPRING
CHAPTER I
F IRST OF A PRIL
First of April Party
Mirror Tableau
Noah’s Ark Peep-show
The Supper
CHAPTER II
W ILD F LOWERS AND THEIR P RESERVATION
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
How to Preserve the Perfume of Flowers
Spring Flowers in Winter
The Four-leaved Clover
Several Methods of Preserving Flowers
CHAPTER III
T HE W ALKING C LUB
CHAPTER IV
E ASTER
Easter Egg Games
Easter Egg Dolls
Humpty Dumpty
Miss Rolly-poly
Mandolin
Maple-wax Easter Eggs
Bonbon Box
Easter Cards
Little Quakeress
CHAPTER V
H OW TO M AKE A L AWN -T ENNIS N ET
Rules for Lawn-Tennis
CHAPTER VI
M AY -D AY
May-day Sports
How to Make May-baskets
May-day Combat
The May-pole
May-pole Dance
SUMMER
CHAPTER VII
M IDSUMMER E VE
The New Fern-leaf Game
Fortune-telling: The Plaintain Test
Fortune’s Wheel
CHAPTER VIII
S EA - SIDE C OTTAGE D ECORATION
Row-boat Book-shelves
Crab-net Work-basket
Hat-rack
Marine Screen
Horseshoe-crab Bag
Sea-urchin Vase
Candlestick
How to Dry Starfish and to Polish Shells
CHAPTER IX
A G IRL ’ S F OURTH OF J ULY
Interior Decoration
In-door Illumination
Out-of-door Decoration
Fireworks
Parachute
Thunderbolts
Whirls
Winged Fancies
Pin-wheels
Bombs
Declaration of Independence
Toss
Fourth of July Jackstraws
Progressive Mining
CHAPTER X
P RINTING FROM N ATURE ’ S T YPES
Winter Landscape
CHAPTER XI
P ICNICS , B URGOOS , AND C ORN - ROASTS
A Burgoo
Burgoo Stew
A Corn-roast
CHAPTER XII
B OTANY AS A PPLIED TO A RT
The Peony Leaf
A Bunch of Turnips
Plant Cross-section Designs
Flower Sprays
Changing the Color
Burs
The Water-Lily
CHAPTER XIII
D OOR - STEP P ARTY AND Q UIET G AMES FOR H OT W EATHER
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
H OW TO M AKE A H AMMOCK
Barrel Hammock
CHAPTER XV
(For Little Girls.)
C ORN -H USK AND F LOWER D OLLS
CHAPTER XVI
H OW TO M AKE A F AN
Butterfly Fan
Mikado Fan
Daisy Fan
Cardboard Fan
AUTUMN
CHAPTER XVII
A LL -H ALLOW -E VE
Melted Lead
Nutshell Boats
“Three Luggies,”
Roasting Nuts
Kaling
The Magic Mirror
Three Tin Cups
The Ring Cake
Bobbing for Apples
The Ghostly Fire
The Fairy’s Gifts
CHAPTER XVIII
N ATURE ’ S F ALL D ECORATIONS AND H OW TO U SE T HEM
Fresh Autumn Wild Flowers
Buckeye Portière
Panel of Fall Decorations
Louis Quinze Screen
A Panel of Field Corn
Ornamental Gourds
Gourd-Dippers and Bowls
Vases
Small Decorations
Brackets
CHAPTER XIX
N UTTING -P ARTIES
Rules for Nutting-Parties
CHAPTER XX
H OW TO M AKE A T ELEPHONE
CHAPTER XXI
H OW TO D RAW
CHAPTER XXII
H OW TO P AINT IN W ATER -C OLORS
Materials for Water-Color Painting
Flowers
Landscapes
Painting from Notes
CHAPTER XXIII
H OW TO P AINT IN O IL -C OLORS
Materials
Mediums
Canvas
The Light
Setting the Palette
CHAPTER XXIV
H OW TO M ODEL IN C LAY AND W AX
Materials
How to Manage Clay
Hints for Modelling a Head
How to Model in Wax
Modelling-wax
CHAPTER XXV
H OW TO M AKE P LASTER C ASTS
CHAPTER XXVI
C HINA P AINTING
List of Materials
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 C HAPTER ON F RAMES
Marine Picture Frame
Decorated Frame
Frame Covered with Tin-foil
Cork Frame
CHAPTER XXVIII
T HANKSGIVING
Impromptu Burlesque Tableaux
Landing of the Pilgrims
First Harvest
Devastation by the Indians
The Revolution
Slavery
Rebellion
Peace and Plenty
The Game of the Headless Turkey
A Suggestion
WINTER
CHAPTER XXIX
C HRISTMAS F ESTIVITIES AND H OME - MADE C HRISTMAS G IFTS
Julklapp
Polish Custom
The Bran Pie
The Blind Man’s Stocking
Home-made Christmas Gifts
CHAPTER XXX
A MUSEMENTS AND G AMES FOR THE C HRISTMAS H OLIDAYS
New Game of Bubble Bowling
Biographical Nonsense
Comic Historic Tableaux
Living Christmas Cards
CHAPTER XXXI
N EW Y EAR ’ S AND A L EAP Y EAR P ARTY
Pantomime of an Enchanted Girl
CHAPTER XXXII
H OME G YMNASIUM
Course of Exercises
CHAPTER XXXIII
A D ECORATIVE L ANGUAGE
The Field and the Points of Heraldry
Divisions
Colors
How to Make a Design in Decorative Language
Book-plates
Floral Vocabulary
CHAPTER XXXIV
A F EW I TEMS ON O LD - FASHIONED N EEDLEWORK , WITH S OME N EW AND O RIGINAL P ATTERNS
Plain Sewing
Button-holes
How to Patch, to Sew on a Button, and to Mend a Kid Glove
Fancy Stitches
Drawn Work
Applique and Original Designs for Portières
Lace
Ribbon Embroideries
CHAPTER XXXV
S CRAP - BOOK AND H OME - MADE B OOK - COVERS
Mother Goose Scrap-book
Transformation Scrap-book
An Album
Home-made Book-cover
CHAPTER XXXVI
A H EAP OF R UBBISH AND W HAT TO D O WITH I T
The Mirror
The Table
Lantern
A Music Roll
Work-basket
Key and Button-hook Rack and Paper Weight
CHAPTER XXXVII
H OW TO M AKE A TTRACTIVE B OOTHS AT A F AIR —A N EW K IND OF G RAB - BAG
The Tables
Flowers for Decorations
The Months
The Five Senses
Walls
Grab-bags
The Lady of the Lake
Fortune’s Wheel
Rag-balls
CHAPTER XXXVIII
W INDOW D ECORATION
Oriental Window-shade
Ribbon-curtain
Drapery of Very Small Scraps
Painting Window-panes
Painting on Lawn
To Imitate Stained Glass
Windows of Imitation Ground Glass
CHAPTER XXXIX
F URNITURE , O LD AND N EW
The Bookcase
The Chair
The Bedstead
A Dressing-table
Washstand
A Hall Seat
Window Seat and Book-shelves, combined
CHAPTER XL
S OMETHING ABOUT M ANTLE - PIECES AND F IRE - PLACES
CHAPTER XLI
H OME - MADE C ANDY
Peanut Candy
Butter Scotch
Molasses Candy
Walnut and Fruit Glacé
Marshmallow Paste
Chocolate Caramels
Popcorn Balls
CHAPTER XLII
S AINT V ALENTINE ’ S D AY
Valentine Party
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