Anniversary Weddings — Coffee or Tea Parties — Kettle Drums — Lit- erary and Dramatic Clubs — Private Theatricals — Preparing the Stage and Scenery — Make-up and Wardrobe — Proverbs and Cha- rades— Picture Galleries — Statuary Representations — Tableaux Vivants, . . . .'■■•. . . . . . 54-63 ETCHING : Designs and Material — Marking and Transferring — Luncheon Doylies and Tray Covers 63-65 FANCY WORK : Afghans — Book Covers — Blotters — Fancy Cards — Carriage Robe9 and Saddle Cloths — Chair Bolsters — Comfortables — Dressing Case and Shawl Covers — Emery Wheel and Thimble Cases — Feather Fans and Hand Screens — Foot Rests — Housewife for Sewing Implements — Jewel and Handkerchief Boxes — Knife and Fork Cases — Knitting-pin Sheaths — Laundry Pin — Cushions- Lambrequin Points and Valances — Music Stands — Napkin Rings- Ottomans — Ornamental Patchwork — Pen Wipers — Piano Cov- ers— Pin Cushions — Shaving Cases — Suspenders — Silk Purses- Sermon Covers — Smoking Caps — Sofa Pillows — Scent Sachets- Spectacle or Key Cases — Sideboard Cloths — Soiled Linen Re- ceptacles— Table Covers — Traveling Bags — Tea Cosies — Tidies- Tobacco Pouches — Umbrella Cases — Wall Pockets — Fancy Work Aprons — Work and Scrap baskets — Woven Silk Stripes — Work- basket Notes, containing directions for utilizing Silk Scraps, Bits of Zephyr, Ribbons and Laces, etc., ...... 65-84 FERNS: Outdoor Ferneries — To Build Wardian Cases — Growing Ferns In- doors— Unique Fern Baskets — Gathering and Pressing Ferns — Fern and Flower Cards and Transparencies — Parlor Fire Screens made of Ferns, 84-90 FISH SCALE FLOWERS : Jewelry and Embroidery, ... 90 CONTENTS. ■ vii FLOWERS : pagb Preparing the Soil — Planting the Seed — Designs for flower Beds — Desirable Bedding Plants — Window Gardening — Ornamental Window Boxes and Stands — Vines and Ivies — Trellises and Screens — Plants for Hanging Baskets — Floral Ornaments for Sit- ting Room — Greenhouses and Cold Pits — Favorite Plants for In- doors, Giving the Special Treatment of Begonias, Carnations, Fuchsias, Geraniums, Hyacinths, Lilies, Pansies, Roses, Tube- roses, Tulips and Verbenas — Propagating Plants — Potting and Re-potting — Exterminating Insects and Worms — Soil Fertilizers — ' Conservatory Chat — Practical Hints on Storing Plants, Watering, Soil, Treatment, Etc 91-125 GAMES : Fly, feather, fly — Gossip — Gypsy Encampment — Handwriting on the Wall — Hunt the Fox — Kaleidoscope — Mandarins — Porco Buff — Shadow Buff , . . . ... . . .,-"'• • 125-128 GLASS : Carved Jet Crosses — Engraving, Etching and Embossing — Imitation Ground Glass — Painting on Ground Glass, . . . .'. 128-131 GRASSES: When to Gather— How to Arrange, ., ... . 131-132 HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES : ' ' Compliments of the Season " Cards — Christmas Decorations for Home and Hall — Tree Ornamentations — Garlands, Wreaths, Mottoes and Emblems — Trimming the Church for Christmas and Easter— Easter Symbols and Altar Crosses, .... 132-139 HOUSE FURNISHING :

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Anniversary Weddings — Coffee or Tea Parties — Kettle Drums — Literary and Dramatic Clubs — Private Theatricals — Preparing the Stage and Scenery — Make-up and Wardrobe — Proverbs and Charades— Picture Galleries — Statuary Representations — Tableaux Vivants, . . . .'■■•. . . . . . 54-63 ETCHING : Designs and Material — Marking and Transferring — Luncheon Doylies and Tray Covers 63-65 Afghans — Book Covers — Blotters — Fancy Cards — Carriage Robe9 and Saddle Cloths — Chair Bolsters — Comfortables — Dressing Case and Shawl Covers — Emery Wheel and Thimble Cases — Feather Fans and Hand Screens — Foot Rests — Housewife for Sewing Implements — Jewel and Handkerchief Boxes — Knife and Fork Cases — Knitting-pin Sheaths — Laundry Pin — Cushions- Lambrequin Points and Valances — Music Stands — Napkin Rings- Ottomans — Ornamental Patchwork — Pen Wipers — Piano Covers— Pin Cushions — Shaving Cases — Suspenders — Silk Purses- Sermon Covers — Smoking Caps — Sofa Pillows — Scent Sachets- Spectacle or Key Cases — Sideboard Cloths — Soiled Linen Receptacles— Table Covers — Traveling Bags — Tea Cosies — Tidies- Tobacco Pouches — Umbrella Cases — Wall Pockets — Fancy Work Aprons — Work and Scrap baskets — Woven Silk Stripes — Workbasket Notes, containing directions for utilizing Silk Scraps, Bits of Zephyr, Ribbons and Laces, etc., ...... 65-84 FERNS: Outdoor Ferneries — To Build Wardian Cases — Growing Ferns Indoors— Unique Fern Baskets — Gathering and Pressing Ferns — Fern and Flower Cards and Transparencies — Parlor Fire Screens made of Ferns, 84-90 FISH SCALE FLOWERS : Jewelry and Embroidery, ... 90 CONTENTS. ■ vii FLOWERS : pagb Preparing the Soil — Planting the Seed — Designs for flower Beds — Desirable Bedding Plants — Window Gardening — Ornamental Window Boxes and Stands — Vines and Ivies — Trellises and Screens — Plants for Hanging Baskets — Floral Ornaments for Sitting Room — Greenhouses and Cold Pits — Favorite Plants for Indoors, Giving the Special Treatment of Begonias, Carnations, Fuchsias, Geraniums, Hyacinths, Lilies, Pansies, Roses, Tuberoses, Tulips and Verbenas — Propagating Plants — Potting and Re-potting — Exterminating Insects and Worms — Soil Fertilizers — ' Conservatory Chat — Practical Hints on Storing Plants, Watering, Soil, Treatment, Etc 91-125 GAMES : Fly, feather, fly — Gossip — Gypsy Encampment — Handwriting on the Wall — Hunt the Fox — Kaleidoscope — Mandarins — Porco Buff — Shadow Buff , . . . ... . . .,-"'• • 125-128 GLASS : Carved Jet Crosses — Engraving, Etching and Embossing — Imitation Ground Glass — Painting on Ground Glass, . . . .'. 128-131 GRASSES: When to Gather— How to Arrange, ., ... . 131-132 HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES : ' ' Compliments of the Season " Cards — Christmas Decorations for Home and Hall — Tree Ornamentations — Garlands, Wreaths, Mottoes and Emblems — Trimming the Church for Christmas and Easter— Easter Symbols and Altar Crosses, .... 132-139

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