Tea also is not included, for except at supper for those who have been accustomed to it with their meals, it is seldom served at the table, since we have learned that it is better taken by itself, or with the bread and butter served at afternoon teas. B HOME-SEWING THIRTY-TWO LESSONS Explanation : This work is to be done in the home and brought to school and shown to the teacher in class, for comparison and credits. One lesson per week will be all that can reasonably be expected of pupils. It is desired that all this work be real, necessary home tasks, but if there is no darning, patching, mending, button-hole making required in the home at the time such lesson is assigned, then the contents of the scrap-bag may be used ; later, as such work is needed in the home, the various lessons may be repeated in doing real home work, and credits may thus be increased. At the close of every month, each girl shall bring a state- ment from parent or guardian, certifying that only her own work has been presented. This certificate shall be similar to the one for home-cooking. Lesson I. 1. Make a straight seam not less than eighteen inches long, using any plain goods. 2. The same, using the over-stitch. The straight seam on machine. Note : All pupils that have access to a machine should be required to repeat the hand-work on the machine when possible, and present both. Lesson II. 1. Make a hem, one fourth inch by eighteen inches, on any thin goods, like muslin. 2. Repeat on machine. 3. Repeat on heavier goods, both by hand and with machine. Lesson III. Hem a napkin, handkerchief, or towel : (1) by hand, (2) by machine. Lesson IV. Repeat first part of Lesson II, and ruffle one edge. Sew on to ruffle a straight piece of the same goods. Sew over the seam a piece of the same goods, cut bias, turning edges under. Hand or machine work. 295 296 APPENDIX Lesson V. Repeat Lesson IV, using heavier goods. (For example, serge.) Lesson VL Take a piece of thin goods, five inches by eighteen inches or more ; lay a hem one and one half inches wide on one edge. Run two one-fourth-inch tucks above the hem. Make a ruffle of this finished piece and set it on a straight piece of the same goods, covering the seam in the same way indicated in Lesson IV. (The placing of tucks is left to the judgment of the pupil.) Lesson VII. Take the product of Lesson VI ; slightly gather the edge of the straight piece, and sew a one-inch belt on it. Lesson VIII. Sew a two-inch bias-cut facing along the edge of a straight piece of goods. Make it not less than eighteen inches long. Lesson IX. Take two pieces of thin goods, each four inches by six inches ; lay a hem one inch on one edge of each ; make five button-holes in one piece, spaced one inch apart and one inch from each end. Sew buttons on the other piece, match- ing button-holes and buttons, and matching spaces. Lesson X. Repeat Lesson IX, using heavy goods, and four trousers' buttons. Make hem two inches wide. Place the buttons one and one half inches apart, and equi-distant from each end. Sew the buttons on the goods by wrap- ping thread around under them. This is sometimes best accomplished by sewing over a large pin placed on top of the button. Lesson XL Repeat Lesson IX, using hooks, and eyes in- stead of buttons. Discuss darning.

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Tea also is not included, for except at supper for those who have been accustomed to it with their meals, it is seldom served at the table, since we have learned that it is better taken by itself, or with the bread and butter served at afternoon teas. B HOME-SEWING THIRTY-TWO LESSONS Explanation : This work is to be done in the home and brought to school and shown to the teacher in class, for comparison and credits. One lesson per week will be all that can reasonably be expected of pupils. It is desired that all this work be real, necessary home tasks, but if there is no darning, patching, mending, button-hole making required in the home at the time such lesson is assigned, then the contents of the scrap-bag may be used ; later, as such work is needed in the home, the various lessons may be repeated in doing real home work, and credits may thus be increased. At the close of every month, each girl shall bring a statement from parent or guardian, certifying that only her own work has been presented. This certificate shall be similar to the one for home-cooking. Lesson I. 1. Make a straight seam not less than eighteen inches long, using any plain goods. 2. The same, using the over-stitch. The straight seam on machine. Note : All pupils that have access to a machine should be required to repeat the hand-work on the machine when possible, and present both. Lesson II. 1. Make a hem, one fourth inch by eighteen inches, on any thin goods, like muslin. 2. Repeat on machine. 3. Repeat on heavier goods, both by hand and with machine. Lesson III. Hem a napkin, handkerchief, or towel : (1) by hand, (2) by machine. Lesson IV. Repeat first part of Lesson II, and ruffle one edge. Sew on to ruffle a straight piece of the same goods. Sew over the seam a piece of the same goods, cut bias, turning edges under. Hand or machine work. Lesson V. Repeat Lesson IV, using heavier goods. (For example, serge.) Lesson VL Take a piece of thin goods, five inches by eighteen inches or more ; lay a hem one and one half inches wide on one edge. Run two one-fourth-inch tucks above the hem. Make a ruffle of this finished piece and set it on a straight piece of the same goods, covering the seam in the same way indicated in Lesson IV. (The placing of tucks is left to the judgment of the pupil.) Lesson VII. Take the product of Lesson VI ; slightly gather the edge of the straight piece, and sew a one-inch belt on it. Lesson VIII. Sew a two-inch bias-cut facing along the edge of a straight piece of goods. Make it not less than eighteen inches long. Lesson IX. Take two pieces of thin goods, each four inches by six inches ; lay a hem one inch on one edge of each ; make five button-holes in one piece, spaced one inch apart and one inch from each end. Sew buttons on the other piece, matching button-holes and buttons, and matching spaces. Lesson X. Repeat Lesson IX, using heavy goods, and four trousers' buttons. Make hem two inches wide. Place the buttons one and one half inches apart, and equi-distant from each end. Sew the buttons on the goods by wrapping thread around under them. This is sometimes best accomplished by sewing over a large pin placed on top of the button. Lesson XL Repeat Lesson IX, using hooks, and eyes instead of buttons. Discuss darning.

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