How to amuse yourself and others : $b the American girl's handy bookBeard, Lina
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How to amuse yourself and others : $b the American girl's handy book
Beard, Lina
Amusements -- Juvenile literature; Handicraft -- Juvenile literature
Fortune-telling, by melted lead, 190;
by nutshell boats, 192;
by “three luggies,” 193;
by roasting nuts, ib.;
Kaling, 194;
by the magic mirror, ib.;
by three tin cups, by the ring cake, 195
Fortune’s wheel, 88, 426
“Fore-shortening,” 231
Fourth of July, celebration, interior decoration for, 107;
indoor illumination, 108;
out-door decoration and illumination, 109;
fireworks for girls, 111;
parachute, 112;
thunderbolts, ib.;
whirls, 113;
winged fancies, ib.;
pin-wheels, 114;
bombs, 115;
lawn party, 117;
declaration of independence, ib.;
game of toss, 118;
jackstraws, 119;
progressive mining, ib.
Frames for pictures, 295;
designs for, 296;
decorated, 297;
cork frame, 299
Furniture, old and new, 438
G
Game of headless turkey, 312
Game and fish stew, 133
Games, quiet, for hot weather, 151;
door-step party, 152;
five minutes’ conversation, 153;
blind-man’s singing-school, 155;
game of noted men, ib.;
what will you take to the picnic? 156;
assumed characters, 157;
shadow verbs, ib.;
Halloween games, 196 et seq.
Games for Christmas holidays, bubble-bowling, 335;
biographical nonsense, 339;
comic historical tableaux, 341;
living Christmas cards, 342
Gathering, 382
Glass, stained, imitated, 435
Glove pen-wiper, 323
Glove, to mend a kid, 386
Gold, mat, 276;
pure, ib.
Gourds, ornamental, 210
Grab-bags, 423
Ground glass, imitation of, 436
Gymnasium, home, 353
H
Hall seat, 447
Halloween, 187;
origin of, ib.;
party, 189;
fortune-telling on, 190 et seq.;
games, 196 et seq.
Hammock, how to make a, 159;
materials required, 161;
barrel hammock, 165
Hat-rack, sea-side, 98
Hazel-nuts, 220
Headless turkey, game of, 312
Hemming, 381
Heraldry, 366;
field of, 266;
the points, ib.;
divisions, 267
Herbariums, 19
Herring-bone stitch, 384
Hickory-nuts, 219
Historical tableaux, 341
Home gymnasium, 353
Home-made candy, 458
Horseshoe crab-bag, 101
“Huli Fool,” 4
I
Impression album, how to make an, 123;
tools required, 125;
printing from leaves, 126;
from flowers, 127;
landscapes, 128;
other uses for botanical impressions, 129
J
Jackstraws, Fourth of July, 119
Julklapp, 319
K
Kaling, 194
Key-rack, 412
L
Lace, 393
Lady of the Lake, 425
Landscape painting in water-colors, 241
Language, a decorative, 364
Lantern, 408
Lawn, painting on, 434
Lawn party, 117
Lawn-tennis, 55;
lawn-tennis suits, 56;
how to make a lawn-tennis net, 57;
materials for, ib.;
court, 62;
rules for the game, 63
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