Leap-year party, 351 Leaves and ferns for decoration, 19 Light, 252 M Mailing parcels, directions for, 16 Mantle-cloth, 454 Mantle-piece, 451 Maple-wax Easter eggs, 49 Marsh-mallow paste, 460; toasted, 461 Mat colors, 277 May Day, 71; sports, 72; May baskets, 74; May-pole, 77; May-pole dance, 79 Midsummer Eve, 83; the games of, 85 et seq. Mirror tableau, 6 Mirror, the, 404 Model, arrangement of, in water-color painting, 240 Modelling in clay and wax, 257; value of, 259; much can be learned without a teacher, ib.; materials, ib.; clay, 260; general directions, 261 Modelling wax, 263 Modelling stand, 260 Molasses candy, 459 Monochrome painting, 278 Music-roll, a, 410 N Nancy, Miss, 326 Nature’s types, 125 Needle, hammock, 58; 161 Needle-work, 380 Net, lawn-tennis, 57 New Year’s Day, 347; New Year’s parties, 348 Noah’s ark peep-show, 8 Nutting parties, 218; rules for, 221 O Overhanding, 380 Oil-cups, 251 Oils for china-painting, 275 Overcasting, 380 P Paint-box, 251 Painting in water-colors, 238; materials for, ib.; flower-painting, 239; model, 240; landscapes, 241; general directions, 242; painting from notes, 244 Painting in oil-colors, 249; materials, ib.; the light, 252; setting the palette, 253 Painting on lawn, 434 Painting window-panes, 432 Paints, for china-painting, 274 Palette, 250; setting the, 253 Palette-knife, 250; of horn, 273 Panel decorations, 205, 209, 270 Panel of field-corn, 209 Pantomime of an enchanted girl, 348 Paper-weight, 412 Parachute, 112 Party, First of April, 5; Fourth of July, 117; door-step, 151; Halloween, 189; nutting, 218 Paste, how to make, 402 Patch, how to, 386 Peanut-candy, 458 Peanuts, 223 Perfumes, to prepare from flowers, 21 Picnics, burgoos and corn-roasts, 131; how to make a burgoo stew, 133; a corn-roast, 134 Picture-frames, 295 Pilgrims, landing of, tableau, 305 et seq. Pin-wheels, 114 Plain sewing, 380; overhanding, ib.; overcasting, 381; hemming, ib.; running, 382; basting, ib.; gathering, ib.; stitching, 383; back-stitching, ib.; felling, ib.; button-holes, ib.; herringbone, or cat’s-tooth stitch, 384 Plantain test, 86 Plaster casts, 268; to harden, 270; to color, ib. “Poisson d’Avril,” 4 Pop-corn balls, 462 Portières, designs for, 391; buckeye, 204 Postal regulations for packages, 16 Progressive mining, 119 R Rag-balls, 427 Ribbon embroideries, 393 Ribbon curtain, 430