How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 186
motherly little hearts werefain to content themselveswith lavishing unlimited af-fection and care upon a rag, wooden, or corn-husk baby, madeand dressed at home. Since then almost every child tired of,and surfeited with handsome and expensive toys, has beenglad at times to get grandma to make for… … lyo Summer, and might in times of forgetfulness be dropped on the floorand suffer no injury thereby. Such a doll is just the kind toadopt for the summer. The fine French doll withits delicate wax or china face, silky hair, anddainty toilets, is more suited to the elegances ofthe parlor than to the…
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