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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 193

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ist; small twigs, or broom-straws stuck throughbuds of the phlox, are the arms, and the head is a daisy withthe petals cut off to look like a bonnet. The features are madewith pen and ink on the yellow centre. A reversed daisy formsthe parasol. If the flowers named are not at hand, those of a… … CHAPTER XVI. HOW TO MAKE A FAN. That graceful toy whosemoving playWith gentle gales relievesthe sultry day. FAN is only a pretty trifle,yet it has been made ratheran important one. To man-age a fan gracefully was sometime ago considered very es-sential by fair dames of soci-ety, and in the dainty…

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