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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 349

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^.z-^^- Butterflf Pattern. butterfly, trace the pattern given in Fig. 243, onbrilliantly colored paper. Form a body by roll-ing a small piece of beeswax between the fingers until it as-sumes the desired shape (Fig. 244) ; then attach the wings tothe body by softening the wax and sticking them to… … Butterflf. Christmas Festivities. 333 a piece of black thread to stiffen it, and make a knot in eachend (Fig. 245), bend this in the middle and stick it on to thehead to form the antennae (Fig. 246). Fasten one end of a veryfine wire securely in the middle of the wax body, and wrap theother end…

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