New ideas for work and play; what a girl can make and do (1902)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920, joint author · New York, Scribner's · leaf 289
to tell us that the holidaysare close at hand. As surely as a cloudless sky betokens afine day, so surely do these signs indicate that Christmaswill soon be with us. Purse-strings, even if kept tightly drawn the rest of theyear, are loosened now, and money is spent freely andungrudgingly, not only…
Amusements
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