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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 351

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 351 — A TALK OVER THE HARD TIMES. 326 COMMON SENSE IN THE HOUSEHOLD. [March, COMMON SENSE IN THE HOUSEHOLD.By Margaret Vandegrift. When you re writing or reading or sewing, its rightTo sit, if you can, with your back to the light;And then, it is patent to every beholder,The light will fall gracefully… … Now here is a family, sensible, wise,Who all have the greatest regard for their eyes;They first say, Excuse me, which also is right,And then all sit down with their backs to the light. But their neighbors, most unhygienic, cant seeWhy they do it, and think that they cannot agree,And always decide…

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