Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 431
d !With these before them, they learn how to lay thetable, to put on thecloth, to place knives and forks,glasses and napkins. When all is arranged, theyrepeat the lesson together, pointing to each articleas they name it. These are little breakfast-tables. This is thecoffee-pot; it should be scalded… … WASHING DISHES the breakfast-plates ; theyshould alwaysbe hot, andso on with the whole Think how many usefullessons in that one exercisefor little girls who hope some dayto work in real kitchens, and whobegan by calling the tines of afork its teeth ; and who once set the breakfast-tableto their own…
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