Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 89
Ingenious By Ernestine Fezandie. Children are often at a loss what to give their parentswhen birthday or Christmas-time comes around. If theyonly knew how to use their ten little fingers to advan-tage, they could very often solve the difficulty. Then,instead of presenting a gift which has no value… … Among such articles as can be made by the childrenthemselves, I would suggest a little pen-wiper, as shownin the heading, which can easily be made at small ex-pense. The materials required are : a wishbone, redsealing-wax, some coarse black thread, black ink, an oldpair of kid gloves, and a little…
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