Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 357
uskdolls ? Select the soft, white husks growing next to theear—the softer and more moist the better. Thendampen them a little in water, to make them morepliable. Next, pick out from your entire stock themost perfect piece you can find,—the softest, aswell as widest,—double it across the center,… … around the ends thus placed, until they make whatyou consider the proper srce for a head, accordingto Figure No. 3. Then, taking the husk you laidaside, as in Figure No. i, draw it, as in FigureNo. 2, until it is bunched tightly, then tie it OF CORN-HUSKS AND FLOWERS. 829 securely, placing it…
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