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How to amuse yourself and others; the American girl's handy book (1905)

Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 196

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Corn-husk and Flower Dolls. Make the scarf of part of the leaf (Fig. 122), fold it around the shoulders, and secure it with thorns. The features also are made of thorns. When her toilet is complete, you can but acknowledge that this rosy-cheeked little maid, peeping from beneath her poke- bonnet,… … form, serves for her head ; a green gourd leaf is used for her shawl, and her bonnet is made of a smaller leaf folded to fit her head. The baby is a white gourd bud, with a cap made of a

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