Read Ebook: Things Worth Doing and How To Do Them by Beard Adelia B Adelia Belle Beard Lina

Font size: 10 px 15 px 20 px 25 px 30 px 35 px

Background color: BlackWhiteGrayLight GrayDark GrayDim Gray

Text color: BlackWhiteGrayLight GrayDark GrayDim Gray

Apply/Save settings

Ebook has 1161 lines and 79912 words, and 24 pages

HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON 279

The King's Wife, Amytis, 279; The Foundation, 280; To Make the Twelve Openings, 281; The Babylonian Arches, 283; Last Platform, 285; To Find the Centre, 285; Planting Shrubs and Trees, 287; Building the Steps, 289; Stone Broad-fronted Bulls, 293; Two Statues, 294; The Shrubbery, 297.

THINGS TO MAKE FOR HOME, GIFT DAYS AND FAIRS

NEW CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS 303

Paper, 303; Holly, 304; Holly Berries, 307; Wreaths, 310; For Mistletoe, 310; Stems, 311; Ropes of Evergreen, 312.

DOLL HOUSE OF PASTEBOARD 315

Windows and Doors, 316, 317; Doorknobs, 317; Window Glass, 318; Window Sash, 319; The Frieze, 322; A Rug for the Living Room, 323; Book Shelves, 324; Tissue Paper Curtains, 324.

THE MAKING OF A BAYBERRY CANDLE 326

Bayberry Bushes, 326; The Leaves, 329; The Berries, 330; Ready for the Candles, 330; Bayberry Wax, 331; Candle Moulds, 331; Candlewicks, 334.

WATER TOYS--LITTLE WAX PEOPLE THAT SWIM AND RIDE ON RAFTS 338

Patterns for the Little People, 338; A Toy Life Rope, 340; The Bathing Place, 341; For the Raft, 341; A Little Lumberman, 344; Launching the Raft, 345; Making the Mermaid, 345.

HOW TO WEAVE WITHOUT A LOOM 349

Method Invented by the Author, 349; A Weaving Board, 349; Directions for a Blue and White Cotton Rag, 350; To Weave, 352; To Lengthen the Warp, 353; To Make a Heavier Rug, 357.

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN EASTER CARDS AND GIFTS 358

Cards Representing Easter Flowers, 358; The Cross, 360; The Tulip Bud, 361; The Dainty Bloodroot, 363; Easter Egg Card, 363; Easter Bells, 364; To Make the Turtle, 366; The Pig, 367; The Spoon, 368; An Umbrella, 369; The Doll's Chair, 370; Strawberry, 371; Doll's Cradle, 372; Bird's Nest, 373; Sail Boat, 373; Napoleon, 375; Josephine, 379.

HOME-MADE CANDLESTICKS 385

The Clay, 385; Modelling Tools, 387; Strong Table, 387; China Saucer, 388; A Close Coil, 389; The Handle, 393; Blending of Decoration, 394; How to Preserve Unfinished Work, 395; Glazing, 395; Other Methods of Coloring Pottery, 396.

WHAT TO MAKE OF BANANAS, ORANGES AND APPLES 399

An Orange-skin Coracle, 400; A Canoe Made from a Banana Skin, 401; Apple Lantern or Fairy Lamp, 403.

LITTLE PAPER COLUMBUS AND HIS PAPER SHIP 405

Columbus's Ship, 406; To Make the Mizzenmast, 408; The Bowsprit, 408; The Forward Deck, 409; Deck-Fence, 410; A Spar, 410; The Mainmast, 411; The Sails, 411; A Paper Flag, 412; Main-Topsail, 412; Crow's Nest, 412; The Jigger Sail, 413; Wigwams, 416; Ferdinand and Isabella, 417.

HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE STARS 418

Ursa Major, 418; Ursa Minor, 420; A Fairy Tale about the Starry Bears, 421; Cassiopeia, 421; Leo, the Lion, 422; Northern Crown, 423; Castor and Pollux, 423; Orion, 424; Taurus, 425.

STENCIL PAINTING AND HOW TO MAKE THE STENCILS 426

Dyes, 426; A Porti?re, 427; To Make a Design for Stencilling, 428; Stencilling Cheese-cloth Curtains, 433; The Tassels, 435; Laundering, 438.

PART I

PARTIES, SHOWS, AND ENTERTAINMENTS

A FOURTH OF JULY LAWN FROLIC

THIS is not to be a formal lawn party, but a genuine, fun-provoking Fourth of July frolic with every one in comfortable dress appropriate for active games. There is to be no dancing, no tennis, nothing in the way of ordinary entertainment except, perhaps, the refreshments, and they too should be as nearly in keeping with the day as possible.

Prepare your guests for something novel by issuing your invitations in the form of giant firecrackers.

and make them as festive as possible with fluttering flags, floating streamers, red, white, and blue bunting, and Japanese lanterns. Also provide a number of small flags, one for each guest, to be worn in the hat, hair, belt, and buttonhole. This little touch of uniform will not only make the scene gayer and more exhilarating, but, like badges of an order, will have the effect of dispelling the stiffness of new acquaintances, and bringing the party closer together as members of one band of merrymakers.

you will need several sheets of bright red tissue paper, more of white tissue paper, and some white unlined writing paper. A ball of soft white cotton string will also be required.

Cut an oblong of red tissue paper, a circular piece of white tissue paper, and a square of writing paper for each invitation. Make the red oblong six inches long and three inches wide, the circle six inches in diameter, and the writing paper four inches square. Of the paper square make a cylindrical roll that will measure about three-quarters of an inch across the end. The easiest way to do this is to roll the paper on a candle, keeping the end edges even, and paste the side edge down while still wrapped around the candle. Pull the candle out of the paper and you have a perfect cylinder. Place the paper cylinder on the red tissue paper oblong so that there will be an even inch of red paper at each end . Paste one long edge of the red paper to the cylinder and roll it on the table, bringing the opposite edge up smoothly, then paste that edge also in place .

Now prepare and write the note of invitation to be put in the firecracker envelope.

from inside to edge, paint an irregular band of blue, half an inch wide, around the edge of the tissue paper circle, using water colors for the purpose. Write the invitation with red ink around the circle just inside the blue border, or straight across above and below the centre.

Although the party is to be informal, a note written in the first person does not harmonize with the impersonal nature of a firecracker, therefore it is better to word the invitation something like this:

Miss Mary Brown requests the pleasure of the Misses Green's company at an informal lawn frolic on Wednesday, the Fourth of July, from four to six o'clock. Active games.

When the ink is quite dry pinch the paper together at the centre, making it look something like a paper flower, twist it a little, and tie on the point a piece of the white cotton string. The string should be about ten inches long and must be tied at the middle . Drop one end of the string through the cylinder and, taking hold of the end, draw the invitation into its envelope. Crush in the extra red paper at each end until it fills the opening and leaves the string extending from the centre . Write the address and the words, "Pull the long string," on the outside of the now almost perfect giant firecracker, and deliver by hand, for such an invitation would be broken and spoiled in going through the mail.

The following

is well adapted to the Fourth of July lawn frolic:

Out-of-door Pantomime Charades. Shuffle Race. Hurling the Lance. Daylight Fireworks.

The programme opens with the not too vigorous game of

This will give all the opportunity of taking part and alternately acting and resting. Stake out the four corners of your stage with groups of flags, driving their sticks into the ground to hold them upright. Provide seats for the audience in front of the stage and at the back or side arrange a screen as dressing and green room for the actors.

Divide the party into two sides of equal numbers and let the first side choose a proverb to be acted out in pantomime and guessed by the opposite side, which is taking the part of audience. When the proverb is guessed the actors must retire and the other side take the stage. If the subject of the first charade is not guessed the same side must present another proverb, putting new actors in the place of those who have just taken part. Not a word must be spoken in the charade, but the actors must make their meaning as clear as possible by good acting.

Our first illustration shows the out-of-door pantomime charade in progress. The proverb is: "Make hay while the sun shines." This requires but one act as the first part, "Make hay," and the last part, "while the sun shines," are both represented. Making hay is acted out and that the sun is shining is implied by the quaint sunbonnets and wide-brimmed hats worn by the actors.

and may be prepared in a few minutes. The odd and most charmingly becoming bonnets, somewhat resembling Dutch caps, are made of newspapers, pinned in shape. The men's wide-brimmed hats are simply ordinary hats with wide brims made of wrapping paper. Black derby hats were worn on this occasion, but straw hats are better. The girls' dresses are turned up in front and pinned at the back. If checked gingham aprons are worn looped up at one side they will add to the color effect of the costume.

take one folded sheet of a newspaper and turn the folded edge back four inches . Fold down the corners like Fig. 6, put it on the head, bring the straight edge together at the back and pin it with a large pin. Bend out the laps at the sides and you have made Fig. 7; Fig. 8 gives the pattern of the boy's hat. Cut a large circle from rather stiff, new wrapping paper; press it down upon the top of the crown of a man's straw hat; crease it along the edge of the crown, then cut a hole in the centre two inches within the creased line. Slash from the inner edge to the creased line as shown in Fig. 8, fit the paper brim over the crown of the straw hat and pin in place to the hat band.

High peaked hats, wide collars, and even short capes may be quickly manufactured from paper and the effect of the impromptu costume is marvelously good.

next in order, is new and it is funny. Its requisites are, for the girls, short skirts, held well above the ankles, and low shoes or slippers many times too large, worn over ordinary shoes. Unless the foot can be lifted out of the shoe without touching it with the hands the shoe is too small. For the boys you must provide the largest sized slippers obtainable, having uppers only at the toes.

The course should be about one hundred feet over a smoothly shaven lawn. The contestants must stand in line at the starting point and at the word "go," start off on the race, shuffling along as fast as possible. The boys have no advantage over the girls in this game, for it is no easier for one to cover the distance quickly, shuffling along in the large shoes, than for the other, and both look equally ridiculous in their absurdly frantic efforts to win the race.

After resting from the shuffle race allow your guests to try their skill at

Share on: WhatsApp @Hash Facebook Tweet