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Title: Things worth doing and how to do them
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Beard, Lina Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920, joint author
Subjects: Amusements Games
Publisher: New York, Scribner's
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Fig. 482.—The mermaid has flowing tresses. mermaid, hair and all (Fig. 482). When the mermaid is inthe water, the little wax children will make friends with her,and she will perhaps tell them fairy stories of the beautiful lifeunder the waves. These water toys will last a long time if well cared for andkept in a cool place where the wax will not melt.
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The Process is Very Simple. 348 CHAPTER XXIXHOW TO WEAVE WITHOUT A LOOM Method Invented by the Author UGS, portieres, table covers, bedspreads,hammocks, in fact, almost anything thatcan be woven of rags, can be woven with-out a loom. Any one can do it, for theprocess is extremely simple and all that isrequired is a board, a paper of tacks andsome rags cut in strips. These may beold rags or new, silk, cotton or wool,and the piece may be woven heavy orlight, in a close weave or a loose one,to suit its intended purpose. Many colors or few can beused, and the patterns can be as varied as the colors, for anydesign in straight lines can be followed in the weaving. Asnip of the scissors will cut off one color, a stitch or two insertanother, and so the pattern grows. It is quick work and youwill find it very absorbing as you sit amid your vari-colored ragsand see them grow beneath your fingers into harmoniously col-ored hangings or soft, warm rugs. A Board forty inches long will answer for we

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