PREFACE
CONTENTS
PART I P ARTIES, SHOWS, AND ENTERTAINMENTS
CHAPTER I A FOURTH OF JULY LAWN FROLIC
CHAPTER II A WONDERFUL CIRCUS AT HOME WITH MOVING ANIMALS
CHAPTER III A NOVEL EASTER PARTY WITH NEW EASTER GAMES
CHAPTER IV A DOORWAY PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW
CHAPTER V HALLOWE'EN MERRYMAKING
CHAPTER VI DANCE OF TITANIA, QUEEN OF THE FAIRIES
CHAPTER VII THANKSGIVING PARTY
CHAPTER VIII IMPROMPTU MOVING PICTURES FOR THANKSGIVING
CHAPTER IX A VALENTINE ENTERTAINMENT WITH ORIGINAL VALENTINES
CHAPTER X THE WILD WEST SHOW ON A TABLE
CHAPTER XI ROOF PICNIC WITH BROOK TO CROSS AND FLOWERS TO PICK
CHAPTER XII THE MAGIC PEEP SHOW
CHAPTER XIII PLANT YOUR GARDEN IF YOU CAN
CHAPTER XIV JOLLY LITTLE SANTA CLAUS WITH HIS REINDEER AND SLEIGH
CHAPTER XV A LIVING CHRISTMAS TREE
CHAPTER XVI HOW TO GET UP A GIRLS' FAIR
CHAPTER XVII CAMPING OUT IN YOUR BACK YARD
CHAPTER XVIII OUTDOOR FUN WITH HOME-MADE TETHER-BALL
PART II MINIATURE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER XIX THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT
CHAPTER XX THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES
CHAPTER XXI THE PHAROS OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE MAUSOLEUM OF HALICARNASSUS
CHAPTER XXII THE STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA
CHAPTER XXIII THE TEMPLE OF DIANA AT EPHESUS
CHAPTER XXIV HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
PART III THINGS TO MAKE FOR HOME, GIFT DAYS, AND FAIRS
CHAPTER XXV NEW CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
CHAPTER XXVI DOLL HOUSE OF PASTEBOARD
CHAPTER XXVII THE MAKING OF A BAYBERRY CANDLE
CHAPTER XXVIII WATER TOYS LITTLE WAX PEOPLE THAT SWIM AND RIDE ON RAFTS
CHAPTER XXIX HOW TO WEAVE WITHOUT A LOOM
CHAPTER XXX HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN EASTER CARDS AND GIFTS
CHAPTER XXXI HOME-MADE CANDLESTICKS
CHAPTER XXXII WHAT TO MAKE OF BANANAS, ORANGES, AND APPLES
CHAPTER XXXIII LITTLE PAPER COLUMBUS AND HIS PAPER SHIP
CHAPTER XXXIV HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE STARS
CHAPTER XXXV STENCIL PAINTING AND HOW TO MAKE THE STENCILS
INDEX
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Things
Worth
Doing
and
How
To Do Them
BY
Lina Beard
and
Adelia B. Beard
New York
Charles
Scribner’s
Sons
1906
Copyright, 1906 by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
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