A
Album, an,
400
All-Hallow-Eve; see
Halloween
Appliqué designs,
391
April, first of,
3;
April-fool’s Day party, 5;
games, 6 et seq.
B
Back-stitching,
383
Ball, soft,
327
Balls, lawn-tennis,
69
Basket, May,
74;
birch-bark, ib.;
cardboard, ib.;
crab-net, 97
Basting,
382
Bedstead,
444
Beech-nuts,
220
Biographical nonsense,
339
Bladder telephone,
227
Blind, taught modelling,
257
Blind-man’s singing-school,
155
Blind-man’s stocking,
321
Bombs,
115
Bonbon box,
49
Bookcase,
439
Book-covers, home-made,
401
Book-mark,
324
Book-shelves, marine,
94
Booths at a fair,
413;
tables for, ib.;
flowers for, 417;
arrangement of, 420
Botany as applied to art,
139;
conventionalizing plant forms, ib.;
the peony-leaf, 140;
a bunch of turnips, 142;
decorative lines, 143;
cross-section plant designs, 144;
flower-sprays, 146;
changing color and form, 147;
burs, ib.;
water-lily conventionalized, 148;
fern-leaf, 85
Bouquets, to preserve fresh,
25
Brackets,
214
Bradford, Governor William,
302
Bran pie,
321
Brushes for oil-colors,
250;
for china painting, 270
Bubble-blowing,
335
Buckeye Portière,
204
“Bunching eggs,”
37
Burgoos,
132
Butter-Scotch,
459
Butter-nuts,
220
Button, how to sew on a,
386
Button-holes,
383
Bureau transformed into a bookcase,
441
C
Candlestick, marine,
103
Candy, home-made,
458
Canvas for painting,
251
Cards, Easter,
50
Cards, living Christmas,
342
Chair,
441;
how to reseat, 442
Chestnuts,
218
China-painting,
272;
materials, 273;
China, 278;
monochrome painting, ib.;
tinting, 273;
new method of decorating china, 279;
tracing, 280;
mottled ground, 281;
snow landscape, ib.;
head-painting, 284;
sea-weed, fish, etc., 287;
mixing colors, 289;
painting royal Worcester ware, 290
Chocolate-caramels,
461
Chocolate-creams,
459
Christmas festivities,
317;
customs, 318
Clay, for modelling,
259;
how to manage, 261;
how to preserve, 262
Clover, four-leaved,
23
Color painting,
241,
244,
246
Conventionalized plant forms,
141
Court, for lawn-tennis,
62
Cross-section plant designs,
144
Crystallizing flowers,
21
Curtain fixtures, marine,
92
D
Dancers, fairy,
330
Darning and mending,
384
Declaration of Independence,
117
Decoration, sea-side cottage,
92
Decorations, natural,
201;
of autumn wild flowers, 202;
buckeye portière, 204;
of horse-chestnuts, ib.;
of corn, 209;
ornamental gourds, 210
Decorative language,
365;
how to make a design in, 371
Dolls, corn-husk,
169;
with crab-apple heads, 173;
flower, 175
Drapery of small scraps,
431
Draw, how to,
229
Drawing plant forms,
141
Drawn work,
389
Dressing-table,
444
E
Easel,
250
Easter,
33;
how celebrated in England, ib.;
in Russia, ib.;
in Ireland, 34;
in Germany, 35;
in Washington, D. C, ib.
Easter cards,
50
Easter eggs,
33;
games with, 36;
dolls made of, 39;
toys formed of, 42;
maple wax eggs, 49;
bonbon box, ib.
Enchanted girl, pantomime of,
348
Exercising, best time for,
353;
balancing weights on the head, 356;
broom-handle exercise, 357
F
Fairy dancers,
330
Fan, how to make a,
177;
butterfly fan, 178;
Mikado fan, 180;
daisy fan, 182;
card-board fan, 183
Felling,
383
Ferns for decoration,
19
Fid,
57,
161
Five minutes’ conversation,
154
Fish-painting on china,
286
Floral vocabulary,
377
Flowers, wild,
14;
transplanting, ib.;
how to keep cut, 15;
sending by mail, 16;
preserving, in sand, 16;
pressed, 18;
herbariums of, 19;
for decoration, ib.;
color of, changed, ib.;
waxed, 20;
to freshen cut, ib.;
crystallized, 21;
frosted, ib.;
perfume of, preserved, ib.;
spring flowers in winter, 23;
preserving, in alcohol, 24;
in an empty bottle, ib.;
under glass, ib.;
to keep bouquets fresh, 25;
to keep flowers or fruit fresh for a year, ib.;
painting, in water-colors, 239
Fortune-telling, by melted lead,
190;
by nutshell boats, 192;
by “three luggies,” 193;
by roasting nuts, ib.;
Kaling, 194;
by the magic mirror, ib.;
by three tin cups, by the ring cake, 195
Fortune’s wheel,
88,
426
“Fore-shortening,”
231
Fourth of July, celebration, interior decoration for,
107;
indoor illumination, 108;
out-door decoration and illumination, 109;
fireworks for girls, 111;
parachute, 112;
thunderbolts, ib.;
whirls, 113;
winged fancies, ib.;
pin-wheels, 114;
bombs, 115;
lawn party, 117;
declaration of independence, ib.;
game of toss, 118;
jackstraws, 119;
progressive mining, ib.
Frames for pictures,
295;
designs for, 296;
decorated, 297;
cork frame, 299
Furniture, old and new,
438
G
Game of headless turkey,
312
Game and fish stew,
133
Games, quiet, for hot weather,
151;
door-step party, 152;
five minutes’ conversation, 153;
blind-man’s singing-school, 155;
game of noted men, ib.;
what will you take to the picnic? 156;
assumed characters, 157;
shadow verbs, ib.;
Halloween games, 196 et seq.
Games for Christmas holidays, bubble-bowling,
335;
biographical nonsense, 339;
comic historical tableaux, 341;
living Christmas cards, 342
Gathering,
382
Glass, stained, imitated,
435
Glove pen-wiper,
323
Glove, to mend a kid,
386
Gold, mat,
276;
pure, ib.
Gourds, ornamental,
210
Grab-bags,
423
Ground glass, imitation of,
436
Gymnasium, home,
353
H
Hall seat,
447
Halloween,
187;
origin of, ib.;
party, 189;
fortune-telling on, 190 et seq.;
games, 196 et seq.
Hammock, how to make a,
159;
materials required, 161;
barrel hammock, 165
Hat-rack, sea-side,
98
Hazel-nuts,
220
Headless turkey, game of,
312
Hemming,
381
Heraldry,
366;
field of, 266;
the points, ib.;
divisions, 267
Herbariums,
19
Herring-bone stitch,
384
Hickory-nuts,
219
Historical tableaux,
341
Home gymnasium,
353
Home-made candy,
458
Horseshoe crab-bag,
101
“Huli Fool,”
4
I
Impression album, how to make an,
123;
tools required, 125;
printing from leaves, 126;
from flowers, 127;
landscapes, 128;
other uses for botanical impressions, 129
J
Jackstraws, Fourth of July,
119
Julklapp,
319
K
Kaling,
194
Key-rack,
412
L
Lace,
393
Lady of the Lake,
425
Landscape painting in water-colors,
241
Language, a decorative,
364
Lantern,
408
Lawn, painting on,
434
Lawn party,
117
Lawn-tennis,
55;
lawn-tennis suits, 56;
how to make a lawn-tennis net, 57;
materials for, ib.;
court, 62;
rules for the game, 63
Leap-year party,
351
Leaves and ferns for decoration,
19
Light,
252
M
Mailing parcels, directions for,
16
Mantle-cloth,
454
Mantle-piece,
451
Maple-wax Easter eggs,
49
Marsh-mallow paste,
460;
toasted, 461
Mat colors,
277
May Day,
71;
sports, 72;
May baskets, 74;
May-pole, 77;
May-pole dance, 79
Midsummer Eve,
83;
the games of, 85 et seq.
Mirror tableau,
6
Mirror, the,
404
Model, arrangement of, in water-color painting,
240
Modelling in clay and wax,
257;
value of, 259;
much can be learned without a teacher, ib.;
materials, ib.;
clay, 260;
general directions, 261
Modelling wax,
263
Modelling stand,
260
Molasses candy,
459
Monochrome painting,
278
Music-roll, a,
410
N
Nancy, Miss,
326
Nature’s types,
125
Needle, hammock,
58; 161
Needle-work,
380
Net, lawn-tennis,
57
New Year’s Day,
347;
New Year’s parties, 348
Noah’s ark peep-show,
8
Nutting parties,
218;
rules for, 221
O
Overhanding,
380
Oil-cups,
251
Oils for china-painting,
275
Overcasting,
380
P
Paint-box,
251
Painting in water-colors,
238;
materials for, ib.;
flower-painting, 239;
model, 240;
landscapes, 241;
general directions, 242;
painting from notes, 244
Painting in oil-colors,
249;
materials, ib.;
the light, 252;
setting the palette, 253
Painting on lawn,
434
Painting window-panes,
432
Paints, for china-painting,
274
Palette,
250;
setting the, 253
Palette-knife,
250;
of horn, 273
Panel decorations,
205,
209,
270
Panel of field-corn,
209
Pantomime of an enchanted girl,
348
Paper-weight,
412
Parachute,
112
Party, First of April,
5;
Fourth of July, 117;
door-step, 151;
Halloween, 189;
nutting, 218
Paste, how to make,
402
Patch, how to,
386
Peanut-candy,
458
Peanuts,
223
Perfumes, to prepare from flowers,
21
Picnics, burgoos and corn-roasts,
131;
how to make a burgoo stew, 133;
a corn-roast, 134
Picture-frames,
295
Pilgrims, landing of, tableau,
305 et seq.
Pin-wheels,
114
Plain sewing,
380;
overhanding, ib.;
overcasting, 381;
hemming, ib.;
running, 382;
basting, ib.;
gathering, ib.;
stitching, 383;
back-stitching, ib.;
felling, ib.;
button-holes, ib.;
herringbone, or cat’s-tooth stitch, 384
Plantain test,
86
Plaster casts,
268;
to harden, 270;
to color, ib.
“Poisson d’Avril,”
4
Pop-corn balls,
462
Portières, designs for,
391;
buckeye, 204
Postal regulations for packages,
16
Progressive mining,
119
R
Rag-balls,
427
Ribbon embroideries,
393
Ribbon curtain,
430
Rooster, a lively,
327
Rose-water, recipe for,
26
Rubbish, what to do with,
403
Running,
382
S
Sachet,
323
Saint Valentine’s Day,
464
Scrap-bag,
324
Scrap drapery,
431
Scrap-book,
395
Screen, marine,
99;
Louis Quinze, 206
Settee,
442
Shells, how to polish,
104
Shelves around chimney,
456
Siccatif Courtray,
253
“Silly mackerel,”
4
Spring flowers in winter,
23
“Squirrel, little brown,”
218,
221,
222
Stained glass, imitation of,
435
Starfish, candlestick made of,
102;
ornaments of, 103;
how to dry, 104
Stitches, fancy,
387
Stitching,
383
T
T-square,
234
Table, a bric-à-brac,
406;
at a fair, 413
Tableau, mirror,
6
Tableaux, burlesque,
304;
historical, 341
Tar paste,
275
Telephone, how to make a,
224
Tent, illuminated,
111
Thanksgiving, celebration of,
302
Thunderbolts,
112
Tiles, painted on marble mantle,
453
Tin telephone,
225
Tints in water-color painting,
242
Toss,
118
Tracing,
280
Transformation scrap-book,
398
U
Urchin, sea, vase made of,
102
V
Valentine party,
465
Vase, marine,
102
W
Walking Club, the,
27;
membership of, 30;
length of walks, ib.;
rules to be observed, 31
Walnuts,
220
Walnut creams,
459;
glacé, 460
Walnut-shell turtle,
325
Washstand,
446
Water-colors,
238
Wax-modelling, home-made,
263
Wedding decorations, wild flowers for,
202
Whirls,
113
Wild flowers,
13
Window decorations,
92
Window-panes, decoration of,
432
Window-seat,
448
Winged fancies,
113
Work-basket, crab-net,
97
Work-basket,
411
Worcester, royal, ware,
290