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Lily Speed-O-Weave - Luncheon Set No. 86

This luncheon set, illustrated on back page, is made of one color which is the simplest type of work that can be done on the frame, yet the results are most pleasing. The set consists of a center piece, and four or six smaller pieces. The center piece is made with the frame adjusted to the shape shown in Fig. 2. The smaller pieces are made with the..

Guide to Fortune-Telling

by Anonymous

Since the world began, “coming events have cast shadows before,” and many of the important incidents in our lives are shown us in our dreams if we only understood their full interpretation. The following are a few of the most certain signs, and can almost invariably be relied upon. For dreams not mentioned here, a pleasant dream almost invariably i..

A List of English & American Sequel Stories

by Thomas Aldred

Many years ago I compiled a comparatively short list of sequel stories for staff reference purposes, and the list was subsequently published in The Library World (1900-1). Several librarians who found the old list useful have asked me at various times to bring it up-to-date, and I have at last found leisure to accede to the request and to add a lar..

The Indians in Wisconsin's History

by John M. Douglass

It is difficult now to realize that Wisconsin, famed as a dairy state and rich in farm land and thriving communities, was once a great wilderness. Before the land was cleared for the farmer’s plow and with its dense forests yet to hear the lumberjack’s axe, the thick timberland of the north and even the rolling prairies of the central and southern ..

Doily Bouquet

by American Thread Company

Here is the very newest, the very smartest scheme for delightful table settings. A set of doilies with identical centers in different gay flower borders that will add a decorator’s touch to your luncheon table. We have designed the above four doilies with just that idea in mind. All four designs fit either of the two basic centers...

Afghan Book No. 289 - Afghans

by Anonymous

Draw a loop of White through loop on hook and drop Scarlet. Working with White, insert hook under 3rd vertical bar and draw loop through, * yarn over twice, insert hook under next vertical bar on 3rd row down, yarn over and draw loop through, (yarn over and draw through 2 loops) twice (tr loop made); skip the vertical bar directly behind the tr jus..

The Abergeldie Winter Book

by Mlle. Riego De La Branchardiere

Work five Divisions more the same, and sew the slanting sides of them together. Three rounds of 1 chain, miss 1 and 1 plain, should be worked along the neck, then commencing at the right point work a plain row up the front, across the neck, and down the other side.The Rosette—Fill the Shuttle with the Wool and using the mesh for the pearl loops, co..

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