Things Worth Doing and How to Do Them

About this eBook

Author

Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920

Title

Things Worth Doing and How To Do Them

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Amusements

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48978

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48978

Release Date

May 17, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THINGS WORTH DOING AND HOW TO DO THEM
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.PART I P ARTIES, SHOWS, AND ENTERTAINMENTS
5. 5.CHAPTER I A FOURTH OF JULY LAWN FROLIC
6. 6.CHAPTER II A WONDERFUL CIRCUS AT HOME WITH MOVING ANIMALS
7. 7.CHAPTER III A NOVEL EASTER PARTY WITH NEW EASTER GAMES
8. 8.CHAPTER IV A DOORWAY PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW
9. 9.CHAPTER V HALLOWE’EN MERRYMAKING
10. 10.CHAPTER VI DANCE OF TITANIA, QUEEN OF THE FAIRIES
11. 11.CHAPTER VII THANKSGIVING PARTY
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII IMPROMPTU MOVING PICTURES FOR THANKSGIVING
13. 13.CHAPTER IX A VALENTINE ENTERTAINMENT WITH ORIGINAL VALENTINES
14. 14.CHAPTER X THE WILD WEST SHOW ON A TABLE
15. 15.CHAPTER XI ROOF PICNIC WITH BROOK TO CROSS AND FLOWERS TO PICK
16. 16.CHAPTER XII THE MAGIC PEEP SHOW
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII PLANT YOUR GARDEN IF YOU CAN
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV JOLLY LITTLE SANTA CLAUS WITH HIS REINDEER AND SLEIGH
19. 19.CHAPTER XV A LIVING CHRISTMAS TREE
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI HOW TO GET UP A GIRLS’ FAIR
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII CAMPING OUT IN YOUR BACK YARD
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII OUTDOOR FUN WITH HOME-MADE TETHER-BALL
23. 23.PART II MINIATURE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT
25. 25.CHAPTER XX THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI THE PHAROS OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE MAUSOLEUM OF HALICARNASSUS
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII THE STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII THE TEMPLE OF DIANA AT EPHESUS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
30. 30.PART III THINGS TO MAKE FOR HOME, GIFT DAYS, AND FAIRS
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV NEW CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI DOLL HOUSE OF PASTEBOARD
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII THE MAKING OF A BAYBERRY CANDLE
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII WATER TOYS—LITTLE WAX PEOPLE THAT SWIM AND RIDE ON RAFTS
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX HOW TO WEAVE WITHOUT A LOOM
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN EASTER CARDS AND GIFTS
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI HOME-MADE CANDLESTICKS
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII WHAT TO MAKE OF BANANAS, ORANGES, AND APPLES
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII LITTLE PAPER COLUMBUS AND HIS PAPER SHIP
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE STARS
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV STENCIL PAINTING AND HOW TO MAKE THE STENCILS
42. 42.INDEX

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