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Dainty Work for Pleasure and Profit
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It is certainly the first duty of a wife and mother to make home the pleasantest and happiest spot on earth for the members of her family, and to do this requires more than order, system, immaculate cleanliness, -more than the purchase of expensive carpets and pieces of heavy furniture; It requires the home-making, home-beautifying talent. It needs the exercise of an ingenious mind and nimble fingers in fashioning dainty accessories in the shape of mantel drapes, screens, wall-pockets, toilet sets, daintv table linen, cushions, photograph holders, and all the numberless odds and ends that go to make up the pretty home comfort of a room.
It is certainly the first duty of a wife and mother to make home the pleasantest and happiest spot on earth for the members of her family, and to do this requires more than order, system, immaculate cleanliness, -more than the purchase of expensive carpets and pieces of heavy furniture; It requires the home-making, home-beautifying talent. It needs the exercise of an ingenious mind and nimble fingers in fashioning dainty accessories in the shape of mantel drapes, screens, wall-pockets, toilet sets, daintv table linen, cushions, photograph holders, and all the numberless odds and ends that go to make up the pretty home comfort of a room.
486 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1905
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