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Things Worth Doing and How To Do Them

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THINGS WORTH DOING
AND HOW TO DO THEM

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THINGS WORTH DOING
AND HOW TO DO THEM

THE BEARD BOOKS FOR GIRLS
By LINA and ADELIA B. BEARD

Things Worth Doing and How to Do Them. Illustrated by the authors. $2.00.

Recreations for Girls. Illustrated by the authors. $2.00 (postage extra).

What a Girl Can Make and Do. New Ideas for Work and Play. Illustrated by the authors. $2.00.

The American Girl’s Handy Book; or, How to Amuse Yourself and Others. Illustrated by the authors. $2.00.


THE BEARD BOOKS FOR BOYS
By DANIEL C. BEARD

The Field and Forest Handy Book. New Ideas for Out of Doors. Illustrated by the author. $2.00.

The Jack of All Trades; or, New Ideas for American Boys. Illustrated by the author. $2.00.

The Outdoor Handy Book. New and Cheaper Edition of The American Boy’s Book of Sport. Illustrated by the author. $2.00.

The American Boy’s Handy Book; or, What to Do and How to Do It. Illustrated by the author. $2.00.


Things
Worth
Doing
and
How
To Do Them



BY

Lina Beard
and
Adelia B. Beard



New York
Charles
Scribner’s
Sons

1906



SPECIAL NOTICE

The publishers hereby give warning that the unauthorized printing of any portion of the text of this book, and the reproduction of any of the illustrations or diagrams, are expressly forbidden.


TO
OUR
LITTLE NIECE
BARBARA BEARD


PREFACE

We know our girls. We know and sympathize with their restless longing for activity. The normal girl simply must be doing something, and this ceaseless energy, at times rather appalling to her elders, is but natural and right. It is in the young blood coursing so swiftly and joyously through her veins, and it must find vent in one way or another. But there is no need of doing that which brings neither true pleasure nor the joy of accomplishing something worth while, for the world is full of delightful things really worth the doing. We have only to open our eyes and ears to find them crowding forward to claim our attention, and the choice is between better and best.

There are merry frolics and active games that stimulate the health and renew the vitality of the body and there are scores of charming things for willing hands to make which are not only worth the making but which bring skill to the fingers and breadth and energy to the mind.

In this, our fourth book for girls, we are giving some of the things we have found well worth the doing, and it is our hope that our girl friends will also see their worth and find in them inspiration for further experiments in pastime and frolics.

The Authors

July 3, 1906.


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CONTENTS

PART I
PARTIES, SHOWS AND ENTERTAINMENTS

CHAPTER I

PAGE
A Fourth of July Lawn Frolic 3
Ground Decoration, 3; Firecracker Invitation, 4; Pantomime Charades, 6; To Make the Sun-bonnet, 7; Shuffle Race, 10; Hurling the Lance, 10; Daylight Fireworks, 11; Balloon Ascension, 11; The Myth, 12; Pandora Box, 12; The Balloons, 13.

CHAPTER II
A Wonderful Circus at Home with Moving Animals 15
Mademoiselle Rosebud, 16; To Give the Horse Power to Move, 18; Bob, the Wonderful Elephant, 20.

CHAPTER III
A Novel Easter Party with New Easter Games 33

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