Handicraft for Girls

Handicraft for Girls is a course in handicraft written by Idabelle McGlauflin. It instructs in sewing, basketry, design, paper and cardboard production, textile fibers and fabrics and home decoration. Excerpt: «The teacher's preparation for the lesson consists in doing each exercise before presenting the lesson to the class. It will take some of your time to do so, but it will save hours of time and much worry in the end, and you will thus discover how best to present the difficult points of the lesson. A well finished piece gives to the child a complete mental picture of what she is undertaking, and acts as an inspiration; she will work quicker, easier, and better because of it. This impulse and a clear demonstration of the method of doing, will enable her to work far more independently of the teacher than would otherwise be possible, and will give more satisfactory results.»