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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
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Florence Hartley
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"Care
ought
to
be
taken
to
conceal
the
peculiarities
of
the
different
materials
used
in
the
draperies,
and
it
is
even
sometimes
necessary
to
cover
the
stuffs
used
for
the
purpose
with
a
gauze
of
a
different
color,
so
as
to
imitate
the
broken
and
transparent
colors
found
in
most
good
pictures.
This,
carefully
attended
to,
will
give
a
quietness
and
simplicity
to
the
whole,
which
will
greatly
add
to
the
illusion."
The
next
subject
upon
the
list
of
accomplishments,
should
be
filled
by
some
words
upon
fancy
sewing.
Under
this
head
will
come--Crochet,
Knitting,
Tapestry
work,
Embroidery,
Chenille
work,
Netting,
Canvas
work,
Berlin
wool
work,
Frame
work,
Braiding,
Bead
work,
etc.
Small
social
gatherings
will
be
much
more
entertaining,
the
time
will
pass
much
more
quickly,
and
the
conversation
flows
more
freely
if
the
fingers
are
employed
with
some
light
work.
Pretty
presents--nay,
beautiful
ones--may
be
made
in
this
way,
when
the
fingers
would
otherwise
be
idle,
and
these
will
have
an
additional
value
in
being
the
work
of
your
own
hands.
From
the
most
remote
ages
needlework
has
been,
not
only
a
source
of
pecuniary
advantage
for
poor
women,
but
also
of
pleasant
pastime
for
the
rich.
It
is
one
of
the
most
elegant
of
the
imitative
art,
and
from
time
immemorial
it
has
been
an
amusement
for
otherwise
idle
fingers,
from
the
cottage
to
the
palace.
I
have
not
space
for
a
long
disquisition
upon
the
uses
and
pleasures
of
fancy
work;
every
woman
has
moments
when
such
pretty
playwork
will
be
a
valuable
recreation.
The
taste
for
fancy
work
increases
daily,
and
can
be
made
not
only
ornamental,
but
useful.
A
ladies'
wardrobe
consists
of
so
many,
and
such
varied
objects,
that
the
evenings
of
an
entire
winter
may
be
spent
in
making
various
useful
garments,
which
are,
at
the
same
time,
suitable
for
company
sewing.
Opera
hoods,
wool
shawls,
sleeves,
Sontags,
and
other
ladies'
articles,
may
be
varied
by
embroidering
smoking
caps,
slippers,
or
handkerchiefs
for
gentlemen.
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