. Christmas cheer [electronic resource]: in three courses, more than ordinary ones, and where every guest will get his dessert, and a taste of those choice spirits, "that cheer but not inebriate," . ution was earned unanimously, andforthwith entered by the secretary, .Miss Ashton, intothe blank leaf of a cyphering-hook. Mi-> Luvell rose to propose the next resolution, asfollows :— You must be aware, voting ladies, of the quantityof dust-collecting articles with which we overwhelmour families every year, and whichare commonly known as fancy-work. To the constant manufac-ture of this unmeanin
. Christmas cheer [electronic resource]: in three courses, more than ordinary ones, and where every guest will get his dessert, and a taste of those choice spirits, "that cheer but not inebriate," . ution was earned unanimously, andforthwith entered by the secretary, .Miss Ashton, intothe blank leaf of a cyphering-hook. Mi-> Luvell rose to propose the next resolution, asfollows :— You must be aware, voting ladies, of the quantityof dust-collecting articles with which we overwhelmour families every year, and whichare commonly known as fancy-work. To the constant manufac-ture of this unmeaning rubbish Ifirmly object. During thelast year 1 have workedtwelve perforated cardswith floss silk, and sewnthem into a have embroidered twourn-rugs, with worstedtufts as bigs as orangesround the edges. I haveorientally tinted fourscreens with green lobsters, scarlet grapes, andblue currants, to say nothing of the birds andbutterflies. And what has all this tended to?—Nothing—but an increase of the half-yearly bills paidby our devoted parents. They had all got screens andru^s enough already—there was no occasion for anymore. What I wish to say is this :—why are we not. A BOWL OF PtTXCH. 100 allowed, if fancy-work must be clone, to do it afterwhat fashion and for whom we choose. Why shouldwe gum our fingers, varnish our nails, and mess ourfrocks, for what we feel no interest in ? {Hear, hear.)How much better would it be if we might workBerlin-wool slippers for any friends of our brothers,or our good-looking young gentlemen cousins—thoseattractive relations towards whom the heart of a con-fiding girl clings with all the deep fervour of a first pla-tonic affection ? {Sensation among the ladies.) Wouldyou not much sooner work watch-guards out of yourown hair, or purses studded with little steel beads,than sew guitar pincushions and butterfly housewivesfor your aunts ; or make paper dahlias and Bristol-card-racks for your mothers great connexions—alwaysth
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