. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. ork. If anything must be dispensed with inyour furnishings let it be the carpet. You can do quite well in procuring apretty effect with a few home-made rugs and an oiled floor. Ingenuity, tasteand skill are to you worth dollars. If you cannot afford silk bolting at^ per yard for your doyleys and dressing case covers, use scrim at 15cents per yard. If you cannot afford a Persian rug, or even a very goodimitation of one, buy a Ross rug hook, take a piece of coffee sacking,ravel pieces of old carpet for the necessary yarn, and make one; it will costabout
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. ork. If anything must be dispensed with inyour furnishings let it be the carpet. You can do quite well in procuring apretty effect with a few home-made rugs and an oiled floor. Ingenuity, tasteand skill are to you worth dollars. If you cannot afford silk bolting at^ per yard for your doyleys and dressing case covers, use scrim at 15cents per yard. If you cannot afford a Persian rug, or even a very goodimitation of one, buy a Ross rug hook, take a piece of coffee sacking,ravel pieces of old carpet for the necessary yarn, and make one; it will costabout $, and perhaps less; if neatly done, it will look almost as well asone that sells at ^15 to ^25. And remember, first, last and all the time, thatRefined ornamentation in every room in the house, especially those of theboys and the help, and a union of effort in this kind of work, partic ularly inthe parlor and all other family apartments, will have a wonderful effect indeveloping character and preserving harmony in the CHAPTER II.
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