- The microscope reveals many things
The microscope reveals many things - Two girls sewing
Two girls sewing - Cutting out the material using a pattern
Cutting out the material using a pattern - The clothing worn during the day should be aired at night
Airing clothing The body must be kept clean; and clothing worn next to it should also be kept clean at night as well as during the day. Who can remember how many pints of water the normal body gives off each day? It loses about three pints in 24 hours. Can you recall what becomes of this waste? Yes, some is evaporated, but some is collected by our clothes; that is why they are soiled as they collect the perspiration and excretions, although often they do not look soiled. The day garments should be hung up at night in a place where they will air and dry out by morning. - Girl doing needlework
Girl doing needlework - Lady doing needlework
Lady doing needlework - Girl removing a spot on her clothes
Stains or spots spoil one's neat appearance and look careless. - Lady washing out of doors on a warm day. This is the old way. She has just bought a washing machine.
Lady washing out of doors on a warm day. This is the old way. She has just bought a washing machine. - The flax wheel
The woman is holding the flax fibers which come from the distaff; and, as her foot[192] turns the wheel and the flax in her fingers is fed to the spindle, it is twisted. Spinning of flax is a very old invention. - A trial fit before sewing the dress
A trial fit before sewing the dress - The bloomers and middy blouse
The bloomers and middy blouse - The simple dress skirt and shirt waist
The simple dress skirt and shirt waist - Which of these girls looks ready to do her work
Do you understand what appropriateness means? It means wearing the suitable kind of clothing for every occasion. It is our duty to be as well dressed as possible, for our friends' sakes as well as for our own; but a well-dressed girl is never conspicuous. Clothes which would be appropriate in a large city for a reception might be very inappropriate in a small town. Our daily clothes should be adapted to our uses, whether in country or city. Would you wear your party dress for gardening or for tennis or skating? - Notice the good spacing and arrangement of lines
Notice the good spacing and arrangement of lines - Vertical lines through the center of the costume make the figure appear thinner
Vertical lines through the center of the costume make the figure appear thinner - Notice how the emphasis on the outside of the costume makes the figure appear larger
Notice how the emphasis on the outside of the costume makes the figure appear larger - Which arrangement of hair and bow do you think most appropriate for school wear
Which arrangement of hair and bow do you think most appropriate for school wear - One can select a hat which will make a good silhouette when one sees the whole figure before a mirror
One can select a hat which will make a good silhouette when one sees the whole figure before a mirror - Which way looks better
Which way looks better - Field mouse caught in an unbaited guillotine trap
If mice are present in small numbers, as is often the case in lawns, gardens, or seed beds, they may readily be caught in strong mouse traps of the guillotine type. These should be baited with oatmeal or other grain, or may be set in the mouse runs without bait. - Field mouse caught in baited guillotine trap
If mice are present in small numbers, as is often the case in lawns, gardens, or seed beds, they may readily be caught in strong mouse traps of the guillotine type. These should be baited with oatmeal or other grain, or may be set in the mouse runs without bait. - October
Kids under a tree - November
November - May
May - March
March - June
June - July
- January
January - Frame
Frame - February
February - December
December - August
August - April
April - September
September - An Egyptian Stamp for impressing Bricks
In old Egypt, bricks were impressed by the same method of stamping [as the Assyrians], but not to such an extent as they were in old Assyria. . The cuts annexed represent the face and back of an old Egyptian stamp discovered in a tomb of Thebes. The stamp is five inches long, two and one-quarter inches broad, and half an inch thick, and is fitted to an arched handle. The characters are engraved below the surface of the wood, so that an impression taken from the stamp on the clay would show the engraved characters in relief. The inscription on the stamp has been translated, Amenoph, beloved of truth. Amenoph is supposed, by some authorities, to have been the king of Egypt at the period of the exodus of the Israelites. The characters on the Egyptian and Babylonian bricks are much more neatly executed than would seem necessary for inscriptions on so common a material as clay. - John Gutenberg
Tthorwalden's statue of John Gutenberg - Egyptian treatment of birds. from hieroglyphics of the 18th Dynasty
- Lion from Assyrian Bas-relief
Lion from Assyrian Bas-relief - Persian Lion from the frieze at Susa (Perrot & chipiez)
- Lion from a Theban bas-relief
- Græco-Buddhist Group of Lions carved in marble
- The Lion in English heraldry
- Japanese Birds
- Lion by Alfred Stevens
- Pen Designs by Walter Crane
- Russian Peasant Embroidery - Blouse in Cross Stitch
- Floral frame
Floral frame - Bear with cubs
Bear with cubs - Meadow vole
Meadow vole - Haymouse (singing vole)
Haymouse (singing vole) - Caribou
Caribou - Brown Lemming
Brown Lemming - Bear with two cubs
Bear with two cubs - Mysis relicta, a small shrimp-like Crustacean
Perhaps the best known form with a similar range is the Schizopod crustacean Mysis relicta, which is clearly a descendant of the Arctic marine Mysis oculata, of which it was formerly considered a mere variety. - Central Asiatic Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
his migration must have been an unusually large one. It has been suggested that the Glacial period had some connection with it, and there can be little doubt, as we shall see later on, that a change of climate probably brought about this great Siberian invasion of Europe. But other causes might tend in the same direction, such as want of sufficient food after a few years of great increase of any particular species. It is not known to what we owe the periodic visits of the Central Asiatic Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus), but certain it is that immense flocks of these birds invade Europe from time to time at the present day, just as those mammals may have done in past ages. - The Great Auk
It is probable that the famous Great Auk (Alca impennis) also was a typical Arctic species. Its range extended to both sides of the Atlantic. In Newfoundland and on the coast of Iceland it is known to have been met with in considerable numbers within historic times; and no doubt, like all Arctic species, it extended farther southwards at a more remote period. - The Saiga-Antelope (Saiga tartarica)
Some of these, such as the Saiga-Antelope (Saiga tartarica), still inhabit portions of Eastern Europe, whilst others have retreated to their native land. But it might be asked, how is it known that these species did not originate in Europe, and thence migrate to Siberia? Because if they had originated on our continent, they would have spread there. They would have invaded Northern and Southern Europe, and they would probably have left some remains in Spain, Italy, or Greece. - The Musk-Ox (Ovibos moschatus)
Another large mammal, perhaps less well known, is the Musk-Ox (Ovibos moschatus), which resembles in size the smaller varieties of Oxen, but in structure and habits is closely allied to the Sheep. As is implied by the specific name, it exhales a musky odour; this does not, however, appear to be due to the secretion of a special gland, as is the case in other animals with a similar smell. The skin is covered with long brown thickly-matted hair, interspersed with white. It is confined to the most northerly parts of North America and the American Arctic islands, and to North Greenland. Though not now living in the Old World, it seems formerly to have been abundant in Siberia, and, as we shall learn later on, it was one of the species which took part in the great Siberian invasion of Europe. Its remains have been found not only in Germany and France, but also in the south of England. - Drop the handkerchief
A ring is formed by the players joining hands, whilst one child, who is to "drop the handkerchief," is left outside. He walks round the ring, touching each one with the handkerchief, saying the following words: "I wrote a letter to my love, But on my way, I dropped it; A little child picked it up And put it in his pocket. It wasn't you, it wasn't you, It wasn't you—but it was you." When he says "It was you," he must drop the handkerchief behind one of the players, who picks it up and chases him round the ring, outside and under the joined hands, until he can touch him with the handkerchief. As soon as this happens, the first player joins the ring, whilst it is now the turn of the second to "drop the handkerchief." - Children sitting under a tree
Children sitting under a tree