This section is from the book "A Sewing Course For Teachers", by Mary Schenck Woolman. Also available from Amazon: A sewing course for teachers.
Boys and girls together in some occupations.
AIM: - To make the home comfortable and attractive.
Girls take some of the clay and wood-work with the boys.
I. As related to home.
Living room: pillows designed and made; book covers (work of girls). Cooking: tray covers, napkins marked in cross stitch; lunch cloth (work of girls). Linen closet (made by boys): roller and towels (made by girls) : repairing and cleansing (boys and girls). Personal: carpentering apron, heavy work apron with pocket (boys and girls).
II. As related to industrial life (boys and girls).
Study of cotton and linen; bleaching, washing and ironing. Silk and its properties: materials and uses.
 
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