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hing of Ornament. ($1.50.) Day--Application of Ornament. ($1.25.) Day--Nature in Ornament. ($4.00.) Day--Ornamental Design. (Out of print.) Day--Planning of Ornament. (Out of print.) Day--Decorative Design of all Ages. ($0.40.) Day--Ornament and Its Application. ($3.25.) Day--Ornamental Design, Anatomy of Pattern, Planning of Ornament. ($3.00.) Day--Some Principles of Everyday Art. (Out of print.) Glazier--Manual of Historic Ornament. (New edition in press.) Hulme--Birth and Development of Ornament. (Out of print.) Jones--Grammar of Ornament. ($18.00.) Prang--Art and Ornament in Egypt. ($1.50.) _Note_--The books out of print may be found in some public libraries. REFERENCES: HISTORY OF COSTUME Earle--Costume of Colonial Times. ($1.25.) Earle--Two Centuries of Costume in America, 2 vols. ($2.50 each.) Evans--Chapters on Greek Dress. (Out of print.) Fairholt--Costume of England, 2 vols. ($1.50 each.) Hill--History of English Dress. (Out of print.) McClellan--Historic Dress in America. ($10.00.) Planchet--History in British Costume. ($1.50.) Quegly--What Dress Makes of Us. ($1.25.) Racinet--Costume. ($2.00.) Rhead--Chats on Costume. ($1.50.) Schild--Old English Peasant Costume from Boadicea to Queen Victoria. (Out of print.) SUPPLEMENTARY PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR CLASS STUDY ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING MEETING I (Study pages 1-59) PRIMITIVE METHODS Endeavor to obtain a Colonial spinning-wheel in working order, and get some one to operate it. If possible, obtain samples of weaving done on a hand loom. Examine a hand-loom if possible. They may be seen at the manufacturers of rag and remade carpets. _References:_ Woman's Share in Primitive Culture, Mason, Chapter III, The Weaver. ($1.75, postage 16c.) Colonial Days in Old New England, by Earle. ($1.25, postage 12c.) TEXTILE FIBRES Collect an exhibit of raw fibres and fibres in process of manufacture. Send to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Botany, Washington, D. C., for small samples; to manufacturers of thread; to friends in manufacturing towns. Test the various fibres by burning. Examine under a microscope with a small hand-glass, if greater power cannot be obtained. Try
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