Excerpt from A Hundred Things a Girl Can MakeThis addition to the numerous books on Handicrafts for Girls justifies itself in three distinct ways: it makes its approach to the subject from the standpoint of art, the materials used and the problems offered are neither commonplace nor hackneyed, and the finished results, if attained through a careful following out of the directions given, are not only of artistic interest, but possess as well unquestioned commercial value.For these reasons, it is hoped that the book will appeal to mothers who desire to provide high standards of handwork for girls, to teachers of Domestic Art and Home Decoration who seek new ideas and fresh inspiration for their classes, and to the girls themselves, who are ever responsive to suggestions that bear upon the question of fancy work.The average girl is bound to do something with her fingers. The so-called art needlework of the day gives her little opportunity for invention or for self-expression. Generally, she follows specific directions or a set pattern, feeling no responsibility for the design, nor for the artistic quality of the result. In such work, conscientious though she may be, the Girl may violate every art principle known to man, but she does it unconsciously, for she is ignorant concerning art principles. She follows the standard set by the pattern she has purchased at the department store, and she devotes endless time and patience to the production of articles that should never have been imagined nor created!These Hundred Things a Girl Can Make will suggest new fields for her activity and will bring to the youthful worker some realization of the meaning of joy in the doing.Here for the first time are offered simple approaches to the limitless fields of creative art. Step by step the idea unfolds. The process is alluring and the result convincing. The Girl is no mere copyist in working out these problems. She becomes, in a certain sense, a creator. Her product is not like any other product. It is characterized by the freshnessof invention and it carries the stamp of individuality. Such work as this.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.