Half a Dozen Housekeepers a Story for Girls in Half a Dozen Chapters
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Mrs. Win- ship, Mrs. Brayton, and Mrs. Pennell, with affectionate forethought, had brought everything that schoolgirls and boys particularly affect jelly-cake, tarts, and hosts of other goodies. How the girls remembered their closetful of ' ' attempts ' ' at home ; how they roguishly exchanged glances, yet never disclosed their failures; how they discoursed learnedly on baking-powder versus sal- eratus, raw potato versus boiled potato 101 HALF-A-DOZEN HOUSEKEEPERS yeast; and with what dignity a...nd assur- ance they discussed questions of house- hold economy, and interlarded their con- versation with quotations from the "Young Housekeeper's Friend, " and the "Bride's Manual. " In the afternoon they played all sorts of games, some quiet, more not at all so, until at five o'clock, nearly dark in these short days, they left their make- believe forest and trudged home through the snow, baskets under their arms, de- claring it a mistaken idea that picnics should be confined to summer. "What a gl-orious time we've had!" exclaimed Jo, as they busied themselves about the home dining-room.
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