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348 Woodcmft Manual for Girls . Grand coup for having also started a friend with plants and helped make and fix cold-frame. Clear $25 on a half-acre garden, after paying for labor, etc., in one summer. Make a successful mushroom cellar. Home Craft Coup or grand coup according to merit Train a class in cooking — showing the members and niaking them do it correctly, for six persons and give demonstration of success. Spin enough cotton, flax, wool, or hemp to make five yards of stuff or six pairs of socks. Weave ten yards of doth or rag-carpet rug or bedspread. Prepare, cook, and serve daintily, four ten-course diimers for a party of not less than four people. Everything must be hwne cooked. e • r Serve practical and attractive meals to a family of six for one month at the rate of ten cents per meal per person, a total ol $54- , . , . I.- 1 Prepare twelve meals on a tray for sick persons, usmg chicken broth, eggnog, milk toast, and show the value of bright and cheerful serving. Know and be able to buy and cook all of the best cuts of lamp, mutton, beef, and pork, making sure meat is fresh and cooked correctly. Know value of cereals and proper preparation of com, wheat, rice, barley, and rye for bread and porridges. Also know about the care and feeding of infants from birth to three ye^rs. Have been a "little mother," being a real daily guardian for three months— dressing, undressing, and caring for on time. Act as hostess at a formal limcheon, dinner, or party of some band to at least six people for which the invitations were self- made and menu supervised. Also plan and carry out three outdoor picnics or entertainments for a dozen or more girb, at which refreshments are served. Keep an eight-room house — used by not less than four people — clean and in order, caring for clothes, etc., arranging flowers, and assisting at meals for one month. Do a family washing and ironing for not less than four persons for one month and do idl cleaning and pressing of suits, skirts, trousers, etc.