Paper and Scissors in the Schoolroom by Emily Weaver, 1893, Published by Milton Bradley (Froebel Kindergarten Related) antique stencil dial Someone wiser that I says

Someone wiser that I says it is Masonic

describing the summer breathing

which one rather misses

spelled out on the last line

and perhaps roses most of all--just such tenderly done things

Paper and Scissors in the Schoolroom by Emily Weaver, 1893, Published by Milton Bradley (Froebel Kindergarten Related) antique stencil dial Someone wiser that I saysI happened across this one, and in my quest to share and promote all things Froebel kindergarten, of course I scooped it up. Published by Milton Bradley in 1893, this was one of a series of books directed toward teachers, in an effort to spread and support the teaching of the Froebel kindergarten program in the US (with Milton Bradley the leading producer of Froebel blocks, papers, sewing cards, etc.) The subject here is specifically the occupation of