How To Be A Lady: A Book For Girls by: Harvey Newcomb (1850)

How To - Prilgrim Mother Costume

Pilgrim Mother - Full, plain skirt, white kerchief, small white cap, and large spectacles. A gentleman's linen handkerchief, put around the neck and crossed over the bosom, answers for a kerchief. The cap, too, can be made of a large handkerchief in this way.

Fold the handkerchief in the manner shown in Fig. 206; lay it flat upon a table, and turn the folded corners over as in Fig. 207; turn up the bottom edge over the other, and roll over about three times (Fig. 208); take the handkerchief up by the ends and the cap (Fig. 209) is made.

From: The American Girls Handy Book by: Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard
Copyright: 1887