Coups and Degrees 99 (a) Make 1 pound of hard and 1 pound of soft soap, from material prepared by self. (For hard soap, lye may be bought.) (b) Construct a lye gum or leach tub with properly constructed filter, of wildwood material, and with this lye gum, make enough lye from wood ashes to make 1 gallon of soft soap. Either for coup; both for grand coup. (a) Make 1 pint each of 6 different dyes from wild- wood material, coup. (b) Dye 6 squares of white woolen material, each not less than 4 x 4 inches, or 6 bunches of porcupine quills (20 quills in each bundle), each a different color, and use a mordant, all to be found in the woods, for grand coup. (a) Make 3 pounds of any 3 of the following : butter, cheese, sausage, head cheese, lard, tallow, neats- foot oil. (b) Dry 3 pounds (weight when dried) of some fruit or vegetable, to include at least 3 varieties. Either for coup; both for grand coup. 5. (L.L.) Make 3 kinds of vegetable dyes, dying blot- ting paper or other stuff to show samples, for coup. 5 for grand coup. E—Dancing All of the following dances, except the European folk dances, must be of not less than 2 minutes’ duration, and all must be presented on some public occasion. Dance correctly 10 European folk dances, for coup. In addition, dance the Virginia Reel, and another barn dance; also teach all of these to at least 1 other person, so they are correctly performed, for grand coup. 2.* Do 5 of the following, for coup. 10, for grand coup: (a) The quadrille (b) The tancers (c) The gavotte and the schottische _ (d) The polka mazurka and the varsovienne (e) A good cake walk (f) The minuet (g) A Spanish dance (h) A Japanese dance
- Repeater if entirely new material be offered.
