I graduated from a public high school high school a million years ago and everyone (girls and boys) had to take Home Economics. It was a year-long class and we had a sewing unit (replace a button, sew a hem), a cooking unit (scrambled eggs and muffins), and a shop unit (we made a lamp). Everyone had to bring in an empty liquor bottle (you can tell this was a long time ago) which we filled with marbles or sand (something decorative) to hide the lamp rod. When my Dad passed away, my brother was cleaning out his house and he found the lamp 40-some years later. My Dad was using it.
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