▁part ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁with ▁the ▁modern ▁equipment ▁of ▁her ▁company . ▁N ird ling er ▁could ▁handle ▁a ▁simple ▁en velope ▁and ▁en closure ▁printed ▁in ▁one ▁color , ▁or ▁an ▁elaborate ▁trade ▁catalog ue ▁of ▁ 3 0 0 ▁pages . ▁She ▁had ▁arranged ▁and ▁delivered ▁complete ▁catalog ues , ▁illustr ating ▁men ' s ▁and ▁women ' s ▁f ash ions , ▁sho es , ▁st ov es , ▁mach in ery , ▁fire - br ick , ▁to ys , ▁j ew el ry , ▁and ▁autom ob iles , ▁and ▁graph ically ▁designed ▁book lets ▁on ▁numerous ▁subjects . ▁ ▁Children ' s ▁author ▁N ird ling er ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁Al the a ▁series ▁of ▁books ▁for ▁children , ▁writing ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁" D . ▁El la ▁N ird ling er ." ▁The ▁series ▁included ▁the ▁books ▁Al the a , ▁or , ▁the ▁children ▁of ▁Ros em ont ▁plant ation ▁and ▁D ear ▁Fri ends , ▁both ▁published ▁by ▁the ▁Ben z iger ▁Brothers ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 . ▁A ▁third ▁book , ▁The ▁Al vo yd s , ▁was ▁planned ▁for ▁ 1 9 1 4 . ▁The ▁first ▁book ▁in ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁adopted ▁by ▁the ▁Commission ers ▁of ▁the ▁Louisiana ▁P urchase ▁Ex position ▁as ▁the ▁official ▁sou venir ▁for ▁young ▁people , ▁and ▁was ▁illustrated ▁by ▁Eg bert ▁Cad mus ▁( 1 8 6 8 – 1 9 3 9 ). ▁ ▁M embers hips ▁and ▁affili