Antique Vintage 1879 The Complete Home Cookbook Victorian Household Etiquette

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Antique Vintage 1879 The Complete Home Cookbook Victorian Household Etiquette:
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Rare 1879 Cookbook and Domestic Life Instruction

Encyclopedia Encyclopaedia Domestic Life and Affairs

The Complete Home

By Mrs. Julia McNair Wright

1879 was the Original 1st Edition Printing of this book

Includes Household Recipes & Domestic Life Instruction

FREE SHIPPING to anywhere in the United States

Mrs. M IHutchinson

With Love &Esteems,

From

Her Father andMother

Rev. and Mrs. S.B. Ayers

Tallula

April 8th1880

COOKING RECIPES FOUND IN THIS BOOK:

SOUP

General instructions * Murphy Soup* Calve\'s Head Soup * Economical Veal Soup * French Soup * Mr. Gomez\'s Pea Soup* Scotch Barley Soup * Celery Soup

MEATS ~ FISH ~ GAME

A grilled steak * Beefsteak a laParisian * Stewed beefsteak * Beef loaf * Stuffed corned beef * Ham balls *Scotch hash * How to cook boiled salt pork * Chicken dressed as terrapins *Curry * A nice way to cook chickens * Mrs. Dodd\'s way of boiling fish * Ragoutof turkey * Stewed turkey * Chicken pudding * Broiled partridge * Salmi of wildduck * Broiled quails * Roasted codfish * Boiled trout * Boston fish balls *Fried oysters * Stewed oysters * Oyster macaroni * Oyster patties * Stewedsteak

VEGETABLES ~ PASTA ~ RICE

Potatoes * Cooking cabbage * Friedcabbage * Cooking onions * Hotel pones * Carrots for dinner * Hulled corn * Toboil rice properly * Barley * Bran poletna * Bean croquettes * Breakfastpotatoes * Potatoes au cream * Eggplant * Fried sweet potatoes * Squash *Spinach * Stewed tomatoes * Fried tomatoes * Green tomatoes * Roasted tomatoes* Tomatoes for curry * Baked tomatoes * Lettuce * Cucumbers * Celery * Radishes* Onions

SIDE DISHES

Ways of preparing oatmeal *Pandowdies * Macaroni a l\'Italienne * Queen\'s toast * A dish for breakfast *Eggs au gratin * Astor house rolls * Stewed macaroni * Apples and bacon * Arelish for breakfast * Scaloped eggs * Tongue toast * Baked eggs * Cheese toast* Scrambled eggs * Croquettes * Pain perdu * Yorkshire pudding * Marrowdumplings * Chocolate

CAKES

Apple short cake * Measure cake* Shrewsbury cake * Sponge cake for winter * Pound cake * Cheap pound cake *Mrs. Holme\'s libert cake * Pork cake * Gold cake * Silver cake * Feather cake *Clove cake * Puff cake * Widow\'s cake * Hickory nut cake * Fruit cake * Whitefruit cake * Ice cream cake * Queen\'s cake * Jenny Lind cake * Chocolate marblecake * Tout fait * Molasses doughnuts * Thin gingerbread * Matrimonies *Chicago puffs * Wafers * Sweet crackers * Ginger crackers * Black fruit cake

PIES AND PUDDINGS

Apple pot pie * Plum pudding * Dorchester pudding * Carrot pudding * Snow pudding * Ricepudding * Apple Johnathon * Open tarts * Raisin pie * Lemon pie * Apple pudding* Omelet * Cheap pudding * Cottage baked pudding * Flummery * Batter and apples* German puffs * Creme * Apple meringue * Parsnip pie * 2 Bread puddings *Crumb pie * Dessert pudding * Dark steamed pudding * Apple custard * Extramince pie * Perfect pies

SAUCES AND DRESSINGS

Lobster sauce * Cabbage salad *French mustard * Drawn butter * Sauce for roast beef * Salad dressing withoutoil * Foaming sauce * Dried beef gravy * Celery salt * Prune whip * Soyer sauce* Favorite sauce * Mixed sauce * Carrot sauce * Plain pudding sauce * Steward\'ssauce * Fish sauce * Bread sauce * Butter sauce

IMPORTANT RECIPES

Excellent bread * Hop yeast *Coffee * Tea * Lemonade * Fruit cream * Brown bread

RECIPES FOR INVALIDS

Beef tea * Chicken panada * Soupfor an invalid * Egg cream * Gruel * Rice cream * Drinks for invalids * Creamof tartar drink * Oatmeal gruel * Panada * Barley gruel * Wheat frumity * Raweggs * Dried flour

CONFECTIONARY

Coconut candy * How to sugar orcrystallize popcorn * A delicious fruit candy * Coconut balls * Caramels *Barley sugar * Butterscotch * Molasses candy * Peanut candy * Sugar candy * Chocolatecandy * Candied fruits

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

CHAPTER I. ORDER — AUNT SOPHRONIA

Her opinions — Her nieces — Heroffers of marriage — The building of a home — Some modern misses opinions —Have we capital enough to marry? — What is this capital? — The rock on whichthe home foundation rests — What is the cornerstone of home — The need of goodhealth to make a home happy — When young persons should resolve upon celibacy —Man builds his home from without, women from within — Intimate knowledge of characterrequisite to a safe engagement — Long and short engagements — What is moreimportant than a trousseau? — A couple may marry on small means — Letthere be NO DEBTS — The necessity of some fixed means of making a livelihood —The importance of a thorough knowledge of housekeeping — No home safe withoutthis — It is equal to a large cash capital — Thorough housekeeping a fine art —Economy — Micawber financiering — Capacity for self denial — Begin moderately —Value of knowing how to sew, make, mend, cut, fit — Burn’s house mother —Excellence of culture — Need of good temper in the home — Home our treasurehouse — Are two better than one? — Look the future in the face — Count the cost— Make no leap in the dark — A well portioned bride — Two weddings — Abenediction on the home

CHAPTERII. ORDER — TIMESAVING

A suitable age for marriage — Whatone should study — When to study music or art — A young wife’s studies — How totime for everything — A wedding gift — The great timesaver — Dangers of disorder— How to manage work — Helen’s domestic management — Is mistress or maid toblame for disorder? — How a young woman arranged her work — Important hints ondress — A word on good manners — A morning call — A new method of sendingclothes to the wash — When to mend clothes — How to wash lace and embroidery —A disorderly house mother — A place of everything — A pleasant sitting room — Awindow garden — A well arranged kitchen — How a young woman can best economizein her kitchen — How to get time for charity work — When to do the fall andspring sewing — The house cleaning — Order in individuals — Order in afarm-house — A model farmer\'s wife — Preparedness for emergencies — CousinAnn\'s method of doing her house-work — A time for everything — A place for everything— The month, week, day, hour, minute for various kinds of work — Don\'t crowdwork — A daughter\'s best dowry

CHAPTERIII. ECONOMY

The Pounds and Pence — Ashamed ofeconomy — How shall we begin to economize? — Reducing u servant\'s wages — Economyand charity — The

seamstress\' view of hard times —How working-people should meet hard times —

Where people begin their economies— Servants and employers — Needful rise

and fall in wages — Fit expensesto your station in life — Don\'t blush at wearing

CALICO — What constitutes a lady ?— Rights of masters and employees — How to

meet a reduced income — The realcost of a new silk dress — Need and pride —

Pride a hard master — Littlesavings and little wasting^ — Losing a hundred

one-dollar bills — Paying forbreakages — What servants have no right to expect

— Making-over dresses —Making-over neck-ties^ — To clean silk, velvet, and

merino — Economizing on the table— A soup relish — Cheese and parsley —

Ashamed of economy or ashamed ofextravagance — Making the best of what

we have on hand — Aimless savings— What to do with old clothes — Ten dollars,

worth of clothes for one dollar —\"Jumping in a bucket\" — A genius for Housekeeping — A mother\'smeeting — Charity pays — Foreign economy — Americans are extravagant — Why ? —Extravagance in coffee-making — Rich French men and poor Americans — ForeignHousekeeping — Saving in fuel — Buying in littles — Keeping meats andvegetables sweet — Manner of keeping milk and butter cool — Neatness in pantries— A home-made refrigerator — Charcoal, cold water, and a bit of netting —Ammonia and plaster of Paris — A useful present — Economy honorable

CHAPTERIV. CHILDREN

Their Rights and Liabilities —Position of children in a Home —

Variety in training — Mistakes ofgood people — When to begin training —

What is a child\'s first lesson ? —Teach a child patience — How to teach children

to cry softly — Noise — Quietneedful to young children — Causes of summer

diseases — Dangers in nurse-maids—How children are treated by maids — Dangers of baby-carts — What to require ina nurse-maid — Don\'t burden your little daughter — An over-worked child — Whatevery mother should do for her own child — Care of a babe\'s food — Frighteningchildren — How to treat terror in a child — English nurses — Teaching childrenengaging manners — Teach the child

to be generous — Errors and crimes— Obedience — Truth — Generosity — Respect for authority — Early good habits —Common-sense — Worth of the will — Rules and rights — Variety in penalty —Accidents — Teaching a boy to raise a dinner — Clean speech — Truthfulness —Teasing — Firmness — A root of dishonesty — \"Mother! can\'t I gofishing?\" — Teasing Anna — Care of a child\'s hair — Developing a child\'sbeauty — A handsome family — Elements of beauty — Clothe children plainly —Answering children\'s questions — Encouraging a love of natural history —Mothers must read — Destructiveness and constructiveness — Obedience —Plato

CHAPTERV. SICKNESS AND WICKEDNESS

A grain of sense — Where diseasesrise — Our bodies should be cherished — Too much and too little physicalculture — The care of Household health woman\'s work — Why Mrs. Black\'s familywere ill — Use of flannel —Thick shoes — Loose clothes — Exercise — Sunshine — Afine bed-room and a healthful bed-room — Beauty and health — The housekeeper isthe health-keeper — Care of the garret — Care of the cellar — Cellar and parlor— Drains — Danger of refuse suds — Spores of disease — The germ theory — Use ofsal-soda — Sink-pipes — Dangers of decay — House walls — Dish-cloths —Pot-closets — Cisterns — The eyes of Argus — How to have a healthful Home — Afarm-home scene — How shall we have healthy children ? — Dr. Guthrie on longlife — Value of good rules — Cousin Ann\'s tea-party — The sleep of children — Achild\'s food — When to eat — Care of a child\'s sight — Infant\'s toys — Care ofa child\'s feet — Care of beds — Exercise and play — Seats and pillows —Preventing curved legs — Baths — Boys\' sports — What is proper for girls —Nursing the sick — Helpless women — Choosing a, sick-room — How to furnish it —Value of a fire-place — Escaping infection — Manufacturing conveniences for asick-room — Make it cheerful — Making a closet — A model nurse — Her dress —Her manners — Her authority — Sympathy — A nurse\'s duties — Harmony betweennurse and physician — How to sweep — How to put on coal — Morning cares — Toomuch medicine taking — Take care of the beginning of disease — A case in point— Another case — Never trifle with disease — Food for Invalids — A neatlyserved meal — How to poach an egg — How to bake an apple — Have a sick-roomnote-book — Variety — Forget nothing — Neatness — A beautiful dish — ASalad — Salad dressing — Sandwiches — Tea relish — Best way of roasting meat —Sleeplessness— Sleep a gift of God

CHAPTER VI. HOME ADORNMENT

Building the walls of Home — Whatfinishes the wall — Good taste— Beauty important in a Home — Cash value ofbeauty — How to ornament a country Home — Children who love Home are inexpensivein habits — Why our young folks often hate the farm — Secret of hard times —Where national wealth lies — Farm-lands should be more productive — Fertilityof Palestine — Egypt — Chaldea — Why Cousin Ann\'s boys love the farm — Youthcraves beauty — Beauty is cheap — A good start in life — How children cancreate Home beauty — Wonderful boys and a wonderful mother — How a Homeincreased in money value — Hester a housekeeper — How a poor girl madeher Home beautiful — A beautiful western cabin — Good taste creative — How tofind time for beautiful — Winter ornaments — Dining-table ornaments — Value ofa tasteful table — A centre-piece — Bouquets — A hanging lamp — How to arrangea table — Worth of little things — Care of table-cloths — Always a way to geton — Trimming dishes — Ornamenting a boiled ham — Cold meat — Stewed meat —Serving boiled eggs — Sandwiches — Costliness is not beauty — Fancynapkins — An ugly parlor — What is needful to a beautiful room — Beauty andeyesight — Care of the eyes — How to escape colds — Preventing croup —Loftiness of beauty — Prime elements of beauty — How to buy furniture andcarpets — Make comfort an aim — Care of furniture — Give children low seats —Do not crowd furniture — Let us help others to find beauty — Children\'srooms — Servants\' rooms — Visiting the sick and poor — An invalid\'s window —The power of beauty — An elegant screen — Ornamenting glass — Painted windows —A beautiful basket — Home decorations

CHAPTERVII. INDUSTRY IN THE HOME

Books — A call from Miss Black —Finding something to do — People and their work — Work a duty — A maiden ladyof means finds work — What Miss Black does — Helping servants — What oughtgirls to do? — Housework should be learned — Are you making Home happy? — Duty ofparents to train children to industry — Home a centre of activity — A familywell trained — A habit, and an object — Well-directed industry — Makingindustry pay — We should study our children — Working for the future — Givechildren a share in work and profit — Boys\' help in the house — A nice pair oflads — Work not an end — What is the end? — How work injures — Fierce work —Work of pride — Work for the lazy—Fretting over work — Unsystematic work —Killed by fuss — Rest in the evening — Evening work — Sabbath rest — Holidayrest — Rest in change of work — Disease from indolence — Vigor rises from labor— Saving and earning — Escaping doctors\' bills — Hire your seamstress — Gettinga summer seamstress — Two little children at work — Mischievous children — Workfor a small boy — Teaching boys a trade — Every girl\'s trade — Success fromdiligence — Model family

CHAPTERVIII. LITERATURE IN THE HOME

How to improve a Home — Homes andbooks — Value of newspapers — A farmer\'s opinion of papers — An evening scene —On a stock-farm — -Brought up on books — A favorite book — Scrap-books — Beginat the beginning — Train for the future — An age of books — Hugh Miller\'s firstlibrary — Dickens\' first library — Child\'s books — Sabbath books — How childrenare taught to love the Bible — Pilgrims\' Progress — How to lead children on inliterature— Cultivating a love of science — What to read — We must and willread — History— Biography — Travels — Explorations — Poetry — When to readMilton and Shakespeare — Essays — Scientific reading — When to read novels —What novels — The most valuable book — Reading in the line of our work — Whatlawyers, doctors, and farmers should read — Fred\'s four scrap-books — WhatThomas and Belinda thought — A letter on what not to read —Good and evil of thepress — We never forget — Books form our habits of thought — Do not read whatlessens strength, or\" robs of earnestness or reverence — Do not readsecular books on Sabbath — Do not read what you desire to hide — Do not readfrom foolish curiosity — When to read — Saving moments — Books in parlors —Reading saves from dissipation — Systematic reading — Morning and eveningreading — What to do Saturday evening — Reading and kitchen work — The benefitof a Literary Society — How to read — Rules for reading — Learn what you canabout authors — Study what you read— Don\'t be discouraged — What Hugh Millersays — Dr. Guthrie\'s opinions — The morals of the Icelanders — Studious workingpeople — Welsh workers — Seneca\'s remarks on education — Choosing books forchildren — We must crowd out evil reading — No excuse for being withoutbooks — Lay up a book fund — A Home without books

CHAPTERIX. ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME

How to meet an accident — Presenceof mind — John Brown, of Edinburgh, on presence of mind — Value of thisquality — Its elements — Instilling children with courage — Boys and bugs —Belinda at a wedding — A mortifying act — A little girl\'s presence of mind —Fred and the fire — Better to act than to scream — Cutting a blood-vessel —Screaming murder — The child in the well — Martha\'s wisdom — Mentor\'s advice toTelemaque — A finger cut off — A burnt arm — A remedy for burns — Accidents byfire — Careless use of kerosene — Of powder — A lesson — Care of lamps — Offires — Of ashes — Kindling-wood left on the stove — Clothes drying — Dangersof hot ashes — Peter Stuyvesant\'s fire-law — Carelessness with matches —Insurance does not cover loss — Fighting fire — Danger from falls — Glass orcinder in the eye — A dog-bite — Sunstroke — A mad dog — Fear of horses — Childon fire — A child choking — Choking on thimbles — Dye in cloth — Antidotes forpoison — Screaming and incapacity — Never frighten a child — Careless nurse

CHAPTERX. RELIGION IN THE FAMILY

He did not believe in religion —Morals and religion — The state and religion — The Sabbath question — Religionthe basis of laws — Sanctity of the family — Family founded on the Bible — Howthe Bible approves its origin — The family and the state — Religion and crime —Piety and pauperism — Religion and independence — A family anniversary —Home-building for eternity — Every-day religion — Why cultivate family piety —The comfort of religion — The finest inheritance — Religion in Cousin Ann\'sHome — A Sabbath well spent — Family worship — No unkind criticisms — Anirreligious family — Helen\'s Sabbath instructions — Bunyan\'s Mr. Talkative — Achurch-going habit — Religion while travelling — Citizenship in Heaven — Dangerof late hours — Parental vigilance\" — The family guide-book — A word fromPlato

CHAPTERXI. HOSPITALITY IN THE HOME

A garden of roses — The queen ofsocial virtues — Varieties in hospitality — Ostentatious hospitality —Spasmodic — Nervous — Mrs. Smalley\'s hospitality — Common-sense hospitality —Hospitality without apology — Biblical hospitality — Selfish hospitality —Excessive hospitality — Elegant hospitality — The right kind of hospitality —-A sewing society discussion — What our minister said — Bible instances —Plainness in hospitality — Manners of guests — As good as a sermon — A homeview of hospitality — A guest-room — The mother\'s room — Abuse of hospitality —Mountain cabin — A western settler\'s Home — Good Samaritan deeds — The poor — Aremarkable instance — Valuable thoughts — Decrease of hospitality — Old-timemanners — A singular incident — Choicest form of rural hospitality

CHAPTER XII. FRIENDSHIPS IN THE HOME

Boys in the street — Dangerousplaymates — A child is a social animal — Responsibility of mothers — Gold,silver, and brass training — Bringing Tom to order — Friends are a necessity ofour nature — A young girl\'s companion — Our minister\'s sermon on friendship —Sympathy in opinion — Dangers of evil company— Youth has strange grounds ofchoice — Safety of brothers — Country Homes — Entertain your son\'s friends —Mrs. Black\'s despair — A wicked child — Mutual aid — Aunt Sophronia\'s party —Life-long friendships — Grounds of friendship — Women\'s friendships — Men\'sfriendships — Friendships of men and women

CHAPTERXIII. VALUE OF GOOD MANNERS

How to learn good manners — Bookson etiquette — Cash value of elegant manners — What Emerson says — Train earlyin good manners — Little children\'s manners — Manliness of good manners —Advice to a boy — Good manners in conversation — Kindness creates courtesy —How to teach children good manners — Dr. Guthrie on manners — French manners —Manners to our servants — To our children — Life\'s small change — A politeyoung man — Cousin Ann\'s rules — Virtue of reverence — Where taught — Mannersof the present age — Saucy literature — Why we exalt the past — A good boy tohis mother — Manners at meals — Farm-house tables — Take time for meals —Children and company — Shy children — Forward children — Cultivate children\'smanners — Old-fashioned courtesies — Politeness to mothers — What not to do —Waiting on sisters — Be sincere — Be sympathetic— Be self- forgetful — Bethoughtful — Cultivate conversation — Politeness the sum of littles — Homedeserves good manners — Be pleasant in the morning — Little sins — Be modest —A model girl — Accept reproof kindly — Chesterfield\'s opinion — Courtesy theflower of Home

CHAPTERXIV. METHODS OF DOING WORK

Causes of insanity — Insanity andover-work — Why is there over-work ? — Religious insanity — Indolence and insanity— Over-work and under-rest — Work is a blessing — Dangers of ignorance — Valueof resting — Needless work — Hard common-sense — The sewing machine — Savinghours — Different ways of doing the same work — John Rocheford\'s story ofpancakes — How to get supper — Knowing how to do it— Fear of seeming lazy — Weare all a little mad ! — Reason applies to baking, boiling, and dishwashing —Unfairly distributed work — Dr. Curwen\'s opinion — Rest by change of work —Over-taxed house-mothers — Need of perfect quiet — Need of firmness — Sleep —Food — Don\'t bear imaginary burdens — How to clean an oil-cloth — To clean offrust — Cleaning knives — Shells for cleaning pots — Cleaning tins — Paper forcleaning — Keeping a stove clean — Paper for glass cleaning — Care of silver —Care of iron utensils — How to clear off a table — How to wash dishes — How toteach a servant — How to sweep a room — Care of carpets — Irving\'s Dutchhousewife — Let need form the rule — Washing — Babies cross on Monday ! — Whywe have broken-down women — Cleaning lace curtains — Excellent recipes

CHAPTER XV. THE UNITY OF THE HOME

The Home is a unit — A rope ofsand — A false Home — Dangers of secrets between man and wife — Oneness of aim— Inform children of family affairs — Confidence between parents and children —\" Women\'s extravagance\" — Helpmeet — A criminal\'s confession — Anewspaper paragraph — Concealment is criminal — The marriage service — TheDoctor in \" Stepping Heavenward \" — A deceived young man — Hidingpurchases — Miriam\'s opinions — Relations-in-law — Time an avenger —Mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law — An Arab proverb — Need each family livealone? — Paying family debts — Attention to the old and aged mother — A largefamily — A step-mother— Excellent testimony — Dangers of partiality — Maidenaunts — Whittier\'s maiden aunt — A step-mother’s position — Her duty — Herrights — Her disadvantages — Love and duty — False accusations — My cousin’sstep-mother — A motherless family — A silly prejudice — Children’s manners toeach other — Unjust charges — Quarrels — Miriam’s children settling a familydispute — A loving family — Keeping birthdays — Yearly Holidays — ThanksgivingDay — Jean Ingelow’s thought — Scriptural views — Responsibilities of parents —Law of rebound — Wedding days — A thirtieth anniversary — A fine farm — Whichis dearer, child or grandchild?

CHAPTER XVI. THE USE AND ABUSE OF MONEY IN THE HOME

An argument between two boys —Aunt Sophronia\'s decision — Money a means, not an end — The miser\'s love —Unlawful love of money — Evils caused by money-loving — Right love of money —The good uf mone^ — All toil means money — Affectation of disdaining money —Virtue and poverty — Crime and poverty — Extravagance among the poor — Agur\'sprayer — A man not poor — Three great precepts — Cicero\'s precept — Joubert\'sprecept — Lord Bacon\'s precept — The Home\'s money basis — The comfortableposition for the Home — Economy a revenue — Economy and meanness — Littlesavings — Two young housewives — Rules for getting rich — What is it to be rich? — What Astor got for his wealth — Four rules for money making — Which is thehardest ?— \"Betsy Rourke\'s riches — Economy in poverty — What a cook laidup — Worth trying — When not to save — A field for self-denial — Setting out inlife — Begin moderately — Living beyond our means — What is extravagance ? — Aportrait of extravagance — Know your income — Mark expenses — Keep accounts —Washington and Wellington as account-keepers — How to keep accounts — Value ofpersistency — Disastrous changes — A farmer\'s wife — Slow and safe — A familyexperience — Debts shorten life — Poverty is only relative — Making haste to berich — Avoid illiberality — A hard bargain is a bad bargain for the proposer —No mortgage on the farm — Give the children toys — Don\'t begrudge flowers — Toomuch money given children

— False ideas — Worth of earnedmoney — Monitions given to a boy

CHAPTER XVII ATTENTION TO DRESS

Belinda and her new gown — Do wethink too much about dress ? — The duty of thinking about dress — Authoritieson dress — Certain odd fashions — Belinda\'s views — Paul\'s precepts — Dressingthe hair — Hearing a sermon — How we think too much of dress — Selfishness indress — The dressy daughter — Reason and common-sense in dress — Vastimportance of dress — Dress as it regards health, honesty, charity — We mustthink about dress — Fashion tried by laws of commonsense — Earrings — Beauty ofthe ear — Frizzes — The human head — How to care for the hair — How to dress it— The hair in its Home appearance — Oriental and western fashions — High-heeledboots — Their dangers — Affecting the spine — Injury to the eyes — Insanity —Chinese and American absurdities — The mania for compression — The waist — Evileffects of tight-lacing on the appearance — Artists and the natural figure —Hindering a figure — Long trains — Modesty and immodesty in dress — Walkingdresses — Great underlying principles — Dress as it adds to Home comfort —Carelessness in dressing children in winter — An extravagant woman — An untidywoman — Dress and health — Under-flannels — Care of the feet — Covet the head —Lightness in dress — Fashions for children — Questions in buying dress — Dressand honesty — Begging fine dress — Train children to honest judgments about dress— Sumptuary laws — Curious laws on dress — Beauty and taste in dress —Husbands, lovers and sons — Few clothes, but good ones — Rules of beauty — Whatdress suits large and small people — Colors for dark and fair folks — Dress forsmall companies — For children\'s parties — For church — Durable goods — Flowersas ornaments — Ribbons — Jewelry —Too splendid articles

CHAPTER XVIII. MISTRESSES AND SERVANTS

Importance of a servant\'s position— The Home reaches beyond itself — Inefficient servants — Creating paupers —Positive and negative losses — In a family and not of it — The Home-tie forservants — The common womanhood — Mrs. Black\'s expression — Miss Sophronia\'sopinion — Frequent change of servants — Trusting our servants — Cultivatingtrustworthiness — A model mistress — Good rules — An old proverb — A servant indistress — A little love-story — Permit no negligence — No disobedience —Allowing visitors — Followers — Need of advice — Unjustly particular —The servant-girl\'s guardian — What hiring a maid means — A brutal maid — Agenerous maid — Servants\' instruction — Their rooms — A grateful servant —Politeness — See that children treat servants kindly — Kitchen conveniences —Good example and good advice — A thrifty woman — Mending household linen — Beruled by principle — Encouragement — Incentive — Praise — Warnings — Goodmistress, good maid — Dangers of housekeepers\' ignorance — A fashion ofcomplaint— Keeping too many servants — A new way of increasing efficiency —Decision— Care of brooms — What a servant may be — My servant — A wiseservant — Her library — Martha contrives a filter — How to save sugar — Caringfor servants\' comfort — Three maiden ladies — A widely extended charity

CHAPTER XIX. A YOUNG MAN WHO EXPECTS TO MARRY

A deep question — The secret ofHome happiness — Conscientiousness — A surprise party — The subject of theevening — How to buy furniture — Buy for use — Kitchen furniture — Choice offurniture — How to buy a carpet — Harmony in furnishing — How to study effect —A compliment to a lady — How to make furniture — How to make a chair — A table— A sofa — Window-curtains — Shades — Divans — How to make a bracket — Atoilette table — A lounge — How to make a paper-carpet — A French author\'s view— How to maintain the happy Home — Care of furniture — How to destroy a Home —How to discourage a man — How really happy children played — Small ways ofdestroying Home — Courtesy in the happy Home — Punctuality — A punctualhousewife — Dinner to the minute — Keep calm tempers — Have enough to eat — Aproper family-table — Where we waste and save — How NOT to cook beef — How touse cold meat — Cheap varieties of food — Foresight in housekeeping — How tomake a luncheon — Need of lunch — A mid-day meal — A late supper — How to givea small dinner-party — How to set the table — How to arrange the dining-room —The two chief elements of a dinner-party — Salad for fish — How to cookpotatoes — Nuts and salt — Calmness — Ease — No haste — Dinners without wines —Calculation — A model housewife — House-plants — Causes and treatment of theirdiseases — How to keep air moist — Care of frosted plants — Let children sharetheir cultivation — Music in the Home — Reading aloud — What is good reading —The art of telling a story well — Tale-telling at meals

CHAPTERXX. ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL H0MES

A Christmas week — Christmas theHome feast — ^The first form of the Home — Patriarchal life — Servants — Theencampment — Their occupations — Diversions — Music — Dress — Jewels — Food —Princesses as cooks — Hospitality — The Classic Home — Description of Romanhouse - - Fountains — Draperies — Heating — Ventilating — Draining — Ancientfamily worship — Books — Slaves — Dress — A Roman dinner — The Roman table —Cooking utensils — Family life — Holiday amusements — The successors of Romancivilization — The Celt and his Home — Character of the Celts — Their places ofworship — Beehive huts — Celtic cookery — How they buried their dead — Saxonsand their Homes — A Saxon tomb — Sources of information — The Jews asarchitects — Saxon houses — The board — Fuel — Larder — Lights — Tumblers —Saxon babies — Occupations — Amusements — Education — Guests — Marriagerelations — Our names for food — Bed-rooms — Parlors — Naughty dames — Clothesas heirlooms — Early English furniture — Western cabins — Indian wigwam

CHAPTER XXI. MODEL HOME

Plato\'s letter — The sanctity ofmarriage — Immortality of the Home

— Its divine origin — Bishop ofWinchester on marriage — Building a house —

General principles — Position —Frame work — Place for bedrooms and kitchen —

Chimneys — Closets — Beware offires — Cisterns and filters — Open fires — Furnaces — Color of walls — Paper —Color in furnishing — Decisive hues — The surroundings of a Home — Rusticfurniture — Gardens — Convenient houses — Use of Homes — Families — Too largefamilies — Home comfort — Religion — Extension of Home influence — Homeblessing

CHAPTER XXII THINGS THAT ALL SHOULD KNOW

Soup-making and serving — Meatsand their cooking — Game — Fish — Frying and roasting — Vegetables — Cleaningand cooking — Good recipes for — When to use — What to use — Made dishes — Sidedishes — Two hundred ways to cook an egg — As many ways of cooking a tomato —Cooking for children — For the sick — Puddings — Cakes — Something to pleasechildren- How to make candy — Desserts — How to clean and repair clothes andfurniture — Cleaning silk — Cloth — Furs — How to make household linen lastlong — How to sew — How to make over old clothes — Very needful recipes for bread,yeast — Gruel — Tea and coffee — How to save — Poisons and their antidote —Fits and fainting — How to meet accidents — Hysteria — Care of children —Amusements in the Home — Safe games — Exercise — Gardening — Drains andsewers — Care and cure of diphtheria — Gas and gas poisoning — Plumbing —Smoke-houses — Cellars — Management — Economy

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