Antique Vintage Rare Green Cover 1903 The Complete Home Cookbook J McNair Wright

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Antique Vintage Rare Green Cover 1903 The Complete Home Cookbook J McNair Wright:
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Rare 1903 Cookbook and Domestic Life Instruction

The Complete Home

Rare - Special Green Cover – Our Golden Milestone Edition

Very Unusual and Rare Edition

By Mrs. Julia McNair Wright

A Dissertation On Domestic Life And Affairs

Embracing All the Interest of The Household

Includes Black and White Illustrations on Household Recipes DomesticLife Instruction

Philadelphia

1903

MissLibbie Mosher

100Pawling Street

Amsterdam,N Y

COOKING RECIPES FOUND IN THIS BOOK: (page 533)

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 *Chocolate candy * 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 ofcharacter requisite to a safe engagement — Long and short engagements — What ismore important than a trousseau? — A couple may marry on small means —Let there be NO DEBTS — The necessity of some fixed means of making alivelihood — The importance of a thorough knowledge of housekeeping — No homesafe without this — It is equal to a large cash capital — Thorough housekeepinga fine art — Economy — Micawber financiering — Capacity for self denial — Beginmoderately — Value of knowing how to sew, make, mend, cut, fit — Burn’s housemother — Excellence of culture — Need of good temper in the home — Home ourtreasure house — Are two better than one? — Look the future in the face — Countthe 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 ofdisorder — How to manage work — Helen’s domestic management — Is mistress ormaid to blame for disorder? — How a young woman arranged her work — Importanthints on dress — A word on good manners — A morning call — A new methodof sending clothes to the wash — When to mend clothes — How to wash lace andembroidery — A disorderly house mother — A place of everything — A pleasantsitting room — A window garden — A well arranged kitchen — How a young womancan best economize in her kitchen — How to get time for charity work — When todo the fall and spring sewing — The house cleaning — Order in individuals —Order in a farm-house — A model farmer\'s wife — Preparedness for emergencies —Cousin Ann\'s method of doing her house-work — A time for everything — A placefor everything — The month, week, day, hour, minute for various kinds of work —Don\'t crowd work — A daughter\'s best dowry

CHAPTERIII. ECONOMY

The Pounds and Pence — Ashamed ofeconomy — How shall we begin to economize? — Reducing u servant\'s wages —Economy and 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 inpantries — A home-made refrigerator — Charcoal, cold water, and a bit ofnetting — Ammonia and plaster of Paris — A useful present — Economyhonorable

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 —A fine bed-room and a healthful bed-room — Beauty and health — The housekeeperis the health-keeper — Care of the garret — Care of the cellar — Cellar andparlor — Drains — Danger of refuse suds — Spores of disease — The germ theory —Use of sal-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 neatly servedmeal — How to poach an egg — How to bake an apple — Have a sick-room note-book— Variety — Forget nothing — Neatness — A beautiful dish — A Salad —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 areinexpensive in habits — Why our young folks often hate the farm — Secret ofhard times — Where national wealth lies — Farm-lands should be more productive— Fertility of Palestine — Egypt — Chaldea — Why Cousin Ann\'s boys love thefarm — Youth craves beauty — Beauty is cheap — A good start in life — Howchildren can create Home beauty — Wonderful boys and a wonderful mother — How aHome increased in money value — Hester a housekeeper — How a poor girlmade her Home beautiful — A beautiful western cabin — Good taste creative — Howto find time for beautiful — Winter ornaments — Dining-table ornaments — Valueof a tasteful table — A centre-piece — Bouquets — A hanging lamp — How toarrange a table — Worth of little things — Care of table-cloths — Always a wayto get on — Trimming dishes — Ornamenting a boiled ham — Cold meat — Stewedmeat — Serving boiled eggs — Sandwiches — Costliness is not beauty —Fancy napkins — An ugly parlor — What is needful to a beautiful room — Beautyand eyesight — Care of the eyes — How to escape colds — Preventing croup — Loftinessof beauty — Prime elements of beauty — How to buy furniture and carpets — Makecomfort an aim — Care of furniture — Give children low seats — Do not crowdfurniture — Let us help others to find beauty — Children\'s rooms —Servants\' rooms — Visiting the sick and poor — An invalid\'s window — The powerof beauty — An elegant screen — Ornamenting glass — Painted windows — Abeautiful 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? — Dutyof parents 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 can aboutauthors — Study what you read— Don\'t be discouraged — What Hugh Miller says —Dr. Guthrie\'s opinions — The morals of the Icelanders — Studious working people— Welsh workers — Seneca\'s remarks on education — Choosing books for children —We must crowd out evil reading — No excuse for being without books — Layup 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 — Waitingon sisters — Be sincere — Be sympathetic— Be self- forgetful — Be thoughtful —Cultivate conversation — Politeness the sum of littles — Home deserves goodmanners — Be pleasant in the morning — Little sins — Be modest — A model girl —Accept reproof kindly — Chesterfield\'s opinion — Courtesy the flower ofHome

CHAPTERXIV. METHODS OF DOING WORK

Causes of insanity — Insanity andover-work — Why is there over-work ? — Religious insanity — Indolence andinsanity — Over-work and under-rest — Work is a blessing — Dangers of ignorance— Value of resting — Needless work — Hard common-sense — The sewing machine —Saving hours — Different ways of doing the same work — John Rocheford\'s storyof pancakes — How to get supper — Knowing how to do it— Fear of seeming lazy —We are 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 aboutdress — 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 — A generousmaid — Servants\' instruction — Their rooms — A grateful servant — Politeness —See that children treat servants kindly — Kitchen conveniences — Good exampleand good advice — A thrifty woman — Mending household linen — Be ruled byprinciple — Encouragement — Incentive — Praise — Warnings — Good mistress, goodmaid — Dangers of housekeepers\' ignorance — A fashion of complaint— Keeping toomany servants — A new way of increasing efficiency — Decision— Care ofbrooms — What a servant may be — My servant — A wise servant — Her library —Martha contrives a filter — How to save sugar — Caring for 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 Roman civilization— The Celt and his Home — Character of the Celts — Their places of worship —Beehive huts — Celtic cookery — How they buried their dead — Saxons and theirHomes — A Saxon tomb — Sources of information — The Jews as architects — Saxonhouses — The board — Fuel — Larder — Lights — Tumblers — Saxon babies —Occupations — Amusements — Education — Guests — Marriage relations — Our namesfor food — Bed-rooms — Parlors — Naughty dames — Clothes as heirlooms — EarlyEnglish 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 forbread, yeast — Gruel — Tea and coffee — How to save — Poisons and theirantidote — Fits and fainting — How to meet accidents — Hysteria — Care ofchildren — Amusements in the Home — Safe games — Exercise — Gardening —Drains and sewers — Care and cure of diphtheria — Gas and gas poisoning — Plumbing— Smoke-houses — Cellars — Management — Economy

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