Progress in the household

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original has been retained: for example, overcrowded/over-crowded, saucepans/sauce-pans, and subtile/subtle, etc.
Duplicate headings have been removed to eliminate repetition.
PROGRESS IN THE
HOUSEHOLD
LUCY MAYNARD SALMON
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1906
COPYRIGHT 1906 BY LUCY MAYNARD SALMON