Harper's Household Handbook: A guide to easy ways of doing woman's work

by Martha McCulloch-Williams

INDEX

• Acid poisoning, [197].
• Adaptation of old garments, [108].
• Antidotes, [196]-[198].
• Antique furniture, care of, [66];
  • restoring, [62]-[65].
• Ants, how to get rid of, [177].
• Aprons, laundry, [11].
• Arsenic, antidote for, [198].
• Asphalt spots, [122].
• Asphyxiation, [193].
• Bandages, [21]-[22].
• Basting clothes, [101].
• Bed bugs, to prevent, [170].
• Bed clothes, mending, [85].
• Beef, how to choose, [134].
• Bichloride of mercury, [165].
• Birds, care of, [185].
• Bisulphide of lime, [166].
• Bites and stings, [199].
• Blanket box, [175].
• Blazing fat, how to put out, [192].
• Bleaching, [2]-[3].
• Blood, to stanch, [22]-[23].
• Bluestone, [164].
• Books, mending, [80].
• Borax, [163].
• Bordeaux mixture, [165].
• Buckwheat flour, [131].
• Burlaps, [34].
• Burns, [194].
• Butter, how to choose, [133].
• Brass, care of, [67], [126].
• Breaks and dislocations, [194].
• Bric-à-brac, mending, [79].
• Brick dust, [46].
• Bronze, care of, [126].
• Brooms, [42].
• Broom bags, [42].
• Brushes, [42], [46].
• Cake, how to keep, [143].
• Calcimine, [39], [50].
• Canaries, care of, [186].
• Canning, [139].
• Carpets, cleaning, [29]-[30];
  • mending, [90].
• Cats, care of, [183].
• Cavies, care of, [184].
• Ceilings, [30], [38]-[39].
• Cement, [53]-[54].
• Charcoal, [163].
• Cheese, how to choose and keep, [134].
• Chimney blazes, how to put out, [192].
• China, mending, [75];
  • washing, [56].
• Chloride-of-lime water, [55].
• Chloroform poisoning, [196].
• Cleaning floors and rugs, [28]-[30].
• Cloth, washing, [105].
• Clothes drainer, [45].
• Coarse mending, [84].
• Coffee, how to choose and keep, [132].
• Collars, how to do up, [5]-[7].
• Contagion, [19]-[20].
• Copper, care of, [126].
• Copperas, [163].
• Copperas water, [55].
• Cornmeal, [130].
• Cottons, testing, [97].
• Cracks, filling, [27].
• Cretonne, [34].
• Cuffs, how to do up, [5]-[7].
• Curtains, how to do up, [8]-[9].
• Cutting out clothes, [99].
• Cuttings, to start plant, [158].
• Darning, [81], [88].
• Disinfection, [20].
• Disinfectants, [55], [163]-[178].
• Dogs, care of, [179].
• Dust cloths, [43].
• Dust swabs, [43].
• Dyeing, [103].
• Earth worms, [157].
• Eggs, how to test, [144].
• Emergencies, what to do in, [192]-[199].
• Enameled iron, [71].
• Fainting, [193].
• Ferns, [151].
• Fertilizers, [153].
• Fillers for new wood, [47].
• Fleas, how to prevent, [170].
• Flies, how to prevent, [168].
• Floors, [24]-[30].
• Floor pad, [41].
• Flour, how to test, [129].
• Flowers, how to keep and arrange cut flowers, [159].
• Foot pad, [41].
• French polish, [49].
• Frocks, how to wash, [4].
• Fruit, dried, [142].
• Fruit stains, [119].
• Fruit storage, [139].
• Furniture, mending, [74];
  • polish, [49].
• Furs, mending, [88];
  • cleaning, [93].
• Garden pests, [166].
• Gas leak, [192].
• Gasolene-cleaning, [104].
• Gelatine spots, [119].
• Gilt, to clean, [128];
  • frames, [69];
  • furniture, [68].
• Glass, annealing, [61];
  • mending, [79];
  • preserving in, [138];
  • washing, [58]-[61].
• Glazing, [37].
• Gloves, care of, [92].
• Glue, [50].
• Grass stains, what to do for, [123].
• Grease spots, what to do for, [113].
• Grits, how to test, [131].
• Gum arabic, [52].
• Hares, how to keep, [184].
• Hominy, how to test, [131].
• Ice, to keep in sickroom, [18].
• Ice-cream spots, [119].
• Ink stains, [121].
• Insects, [154], [163]-[178].
• Insecticides, [154], [163]-[178].
• Iodine poison, [197].
• Iron, rust, [123];
  • care of, [125].
• Irons, [13].
• Ironstone, [58].
• Ironing-boards, [43].
• Ironing-tables, [11].
• Javelle water, [54].
• Kerosene emulsion, [165].
• Knee pad, [41].
• Knives and forks, how to clean, [61].
• Lace and embroidery, how to wash, [10];
  • how to mend, [87];
  • how to freshen, [105].
• Lamps and candlesticks, mending, [80].
• Lard, how to test, [133].
• Larkspur, [167].
• Laundry cabinet, [45].
• Lead swab, [45].
• Lime water, [54].
• Linen, testing, [97].
• Mahogany stain, [48].
• Majolica, how to wash, [58].
• Materials, appliquéd, [102].
• Matted floors, [29].
• Matting, mending, [90].
• Meat, how to keep fresh. [138].
• Melons, keeping, [143].
• Mending, [74]-[91].
• Mercury poisoning, [198].
• Mildew, [123].
• Millinery, [109].
• Mission furniture, care of, [68].
• Mordants, [3]-[4].
• Mosquitoes, [168].
• Moths, [172].
• Mucilage, [52].
• Mustard plasters, [21].
• Mutton and lamb, [135].
• Narcotic poisoning, [196].
• Nursing, clothes for, [23].
• Oak furniture, care of, [68].
• Oak stains, [48].
• Oatmeal, [131].
• Oil stains, [47].
• Old garments, ways to use, [108].
• Ornaments for millinery, [112].
• Oxalic acid, [55].
• Pads, [41].
• Paint, to remove, [26], [118].
• Palms, how to care for, [151].
• Pantries, outdoor, [141].
• Paper dough, [53].
• Papering, [31]-[32], [38].
• Parrots, care of, [190].
• Paste for paper-hanging, [52].
• Perspiration marks, [124].
• Pets, care of, [179]-[191].
• Pewter, how to clean, [127].
• Piano polish, [49].
• Pine needles, [46].
• Plants, care of, [148];
  • for window boxes, [150].
• Plaster, [53].
• Poisons, [196]-[198].
• Polish, [49].
• Porch furniture, [71].
• Pork, how to choose, [136].
• Pots, [145].
• Potting, [146].
• Poultices, [21].
• Poultry, [137];
  • how to keep, [138].
• Precautions, [72].
• Pressing, [101].
• Ptomaine poisoning, [198].
• Putty, [54].
• Quicklime, [163].
• Roaches, how to get rid of, [158], [176].
• Road stains, [115].
• Roses, [151].
• Rugs, cleaning, [30];
  • mending, [90].
• Rust, [123].
• Salt fish, how to keep, [138].
• Salt meats, how to choose, [136].
• Sand, [53].
• Saving pieces of material, [107].
• Sawdust, [46].
• Scrubbing, [24].
• Shellac, [25].
• Shirts, how to do up, [5]-[6].
• Sickbed, [15].
• Sickroom, care of, [13]-[23].
• Silk, testing, [95];
  • washing, [105].
• Silk wall covering, [34].
• Silver tarnish, [127].
• Size, glue and vegetable, [50].
• Smoke stains, [124].
• Soap, [1]-[2].
• Soil for house plants, [145].
• Spots, how to get rid of, [113]-[119].
• Sprains and strains, [195].
• Sprinklers, [44].
• Stains, oil, [47];
  • mahogany, [48];
  • walnut, [48];
  • oak, [48];
  • road, [115];
  • fruit, [119];
  • wine, [120];
  • ink, [121];
  • grass, [123];
  • smoke, [124].
• Staining floors, [24]-[25].
• Starches, [7]-[8].
• Table linen, how to wash, [4]-[5].
• Tar spots, [122].
• Tea, how to choose, [132].
• Tile floors, how to clean, [29].
• Tool box, [44].
• Trimmings, care of, [106].
• Upholstered furniture, care of, [69].
• Varnish, to remove, [26];
  • spots, [118].
• Vegetable storage, [139].
• Velvet, freshening, [107].
• Vitriol, white, [164].
• Walls, [30]-[36].
• Wall mop, [46].
• Wall paper, [31]-[33].
• Walnut stain, [48].
• Washing, [1]-[12].
• Washing, china and glass, [56]-[61];
  • knives and forks, [61].
• Washing fluids, [2].
• Washing-soda, [163].
• Water, to soften, [1].
• Water bugs, [176].
• Water wagon, [42].
• Wax, dancing, [49].
• Wax board, [45].
• Wax finish, [48].
• Wax spots, [124].
• Waxing floors, [25].
• Whitewash, [39], [51].
• Whitewashed walls, [36].
• Wicker furniture, care of, [70].
• Windows, [30], [37].
• Window boxes, [146], [149].
• Wine stains, [120].
• Woolens, how to wash, [9].
• Woolens, testing, [96].

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