A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School

by Catharine Esther Beecher

Writ of lunacy, see Lunacy.

Xantippe, the wife of Socrates, noted for her violent temper and scolding propensities. The name is frequently applied to a shrew, or peevish, turbulent, scolding woman.

Zinc, a blueish-white metal, which is used as a constituent of brass, and some other alloys. Sulphate of zinc, or White vitriol, a combination of zinc with sulphuric acid.

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INDEX.

A.
Absorbents of the skin, [93], [119].
Accidents and antidotes, [240].
Accounts, [174], [186].
By girls, [188].
Acids, [319].
Africans, diet of, [221].
Air, evils of the want of pure, [91], [129], [196], [311].
Exercise in the, [129], [133].
For infants, [217], [218].
Of sick-rooms, [237].
Dancing in the, [246].
See Ventilation.
Albany Orphan Asylum, [222].
Alcoholic drinks, [107].
See Stimulating.
Alton, account of the Monticello Female Seminary at, [54].
Amaryllis, [335].
America, anticipations as to, [36].
Conspicuous station of, [36].
Changeableness in the conditions in, [40], [46], [48], [257].
Labor in, [147].
American women, peculiar responsibilities of, [25].
Rights and privileges of, [27].
Their distinct line of duty, [28], [32], [33].
Influence of, on America, [32], [33].
Their equality, [33].
Fancied wrongs of, [33].
Part to be acted by, [36].
Influence of, in the world, [37], [38].
Difficulties peculiar to, [38];
as housekeepers, [39], [151], [204];
from delicacy of constitution, [41], [45], [47], [128].
Few perfectly healthy, [43].
Causes of unhealthy, [43], [128];
mental excitement, [43];
their sense of their responsibilities, [44];
too little outdoor exercise, [44].
Bad early training of, [45].
Exposures of, in newly-settled countries, [46].
De Tocqueville describes, in the West, [46].
In the East and in the West, compared, [47].
Should oppose the feeling that labor is degrading, [61].
Precedence given to, by the other sex, [141].
Housekeeping by, [151].
Time and money spent by, for the ornamental, [175].
See Daughters, Females, Mothers, and Women.
Amusements, [244], [250].
Anemone, [335].
Anger, on silence in, [152].
See Temper, and Tones.
Animal food, [99], [100].
For young children, [220].
Nourishment of, [221].
See Food.
Animals, cruelty to, in sport, [244], [246].
Annual flowers, [337].
Anthracite coal, [281].
Ants, red and black, [323].
Anxiety, a countenance of, [149].
Appetites, gratification of the, [159], [171], [172].
Rule as to, [184].
Apple trees, preserving from insects, [350].
Apportionment of time, [157], [160], [181].
By regular division of work, [162].
Jewish, [181].
Aristocracy, English, [27], [123].
The prejudice of, as to labor, [61], [123].
Distinguishing mark of, [123].
On aping the, [124].
Courtesy of, limited, [139].
Manners of democracy and, [146].
On economy among the, [194].
Domestics of, [205].
Arm, muscles of the, [74], [75].
Arsenic, poisoning from, [242].
Arteries, tying up, [240].
Associated charities, [178].
Association, in Illinois, for educating poor females, [59].
For education at large, [203].
Astral lamps, [282].
B.
Back-door accommodations, [276].
Baglivi, on health during Lent, [100].
Balls, [247], [248].
Bargains, on making, [190], [194].
Baskets, [321].
For centre tables, [354].
Bath, on using the, [120].
Bathing infants, [217].
See Washing.
Bathing-rooms, [276].
Beating down prices, [190], [194].
Beaumont, Dr., experiments by, on the digestibility of food, [104], note.
Beauty, effect of exercise on, [132].
Bed-bugs, [323].
Bedrooms, care of, [311].
Beds and bedding, [114], [313], [329].
Washing, [287].
On making, [314].
Beef's-gall, uses of, [286], [289].
To prepare, [292].
Bell, Sir Charles, on nerves, [129].
Benevolence, happiness of, [131].
See Charity.
Bile, [89].
Bituminous coal, [281].
Black ants, [323].
Black tea, [110].
Bleeding at the lungs, [243].
Blindness, guarding against, [217], [283].
Blisters, on dressing, [238].
Blood, details as to the circulation of the, [83].
Effect of daylight on the, [124];
of exercise, [132].
Crowded to the brain, when one is excited, [195].
When a cause of mental disease, [196].
Stopping, [240], [243].
When dancing, [246].
See Circulation.
Blood-vessels, [81].
Blows on the head, [241].
Boarding-houses, plan as to expenses of, [186].
Boarding schools, curvature of the spine common at, [41].
See Female seminaries.
Boards for ironing, [294].
Body, change and renovation of the, [91].
Connection of mind and, [195].
See Mind.
Boldness in domestics, [209].
Bones, described, [69].
Books, on teaching domestic economy from, [65].
Bosom-boards, [294].
Boston, scientific and literary advantages in, [147].
Bowels, [235], [237], note.
Boys, small, made useful, [164].
Domestic arts taught to, [164].
See Children.
Brain, excitement of the, [195].
Over-action of the, [197].
Breakfast, [103].
On late, [127].
On the care of, and of dining-rooms, [306].
Broadcloths, cleansing, [289].
Broken limbs, [240].
Brown linens, washing, [288].
Bruises, [240].
Budding, hints on, [342].
Bulbs, [335].
Bulwer's novels, [234].
Burne, Dr., cited, [235].
Burns, treatment of, [241].
Buttonholes, [324].
Byron, Lord, [200], [201].
C.
Cakes, keeping till meal time, [223].
Calicoes, washing, [286], [287].
Ironing, [295].
Calisthenics, [56], [247].
Candles, [281].
To make, [283].
Caps for infants, [217].
Carpets, hints as to, [302].
Carving, [310].
Castle building, [199].
Cathartics, [235], [237].
Catholics, health of, during Lent, [100].
Cellars, vegetables in dark, [124].
On the care of, [322].
Chambers, care of, [311].
Couches for, [312].
Furniture for, [313].
Character, attention to, at school, [58].
Dependence of happiness on, [169].
Self-denying benevolence of Christ's, [169].
Charcoal, [242], [281].
Charity, [131].
On giving in, [158].
Difficulty respecting, [167].
General principles respecting, [168].
Objects for receiving, [176].
For souls of men, [177].
By furnishing the poor with means of earning support, [178].
Associations for, [178].
Indiscriminate bestowal of, [178].
Benefit of tracts in distributing, [179].
On judging of other people's, [180].
Union of, with social enjoyments, [184].
Cheap articles, hints on, [190], [194].
Children, washing, [121], [122].
Living in the dark, [124].
Early retiring and rising of, [126].
Cultivation of good manners in, [141], [142].
Too great familiarity with, [143], [226].
Should acknowledge acts of kindness, [143];
ask leave to use others' articles, [143];
avoid wounding others' feelings, [143].
To be taught to keep silence, [145], [230].
Do not surround with too many rules, [145].
On making allowances for, [154].
Waiting on, [163].
On making useful, [163], [252].
On paying, for services, [164], [230].
On giving younger, to older, [165].
Precocity in, [198].
Eating too often, [223].
To be guarded as to honesty, deceit, and running in debt, [232].
Sharing fruits and flowers, [251].
See Boys, Female, Girls, and Young children.
Chimneys, smoky, [352].
Christ's character, [169].
Christianity, principles of, identical with democratic, [25], [34].
Churches, ill-ventilated, [196].
Chyle, [89].
Converted into arterial blood, [90].
From animal and other food, [99].
Cincinnati, education in, [148].
Circulation, in the skin of infants, [113].
Effect of cold on, [113], [118], [119].
See Blood.
Clark, Dr., on animal diet for very young children, [220].
Cleaning carpets, [303].
Cleanliness, on realizing the importance of, [118].
Of the sick, [238].
Cleansing articles, [298].
Climbing plants, [339].
Closets, of conveniences, [162].
Sliding, [278].
For washing utensils, [285].
In eating-rooms, [306].
In kitchens, [322].
Clothing and clothes, [112].
Deficiency of, [113], [129].
Excess of, [114].
Rule as to, [114].
Flannel, [114], [115].
Of men and women, compared, [115].
Example of English women as to, [117].
On changing, next to the body, [120].
Girls buying their own, [188].
On inconsistent, [189].
On washing, [285].
Ironing, [295].
Whitening, [296].
Cleansing, [298].
Coloring, [300].
See Dress, and Tight dressing.
Coal, [281].
Coats, on folding, [315].
Cobalt, poisoning from, [242].
Cockroaches, [323].
Coffee, see Tea.
Cold, on exposure to, [113], [118].
Effect of, on infants, [114].
Cold and hot, food, [103].
Drinks, [110].
Collecting of specimens, [253].
Colleges, on the endowment of, [51].
On physicians in, [198].
Colors, coloring and, [300].
For different complexions, [327].
Combe, Andrew, on drinks, [111].
On exercising the brain, [199].
On infants, [214].
On animal food, [221].
Complexions, colors for the different, [327].
Condiments in food, [99].
Constipation, [235], [237], note.
Constitution, delicacy of, in American females, [41], [45], [47];
causes of it, [45], [128].
On early attention to the, [49].
Duties of wealthy mothers, respecting their children's, [50].
Effect of stimulating drinks on the, [107].
Conveniences, on providing, [162].
For cooking, [319].
See Closets.
Convivial meetings, on exposures after, [119], [247].
Cooking, food made unhealthy by, [99], [101].
Conveniences wanted for, [319].
Cooper, Sir Astley, cited, [195].
Corrosive sublimate, poisoning from, [241].
Corsets, [116].
Couches, cheap, [312].
Courtesy, want of, [137], [141];
causes of it, [138], [148].
See Democracy.
Cows, to take care of, [352].
Creeping of infants, [219].
Cribs for infants, [218].
Crickets, [323].
Crockery, [319].
Crocus, [335].
Crown Imperial, [335].
Cruelty in amusements, [244], [246].
Crying of infants, [219].
Curculios, [351].
Currants, [348], [350].
Curtains, [302], [304].
Curvature, see Spine.
Cuts, remedies for, [240].
Cutting and sewing, [324], [328].
Cuvier, cited, [220].
D.
Daffodils, [336].
Dahlias, [336].
Dancing, [245], [246].
Daughters, on schooling, [48].
On keeping, as domestic assistants, [60].
Educated to domestic work, [67].
See Female, and Girls.
Day, on converting into night, [123].
Influence of, on vegetables and blood, [124].
Debt, on running into, [232].
Democracy, principles of, identical with Christian, [25], [34].
Tendencies of, as to the female sex, [27].
On progress towards, [34].
On what the success of, depends, [36].
Of early rising, [123].
Courtesy of manners and, [138], [140], [146].
Derangement, from over-excitement, [197].
Diet, see Food.
Difficulties, peculiar to American women, [38].
On estimating them justly, [39], [151].
Remedies for, [48], [151].
Digestion, organs of respiration and, [87].
Details respecting, [94].
Articles easiest for, [101], [104].
Experiments respecting, [104].
Bulk of food necessary to, [105].
Impeded by bathing, [121].
Dining-rooms, care of, [306].
Dinner, setting table for, [309].
Dirt not healthy, [118].
Dish-cloths, [317].
Dishes, on washing, [318].
Dolls, benefits from, [254].
Domestic amusements, [244].
Domestic exercise, [128].
Domestic Economy, on raising, as a science, [50], [67].
Reasons for introducing, into school, [63].
On teaching, from books, [65].
Indispensable part of education, [134].
Domestic education, importance of, in childhood, [48].
On early training in, [49], [60], [67].
On giving mornings to, [49].
In the Monticello Female Seminary, [54].
Should alternate with studies, [60].
Sufferings for want of, [63].
Many mothers unqualified to teach, [65].
Dignity of, [67], [135].
Domestics, peculiar difficulties as to, in America, [40], [204].
Duties to be done by daughters, and not by, [50].
Blessing of a dearth of, [50].
Without, [64].
On making allowances for, [154], [210], [212].
Care of, [204].
Of aristocratic lands, [205].
Placing ourselves in their situation, [205], [206].
Exorbitant wages of, [205].
Instability and discontent of, and the remedy, [206].
Pride and insubordination of, and the remedy, [207], [208].
On calling them servants, [207].
Admitted to the table, [209].
Bold and forward, [209].
Dress and rooms of, [209], [210].
Deficiencies of, and the remedies, [210].
Getting away, [211].
Finding fault with, [211].
Patience with, [212].
Regard to, in construction of houses, [261].
Beds for, [315].
Doors, outside, [260], [263].
Dress, too much attention to, [166].
Inconsistency in, [189].
Of domestics, [209].
See Clothing.
Dresses, for the domestic duties of school girls, [55].
Colors for, [327].
See Clothing.
Drink, during meal-time, [103].
Drinks, on healthful, [106].
Drowning, [241].
Dumb-waiters, [278], [306].
Dusting, [304], [306].
Duties, enjoyments connected with, [183].
E.
Early rising, [122].
Democratic, [123].
Reasons for, [124].
Time for, [126].
Longevity and, [126].
Effects of, on a family, [126];

on the community, [127];
on systematic duty, [166].
Earthen ware, [319].
Eating, intemperance in, [94], [95].
At any time, [96].
Too fast, [101].
Should not be followed by exercise, [102];
nor bathing, [121].
See Food.
Eating-rooms, care of, [306].
Economy, on domestic, [152].
Extravagance changed for, [176].
Contradictory ideas as to, [185].
General principles as to, [186].
Relative obligations of rich and poor as to, [191].
Neglect as to, [193].
Of the aristocracy, [194].
Education in America, [147].
Associations for, [203].
See Female, and Monticello.
Employment, for the different divisions of a week, [162].
On regular, for all the family, [163].
Enjoyments, see Amusements, and Happiness.
Equality, on democratic, [25].
See Democracy, Sexes, and Women.
Establishments, expensive, given up, [176].
Exercise, comparative, of American women and others, [44].
Neglect of, [50], [244].
Method for securing, at the Monticello Female Seminary, [54].
Indispensable to the health of the several parts of the human frame, [73], [97].
Of the muscles, [76], [78], [97], [116], [128], [129].
Effect of want of, on the spine, [78], [80].
Food to be graduated by, [97].
After eating, bad, [102].
Evils of want of, [129].
On furnishing interesting, [131].
Walking for, [131].
In useful employments, [131].
Excessive, [132].
Rule as to, [133].
On excessive, of the mind and feelings, [197].
Of the brain, [199].
Exhalations from the skin, [92].
Expenses, on keeping account of, [173], [174].
Economy in, [185], [193].
On graduating, by the income, [186].
On gentility in being careless of, [193].
On extravagance in, [194].
See Economy.
Eyes, screening, from light, [217], [283].
F.
Family, on early rising in the, [126].
Fathers neglecting the, [255].
On attachments of, [256].
Fasting in sickness, [235].
Fathers neglecting home, [255].
Fault-finding, [211].
Featherbeds, [114], [313].
Feelings, inactivity of the, [199].
Feet, on protecting the, [115], [117], [129].
Keeping those of infants, warm, [217].
Bathing, for a cold, [235].
Female association for educating poor females, [59].
Female education, advantages for, in America, [43].
Objects to be attended to, in, [48], [49].
Importance of mathematics in, [56].
Should be conducted by females, [58].
Present waste in conducting, [60].
See School.
Female seminaries, on the endowment of, [51].
Importance of, [52].
Defects of, [53].
Suitable, [53].
Monticello Female Seminary, described, [54].
Division of labor and responsibility in, [58].
Requirement for admission to the Monticello, [59].
On providing, [61], [68].
Reasons for introducing the study of domestic economy into, [63].
Establishment of, by a wealthy female, [202].
Should have gardens, [251].
Females, influence of, on the character of the young, [37].
Building schoolhouses, [202].
See American women, Girls, and Women.
Filberts, [348].
Finding fault, [211].
Finger nails, [122], [144].
Fire, escaping from, [243].
Fireplaces and fires, [260], [265], [280], [311].
Fishing, [244].
Flannel, [114].
Utility of, [115].
On washing, [285], [286].
Fleas, [323].
Flies, on destroying, [323].
Flower baskets, [354].
Flower seeds, on planting, [332].
Flowers, [251], [335].
Arranging, [337].
Fluids, on taking, [103], [104].
Folding articles, [315].
Follicles of the skin, [93].
Food, on the conversion of, into nourishment, [87].
Responsibility as to, in a family, [94].
On taking too much, [94], [95], [128].
On one kind of, for each meal, [95].
Should be taken at proper times, [96].
Strong laboring men need most, [96].
Quantity of, to be graduated by exercise, [97].
On the quality of, [98].
Stimulating, [99].
Animal and vegetable, [99], [100], [220], [221].
Kinds of, most easily digested, [101], [104], [105].
Injurious, from bad cooking, [101].
On eating, too fast, [101], [128].
On exercise after taking, [102].
On hot and cold, [103].
Highly concentrated, [104].
Certain bulk of, necessary to digestion, [105].
For infants, [214], [216].
For nurses, [215].
Sickness from improper, [235].
Preparing, for the sick, [239].
Footstools, [303].
Foreigners, employed as domestics, [40].
Forewarning domestics, [211].
Forwardness of domestics, [209].
Franklin, Benjamin, diet of, [222].
Frocks, to make, [326].
Fruit, on the cultivation of, [251], [347].
To preserve, [350].
Fuel, hints as to, [280].
Furnaces, [260], note.
Furniture, on costly, [163], [167].
On inconsistent, [188].
On selecting, [302].
Packing of, for moving, [316].
Kitchen, [319].
G.
Games of children, [253].
Garden seeds, to plant, [333].
Gardening, [331].
Gardens, at female institutions, [251].
On laying out, [334].
Gas, antidote for, [242].
Gastric juice, [88], [94].
Gathering, in shirts, [325].
Girls, on sending, to school, [48], [60].
Should assist their mothers early, [49].
Education of, at the Monticello Female Seminary, [54].
Confinement of, in school, [133].
Small, made useful, [164].
Forming habits of system, [167];
of making purchases and keeping accounts, [188].
Effects of excitement on, [197].
Taking care of infants by, [214].
See Daughters, and Females.
Gladiolus, [335].
Gloves, cleansing, [298].
Godfrey, Benjamin, Female Seminary endowed by, [54].
Gooseberries, [348], [350].
Gothic cottage, [271].
Government of children, [226].
Unsteadiness in, and over-government, [228].
Maxims on, [229].
See Children, Subordination, and Young children.
Grafting, [344].
Grapes, [349], [350].
Grates, [281].
Gratifications, on physical, [159], [171], [172].
Grease-spots, [289], [297], [298].
In carpets, [304].
Greeks and Romans, bathing by, [120].
H.
Habit, in a system of duty, [166].
Handkerchiefs, cleansing, [298].
Happiness, dependence of, on character, [169].
On living to make, [169], [200].
Connected with duties, [183].
Hard-soap, to make, [291].
Head, blows on the, [241].
Headache, [78], [95].
Health, delicacy and infrequency of, in American women, [41], [45].
Effect of mental excitement on [43];
of a high sense of responsibility, &c., [44];
of want of outdoor exercise, [44];
of bad early training, [45];
of exposures in newly-settled countries, [46].
On preparation for a rational care of, in a family, [68], [69].
Connection of exercise and, [73], [76], [78], [97], [133];
of the quantity of food and, [94], [95], [100];
of the quality, [98].
Of Catholics during Lent, [100].
Not from dirt, [118].
Effect of early rising on, [125].
On the duty of sacrificing, [159].
Causes which injure the mind's, [196].
Amusements and, [245].
Laughter and, [253].
Regard to, in constructing houses, [260].
Ventilation and, [311].
Connection of, with cellars, [322].
See Air, Exercise, and Sickness.
Hearths, [305].
Hearts, different, [84].
Cause of their throbbing, [90].
Heat of the body, regulated by the skin, [92].
Heating houses, [260].
Help, see Domestics.
Helping at table, [310].
Herbaceous roots, [339].
Horse-racing, [245], [246].
Horses, care of, [351].
Hose, on washing, [286], [289].
Hospitality, on manifesting, [144].
To strangers, [257].
Hot and cold food and drinks, [103], [110].
Hot-beds, [331].
House-cleaning, [353].
Housekeepers, difficulties peculiar to American women as, [30].
Preservation of good temper in, [148], [150].
Allowances to be made for, [150].
Necessity of a habit of system and order in, [157].
General principles for, [158].
Plans by, for saving time, [184].
See American women.
Housekeeping, on a knowledge of, [134].
Dignity and difficulty of, [150], [157].
See Labor.
House-plants, to repot, [333].
Care of, [341].
Houses, on the construction of, [258].
Regard to economy of labor in, [258];
to water, [259], [275];
to heating, [260];
to economy of health, [260];
to domestics, [261];
to good taste, [261].
Plans of, and of domestic conveniences, [261].
Shade-trees around, [275].
Back-door accommodations to, [276].
Hunger, [94], [132].
As a guide for taking food, [97].
Hunting, [244].
Hyacinths, [335].
I.
Illinois, female association in, for educating poor females, [59].
See Alton.
Imagination, [199].
Works of, [249].
See Novel reading.
Impostors, soliciting charity, [178].
Impurity of thought, [233].
Income, see Expenses.
Indigestion, [101].
See Health.
Infants, mortality among, [112], [114], [214].
Too cold, [113].
Plunging, in cold water, [113].
Registrations of, [113].
On giving, to the older children, [165].
Use of, to elicit charity, [179].
Importance of knowing how to take care of, [213].
Combe, Bell, and Eberle on, cited, [214].
Food for, [214], [216], [218].
Medicines for, [215], [216], [218], [219].
Pure air for, [217], [218].
Keeping warm, [217], [218].
Keeping their heads cool, [217].
Bathing, [217], [218].
Nostrums for, [219].
Unquiet, [219].
To creep, [219].
Standing, [219].
Crying, [219].
See Children, and Mortality.
Ingrafting, [344].
Ink-stains, [298].
Insects, on destroying, [323].
Preserving apple trees from, [350].
Institutions, see Female seminaries, and School.
Intelligence, dependence of democracy on, [36].
Intemperance, H. Martineau on, criticized, [30], note.
In eating, [94], [95].
In drinking, [106].
Female responsibility as to, [106].
Invitations, [353].
Ironing, articles to be provided for, [293].
Settee for, [293].
Boards for, [294].
Hints on, [295].
Iron-ware, [319].
J.
Jewish use of time, [182].
Jokes, [253].
Jonquilles, [335].
K.
Kitchens, [163], [259].
On taking care of, [317].
Floors of, [317].
Oilcloths for, [317].
Furniture for, [319].
Knitting, to employ time, [185].
Knives and forks, [307].
L.
Labelling powders, [239].
Labor, nobility of, [55], [147].
On opposing the idea of the degradation of, [61], [123], [124].
Not inconsistent with delicacy, [62].
On economy of, in houses, [258].
Laces, doing up of, [292].
Lamps, [281].
Care of, [282].
Laplanders and their food, [220].
Lard, used for oil, [281].
Latticed portico, [277].
Laughter, [253].
Laws, necessity of a system of, [25].
Leghorn hats, [299].
Lent, health during, [100].
Ley, to make, [290].
Life, object of, [168].
Light, effects of, [124].
Screening eyes from, [217], [283].
Lightning, [243].
Lightning rods, [243].
Lights, [281].
Limbs of trees, on training, [348].
Linens, [288], [328].
Linnæus, cited, [220].
Liquids, on taking, [103], [104].
Literature, guarding, [249].
Longevity, Sinclair on, [126].
From vegetable diet, [221].
Louis XIV., manners of his age, [148].
Lungs, [89].
Effects of tight-dressing on the, [90], [117].
Bleeding at the, [243].
Luxuries, see Superfluities.
M.
Mahogany furniture, [305].
Manners, good, [136].
American defect in, and cause of it, [137].
Of the Puritans and their posterity, [137].
Principles respecting, [140].
Proprieties in, [141].
On cultivation of, [141].
At home, [142].
Leading points as to, claiming attention, [142].
Children to be taught, [143].
On conventional, [144].
At table, [144].
Charity for bad, [145].
Of the age of Louis XIV., [148].
See Children.
Marble, stains on, [305].
Martineau, Harriet, criticized, [30], note, [141], note.
Mathematics, importance of, in a female education, [56].
Mattresses, [312], [329].
Meals, should be five hours apart, [96].
On the nature of the, [103].
Time of English, [123].
Meat, on eating, [99], [100].
See Animal food, and Food.
Mechanical amusements, [254].
Medical men needed in literary institutions, [198].
Medicines, on giving, to infants, [215].
On administering, [236], [238].
Different effects of different, [236].
On purchasing, [239].
Labelling, [239].
Men, engaged in women's work, [164], [165].
Mending, [330].
Mental excitement, effect of, on health, [43].
On reducing youthful, [48], [49].
On invigorating, [56].
Effect of, on the mind, [197].
See Mind.
Mexicans, teeth of, [110].
Mice, [323].
Mildew, removing, [296].
Milk, for infants, [216], [217].
Milkweed-silk, [227].
Mind, connection of body and, [195].
Causes which injure the health of the, [196].
On inactivity of, [199].
Indications of diseased, [204].
See Health, and Mental excitement.
Mineralogical collections, [253].
Modesty in children, [233].
Money, children's earning, [164].
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, cited, [135].
Monticello Female Seminary, account of, [54].
System of studies there, [57].
Effort made there to cure defects of character and habits, [58].
Morals, American,

[29].
Dependence of democracy on, [36].
Attention to, in the Monticello Female Seminary, [58].
In children, [233].
See Children, and Young children.
Mortality, among infants, [112], [114].
Causes of it, [214].
At the Albany Orphan Asylum, [222].
See Infants.
Mothers, sufferings of American, [42].
The great objects for, in educating their daughters, [48].
Influence of wealthy, [50].
Should raise the science of domestic economy, [51].
Few, qualified to teach domestic economy, [65].
Influence of, [149], [151].
Teaching boys domestic arts, [164].
See American women, and Women.
Moths, [323].
Muscles, [74].
Exercise of the, [76], [78], [97], [116], [129].
Excessive exercise of, [132].
Music, [58], [252].
Muslins, on washing, [288].
Starching, [292].
Musquitoes, [323].
N.
Nails, cleaning, [122], [144].
Nankeens, on washing, [288].
Napkins, table, [307].
Narcissus, [335].
Nash, Beau, biography of, [148].
Neatness, in housekeeping, [152].
Of sick-rooms, [238].
See Cleanliness.
Needle-work, bad economy in, [189].
Nerves, [76].
Ramifications of the, [78].
Health of, dependent on muscular exercise, [78], [130].
Function of, in the stomach, [87].
Excited by stimulating drinks, [106], [111].
Two kinds of, [129].
On cutting off, [130].
Exercise and inactivity of, [130].
Debility of, [130], [199].
New Englanders, one cause of their tact, [165].
Newton, Sir Isaac, diet of, [222].
Night, converting, into day, [123].
Nightgowns, [114], [329].
Night-lamps, [283].
Novel reading, [199], [234], [249].
Nursery, discipline of the, [224], [230].
Nursery, soil for a, [347].
Nursing, on food while, [215].
Of the sick, [237].
O.
Obedience of children, [226].
See Children, and Government.
Objects of charity, [176].
Oil, [281].
Taking out, [297].
Oilcloths, for kitchens, [317].
Opium, absorbed by the skin, [93].
Antidote for, [242].
Order, on a habit of, [157].
Ornaments, [166].
Time and money spent for, [175], [259].
Orphan Asylum at Albany, [222].
Ostrich feathers, washing, [299].
Outhouses, [276].
Over-government, [228], [229].
See Children, and Government.
P.
Packing, of trunks, [316].
Of furniture for moving, [316].
Pain, amusements causing, [244].
Paint-spots, [298].
Pantaloons, on mending, [330].
Parents, exercising of authority by, [226].
Should provide amusements, [250].
Joining in children's sports, [254].
Parlors, kitchens and, [163], [259].
Light work in, to save time, [184].
Inconsistently furnished, [189].
On the care of, [302].
On selecting furniture for, [302].
Sweeping, [305].
Screens in, [353].
Parties, invitations to, [353].
Passions, the, [170].
See Temper.
Peach trees, [350].
Perennial plants, [339].
Peristaltic motion, [87], [96], [102].
Perspiration, [92], [93].
Demands supply of food, [96].
From exercise, healthful, [114].
During sleep, [126].
On inducing, [235], [236].
Physical education, see Exercise, and Health.
Physicians, obeying, [239].
Piano, playing on the, [252].
Pictures, [302], [304].
Pills, [236], [237], note.
Pitch, on removing, [297].
Plans, for apportioning time, [158], [160].
For duties, [162], [166], [167].
For saving time, [184].
For expenses, [186].
Of houses, [261].
Planting flower seeds, [332].
Plants, collecting, [253].
In rooms with stoves, [281].
Soil for, [331].
Propagation of, [341].
See Flowers, and Seeds.
Poisoning, [241].
Politeness, see Courtesy, and Manners.
Poor, Mosaic laws as to the, [182].
On work for the, [189], [190].
Liberal prices and prompt payment to the, [191].
See Charity.
Pores, closing the, [119].
See Skin.
Portico, latticed, [277].
Positions, effects of, [73], [80].
Potash-soap, [291].
Pot-plants, soil for, [331].
Pots, transplanting from, [333].
Powders, labelling, [239].
Precocity in children, [198].
Privies, [276].
Propagation of plants, [341].
Propensities, [170].
Property, Jews' use of, [182].
Unequal distribution of, [191].
On sharing, [191].
On using, properly, [193].
Pruning, [346].
Pumps, [275].
Punctuality, and want of it, [128].
In paying the poor, [191].
Purchases, on making, [193], [194].
Puritans, manners of the, [137].
Q.
Quality of food, [98].
Quantity of food, see Food.
R.
Ranunculus, [335].
Rats, 323
Red ants, [323].
Registrations of births, [113].
Religion, perversion of, [198].
Religious excitement, [197].
Respect, American want of, [139], [141].
Should be required at home, [142].
See Courtesy.
Respiration, organs of, [87].
Rewards, governing by, [230].
Roman Catholics, health of, during Lent, [100].
Romans, see Greeks.
Rooms, arrangement of, [259].
Running into debt, [232].
S.
St. Martin, Alexis, experiments on, respecting food, [104].
Salary, plan as to using, [186].
Salt, for bleeding, [243].
Salts, [236].
School, hints on, [48], [223].
Too much required in, [49].
On keeping, only in the afternoon, [49].
On sending young children to, [223].
Schoolrooms and schoolhouses, [133].
Not ventilated, [196], [223].
Built by a lady in the West, [202].
See Female.
Scolds, [149], [154].
Scotch Highlanders, [221].
Screens, in parlors, [353].
See Eyes.
Secret vice, [233].
Sedgwick, Miss, her Live and Let Live, [213], note.
Seeds, on planting, [332], [333].
Of fruit, on planting, [347].
Self-denial, happiness of, [169].
Distinction as to, [170].
Of wealthy women, [201], [202].
In children, [224], [232].
Servants, on calling domestics, [207].
See Domestics.
Services, paying children for, [164].
Settees for ironing, [293].
Setting tables, [307].
Rules for, [308].
Sewing, by girls, [254].
Hints on. [324].
Sewing-trunks, [162].
Sexes, M. De Tocqueville on the, [28].
Distinct lines of action for the, [28], [32], [33].
American equality of, [33].
Shade-trees, [275], [340].
Shells, collecting, [253].
Shirts, folding, [315].
Making, [328].
Shrubs, for yards, [340].
Sickness, on ignorance and inexperience in time of, [68].
On nursing in, [237].
From chills and food, [239].
Remedies for slight, [240].
See Health.
Sick-rooms, hints on, [237].
Furniture for, [238].
Silence, children to keep, [145], [230].
When in anger, [152].
Silks, on cleansing, [298].
Sinclair, Sir John, on longevity and early rising, [126].
Sinks, [277], [317].
Six Weeks on the Loire, cited, [135].
Skeleton, cut of the, [70].
Skin, described, [91].
Function of the, [91].
Waste matter from the, [92], [118].
Regulates the heat of the body, [92].
Absorbent vessels of the, [93], [119].
Follicles of the, [93].
The organ of touch, [93].
Circulation in the, in infants, [113].
Effect of cold on the circulation in the, [113], [118], [119].
Bathing infants', [217].
Sleep, amount of, required, [125].
On protracting, [126].
In close apartments, [196], [217], [311].
See Ventilation.
Sliding closets, [278].
Smoky chimneys, [352].
Snow, bathing in, [121].
Soap, soda, [288].
Soft, [290].
Potash, [291].
Hard, [291].
Social intercourse, [184].
Soda-soap, [288].
Soda-washing, [287].
Soil, on the preparation of, [331].
For a nursery, [347].
Soups, [104], [105].
South-Sea Islanders, [221].
Specimens, collecting, [253].
Spine, frequency of the disease of the, [41];
causes, [73], [133].
Cut of the, [77].
Curvature of the, [80].
Difference between a natural and distorted, [80].
Spitting on carpets, [144].
Spots, removing, [289], [297], [298].
Sprains, [240].
Stain-mixture, [296].
Stains, removing, from clothes, [296];
from marble, [305].
Starch, to make, [291].
To prepare, [292].
Starching, hints on, [292].
Stimulating drinks, no need of, [106], [109], [111].
Excite the nervous system, [106], [109], [111].
Debilitate the constitution, [107].
Temptation from using, [107].
Five forms of using, [107].
Reasons for using, considered, [107].
Dr. Combe on, [111].
If good for parents, may not be for children, [111].
Compared with animal food, [112].
Stimulating food, [99].
See Animal food, and Food.
Stock-grafting, [345].
Stockings, on washing, [286], [289].
Stomach, [87].
Peristaltic motion of the, [87], [96], [102].
Effects on, of too much food, [94], [95].
Rule for the labor and repose of the, [96].
Power of accommodation in the, [102].
Wants rest, [223].
Storerooms, [271], [322].
Stoves, [281].
Strangers, hospitality to, [257].
Strawberries, [348].
Straw hats, [299].
Straw matting, [304], [311].
Studies, at the Monticello Female Seminary, [57].
Pursued at random, [60], [68].
Subordination, social, [26].
Female, in America, [27], [29], [32].
Of children and others, [140], [224].
See Government.
Superfluities, [163].
Duty as to, 171-[173].
On determining respecting, [173].
Sweeping, [134].
Of carpets, [303].
Of parlors, [305].
Sympathy, on silent social, [149].
System, continual change and renovation of the human, [91].
In housekeeping, [152].
On habits of, [155].
By dividing the week, [162].
In proper conveniences, [162].
On attempting too much, at once, [166].
On commencing, while young, [167].
In time, [184].
T.
Table, furniture for a, [306].
On setting, [307];
rules for, [308].
Carving and helping at, [310].
Table manners, [144].
Table-mats, [306].
Tapers, [283].
Tar, on removing, [297].
Tea, coffee and, on the use of, [107], [108].
Cause nervous debility, [109].
Love of, not natural, [109].
If good for adults, may not be for children, [109].
Black, least injurious, [110].
No nourishment in, [112].
See Stimulating.
Teachers, [202], [203].
Teeth, effects of hot drink on, [110].
Care of, [122], [144].
Teething of infants, [219].
Temper, on the preservation of good, in a housekeeper, [148];
hints for it, [150].
Making allowances for, in others, [154].
See Passions.
Temptations, amusements with, [245], [248].
Tendons, [75].
Theatres, [245].
Thinning plants, [346].
Thoughts, on pure, [233].
Throat, things in the, [240].
Thunderstorms, [243].
Tic douloureux, [78].
Tight dressing, [80], [90], [129].
Evils of, [116].
Rule as to, [117].
Time, on apportioning, [157], [160], [181], [184].
On saving, [161], [184].
Errors as to employing, [180].
Devoted by Jews to religion, [183].
Tin ware, [320].
Tocqueville, M. De, on the sexes in America, [28].
On progress in nations towards democracy, [34].
On female hardships in the West, [46].
On aristocratic and democratic manners, [146].
Tones of voice, [148].
On governing the, [152].
Governing by angry, [230].
Effects of angry, on children, [231].
Towels, [321].
Tracts and charity, [179].
Transplanting, [333], [340].
Travelling-bags, [316].
Trees, about houses, [275].
On planting, [334].
Shade, [340].
On transplanting, [340].
Pruning and thinning, [346].
Trials, see Difficulties.
Trunks, sewing, [162].
In chambers, [313].
Packing of, [316].
Tuberous roots, [335].
Tulips, [336].
Turpentine, on removing, [297].
U.
Unbolted flour, [105].
V.
Vegetable food, [99], [100], [220], [221].
See Animal food, and Food.
Vegetables, effect of light and darkness on, [124].
Veils, whitening, [293].
Ventilation, importance of, [49], [196], [217], [311].
Of sleeping-rooms, [129], [196], [311].
Of schoolrooms, [223].
Of sick-rooms, [237].
In construction of houses, [261], [264].
Where stoves are used, [281].
See Air.
Vermin, on destroying, [323].
Vertebræ, [72].
Virtue, see Morals.
Vulgar habits, [144].
W.
Wadsworth's cottage, [273], [274].
Wages, exorbitant, of domestics, [205].
Offering higher, [211].
Waiting at table, [309].
Walking for exercise, [131].
Wardrobes, [312].
Washing, of clothes done by pupils, [55].
Of the body, [92], [93], [119], [121].
Of children, [121], [122].
Water for, [284].
Articles to be provided for, [284].
Common mode of, [285].
Of calicoes, [287].

Soda-washing, [287].
Of various articles, [288].
Of carpets, [304].
Of dishes, [318].
See Bathing.
Wash-pans for children, [121].
Waste matter, from the skin [92], [118].
Water, protection against, in the skin, [93].
On drinking, [111].
Drinking too much, [112].
Plunging infants in cold, [113].
See Drinks, and Stimulating.
Wealthy mothers, influence of their example, [49].
Wells, remedy for air in, [242].
Remarks on, [259], [275].
West, on female hardships in the, [46].
Wheat, unbolted, [105].
Whitening, of lace veils, [293].
Of other articles, [296].
Whitewashing, [279].
Wicks, [282].
Winter, air and sleep in, [125].
Women, European contempt for, [30].
American esteem for, [30].
Influence of, on individuals and nations, [37].
Exercise taken by English, [45].
Responsibleness of, [52].
Eating without being hungry, [98].
Responsibility of, as to intemperance, [106].
Precedence given to, in America, [141].
Importance and difficulty of their duties, [155].
General principles for, [158];
frequent inversion of them, [160].
Men engaged in their work, [164], [165].
On their keeping accounts of expenditures, [173], [174].
Imagining themselves domestics, [205].
See American women.
Wood, for fuel, [280].
Wooden ware, [321].
Woodhouses, [273], [276], [277].
Woollens, on washing, [289].
Workbaskets, [325].
Y.
Yellows, the, [350].
Young children, female influence on their character, [37].
Mismanagement of, [43].
Management of, [42], [220].
Animal food for, [220].
At the Albany Orphan Asylum, [222].
Intellectual and moral training of, [223].
Three habits for, [224].
On distancing, [226].
On appreciating their enjoyments and pursuits, [227].
Keeping them happy, [231].
On ridiculing, [231].
Modesty and propriety in, [233].
Impurity of thought in, [233].
Young Ladies' Friend, cited, [134].