A Companion to the Dime Cook Book. A Directory for the Parlor, Nursery, Sick Room, Toilet, Kitchen, Larder, etc. Revised and enlarged edition. By Mrs. Victor.
EXTRACTS FROM CONTENTS.
THE PARLOR.—To choose Carpets, Directions for Carpets, To clean Turkey Carpets, Moth in Carpets, To extract Oil or Spermaceti from Carpets, etc., To make Stair Carpets last, Cheap Carpet, To wash Carpets, to sweep Carpets, House Cleaning, to clean Looking-glasses, Oil Paintings, Mahogany, etc., To preserve Gilding and clean it, To take Stains out of Mahogany, to clean Brass Ornaments, Marble, Lamp, Paint, To polish Mahogany, To remove Grease from Books, To prevent Mold in Books, Paste, Ink, and Leather, To clean Silver-plated Candlesticks, To remove Rust, etc.
THE NURSERY AND SICK ROOM.—Clothing of Infants, Waking Suddenly, Restlessness at Night, Ointment for Seurf in the Heads of Infants, Teething, Vaccination, Worms in Children, About Children, Hair of Children, Hooping Cough, Dysentery, Scarlet Fever, Putrid Sore Throat, etc., A Cure for Burns, Scalds, Body in Flames, and seventy more recipes.
FOOD FOR THE SICK.—A Strengthening Jelly for Invalids, Mutton Custard for Bowel Complaints or Consumptive Cases, Chicken, Beef, etc., Toast Water, Rice Jelly, Bread Jelly, Calves’ Feet Broth, Panada, Beef Tea, Wine Whey, Water Gruel, Milk Porridge, Rice Gruel, Medicated Prunes.
THE TOILET; THE HAIR.—To remove Dandruff, A Capital Pomade, Twiggs’ Receipt for the Hair, Bandoline for the Hair, Hair-curling Liquid, Oil of Roses.
THE TEETH.—To clean the Teeth and Gums, Quinine Tooth Powder, Prepared Charcoal, Peruvian Bark Powder, Homeopathic Chalk, Cuttle Fish Powder, Lip Salve.
THE HANDS.—To remove Stains from the Hands, To improve the Hands and Arms, Ointment for the Hands, Chapped Hands.
THE COMPLEXION.—To preserve It, Wash for a Blotched Face, To remove Sunburn, Blotches, Freckles, Pimples, Kalydor for Complexion.
COSMETICS, PERFUMES, Etc.—Face Powder, Pearl Powder, Rowland’s Macassar Oil, and twenty more recipes.