Or, How to Keep House and Order a Home; How to Dye, Cleanse, and Renovate; How to Cut, Fit, and Make Garments; How to Cultivate Plants and Flowers; How to Care for Birds and Household Pets, etc., etc. A Companion to the Dime “Cook” and “Recipe” Books. By Mrs. M. V. Victor. The contents are as follows:
HOW TO KEEP HOUSE.—System, Household Articles, Copper Vessels, Blankets, House Cleaning, To make a Cheap, Easy and Handsome Chair, A Toilet Table, A Lounge, a Pair of Ottomans, Window Shades, A Washstand, a Wardrobe, An Hour Glass, a Work-Table, Fireboard of Paper Flowers, To make a Rug, Common Mats and Rugs, The Care of Beds, Feathers, Feather Beds, A Few Hints, Selection of paper-hangings, The Nursery, Escaping from Fire, Accidents from Burning, How to Serve Dinner.
HOW TO DYE AND CLEANSE.—General Directions, Scarlet, Crimson, Pink, Madder, Red, Purple, Lilac, Purple Slate, Common Slate, Blue, Sky-Blue, Yellow, Orange, Nankeen, Green, Brown, Cinnamon Color, Black, To Dye Straw Bonnets Black, Straw-Color for Silks, Orange for Silk, To Dye Feathers, to Clean Furs, To Clean a Coat, Crape Shawls, Scarfs, etc., Carpets, White Lace Vails, Kid Gloves, Feathers for Beds, How to Wash and Iron, Starching, Folding, Ironing, etc., To prepare Starch, Flour Starch, Glue Starch, Starching Clothes, Sprinkling Clothes, Folding Clothes, Ironing, Starching, To Clear-Starch Lace, etc., Ironing Laces, Calicoes, Flannels, Black Lace, To Wash White Counterpanes and Calico Quilts, To Restore Luster to Black Silk, Black Reviver for Faded Mourning Dresses, Black Coats, etc., To Restore Dark Blue (or any other Colored) Silk or Ribbon, To Bleach Wool, Silk and Straw.
HOW TO CUT AND MAKE GARMENTS.—A Dress, Summer Jackets, Winter Jackets, Aprons, Cape, Shirts, Children’s Clothing, Infants’ Clothing, Choice of Colors.
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF PLANTS, FLOWERS, Etc.—House Plants, Plants Designed to Stand Over, Plants Designed for Flowering, Potting Plants for Winter Use, Bulbous Flowers in the House, Camelia, Japonicas, Green-house Plants, Mignonette Flowers throughout the Year, To Preserve Dahlia Roots, To Protect Tender Plants Left Out, Compost for Potting Plants, The Flower-garden, Roses, Monthly Roses, Geraniums, Climbers for Walls, The Passion-Flower, Callas or Ethiopian Lily, Dahlias, Lilacs, Nasturtion, Gooseberry, Strawberry, Celery, Asparagus, Quince, To Obtain Different Flowers from the Same Stem, To Remove Mildew and Blight.
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF BIRDS AND HOUSEHOLD PETS.—When and How to Pair Canaries, Situation of the Cage, Food while Pairing, Nests and Nest-Boxes, Food while Bearing their Young, Time of Hatching, How to Feed Them, To Bring the Young Ones up by Hand, Paste for Young Birds, German Paste for Cage Birds, To keep away Insects, To Distinguish the Sex, Mocking Bird, American Yellow Bird, Bullfinches.
DISEASES OF BIRDS AND THEIR TREATMENT.—Molting, Swelling or Inflammation, The Surfeit, The Pip, the Husk, Egg-bound.
No. 5.—DIME DRESSMAKER.
Introduction, The Corsage, Waist or Body, The Sleeves, Mourning, Negligee Toilet, Ribbons, Traveling Toilet, Cloak-making, Bonnets, Patterns for Cutting Out Dresses, Work, Materials and Implements, Purchase of Materials, Dictionary of Millinery and Dressmaking, Technical Terms in Dressmaking and Millinery, Laces and Embroideries, Colors, Flowers, etc., Corbeille in Marriage.
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