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

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. 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,