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

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

by Beecher, Catharine Esther · Page 351 of 373 · 130,276 words

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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_

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