INDEX. 



PAGE. 



Cupboards and Drawers 5>3 



Custards and Puddings 138 



Dairy-Room, The 75 



Decorations, ''Knack "for 35 



Dining-Room, The 68 



Dining-Rooms, Woodwork Finish. 35 



Drainage 28 



Dumb-Waiter in Dairy -Room 76 



Earth Closets 30 



Eggs and Milk, Value of 135 



Essentials, the Four 14 



Farm Neighborhoods 178 



Farmers' Wives 183 



Farm-House, Cheerful Western 21 



Filth, Preventable 28 



Finishing 32 



Fire-Board 39 



Fire-Place ... . . 37 



Fish. 



.157 



Flower-Beds, Varieties of Shape. . . 85 



Flower- Borders, Location of 86 



Flower Garden, The ... 82 



Foods, Some Best Methods of Pre- 

 paring them 117 



Foods, The Best 117 



Foot- Blankets 1- 45 



Fruits. Canned 129 



Fruits, Fresh and Preserved 12C 



Fruit Trees, Garden 113 



Furnishing 41 



And Ornamenting Boys' Room. 48 



Girls' Room 59 



Mother's Room 56 



Tasteful and Inexpensive 41 



the Dining Room 69 



the Parlor 71 



Furniture, Old-Fashioned for Old 



People's Room 53 



Gases, Bad, No Excuse for 29 



Girls' Room > 59 



Glass-Panels, Ornamented, for Man- 

 tel 38 



Grapes 115 



Grapes and Pears for the Holidays.. 176 



Hall for Daily Use 25 



Lighting the 25 



Windows 39 



Halls 24 



Halls, Cheerless 25 



Hardy Plants, A Few Desirable.... 86 

 Hats and Caps, Regular Place for. . 24 

 Health Laws, Disregard of 28 



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Hearth, Open, Delightful 37 



Home, Build it now 13 



Hot-Bed, How to Make 112 



House, Finishing in the 32 



One-Story, Plan of 18 



Small, on Picturesque Knoll ... 19 



Well-lighted 17 



Without Sunlight 16 



House-Plans, Studying the 12 



Houses, Cool, in Summer 174 



Ice-Cream without a Freezer 173 



Ice-House, An 171 



Kitchen, Large and Pleasant 63 



Small Wing for 18 



The 63 



Waste 29 



Wood- Work Finish 35 



Floor, Oiling the 65 



Furniture 66 



Window 15 



Lambrequin for Mantel 38 



Lilies, A Few Good 87 



Living, Right, Rules of 208 



Luxuries, A Few Simple 171 



Mantels 37 



Milk and Eggs, Value of 135 



Milk, Straining into Pans 79 



Milk-House 75 



Mother's Room 55 



Mottoes, Appropriate 47 



Oatmeal 104 



Omelets 1 36 



Old People's Room 52 



Parlor, The 71 



Paths or Walks in Garden 86 



Peaches 117 



Pears 116 



Pickles and Catsups 133 



Pictures for Bedroom Walls 47 



Pics 143 



Pillow and Sheet Shams 45 



Plans for Building 12 



Plans for Small Houses 20 



Plants, Hardy 88 



Plums 116 



Preserves, Choice 130 



Privy, Old-fashioned 30 



Privy Vaults, Dry Earth or Ashes 



for 31 



Puddings and Custards 138 



Rag-Carpet 44,56 



Recipes (see Index, pages 202-204). 



