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.SeeVentilation.Albany Orphan Asylum,222.Alcoholic drinks,107.SeeStimulating.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.SeeDaughters, Females, Mothers,andWomen.Amusements,244,250.Anemone,335.Anger, on silence in,152.SeeTemper,andTones.Animal food,99,100.For young children,220.Nourishment of,221.SeeFood.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,350.Apportionment of time,157,160,181.By regular division of work,162.Jewish,181.Aristocracy, English,27,123.The prejudice of, as to labor,61,123.Distinguishing mark of,123.On aping the,124.Courtesy of, limited,139.Manners of democracy and,146.On economy among the,194.Domestics of,205.Arm, muscles of the,74,75.Arsenic, poisoning from,242.Arteries, tying up,240.Associated charities,178.Association, in Illinois, for educating poor females,59.For education at large,203.Astral lamps,282.B.Back-door accommodations,276.Baglivi, on health during Lent,100.Balls,247,248.Bargains, on making,190,194.Baskets,321.For centre tables,354.Bath, on using the,120.Bathing infants,217.SeeWashing.Bathing-rooms,276.Beating down prices,190,194.Beaumont, Dr., experiments by, on the digestibility of food,104,note.Beauty, effect of exercise on,132.Bed-bugs,323.Bedrooms, care of,311.Beds and bedding,114,313,329.Washing,287.On making,314.Beef's-gall, uses of,286,289.To prepare,292.Bell, Sir Charles, on nerves,129.Benevolence, happiness of,131.SeeCharity.Bile,89.Bituminous coal,281.Black ants,323.Black tea,110.Bleeding at the lungs,243.Blindness, guarding against,217,283.Blisters, on dressing,238.Blood, details as to the circulation of the,83.Effect of daylight on the,124;of exercise,132.Crowded to the brain, when one is excited,195.When a cause of mental disease,196.Stopping,240,243.When dancing,246.SeeCirculation.Blood-vessels,81.Blows on the head,241.Boarding-houses, plan as to expenses of,186.Boarding schools, curvature of the spine common at,41.SeeFemale seminaries.Boards for ironing,294.Body, change and renovation of the,91.Connection of mind and,195.SeeMind.Boldness in domestics,209.Bones, described,69.Books, on teaching domestic economy from,65.Bosom-boards,294.Boston, scientific and literary advantages in,147.Bowels,235,237,note.Boys, small, made useful,164.Domestic arts taught to,164.SeeChildren.Brain, excitement of the,195.Over-action of the,197.Breakfast,103.On late,127.On the care of, and of 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.SeeBoys, Female, Girls,andYoung 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.SeeBlood.Clark, Dr., on animal diet for very young children,220.Cleaning carpets,303.Cleanliness, on realizing the importance of,118.Of the sick,238.Cleansing articles,298.Climbing plants,339.Closets, of conveniences,162.Sliding,278.For washing utensils,285.In eating-rooms,306.In kitchens,322.Clothing and clothes,112.Deficiency of,113,129.Excess of,114.Rule as to,114.Flannel,114,115.Of men and women, compared,115.Example of English women as to,117.On changing, next to the body,120.Girls buying their own,188.On inconsistent,189.On washing,285.Ironing,295.Whitening,296.Cleansing,298.Coloring,300.SeeDress,andTight dressing.Coal,281.Coats, on folding,315.Cobalt, poisoning from,242.Cockroaches,323.Coffee,seeTea.Cold, on exposure to,113,118.Effect of, on infants,114.Cold and hot, food,103.Drinks,110.Collecting of specimens,253.Colleges, on the endowment of,51.On physicians in,198.Colors, coloring and,300.For different complexions,327.Combe, Andrew, on drinks,111.On exercising the brain,199.On infants,214.On animal food,221.Complexions, colors for the different,327.Condiments in food,99.Constipation,235,237,note.Constitution, delicacy of, in American females,41,45,47;causes of it,45,128.On early attention to the,49.Duties of wealthy mothers, respecting their children's,50.Effect of stimulating drinks on the,107.Conveniences, on providing,162.For cooking,319.SeeClosets.Convivial meetings, on exposures after,119,247.Cooking, food made unhealthy by,99,101.Conveniences wanted for,319.Cooper, Sir Astley, cited,195.Corrosive sublimate, poisoning from,241.Corsets,116.Couches, cheap,312.Courtesy, want of,137,141;causes of it,138,148.SeeDemocracy.Cows, to take care of,352.Creeping of infants,219.Cribs for infants,218.Crickets,323.Crockery,319.Crocus,335.Crown Imperial,335.Cruelty in amusements,244,246.Crying of infants,219.Curculios,351.Currants,348,350.Curtains,302,304.Curvature,seeSpine.Cuts, remedies for,240.Cutting and sewing,324,328.Cuvier, cited,220.D.Daffodils,336.Dahlias,336.Dancing,245,246.Daughters, on schooling,48.On keeping, as domestic assistants,60.Educated to domestic work,67.SeeFemale,andGirls.Day, on converting into night,123.Influence of, on vegetables and blood,124.Debt, on running into,232.Democracy, principles of, identical with Christian,25,34.Tendencies of, as to the female sex,27.On progress towards,34.On what the success of, depends,36.Of early rising,123.Courtesy of manners and,138,140,146.Derangement, from over-excitement,197.Diet,seeFood.Difficulties, peculiar to American women,38.On estimating them justly,39,151.Remedies for,48,151.Digestion, organs of respiration and,87.Details respecting,94.Articles easiest for,101,104.Experiments respecting,104.Bulkof food necessary to,105.Impeded by bathing,121.Dining-rooms, care of,306.Dinner, setting table for,309.Dirt not healthy,118.Dish-cloths,317.Dishes, on washing,318.Dolls, benefits from,254.Domestic amusements,244.Domestic exercise,128.Domestic Economy, on raising, as a science,50,67.Reasons for introducing, into school,63.On teaching, from books,65.Indispensable part of education,134.Domestic education, importance of, in childhood,48.On early training in,49,60,67.On giving mornings to,49.In the Monticello Female Seminary,54.Should alternate with studies,60.Sufferings for want of,63.Many mothers unqualified to teach,65.Dignity of,67,135.Domestics, peculiar difficulties as to, in America,40,204.Duties to be done by daughters, and not by,50.Blessing of a dearth of,50.Without,64.On making allowances for,154,210,212.Care of,204.Of aristocratic lands,205.Placing ourselves in their situation,205,206.Exorbitant wages of,205.Instability and discontent of, and the remedy,206.Pride and insubordination of, and the remedy,207,208.On calling themservants,207.Admitted to the table,209.Bold and forward,209.Dress and rooms of,209,210.Deficiencies of, and the remedies,210.Getting away,211.Finding fault with,211.Patience with,212.Regard to, in construction of houses,261.Beds for,315.Doors, outside,260,263.Dress, too much attention to,166.Inconsistency in,189.Of domestics,209.SeeClothing.Dresses, for the domestic duties of school girls,55.Colors for,327.SeeClothing.Drink, during meal-time,103.Drinks, on healthful,106.Drowning,241.Dumb-waiters,278,306.Dusting,304,306.Duties, enjoyments connected with,183.E.Early rising,122.Democratic,123.Reasons for,124.Time for,126.Longevity and,126.Effects of, on a family,126;