D.

Daffodils, 336.

Dahlias, 336.

Dancing, 245, 246.

Daughters, on schooling, 48. On keeping, as domestic assistants, 60. Educated to domestic work, 67. _See_ Female, _and_ Girls.

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, _see_ Food.

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. _Bulk_ of 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 them _servants_, 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. _See_ Clothing.

Dresses, for the domestic duties of school girls, 55. Colors for, 327. _See_ Clothing.

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; on the community, 127; on systematic duty, 166.

Earthen ware, 319.

Eating, intemperance in, 94, 95. At any time, 96. Too fast, 101. Should not be followed by exercise, 102; nor bathing, 121. _See_ Food.

Eating-rooms, care of, 306.

Economy, on domestic, 152. Extravagance changed for, 176. Contradictory ideas as to, 185. General principles as to, 186. Relative obligations of rich and poor as to, 191. Neglect as to, 193. Of the aristocracy, 194.

Education in America, 147. Associations for, 203. _See_ Female, _and_ Monticello.

Employment, for the different divisions of a week, 162. On regular, for all the family, 163.

Enjoyments, _see_ Amusements, _and_ Happiness.

Equality, on democratic, 25. _See_ Democracy, Sexes, _and_ Women.

Establishments, expensive, given up, 176.

Exercise, comparative, of American women and others, 44. Neglect of, 50, 244. Method for securing, at the Monticello Female Seminary, 54. Indispensable to the health of the several parts of the human frame, 73, 97. Of the muscles, 76, 78, 97, 116, 128, 129. Effect of want of, on the spine, 78, 80. Food to be graduated by, 97. After eating, bad, 102. Evils of want of, 129. On furnishing interesting, 131. Walking for, 131. In useful employments, 131. Excessive, 132. Rule as to, 133. On excessive, of the mind and feelings, 197. Of the brain, 199.

Exhalations from the skin, 92.

Expenses, on keeping account of, 173, 174. Economy in, 185, 193. On graduating, by the income, 186. On gentility in being careless of, 193. On extravagance in, 194. _See_ Economy.

Eyes, screening, from light, 217, 283.

F.

Family, on early rising in the, 126. Fathers neglecting the, 255. On attachments of, 256.

Fasting in sickness, 235.

Fathers neglecting home, 255.

Fault-finding, 211.

Featherbeds, 114, 313.

Feelings, inactivity of the, 199.

Feet, on protecting the, 115, 117, 129. Keeping those of infants, warm, 217. Bathing, for a cold, 235.

Female association for educating poor females, 59.

Female education, advantages for, in America, 43. Objects to be attended to, in, 48, 49. Importance of mathematics in, 56. Should be conducted by females, 58. Present waste in conducting, 60. _See_ School.

Female seminaries, on the endowment of, 51. Importance of, 52. Defects of, 53. Suitable, 53. Monticello Female Seminary, described, 54. Division of labor and responsibility in, 58. Requirement for admission to the Monticello, 59. On providing, 61, 68. Reasons for introducing the study of domestic economy into, 63. Establishment of, by a wealthy female, 202. Should have gardens, 251.

Females, influence of, on the character of the young, 37. Building schoolhouses, 202. _See_ American women, Girls, _and_ Women.

Filberts, 348.

Finding fault, 211.

Finger nails, 122, 144.

Fire, escaping from, 243.

Fireplaces and fires, 260, 265, 280, 311.

Fishing, 244.

Flannel, 114. Utility of, 115. On washing, 285, 286.

Fleas, 323.

Flies, on destroying, 323.

Flower baskets, 354.

Flower seeds, on planting, 332.

Flowers, 251, 335. Arranging, 337.

Fluids, on taking, 103, 104.

Folding articles, 315.

Follicles of the skin, 93.

Food, on the conversion of, into nourishment, 87. Responsibility as to, in a family, 94. On taking too much, 94, 95, 128. On one kind of, for each meal, 95. Should be taken at proper times, 96. Strong laboring men need most, 96. Quantity of, to be graduated by exercise, 97. On the quality of, 98. Stimulating, 99. Animal and vegetable, 99, 100, 220, 221. Kinds of, most easily digested, 101, 104, 105. Injurious, from bad cooking, 101. On eating, too fast, 101, 128. On exercise after taking, 102. On hot and cold, 103. Highly concentrated, 104. Certain _bulk_ of, necessary to digestion, 105. For infants, 214, 216. For nurses, 215. Sickness from improper, 235. Preparing, for the sick, 239.

Footstools, 303.

Foreigners, employed as domestics, 40.

Forewarning domestics, 211.

Forwardness of domestics, 209.

Franklin, Benjamin, diet of, 222.

Frocks, to make, 326.

Fruit, on the cultivation of, 251, 347. To preserve, 350.

Fuel, hints as to, 280.

Furnaces, 260, _note_.

Furniture, on costly, 163, 167. On inconsistent, 188. On selecting, 302. Packing of, for moving, 316. Kitchen, 319.

G.

Games of children, 253.

Garden seeds, to plant, 333.

Gardening, 331.

Gardens, at female institutions, 251. On laying out, 334.

Gas, antidote for, 242.

Gastric juice, 88, 94.

Gathering, in shirts, 325.

Girls, on sending, to school, 48, 60. Should assist their mothers early, 49. Education of, at the Monticello Female Seminary, 54. Confinement of, in school, 133. Small, made useful, 164. Forming habits of system, 167; of making purchases and keeping accounts, 188. Effects of excitement on, 197. Taking care of infants by, 214. _See_ Daughters, _and_ Females.

Gladiolus, 335.

Gloves, cleansing, 298.

Godfrey, Benjamin, Female Seminary endowed by, 54.

Gooseberries, 348, 350.

Gothic cottage, 271.

Government of children, 226. Unsteadiness in, and over-government, 228. Maxims on, 229. _See_ Children, Subordination, _and_ Young children.

Grafting, 344.

Grapes, 349, 350.

Grates, 281.

Gratifications, on physical, 159, 171, 172.

Grease-spots, 289, 297, 298. In carpets, 304.

Greeks and Romans, bathing by, 120.

H.

Habit, in a system of duty, 166.

Handkerchiefs, cleansing, 298.

Happiness, dependence of, on character, 169. On living to make, 169, 200. Connected with duties, 183.

Hard-soap, to make, 291.

Head, blows on the, 241.

Headache, 78, 95.

Health, delicacy and infrequency of, in American women, 41, 45. Effect of mental excitement on 43; of a high sense of responsibility, &c., 44; of want of outdoor exercise, 44; of bad early training, 45; of exposures in newly-settled countries, 46. On preparation for a _rational_ care of, in a family, 68, 69. Connection of exercise and, 73, 76, 78, 97, 133; of the quantity of food and, 94, 95, 100; of the quality, 98. Of Catholics during Lent, 100. Not from dirt, 118. Effect of early rising on, 125. On the duty of sacrificing, 159. Causes which injure the mind's, 196. Amusements and, 245. Laughter and, 253. Regard to, in constructing houses, 260. Ventilation and, 311. Connection of, with cellars, 322. _See_ Air, Exercise, _and_ Sickness.

Hearths, 305.

Hearts, different, 84. Cause of their throbbing, 90.

Heat of the body, regulated by the skin, 92.

Heating houses, 260.

Help, _see_ Domestics.

Helping at table, 310.

Herbaceous roots, 339.

Horse-racing, 245, 246.

Horses, care of, 351.

Hose, on washing, 286, 289.

Hospitality, on manifesting, 144. To strangers, 257.

Hot and cold food and drinks, 103, 110.

Hot-beds, 331.

House-cleaning, 353.

Housekeepers, difficulties peculiar to American women as, 30. Preservation of good temper in, 148, 150. Allowances to be made for, 150. Necessity of a habit of system and order in, 157. General principles for, 158. Plans by, for saving time, 184. _See_ American women.

Housekeeping, on a knowledge of, 134. Dignity and difficulty of, 150, 157. _See_ Labor.

House-plants, to repot, 333. Care of, 341.

Houses, on the construction of, 258. Regard to economy of labor in, 258; to water, 259, 275; to heating, 260; to economy of health, 260; to domestics, 261; to good taste, 261. Plans of, and of domestic conveniences, 261. Shade-trees around, 275. Back-door accommodations to, 276.

Hunger, 94, 132. As a guide for taking food, 97.

Hunting, 244.

Hyacinths, 335.