V.

Vegetable food, 99, 100, 220, 221. _See_ Animal food, _and_ Food.

Vegetables, effect of light and darkness on, 124.

Veils, whitening, 293.

Ventilation, importance of, 49, 196, 217, 311. Of sleeping-rooms, 129, 196, 311. Of schoolrooms, 223. Of sick-rooms, 237. In construction of houses, 261, 264. Where stoves are used, 281. _See_ Air.

Vermin, on destroying, 323.

Vertebrae, 72.

Virtue, _see_ Morals.

Vulgar habits, 144.

W.

Wadsworth's cottage, 273, 274.

Wages, exorbitant, of domestics, 205. Offering higher, 211.

Waiting at table, 309.

Walking for exercise, 131.

Wardrobes, 312.

Washing, of clothes done by pupils, 55. Of the body, 92, 93, 119, 121. Of children, 121, 122. Water for, 284. Articles to be provided for, 284. Common mode of, 285. Of calicoes, 287. Soda-washing, 287. Of various articles, 288. Of carpets, 304. Of dishes, 318. _See_ Bathing.

Wash-pans for children, 121.

Waste matter, from the skin 92, 118.

Water, protection against, in the skin, 93. On drinking, 111. Drinking too much, 112. Plunging infants in cold, 113. _See_ Drinks, _and_ Stimulating.

Wealthy mothers, influence of their example, 49.

Wells, remedy for air in, 242. Remarks on, 259, 275.

West, on female hardships in the, 46.

Wheat, unbolted, 105.

Whitening, of lace veils, 293. Of other articles, 296.

Whitewashing, 279.

Wicks, 282.

Winter, air and sleep in, 125.

Women, European contempt for, 30. American esteem for, 30. Influence of, on individuals and nations, 37. Exercise taken by English, 45. Responsibleness of, 52. Eating without being hungry, 98. Responsibility of, as to intemperance, 106. Precedence given to, in America, 141. Importance and difficulty of their duties, 155. General principles for, 158; frequent inversion of them, 160. Men engaged in their work, 164, 165. On their keeping accounts of expenditures, 173, 174. Imagining themselves domestics, 205. _See_ American women.

Wood, for fuel, 280.

Wooden ware, 321.

Woodhouses, 273, 276, 277.

Woollens, on washing, 289.

Workbaskets, 325.

Y.

Yellows, the, 350.

Young children, female influence on their character, 37. Mismanagement of, 43. Management of, 42, 220. Animal food for, 220. At the Albany Orphan Asylum, 222. Intellectual and moral training of, 223. Three habits for, 224. On distancing, 226. On appreciating their enjoyments and pursuits, 227. Keeping them happy, 231. On ridiculing, 231. Modesty and propriety in, 233. Impurity of thought in, 233.

Young Ladies' Friend, cited, 134.