502

Curtains, 98

——, bedroom, 101

——, nursery, 746

——, sickroom, 756

Cussy soup, 260

Custard apples, 568

—— sauce, 465

—— soup, 254

Custards, 404

Cutlets, fish, 270

Cut-outs for electric light, 95

Cuts, 788

Cyanide of potassium poisoning, 792

Cycling, 886

Cygnet, 347


D Traps, 45, 46

Dab, 278

Dace, 278, 580

——, boiled, 278

——, stewed, 278

Dachpappe roof, 6

Dairy, 154

——, aspect for, 3

——, building, 154

——, butter, 156

——, —— room, 156

——, —— yield, 156

——, ceiling, 155

——, cheese, 159

——, churning, 157

——, churns, 158

——, cooling, 154, 158

——, cream jars, 156

——, cream yield, 156

——, directions for, 158

—— door, 155

—— farming as an industry, 158

—— floor, 154

——, literature, 167

——, milk pans, 154, 155, 156, 158

——, position, 154, 158

——, proportions, 154

——, quality of milk, 156

——, shelves, 154

——, skimming milk, 156

——, temperature, 154

—— utensils, washing, 154, 156, 158

——, ventilation, 154

—— walls, 154

—— windows, 155

Dal-puri, 498

Dame Trot dress, 731

Damp cellar, curing, 9

—— course, 5

Dampers of kitchen ranges, 224

Dampness in dwellings, 4

Dam-pukht, 498

—— of duck, 498

Damson cheese, 404

—— wine, 196

Damsons, 579

——, bottled, 142

Dance refreshments, 647

Dances, old-fashioned, 652

Dancing floors, 651

Dandelion tea, 196

Dandelions, 375

Dandriff, 707, 809

Danish jelly, 405

Darned patch, 891

Darning, 895

Dash wheel, 854

Date pudding, 405

Daventry cheese, 164

Davey’s safety motor, 946

Davis’s gas cooker, 236

Dawes’s window fastener, 108

Daylight, 82

—— reflectors, 83

Dead, disinfecting, 820

Deadly nightshade poisoning, 792

Decanters, cleaning, 532

December gardening, 935

—— markets, 581

Decorating, 95

—— bedrooms, 101

—— ceilings, 99

—— kitchen walls, 96

—— walls, 99

—— windows, 100

Decorticated meal, 594

Decoudun ironer, 856

Deep-well pump, 22

Defects in cheese, 163

—— —— sanitation, detecting, 40

Defries safety lamp, 84

Derby cake, 213

Derbyshire cheese, 165

Desks, 862

Dessert, eating, 635

Destroying vermin, 556

Detecting defects in sanitation, 40

—— fire, 109

Devil sauce, 465

Devilled crab, 278

—— fowl, 349

—— kidneys, 321

—— mackerel, 286

—— oysters, 289

—— salmon, 295

—— sardines, 296

—— turkey, 367

Devonshire cream, 155

—— junket, 155

Dhall curry, 499

Dhurries, 98

Diagonal darn, 896

Diarrhœa, 806

Dicke milch, 490

Diet bread, 213

Dietetics, 583

Digestibility of foods, 589

Digestive foods, 774

Dilapidations, law of, 957

Dimity curtains, 98

Dingy pudding, 490

Dining room, 583

—— ——, aspect for, 3

—— —— furniture, 98

—— —— literature, 647

Dinner, laying, 613

—— wines, 641

Dinners, bills of fare, 635

——, Christmas, 640

——, etiquette of, 633

——, Lenten, 639

——, vegetarian, 639

Diphtheria, 814

Diplomatic pudding, 405

Dipstone trap, 52

Dip traps, 38

Dircksian phantasmagoria, 676

Direct-action closets 47, 48

Disagreeable odours, removing from hands, 533

Discharge of waste pipes, 44

—— pipes, 38

Disconnecting chambers, 51

—— —— for drains, 42

—— gullies, 18

—— traps, 51

Disinfecting ashpits, 50

—— cellars after floods, 55

Disinfection, 817

Dislocations, 808

Distress for rent, 956

Dog bites, 781

Dogs and burglars, 108

Dolma Hindi, 511

Dolmas, 512

Domestic motors, 936

—— remedies, 717

—— safety lamps, 84

—— system of electric light, 93

Dominoes, 690

Doopiazeh curry, 500

Door, dairy, 155

Dorée cordial, 185

Dorset, double, cheese, 164

Dotterel, 580

Double Dorset cheese, 164

—— filter cistern, 34

—— Gloucester cheese, 165

—— square darn, 896

—— windows, 60, 83

Doubtful Visitor, 683

Dough, curing sour, 208

Dover’s powder, 778

Down draughts from chimneys, 43

Dow’s range, 230

Draining walls, 5

Drains, 51

—— admitting sewer gas, 39

——, bad joints in, 40

——, brick, 51

——, cast-iron, 54

——, course of, 52

——, dipstone trap for, 52

——, disconnecting, 42

——, dry laid, 52

——, faults in, 54

——, flap trap in, 54

——, foul air from, 52

——, house, 35

——, inspection by vestry, 54

——, —— chambers in, 54

——, joints in, 52

——, main, 51

——, manholes in, 52

——, pipe, 52

——, rats in, 51, 53

——, removing grease from, 50

——, slope for, 38

——, stoneware, 52

——, stopped, 38, 50

——, testing, 40, 52

——, ventilation of, 38

Draught, sluggish, 80

——, want of, in ranges, 225

Draughts, avoiding, 55

——, excluding, 56

Drawing room, 648

—— ——, aspect for, 3

—— —— chairs, 97

—— —— etiquette, 648

—— —— tables, 97

Draw-off pipes, 44

Draw sheet, 759

Dresdener torte, 490

Dress, 709

——, fancy, 728

—— for the moors, 722

—— —— walking tour, 722

—— —— yacht, 722

——, lawn tennis, 722

——, taste in, 714

——, travelling, 721

Dressed cauliflower, 373

—— crab, 277

—— sardines, 296

—— whiting, 306

Dresses, coloured, cleaning, 549

Dressing fish, 268

Dressing-gowns, 708

—— -jackets, 708

—— -room, 706

Dried cherries, 140

—— haddock, 280

—— turtle soup, 267

Drinking in hot weather, 603

—— liqueurs, 635

—— -water, 519

—— - —— cisterns, 45

—— - —— taps, 45

—— - ——, test for, 24

—— wine, 635

Drinks, 602

——, aerated, 171

—— for invalids, 774

—— summer, 205

Dripping paste, 421

——, turned, 112

Driving, 911

Drop biscuits, 213

Dropped stitch, 900

Drops, 213

Drowning, 788

Drum principle in warming, 76

Drunkard’s Dream, 682

Dry laid drains, 52

—— ratafia, 185

Drying bottles, 170

——flooded houses, 54

—— -room, 856

Duck, carving, 629

——, dam-pukht, 498

——, roast, 347

——, stewed, 347

Ducks, 347, 566, 569, 571, 573, 578, 580

——, keeping, 925

Duckweed and non-potable water, 604

Duel, 680

Dunlop cheese, 165

Duplex safety lamps, 84

Dutch cheese, 166

—— dishes, 487

Dutch dress, 728, 735

—— sauce, 466

Dwellings, airing, 7

——, aspect, 2

——, back-to-back, 7

——, bathroom, 49

——, bells, 102

——, calls, 102

——, chemically heating, 82

——, construction, 3

——, dampness in, 4

——, decoration, 95

——, drains, 52

——, excluding snakes from, 8

——, floors, 7, 96

——, foundation, 4

——, furniture, 95

——, general arrangements, 7

——, heating by steam, 81, 82

——, heating by water at high pressure, 81

——, housemaid’s sink, 45

——, in earthquake countries, 10

——, lighting, 82

——, prospect, 2

——, pumps, 20

——, reducing echoes, 8

——, roof, 5

——, sanitation, 35

——, sinks, 50

——, site, 1

——, situation of closet, 7

——, soil, 1

——, supplementary literature, 111

——, thieves, 108

——, trees around, 2

——, ventilation, 55

——, warming, 60

——, water cisterns, 18, 43

——, water closets, 45

——, water pipes, 19, 44

——, waterproofing walls, 8

——, water purification, 24

——, water supply, 12

Dysentery, 806

Dyspepsia, 812


Eagle Bottom Grate, 223

Ear complaints, 808

Earth closets, 48

Earthenware cooking vessels, 239

—— cream jars condemned, 156

Earthquake countries, building in, 10

Earwigs, destroying, 558

Eating cheese, 634

—— dessert, 635

—— entrées, 633

—— fish, 633

—— fruit, 635

—— game, 633

—— ices, 635

—— poultry, 633

—— salad, 635

—— savouries, 634

—— soup, 633

—— vegetables, 634

Echoes, reducing, 8

Eclat grate, 70

Economising kitchen heat, 76

Eczema, 823

Eels, 278, 568, 571, 573, 578, 580

——, broiled, 278

——, collared, 279

——, fricassée, 279

——, fried, 279

——, galantine, 279

——, matelote, 279

——, patties, 487

——, pie, 279

——, roast, 279

——, stewed, 279

Egg balls, 267

——, boiling, 241

—— bread, 452

—— dishes, 450

—— dumplings, 490

—— flip, 196

—— lemonade, 774

—— nogg, 454

—— pie, 482

—— purée, 457

—— rolls, 457

—— salad, 384

—— sauce, 466

—— snow, 458

—— —— pudding, 405

Egg-plant fruit, 375

Eggs à la bonne femme, 450

—— à la maître d’hôtel, 450

—— à la Tartuffe, 450

—— and artichokes, 450

—— —— caviar, 450

—— —— mushrooms, 451

—— —— olives, 451

—— —— sorrel, 451

—— —— tomatoes, 451

—— as food,