600

—— au gratin, 451

——, baked, 452

——, buttered, 452

——, choosing, 572

——, curried, 452

——, devilled, 453

—— en matelote, 453

——, forced, 453

——, formation of, 920

——, fried, 453

—— in cases, 454

——, keeping, 113, 118

——, laying, 921

——, omelets, 454

——, packing, 924

——, poached, 457

——, savoury, 458

——, scalloped, 458

——, Scotch, 458

——, scrambled, 458

——, setting, 921

——, stewed, 459

——, stuffed, 459

—— sur plat, 459

——, Swiss, 459

——, testing, 922

Egyptian pudding, 405

Eingemacht melonen, 120

Elder chutney, 133

—— ketchup, 134

Elderberry wine, 197

Elder-flower wine, 197

Electric bell, circuit closer, 103

—— —— making, 106

—— —— wire, 102

—— bells, 102

—— coil, 765

—— lighting, 93

—— ——, accumulators, 94

—— ——, arrangement, 93

—— ——, bichromate pile, 93

—— ——, cut-outs, 95

—— ——, globes, 95

—— ——, lamps, 94

—— ——, switches, 95

—— motors, 953

Electro-magnet for bell, 106

Elixir vitæ cordial, 185

Ellis’s cabinet Turkish bath, 832

Elva, 512

Emerald green poisoning, 793

Emergencies, 780

Empress rice, 429

Enamelled saucepans, 238

Endive, 565, 570, 572, 582

—— salad, 384

Enemas, 764

Enemata, 764

English butter inferior, 157

—— rarebit, 449

Entrées, eating, 633

Epicurean sauce, 467

Epsom salts, 778

Eruptions, febrile, 813

Erysipelas, 813

Escaping from fire, 109

Essence bitters, 181

—— of bark, 778

—— —— camphor, 778

—— —— cedrat, 178

—— —— ginger, 778

—— —— lemons, 178

—— —— orange, 178

—— —— peppermint, 778

—— —— raspberry, 179

—— —— strawberry, 179

Essences for aerated waters, 178

Essential oil of almonds poisoning, 792

Etena zarvatte, 512

Ether poisoning, 792

Etiquette of dining, 633

—— —— drawing room, 648

—— —— luncheons, 641

—— —— teas, 642

Etna cement, 233

Eton pudding, 405

Eureka gas cooker, 235

—— oil stove, 79

Evening milk, 156

Evils of brick drains, 52

Excluding draughts, 56

Excreta, disinfecting, 817

Excuses, making, 651

Executions by axe or guillotine, 683

Exercise, aim of, 870

—— and feeding, 602

——, regulation of, 871

Exercising infants, 748

Expectorants for coughs, 802

Explosions of lamps, 84

Extinguishing fire, 109

Extract Bishop cordial, 185

—— punch cordial, 186

Eye complaints, 808


Face paints, 654

Fainting, 790

Fairy butter, 467

Falkland pudding, 405

Fancy breads, 210

—— dresses, 728

Farls, 215

Farmyard, 907

——, books, 929

Fat, keeping, 112

—— rascals, 405

Fattening, 602

Faubonne soup, 267

Faults in drains, 54

Feather beds, 701

Feathers, 98

—— cleaning, 522

February gardening, 931

—— markets, 565

Feeding, 583

——, artificial, 598

—— bottles, 751

—— children, 750

—— patients, 768

Feeding the weak, 597

Feet, cold, 798

Felt roof, 6

Fenders, cleaning, 523

Fennel sauce, 467

Fermentation of fruit syrups, preventing, 175

Fermenting wine, 190

Ferments in cheese, 161

Fevers, 813

Fig pudding, 405

Figs, 574

——, keeping, 118

——, preserved, 142

Filbert biscuits, 213

Filter, pail, 26

Filtering cisterns, 33

—— tank for rain-water, 16

—— ventilators, 57

—— water, 16, 23

Filters, animal charcoal, 21, 27

——, carbo-calcis, 29

——, care of, 24

——, charcoal, 27

——, construction of, 26

——, gravel and sand, 26

——, iron, 30

——, magnetic carbide, 29

——, manganese-charcoal, 29

——, neglect of, 24

——, objects of, 25

——, porous pottery, 32

——, silicated carbon, 28

——, spongy iron, 24, 30

——, wood charcoal, 23, 27

Filtration, objects of, 25

Fine drawing, 895

—— herbs sauce, 467

Finger glasses, 635

Finings for beer, 180

Fire accidents, 111

——, causes of, 108

——, checking, 109

——, detection, 109

——, escaping from, 109

——, extinguishing, 109

—— for ventilation, 55

—— in sick room, 755

—— insurance, 962

—— lighting, 64

——, saving life at, 110

—— scenes, 659

Firearms, cleaning, 523

Fire-bricks, 232

Fireproof cement, 232

Fireproofing garments, 111

Fish, 268

——, as food, 599

——, baking, 268

——, boiling, 268

——, broiling, 268

——, boudin, 269

——, bouillabaisse, 269

——, buying, 565, 566, 567, 569, 570 571, 573, 575, 578, 580, 582

—— cakes, 269

——, carving, 620

——, chowder, 270

—— croquettes, 270

—— curry, 270

—— cutlets, 270

——, dressing, 263

——, eating, 633

——, fried, 505

——, frying, 268

—— jelly, 270

——, keeping, 113

—— moolie, 270, 499

—— omelet, 270

—— patties, 271

——, pickled, 503

—— pilau, 500

—— pudding, 271

——, pulled, 271

—— quenelles, 271

—— roe sauce, 482

—— salad, 271, 384

—— sauce, 467

——, smoking, 124

—— stewed with egg and lemon sauce, 505

——, stewing, 269

—— stock, 246

—— toast, 271

Fisherwoman of Zuider Zee dress, 723

Fits, 790

Fixtures, law of, 957

Flag floors, 7

Flamande sauce, 484

Flannel patch, 892

—— strengthening patch, 892

Flannels, cleaning, 549

Flap-trap in drains, 54

Flat flame gas burners, 87

Flats, pipes from, 49

Flavours, 478

Fleas, destroying, 558

Flemish costume, 742

—— soup, 254

Fletcher’s gas cooker, 236

Flickering gas, 85

Flies, destroying, 558

Floating bodies, experiments with, 673

Flock-paper, 97

Floods, precautions after, 54

——, wells contaminated by, 55

Floor, bedroom, 101, 699

—— coverings, 96

——, dairy, 154

——, nursery, 746

Floorcloth, 97

——, cleaning, 524

——, washing, 97

Floors, 96

——, cleaning, 527

——, concrete, 7

——, dancing, 651

——, flag, 7

—— of dwellings, 7

——, stained, 96

——, stopping chinks in, 56

—— tile, 7

——, varnished wood, 7

——, varnishing, 96

——, wood, 7

Flounder, 279

——, water souchet, 280

Flounders, buying, 565, 566, 569, 570, 571, 573

——, carving, 621

Flour, buying, 566

——, composition, 593

—— for bread, 208

—— gruel, 769

——, keeping, 114

Flower garden, 930

Flowers in bedroom, 700

Flues, 79

——, cleaning, 224

Flummery, 405, 427, 490

Flushing w.c.’s, 48

Fly, 514

Fly-paper poisoning, 793

Foam sauce, 472

Folding serviettes, 617

Fomentations, 763

Food, flesh-forming, 587

——, function, 586

——, heat-producing, 587

——, quality needed, 583

——, quantity needed, 583

Foods, animal, 591

——, curing, 123

——, digestibility, 589

——, grain, 592

——, infants’, 751

——, keeping fresh, 112

——, nutritive values, 588

——, sickroom, 768

——, smoking, 123

——, testing, 519

——, vegetable, 591

Fool’s parsley poisoning, 792

Football, 875

Fop dress, 735

Forced eggs, 453

Forcemeat, 468

—— balls, 259

—— for turkey, 368

Force-pump, 22

Foreign cheeses, 165

—— dishes, 481

—— nursemaids, 754

—— outfits, 722

—— school clothes, 717

—— schools, 868

Fou-fou soup, 514

Foul air from drains, 52

Foundation of dwellings, 4

Four-fruit ratafia, 186

Fowl, 347

——, boiled, 347

——, boning, 349, 350

——, braised drumsticks, 347

——, carving, 628

——, chaudfroid, 347

——, cold, 348

——, country captain, 348

——, curried, 348

—— cutlets, 348

——, devilled, 349

——, fillets, 349

——, fricassée, 349

——, galantine, 350

——, grilled legs, 351

——, old hen, 351

——, panada, 352

—— pilau, 501

——, poos-pass, 352

——, roast, 352

—— salad, 352

—— soufflé, 353

——, stewed, 353

——, stuffed, 511

——, timballe, 353

——, vol au vent, 353

Fowls, breeds, 919

——, buying, 565, 566, 569, 570, 571, 573, 578, 580, 581

——, chickens, 923

——, fatting, 923

——, formation of egg, 920

——, house, 919

——, incubators, 922

——, laying, 921

——, packing eggs, 924

——, setting eggs, 921

——, sitting, 922

——, testing eggs, 922

Foxglove poisoning, 792

Frames, cleaning, 545

France, cheese-making in, 163

Franchise, 962

Freezing-machines, 440

—— -powders, 440

French bean salad, 384

—— beans, 375, 569, 573, 574

—— ——, keeping, 114, 118

—— cognac bitters, 181

—— Farmer’s wife dress, 745

—— lady of Henry I. dress, 742

—— pie, 406

—— plums, 582

—— rolls, 213

—— soup, 254

Fresh air, 55

—— ——, warming, 77

Freshening air of rooms, 56

Friar’s balsam, 778

Fricadel, 490

Friesland dress, 735

Frieze,