246
—— suet pudding, 343
——, sweetbread, 343
—— tea, 344
——, vol au vent, 344
Vegetable carbon as a filter, 23
—— curry, 496
—— foods, 591
—— garden, 930
—— marrow, 381, 573, 574
—— —— flowers, stuffed, 506
—— —— preserve, 153
—— —— soup, 267
—— marrows, keeping, 114, 122
—— ——, stuffed, 381, 512
—— soup, 267
—— stock, 246
Vegetables, 371
——, buying, 565, 566, 568, 569, 570, 572, 573, 574, 576, 578, 582
——, eating, 634
——, keeping, 113
Vegetarian dinners, 639
Veils, 713
Vellum, cleaning, 542
Velocipeding, 886
Velvet joining, 894
Venice cake, 220
Venison, 369
——, buying, 563, 571, 573, 575, 580, 581
——, carving, 62
—— collops, 369
——, hashed, 370
—— pasty, 370
——, roast haunch, 369
—— stew, 370
Venomous bites, 781
Ventilating by gas, 87, 90
—— by the chimney, 57
—— cellar, 168
—— cowls, 59
—— sickroom, 755
—— soil pipes, 49
—— walls, 5
Ventilation, 55
—— by fires, 55
—— by glass louvres, 56
—— by perforated panes, 56
—— by windows, 55
—— of dairy, 154
—— of drains, 38
—— of w.c.’s, 46
—— pipes, 43
—— through side walls, 57
—— without draught, 55
Ventilators, filtering, 57
—— for kitchen range, 226
—— in ovens, 224
—— necessary for gas, 85
Venus pudding, 436
Vermicelli soup, 267
Vermin, destroying, 556
—— killers, poisoning by, 793
Vermouth liqueur, 190
Vestry, inspection of drains by, 54
Victoria pudding, 436
—— soup, 267
Vienna bread, 220
—— steak, 308
Vinaigrette, 308
——, beef, 316
Vinegar, 136
——, making, 136
—— plant, 136
——, primrose, 136
——, raspberry, 137
——, tarragon, 137
Vint, 696
Violet ratafia, 190
Violin, cleaning, 555
—— bow, cleaning, 556
Visitors to patient, 758
Voice, loss of, 803
Vote, 962
Waffles, 437, 486
Wages, law of, 959
Waiting at table, 607
Wakefulness, 703
Walking dress, 722
Wallachian dress, 731
Wall-papers, 99, 101
—— - ——, cleaning, 556
Walls absorbing water, 4
——, basement, 96
——, bedroom, 101, 699
——, coloured, 99
——, dairy, 154
——, decorating, 99
——, draining, 5
——, kitchen, 96
——, night nursery, 102
——, nursery, 101, 746
——, painted, 99
——, passage, 96
——, scullery, 96
——, varnished, 99
——, ventilating, 5
——, —— through, 57
——, waterproofing, 8
Walnut ketchup, 134
—— pickle, 137
—— ratafia, 190
Walnuts, 573, 579
——, keeping, 123
——, preserved, 153
Want of draught in ranges, 225
Wardrobe, 98
Warming, 60
——, American stoves, 70
—— bedroom, 699
——, blower, 80
—— by chemicals, 82
—— by gas, 77
—— by high-pressure water, 81
—— hot air, 60
—— by hot water, 80
—— by oil stoves, 79
—— by steam, 81, 82
——, causes of heat, 61
——, close-fire stoves, 71
——, combustion, 61
——, convoluted stoves, 74
——, drum principle, 76
—— economisers, 63
——, economising kitchen heat, 76
——, effects of heat, 60
——, flues, 79
—— fresh air, 77
——, gas hot-air stove, 78
——, German stoves, 74
——, gill stoves, 73
——, hot-air furnace, 75
——, lighting fires, 64
—— milk pans, 155
——, modern open grates, 65
—— northerly rooms, 77
—— open grates, 61
—— open stove, 62
——, Pridgin Teale on, 62
——, principles, 60
——, —— of grates, 61
——, radiant heat, 60
——, rules for grates, 62
——, slow-combustion stoves, 72
——, sluggish draught, 80
——, smoky chimney, 80
——, underfed grate, 71
——, varieties of grate, 61
Warts, 825
Washing by steam, 848
—— casks, 169
—— -copper, 848
—— dairy utensils, 154, 156, 158
—— floorcloth, 97
—— hair, 810
—— hands, 706
—— infants, 748
—— -machines, 851
Washleather gloves, cleaning, 532
Wash-out closets, 48
Washstand, 98, 101
Wasps, 561
Wassail bowl, 206
Waste of water, 12
—— pipes of cisterns, 19, 44
—— —— for sink, 45
Watches, cleaning, 556
Water absorbed by walls, 4
——, amount required, 12
—— as a drink, 603
—— at high pressure, heating by, 81
——, bacteria in, 23
—— bath, 242
—— cisterns, 18
—— —— in roof, 39
—— closets, 45
—— ——, flushing, 48
—— —— in bedroom, 49
—— ——, position of, 47, 48
—— ——, qualifications, 47
—— ——, safe tray, 46
—— ——, seats, 48
—— —— supply of water, 44
—— ——, trapping waste pipe, 40
—— ——, traps, 46
—— ——, ventilation of, 46
—— ——, water contaminated by, 40
—— ——, water-waste preventers for, 50
—— contaminated in the cisterns, 39
—— —— from w.c., 40
——, drinking, 519
—— essential in diet, 601
—— gruel, 410
——, hard, 519
—— heating, 78
—— in gas pipes, 85
——, law of, 958
—— pans for ovens, 224
—— pipes, 19
—— power, 937
——, purification, 16, 23
—— service pipes, 20
——, soft, 519
——, sources of, 13
——, storing in cisterns, 19
—— supply, 12
—— —— to w.c.’s, 44
——, surface soakage, 14
——, test for purity, 24
——, testing, 519
——, underground supply, 14
——, waste of, 12
—— —— preventers, 50
——, when potable, 604
Watercress and potable water, 604
—— butter, 477
—— salad, 387
Water lentil and non-potable water, 604
Waterproofing walls, 8
Waterproofs, 714
Wax for bottling, 138
Weak subjects, diet for, 597
Weaning infants, 750
Weather influence on diet, 595
Wedding breakfasts, 646
Weevil in malt, 180
Weight as a guide to health, 602
Well-drained house, 37
Wells, 14
—— contaminated by floods, 55
——, dangers of, 14
——, demand on, 15
——, sinking, 15
Welsh dress, 739
—— rarebit, 449
West Indian dishes, 514
—— —— outfit, 727
Westphalia loaves, 335
Wet cloths for freshening air of rooms, 56
Wharncliffe grate, 67
Wheatears, 571, 572, 573
Whelks, buying, 565
Whipped cream, 403, 477
Whist, Siberian, 696
White bread, 593
—— cabbage salad, 484
—— precipitate poisoning, 793
—— sauce, 379, 477
—— salmon, 573
—— sharp sauce, 474
—— soup, 267
—— stock, 246
—— wine negus, 206
Whitebait, 304, 567, 569, 570, 573
——, fried, 304
Whiting, 305, 565, 566, 569, 570, 571, 573, 578, 580, 582
—— à la Venetienne, 305
—— au gratin, 305
—— aux fines herbes, 305
——, baked, 305
——, carving, 622
——, dressed, 306
——, fillets, 306
——, fried, 306
—— in jelly, 306
—— puddings, 306
Whole meal, 593
Whooping cough, 802
Whortleberry cakes, 484
Widgeon, 568, 580, 581
Wigs, 437
Wild cherry bitters, 181
—— duck, 565, 566, 573, 580, 581
—— —— sauce, 478
Wildfowl, 371
——, carving, 631
——, grilled, 371
——, roast, 371
——, salmis, 371
Willesden paper roof, 6
Will-o’-the-Wisp, 681
Wilson range, 229
Wind as a motive power, 936
—— machine, 657
Window fastenings, 108
Windows, area of, 82
——, burglar-proof, 108
——, cleaning, 529
——, curing steam on, 83
——, dairy, 155
——, decorating, 100
——, double, 60, 83
—— for cold climates, 60
—— for ventilation, 55
——, heat lost by, 60
——, nursery, 101
——, perforated panes for ventilating, 56
——, sickroom, 756
——, stopping chinks in, 56
Wine as food, 602
——, barreling, 190
—— bins, 190
—— biscuits, 220
—— bottling, 190
——, cooling, 191
——, dinner, 641
——, drinking, 635
——, fermenting, 190
——, fruit for, 190
——, home-made, 190
—— jelly, 437
—— making, 190
——, racking off, 190
—— roll, 437
—— sauce, 478
Winkles, buying, 565
Winter cream, 437
Wiring bobbins for bell, 107
Wizard’s incantation, 681
Wonderful jugglers, 680
Wood charcoal as a filter, 23
Woodcock, 565, 566, 568, 580, 581
——, carving, 630
—— on toast, 371
——, roast, 371
Wooden cisterns, 19
—— floors, 7
—— slate roof, 6
Worcester sauce, 478
Workroom, 890
Wormwood liqueur, 190
Wounds, 788
Wright’s gas cooker, 235
Writing, 864
—— letters, 649
Wrought-iron cisterns, 19
Yachting dress, 722
Yeast, brewers’, 207
——, German, 208
——, making, 208
Yeasts in cheese, 161
Yewberry poisoning, 793
York biscuits, 220
Yorkshire cake, 220
—— pudding, 437
—— range, 231
Yule cake, 220
Zinc-lined cisterns, 19
—— vessels, cleaning, 540
Zrazy, 507
Zuchillo, 504
—— sauce, 476
Zweibach,