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,