A manual of home-making

CHAPTER Vm Stoves and Cookers 207 CHAPTER IX Methods of Keeping Foods Cool 220 CHAPTER X Kitchen Utensils ......... 225 Utensils best adapted to various cooking processes . . . 225 Special utensils and equipment • •. . • . • 228 Arrangement of utensils ....... 230 How to prepare new utensils for use . . . .231 How to protect metals not in use ...... 232 Materials and their care 232 CHAPTER XI Table Setting and Serving ....... 240 Table setting 240 Table service ......... 244 Some table manners and customs ..... 247 CHAPTER Xn The Laundry 249 Fabrics 249 Water 250 Soap 253 Starch . . . 257 Bluing 261 Washing 261 X CONTENTS PAGE Bleaching 273 Ironing 273 Equipment for the laundry 276 CHAPTER XIII Stain Removal 282 Methods for treatment of stains in general .... 284 Specific methods for individual stains 287 PART III CLOTfflNG CHAPTER XIV Textiles 307 Cotton 307 Linen 312 Wool 315 Silk 321 Artificial silk 324 Ramie 325 Jute 325 • Tests for fabrics 326 Weave 329 CHAPTER XV The Making of Clothing 330 Equipment for the sewing room ...... 334 Preparation of materials ....... 336 How to take measurements ....... 338 Kinds of patterns . 340 How to estimate the amount of material .... 342 How to place the pattern on the material .... 344 How to mark a pattern for basting 348 How to cut a garment ... ..... 352 How to baste a simple garment . 353 Kinds of seams for garments 358 CONTENTS Xi PAGE How to make a foundation belt 350 Fitting gannents 360 How to make a skirt even at the bottom .... 363 How to keep bias seams from sagging ..... 364 Suggestive finishes to be used by the home worker . 364 Suitable materials for various types of dresses and waists. 360 Suggestions for economy in dress 360 Making simple undergarments 360 Clothing for children 381 Patching 388 Cloth darning 380 Stocking darning. 301 CHAPTER XVI MiLUNBRT 303 How to select a hat 303 Renovating materials 400 Simple handmade trimmings 404 PART IV FOODS AND NUTRITION CHAPTER XVII Planning the Daily Meals 407 Good foods for supplying the body's needs .... 408 How to estimate the daily need of fuel 412 How to estimate the daily need of protein .414 How to estimate the daily need of lime, iron and phosphorus . 415 Some rules for planning meals . ' . 425 Food for the prospective mother ...... 433 Food for the nursing mother 434 Formulas for infant feeding ...... 435 The part milk should play in the diet during growth 436 CHAPTER XVIII Marketing for the Household 438 Bu}ring fresh or staple foodstuffs ...... 430 Bu}ring canned foods ........ 445 xii CONTENTS CHAPTER XIX PAGE Food fob the Sick 455 Fluid diet 455 Soft or semi-fiolid diet 457 Light or convalescent diet 458 Care and feeding for incipient colds ..... 458 Care and feeding for constipation 459 Diet during a condition of intestinal putrefaction 461 Care and diet for indigestion . ...... 461 Diet in fever 462 Modified milk diets for typhoid fever 463 Food for tuberculosis patients ...... 463 CHAPTER XX Beverages 465 Coffee 466 Tea 468 Cocoa 470 Fruit juices 472