INDEX.
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Almond paste for the hands, 48
Apt to be hasty, 80
All is fair in love and war, 81
Age to marry, the best, 99
Age of puberty to marriage, from the, 107
A happy marriage, the basis of, 118
Abortion, 128
Abortion, the cause of, 129
Abortion, means of preventing, 133
Amenorrhœa—suppression of the menses, 140
Alterative, or liver powder, 147
Anti-dyspeptic pills, 147
Ague pills, 148
Ague drops, 149
Anodyne headache pills, 149
Arrowroot jelly, 157
Arrowroot gruel, 159
Autumn leaves and ferns, to prepare, 181
Articles of white zephyr, to clean, 184
Artificial honey, 205
Breath, to purify the, 31
Bleach and purify the skin, to, 31
Bloom rose, 34
Brilliant, beautiful eyes, how to have, 35
Beautiful eyelashes, how to have, 36
Beautiful mouth and lips, to have a, 39
Bleaching lotion, 47
Baldness, to cure, 61
Bleach the hair, to, 63
Boston Burnet powder, 65
Birth of the first child, 89
Bleeding at the lungs, 151
Barley water, 157
Bread jelly, 159
Beef liquid, 159
Beef tea, 160
Bedbugs, to get rid of, 166
Bleach the leaves, to, 181
Bluing, 183
Blue powder, to make, 188
Brush, the, 189
Bronze work, 191
Bronzing, directions for, 193
Bronzing statuettes, 194
Begonia stemming, to make, 195
Brilliant self-shining stove polish, 202
Cleopatra's freckle balm, 29
Cure profuse perspiration, to, 31
Cleopatra's enamel, 31
Cure freckles, to, 31
Cosmetic bath, a, 32
Certain cure for eruptions, 34
Clear the complexion, to, 34
Cure and refine a blotched skin, to, 34
Cure and prevent wrinkles, to, 34
Cure weak eyes, to, 36
Cure watery and inflamed eyes, to, 37
Care of the teeth, the, 40
Cure foul breath, to, 44
Cure toothache, to, 44
Camphorated chalk, 45
Camphor paste, 45
Cure red hands, to, 48
Coarse hands, to whiten, 49
Chapped hands, 51
Cause the skin to become satin-smooth, to, 51
Cause the bloom of youth to return, 52
Cause the hair to grow, to, 60
Charm those whom you meet, to, 72
Courtship a momentous matter, 83
Conception, 121
Change, a remarkable, 121
Changes in the breast, 122
Childbirth a natural process, 123
Cramps of the legs, etc., 126
Chlorosis, or green sickness, 137
Cessation of the menses—change of life, 141
Cathartic and liver pills, 147
Certain remedy for ague, 148
Consumption, for, 151
Cough syrup, 152
Cough mixture, 152
Compound tincture of myrrh, 152
Cordial for summer complaints, 153
Coffee milk, 160
Crust, coffee, 161
Cranberry water, 161
Chicken broth, 161
Calves'-foot jelly, 162
Chambers, 176
Coffee starch, 183
Copper bronze, 194
Decayed teeth, for, 44
Decayed teeth, mixture for, 46
Dye the hair flaxen, to, 63
Days of the week—their importance, 68
Duration of pregnancy, 123
Diet, the, 124
Detection of pregnancy, sure test for the, 127
Delayed menstruation, 135
Duty of mothers, 135
Dyspeptic ley, 148
Dr. Jordan's cholera remedy, 154
Deafness, 155
Drink in dysentery, 161
Drunkenness, to cure, 168
Different kinds of perfume, to make, 169
Dining-room, 177
Do your own stamping, how to, 187
Dry stamping, 188
Distributor, to make a, 188
Dark blue powder, 189
Decalcomania, 196
Eruptions, 24
Extreme paleness, 26
Excoriations, 28
Eyes, to cure weak, 36
Eyes, to care watery and inflamed, 37
Eyes, general care of, 37
Eyelashes, to improve the, 36
Eyelashes, to have beautiful, 36
Elegant hair, to have, 60
Electrical psychology, 69
Early marriage, 99
Everything for love, 111
Expectorant tincture, 152
Eggs, 165
Extract the essential oil from flowers, to, 168
Enamel for shirt bosoms, 184
Exotic leaves, 194
Electric powder, 205
Freckles, 25
Freckles, to remove, 29
Flesh-worms, to remove, 30
French face wash, 32
French lip salve, 40
Fine tooth powder, 44
Finger nails, the, 49
French remedy for baldness, 63
Fortunate and unfortunate days, 67
Fondness for cousins, 95
Flirtation, 96
False sense of duty, 112
Falling of the womb, 143
Fever powder, 149
French milk porridge, 160
Fluid, No. 1, 2, and 3, 163
Fresh-blown flowers in winter, 166
Flour starch, 184
Fine starch, 184
Fruit stains, 185
Flannels, to wash, 186
Floral basket in bronze, 193
French polish for leather, 205
German lip salve, 41
Golden hair secret, the, 62
Gestation, period of, 122
Gum acacia restorative, 164
Get rid of bedbugs and mosquitoes, how to, 166
Gall soap, 183
Grease, to take out, 185
Green bronze, 193
Geranium leaves, 196
Hands, chapped, 51
Hair, the, 52
Hair restorative, 61
Hair, to bleach, 63
Hair, to dye flaxen, 63
Hair, keeping curled and crimped, 63
Hair, powder for preserving, 64
Hair to make grow quickly, 64
Hair falling out, to prevent, 65
Human temperaments, the, 66
How to charm those whom you meet, 72
Hop bitters, 146
Home decoration, 171
House plants, to care for, 179
Healing salve, 200
Itch, the, 17
Improve the skin, to, 33
Improving the hair, for, 63
Important advice to females, 68
Inverted toe-nail, 156
Irish moss jelly, 158
Isinglass jelly, 158
Iron rust, to remove, 185
I X L baking powder, 204
Kalydor for the complexion, 33
Lemon cream, 29
Lip salve, white, No. 1, 40
Lip salve, No. 2, 40
Love and respect, 77
Love and marriage, 94
Leucorrhœa, whites, flour albus, 144
Laziness, to cure, 168
Milk of roses, 33
Mouth pastilles, 44
Mixture for shampoo, 64
Mesmerism, 70
Marriage, 73
Married people, 102
Monogamy, 116
Marriage customs, 117
Morning sickness, 126
Menstruation, 134
Malt infusion, 164
Milk for infants, 165
Magnetic croup cure, 201
Magic annihilator, 203
Necessary evils, 109
Nutritive fluids, 162
Preparation for whitening the skin, 30
Pimples, to remove, 32
Pomade d'Hebe, 34
Preservative tincture for the teeth, 45
Powder for preserving the hair, 64
Polygamy, 125
Polyandry, 117
Pregnancy, labor, parturition, 121
Parturient balm, 128
Premature labor, 128
Pills for asthma, 151
Pills for chronic bronchitis, 151
Pills for neuralgia, 151
Pills for dysentery, 150
Pile ointment, 155
Panado, 160
Prevent horses being teased by flies, 167
Prevent flies lighting on windows, pictures, etc., 167
Poisons and their antidotes, 206
Rouge, liquid, 33
Rye tooth powder, 45
Red hands, to cure, 48
Rough hands, to cure, 49
Rheumatic pills, 150
Rice water, 157
Refreshing drink, a, 157
Rice, 158
Rice jelly, 158
Rice gruel, 158
Restorative jelly, 160
Render paper fireproof, to, 168
Royal washing powder, 203
Rashes and redness, 27
Skin, the, 22
Scurf, scurvy, 27
Soften and whiten the skin, 30
Soft, white hands, 46
Sexual intercourse—its laws and conditions, 105
Seduction, 110
Soothing cough mixture, 152
Scrofulous syrup, 153
Sago gruel, 159
Scorch, to take out, 183
Turkish lotion, 207
Wrinkles, 28
Wrinkles, to remove, 35
Wrinkles, lotion for, 35
Wrinkles, wash for, 35
Wash for scald heads, 65
Whiten the skin, to, 65
Warts, 51
Waterproof boots, to prepare, 168
Worm elixir, 201
Wonderful starch enamel, 203
Transcriber's Note
Obvious typographical errors have been fixed. See below for the detailed list.
Issues fixed
page 11—typo fixed: changed 'Decalcomanie' to 'Decalcomania'
page 14—typo fixed: changed 'Feuchwanger's' to 'Feuchtwanger's'
page 15—typo fixed: changed 'Montey' to 'Montez'
page 27—typo fixed: changed 'expoliation' to 'exfoliation'
page 31—typo fixed: changed 'pitachia' to 'pistachia'
page 32—typo fixed: changed 'skum' to 'scum'
page 39—typo fixed: changed 'domimonde' to 'demimonde'
page 43—typo fixed: changed 'opreation' to 'operation'
page 44—typo fixed: changed 'Teuchwanger's' to 'Feuchtwanger's'
page 45—typo fixed: changed 'Talk' to 'Take'
page 51—typo fixed: changed 'particulary' to 'particularly'
page 59—typo fixed: changed 'strengh' to 'strength'
page 72—typo fixed: changed 'magnitized' to 'magnetized'
page 72—typo fixed: changed 'through' to 'though'
page 90—typo fixed: changed 'bady' to 'baby'
page 93—typo fixed: changed 'elevaton' to 'elevation'
page 101—typo fixed: changed 'eighteeth' to 'eighteenth'
page 102—typo fixed: changed 'probabilty' to 'probability'
page 106—typo fixed: changed 'Carpentar' to 'Carpenter'
page 122—typo fixed: changed 'preceptible' to 'perceptible'
page 128—typo fixed: changed 'increase' to 'increases'
page 153—typo fixed: changed 'rhubard' to 'rhubarb'
page 155—typo fixed: changed 'corbonate' to 'carbonate'
page 191—typo fixed: changed 'tupentine' to 'turpentine'
page 202—typo fixed: changed 'diagreeable' to 'disagreeable'
page 206—typo fixed: changed 'flower' to 'flour'