furniture--Mahogany and oak--Substantiality--Superfluity--Hall
furniture--The family chairs--The table--The
davenport--Bookcases--Sundries--Willow furniture--The dining
table--Discrimination in choice

CHAPTER V

HOUSEHOLD LINEN

By SARAH CORY RIPPEY

Linen, past and present--Bleached and
"half-bleached"--Damask--Quality--Design--Price and size--Necessary
supply--Plain, hemstitched, or drawn--Doilies and table
dressing--Centerpieces--Monograms--Care of table linen--How to
launder--Table pads--Ready-made bed linen--Price and quality--Real
linen--Suggestions about towels

CHAPTER VI

THE KITCHEN

By SARAH CORY RIPPEY

The plan--Location and finish--The floor--The windows--The sink--The
pantry--Insects and their extermination--The refrigerator and its
care--Furnishing the kitchen--The stove--The table and its care--The
chairs--The kitchen cabinet--Kitchen utensils

CHAPTER VII

THE LAUNDRY

By SARAH CORY RIPPEY

Laundry requisites--The stove and furnishings--Irons and
holders--Preparing the "wash"--Removing stains--Soaking and
washing--Washing powders and soap--Washing woolens--Washing the white
clothes--Starch--Colored clothes--Stockings--Dainty laundering--How to
wash silk--Washing blankets--Washing curtains--Tidying up and
sprinkling--Care of irons--How to iron

CHAPTER VIII

TABLE FURNISHINGS

By SARAH CORY RIPPEY

Dining-room cheer--Stocking the china-cupboard--The groundwork--Course
sets--Odd pieces--Silver and plate--Glass--Arrangement--Duties of the
waitress--The breakfast table--Luncheon--Dinner--The formal dinner--The
formal luncheon--Washing glass--Washing and cleaning silver--How to wash
china--Care of knives

CHAPTER IX

THE BEDROOM

By SARAH CORY RIPPEY

Light and air--Carpets versus rugs--Mattings--Wall covering--Bedroom
woodwork--Bedroom draperies--Bedroom furnishing--Careful
selection--Toilet and dressing tables--Further comforts--The
bedstead--Spring, mattress, and pillows--Bed decoration--Simplicity--Care
of bedroom and bed--Vermin and their extermination

CHAPTER X

THE BATH ROOM

By OLIVER R. WILLIAMSON

Plumbing--Bath room location and furnishing--The tub--The lavatory--The
closet--Hot water and how to get it--Bath room fittings

CHAPTER XI

CELLAR, ATTIC, AND CLOSETS

By SARAH CORY RIPPEY

The cellar floor--Ventilation--The partitioned cellar--Order in the
cellar--Shelves and closets--The attic--Order and care of
attic--Close