Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper. Catharine Esther Beecher

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СКАЧАТЬ in early Life—Mutual Relations of Husband and Wife—Parents and Children—The Rearing of Children to Courtesy—De Tocqueville on American Manners 260

      CHAPTER XIV.

      THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD TEMPER IN THE HOUSEKEEPER.

       Easier for a Household under the Guidance of an equable Temper in the Mistress—Dissatisfied Looks and sharp Tones destroy the Comfort of System, Neatness, and Economy—Considerations to aid the Housekeeper—Importance and Dignity of her Duties—Difficulties to be overcome—Good Policy to calculate beforehand upon the Derangement of well-arranged Plans—Object of Housekeeping, the Comfort and well-being of the Family—The End should not be sacrificed to secure the Means—Possible to refrain from angry Tones—Mild Speech most effective—Exemplification—Allowances to be made for Servants and Children—Power of Religion to impart Dignity and Importance to the ordinary and petty Details of domestic Life 274

      CHAPTER XV.

      HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER.

      Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform—Her Duties not trivial—A Habit of System and Order necessary—Right Apportionment of Time—General Principles—Christianity to be the Foundation—Intellectual and social Interests to be preferred to Gratification of Taste or Appetite—Neglect of Health a Sin in the Sight of God—Regular Season of Rest appointed by the Creator—Divisions of Time—Systematic Arrangement of house Articles and other Conveniences—Regular Employment for each Member of a Family—Children—Family Work—Forming Habits of System—Early Rising a very great Aid—Due Apportionment of Time to the several Duties 280

      CHAPTER XVI.

      HEALTH OF MIND.

      Intimate Connection between the Body and Mind—Brain excited by improper Stimulants taken into the Stomach—Mental Faculties then affected—Causes of mental Disease—Want of oxygenized Blood—Fresh Air absolutely necessary—Excessive Exercise of the Intellect or Feelings—Such Attention to Religion as prevents the Performance of other Duties wrong—Unusual Precocity in Children usually the Result of a diseased Brain—Idiocy often the Result, or the precocious Child sinks below the Average of Mankind—This Evil yet prevalent in Colleges and other Seminaries—A medical Man necessary in every Seminary—Some Pupils always needing Restraint in regard to Study—A third Cause of mental Disease, the Want of appropriate Exercise of the various Faculties of the Mind—Extract from Dr. Combe—Beneficial Results of active intellectual Employments—Indications of a diseased Mind 293

      CHAPTER XVII.

      CARE OF THE AGED.

      Preservation of the Aged, designed to give Opportunity for Self-denial and loving Care—Patience, Sympathy, and Labor for them to be regarded as Privileges in a Family—The Young should respect and minister unto the Aged—Treating them as valued Members of the Family—Engaging them in domestic Games and Sports—Reading aloud—Courteous Attention to their Opinions—Assistance in retarding Decay of Faculties by helping them to Exercise—Keeping up Interest of the Infirm in domestic Affairs—Great Care to preserve animal Heat—Ingratitude to the Aged: its baseness—Chinese Regard for old Age 301

      CHAPTER XVIII.

      CARE OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

      Interesting Association of Animals with Man, from Childhood to Age—Domestic Animals apt to catch the Spirit of their Masters—Important Necessities—Good Feeding—Shelter—Cleanliness—Destruction of parasitic Vermin—Salt and Water—Light—Exercise—Rule for Breeding—Care of Horses: Feeding, Grooming, special Treatment—Cows: Stabling, Feed, Calving, Milking, Tethering—Swine: naturally cleanly, Breeding, fresh Water, Charcoal, Feeding—Sheep: winter Treatment—Diet—Sorting—Use of Sheep in clearing Land—Pasture—Hedges and Fences—Poultry—Turkeys—Geese—Ducks—Fowls—Dairy Work generally—Bees—Care of domestic Animals, Occupation for Women 305

      CHAPTER XIX.

      CARE OF THE SICK.

      Prominence given to Care and Cure of the Sick by our Saviour—Every Woman should know what to do in the Case of Illness—Simple Remedies best—Fasting and Perspiration—Evils of Constipation—Modes of relieving it—Remedies for Colds—Unwise to tempt the Appetite of the Sick—Suggestion for the Sick-room—Ventilation—Needful Articles—The Room, Bed, and Person of the Patient to be kept neat—Care to preserve animal Warmth—The Sick, the Delicate, the Aged—Food always to be carefully prepared and neatly served—Little Modes of Refreshment—Implicit Obedience to the Physician—Care in purchasing Medicines—Exhibition of Cheerfulness, Gentleness, and Sympathy—Knowledge and Experience of Mind—Lack of competent Nurses—Failings of Nurses—Sensitiveness of the Sick—“Sisters of Charity,” the Reason why they are such excellent Nurses—Illness in the Family a providential Opportunity of training Children to Love and Usefulness 313

      CHAPTER XX.

      FIRES AND LIGHTS.

      Management of Lamps and Candles 324

      CHAPTER XXI.

      CARE OF ROOMS.

      Miscellaneous Advice as to Furniture, setting Tables, Packing, and Stowing—Rules for Washing, Carving, and Helping—Care of Chambers, Kitchen, and Cellar 330

      CHAPTER XXII.

      CARE OF YARDS AND GARDENS.

      Preparation of Soil—Making a Hot-bed—Re-potting—Laying out Yards and Gardens—Care of house Plants—Propagation of Plants—Ingrafting—Cultivation of Fruit by Women 349

      CHAPTER XXIII.

      SEWING, CUTTING, AND FITTING.

      How to instruct in these Arts in common Schools 361

      CHAPTER XXIV.

      ACCIDENTS AND ANTIDOTES.

      Treatment of the Drowned—Antidotes for Poisons—Conduct in Thunder-storms and Fires 366

      CHAPTER XXV.

      RIGHT USE OF TIME AND PROPERTY.

      Meaning of the Word Right—How do Men decide what is wise, best, and right?—What is an intuitive Principle in all rational Minds—Who are called righteous and virtuous Men in all Nations and Ages—Effect of Danger in deciding what is right—The Law of Rectitude or Right—Distinction between emotive Love and voluntary Love illustrated by Christ’s Teachings and Example—Explanation of “Faith,” “Love,” and “Repentance,” СКАЧАТЬ