Food, on the conversion of, into nourishment, 87. Responsibility as to, in a family, 94. On taking too much, 94, 95, 128. On one kind of, for each meal, 95. Should be taken at proper times, 96. Strong laboring men need most, 96. Quantity of, to be graduated by exercise, 97. On the quality of, 98. Stimulating, 99. Animal and vegetable, 99, 100, 220, 221. Kinds of, most easily digested, 101, 104, 105. Injurious, from bad cooking, 101. On eating, too fast, 101, 128. On exercise after taking, 102. On hot and cold, 103. Highly concentrated, 104. Certain _bulk_ of, necessary to digestion, 105. For infants, 214, 216. For nurses, 215. Sickness from improper, 235. Preparing, for the sick, 239. Footstools, 303. Foreigners, employed as domestics, 40. Forewarning domestics, 211. Forwardness of domestics, 209. Franklin, Benjamin, diet of, 222. Frocks, to make, 326. Fruit, on the cultivation of, 251, 347. To preserve, 350. Fuel, hints as to, 280. Furnaces, 260, _note_. Furniture, on costly, 163, 167. On inconsistent, 188. On selecting, 302. Packing of, for moving, 316. Kitchen, 319. G. Games of children, 253. Garden seeds, to plant, 333. Gardening, 331. Gardens, at female institutions, 251. On laying out, 334. Gas, antidote for, 242. Gastric juice, 88, 94. Gathering, in shirts, 325. Girls, on sending, to school, 48, 60. Should assist their mothers early, 49. Education of, at the Monticello Female Seminary, 54. Confinement of, in school, 133. Small, made useful, 164. Forming habits of system, 167; of making purchases and keeping accounts, 188. Effects of excitement on, 197. Taking care of infants by, 214. _See_ Daughters, _and_ Females. Gladiolus, 335. Gloves, cleansing, 298. Godfrey, Benjamin, Female Seminary endowed by, 54. Gooseberries, 348, 350. Gothic cottage, 271. Government of children, 226. Unsteadiness in, and over-government, 228. Maxims on, 229. _See_ Children, Subordination, _and_ Young children. Grafting, 344. Grapes, 349, 350. Grates, 281. Gratifications, on physical, 159, 171, 172. Grease-spots, 289, 297, 298. In carpets, 304. Greeks and Romans, bathing by, 120. H. Habit, in a system of duty, 166. Handkerchiefs, cleansing, 298. Happiness, dependence of, on character, 169. On living to make, 169, 200. Connected with duties, 183. Hard-soap, to make, 291. Head, blows on the, 241. Headache, 78, 95.