Perspiration, 92, 93. Demands supply of food, 96. From exercise, healthful, 114. During sleep, 126. On inducing, 235, 236. Physical education, _see_ Exercise, _and_ Health. Physicians, obeying, 239. Piano, playing on the, 252. Pictures, 302, 304. Pills, 236, 237, _note_. Pitch, on removing, 297. Plans, for apportioning time, 158, 160. For duties, 162, 166, 167. For saving time, 184. For expenses, 186. Of houses, 261. Planting flower seeds, 332. Plants, collecting, 253. In rooms with stoves, 281. Soil for, 331. Propagation of, 341. _See_ Flowers, _and_ Seeds. Poisoning, 241. Politeness, _see_ Courtesy, _and_ Manners. Poor, Mosaic laws as to the, 182. On work for the, 189, 190. Liberal prices and prompt payment to the, 191. _See_ Charity. Pores, closing the, 119. _See_ Skin. Portico, latticed, 277. Positions, effects of, 73, 80. Potash-soap, 291. Pot-plants, soil for, 331. Pots, transplanting from, 333. Powders, labelling, 239. Precocity in children, 198. Privies, 276. Propagation of plants, 341. Propensities, 170. Property, Jews' use of, 182. Unequal distribution of, 191. On sharing, 191. On using, properly, 193. Pruning, 346. Pumps, 275. Punctuality, and want of it, 128. In paying the poor, 191. Purchases, on making, 193, 194. Puritans, manners of the, 137. Q. Quality of food, 98. Quantity of food, _see_ Food. R. Ranunculus, 335. Rats, 323 Red ants, 323. Registrations of births, 113. Religion, perversion of, 198. Religious excitement, 197. Respect, American want of, 139, 141. Should be required at home, 142. _See_ Courtesy. Respiration, organs of, 87. Rewards, governing by, 230. Roman Catholics, health of, during Lent, 100. Romans, _see_ Greeks. Rooms, arrangement of, 259. Running into debt, 232. S. St. Martin, Alexis, experiments on, respecting food, 104. Salary, plan as to using, 186. Salt, for bleeding, 243. Salts, 236. School, hints on, 48, 223. Too much required in, 49. On keeping, only in the afternoon, 49. On sending young children to, 223. Schoolrooms and schoolhouses, 133. Not ventilated, 196, 223. Built by a lady in the West, 202. _See_ Female. Scolds, 149, 154. Scotch Highlanders, 221. Screens, in parlors, 353. _See_ Eyes. Secret vice, 233. Sedgwick, Miss, her Live and Let Live, 213, _note_. Seeds, on planting, 332, 333. Of fruit, on planting, 347. Self-denial, happiness of, 169. Distinction as to, 170. Of wealthy women, 201, 202. In children, 224, 232. Servants, on calling domestics, 207. _See_ Domestics. Services, paying children for, 164. Settees for ironing, 293. Setting tables, 307. Rules for, 308. Sewing, by girls, 254. Hints on. 324. Sewing-trunks, 162. Sexes, M. De Tocqueville on the, 28. Distinct lines of action for the, 28, 32, 33. American equality of, 33. Shade-trees, 275, 340. Shells, collecting, 253. Shirts, folding, 315. Making, 328. Shrubs, for yards, 340.