Co-operative housekeeping, 186-193; Mrs. Peirce’s description of, 186, 187; advantages, 187; Rochdale Pioneers, 187; Cambridge, Mass. Co-operative Housekeeping Association, 187, 188; weak points, 188-191; does not allow for weaknesses of human nature, 188-190; practical difficulties in serving food, 190; not desired by majority, 190, 191; “The Roby,” 191; experiments usually co-operative boarding, simply, 191; Mr. Bellamy’s scheme of, 192. Corporal punishment of servants, colonial laws concerning, 45. Cost of living as affected by specialization of household employments, 230. Darwin, Mrs. E. W., on domestic service in England, 128, n. Davenant, Charles, on England’s good fortune in being able to ship convicts to America, 17. DeFoe, Daniel, _Behaviour of Servants_, 48, n., 114, 115, 120, n., 128. Delaware, colonial law fixing reward for capturing runaways, 44. Democratic spirit, prevalence of, in early part of century, 61; characteristic of native born servants of early part of century, 61; revival of, 66, 228. Desserts, prepared out of the house, 214. District of Columbia, largest number of domestics employed in, 82. Division of labor, see Labor, division of. “Domestic” recommended as substitute for “general servant,” 207. Domestic employees in early New England, native born and of high character, 11; their self-respect, 49, n. Domestic employees in colonial period, see also Convicts, transported, Freewillers, Indians, Negroes, Redemptioners.