Grown-up daughters, 208 -- families, 207 Guests, making them comfortable, 145 Guipure lace for curtains, 91 Hall, 41 -- candlesticks, 45 -- ceilings papered, 47 -- flooring, 43 -- gas-lamps, 47 -- lighted from the sides, 99 -- -- -- -- top, 99 -- oil lamp unsuited for, 89 Halls, stone, 48 Happy childhood, 196 Harding Bros., address of, 52 Hare soup, 214 Harness for carriage, price of, 228 Hassan and Co.’s chickens, 28 Healthy children, 162 Heavy mahogany, 2 Hewett’s bazaar, 32 -- dessert services, 32 Hoarding in garrets, 230 -- old clothes, 137 Honest mechanic, prospect for an, 117 Honeycomb quilts, 116 Horse, price of, for carriage, 228 Hot-water cans for bedrooms, 127 -- dishes, 35 House decoration and the landlord, 37 -- -- Collison & Lock’s, 37 -- -- Morris’s, 37 -- -- Smee’s, 37 -- hunting, 4 -- inspection, preliminary, 5 -- rent, 19 Household books, 21 -- economy, 20 -- servants, young girls as, 18 Housekeeping bills, 154, 211 Housemaid’s duties, 35 -- pantry, 29 House-mother, life of, not appreciated, 183 Ideal and real nurseries, 161 Indian matting for schoolroom floors, 192 -- tapestry, Liberty’s, 87 Infant and nurse, 175 Infants, knowingness of, 172 Informal gatherings, 89 Inherited tendencies, 201 Ink-erasers for hand cleaning (Perry’s), 192 Inkstands purchased at Baker Street Bazaar, 64 Invalids, cooking for, 221, 222 Inventions Exhibition, 99 Iron brackets and lamps, 99 Jack Tar suit, 200 Jackets and trousers for boys, 200 Japanese fan, 76, 77 -- -- for fireside, 85 -- leather paper, 56, 58 -- -- -- for the hall, 46, 86 -- paper for wardrobe panels, 110 -- screen for piano, 87 Joss-sticks, 189 Judicious watchfulness regarding servants, 156 Jugs and pots, Elliot’s, 45 Jury of matrons, 172 Kidderminster squares, 80, 81 Kilburn Orphanage, 230 Kitchen arrangements, 9 -- capabilities of, 9 Kitchen ceilings, annual white-washing of, 12 -- dado in, 11 -- dinner, 158 -- dismal, 11 -- grates skimped, 12 -- -- smells from, 13 -- management, 10 -- passages, 11 -- position of, 10 -- staircase a cause of worry, 10 -- underground, 10 -- utensils, 15 -- wash-tub not needed for, 18 Kitcheners, Steel & Garland’s, 12 Koffee Kanns, Ashe’s, 34 Kurd rugs, 46 Kyrle Society, 7 Ladies’ chamber in retirement, 186, 187 Lahore cretonne, 106 Lamp brackets, 99 -- screens, German, 100 -- -- selecting colour of, 101 Lamps, beaten iron, 47, 99, 102 -- Benson’s, 102 -- brass, 111 -- china, 99 -- duplex, for nursery, 168 -- glass hanging, 99 -- Mortlock’s, 99 -- paraffine, Drew’s, 102, 116 -- Smee’s, 47 -- Strode’s, 47, 99, 102 Landing, the, 4 Landseer, Sir Edwin, 178 Leases and structural repairs, 4 Legs of mutton, 19 -- -- -- à la Bretonne, 218 Lemon pudding, 28 Liberty’s cretonnes, 78 -- sashes, 200 -- silk handkerchiefs, 41 -- -- -- for curtains, 94 -- tapestries, 83 Lighting bedrooms, 120 -- of sitting-rooms, 98, 99 Linen marking, 115