Laundry requisites--The stove and furnishings--Irons and holders--Preparing the "wash"--Removing stains--Soaking and washing--Washing powders and soap--Washing woolens--Washing the white clothes--Starch--Colored clothes--Stockings--Dainty laundering--How to wash silk--Washing blankets--Washing curtains--Tidying up and sprinkling--Care of irons--How to iron CHAPTER VIII TABLE FURNISHINGS By SARAH CORY RIPPEY Dining-room cheer--Stocking the china-cupboard--The groundwork--Course sets--Odd pieces--Silver and plate--Glass--Arrangement--Duties of the waitress--The breakfast table--Luncheon--Dinner--The formal dinner--The formal luncheon--Washing glass--Washing and cleaning silver--How to wash china--Care of knives CHAPTER IX THE BEDROOM By SARAH CORY RIPPEY Light and air--Carpets versus rugs--Mattings--Wall covering--Bedroom woodwork--Bedroom draperies--Bedroom furnishing--Careful selection--Toilet and dressing tables--Further comforts--The bedstead--Spring, mattress, and pillows--Bed decoration--Simplicity--Care of bedroom and bed--Vermin and their extermination CHAPTER X THE BATH ROOM By OLIVER R. WILLIAMSON Plumbing--Bath room location and furnishing--The tub--The lavatory--The closet--Hot water and how to get it--Bath room fittings CHAPTER XI CELLAR, ATTIC, AND CLOSETS By SARAH CORY RIPPEY The cellar floor--Ventilation--The partitioned cellar--Order in the cellar--Shelves and closets--The attic--Order and care of attic--Closets--The linen closet--Clothes closets--The china closet--Closet tightness--Closet furnishings--Care of closets and contents CHAPTER XII HANGINGS, BRIC-A-BRAC, BOOKS, AND PICTURES By SARAH CORY RIPPEY The charm of drapery--Curtains--Portieres--Bric-a-brac--The growth of good taste--Usefulness with beauty--Considerations in buying--Books--Their selection--Sets--Binding--Paper--Pictures--Art sense--The influence of pictures--Oil paintings--Engravings and photographs--Suitability of subjects--Hanging of pictures CHAPTER XIII THE NICE MACHINERY OF HOUSEKEEPING By SARAH CORY RIPPEY Monday--Tuesday--Wednesday--Thursday--Friday--Saturday--House cleaning--Preparation--Cleaning draperies, rugs, carpets--Cleaning mattings and woodwork--Cleaning beds CHAPTER XIV HIRED HELP By SARAH CORY RIPPEY The general housemaid--How to select a maid--Questions and answers--Agreements--The maid's leisure time--Dress and personal neatness--Carelessness--The maid's room--How to train a maid--The daily routine--Duties of cook and nurse--Servant's company LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS A $3,400 House. . . . . . . . Frontispiece A Unique Arrangement of the Porch A Homelike Living Room An Attractive and Inexpensive Hall An Artistic Staircase Hall An Oriental Rug of Good Design: Shirvan Good Examples of Chippendale and Old Walnut A Chippendale Secretary The Dining Room The Kitchen The Laundry Wedgwood Pottery, and Silver of Antique Design A Collection of Eighteenth-century Cut Glass The Bedroom