Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million: Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic Arts

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale · 1879

House Cleaning--Repairing Furniture--Cleaning Stoves and Grates--Mending Glass, China, &c.--Coloring and Polishing Furniture, &c.--Removing unpleasant Odors--Fires--Water and Cisterns--Carriages and Harness--Washing--To remove Stains--To clean Silks, Lace, &c.--Paste, Glue, and Cement--Dyeing--Blacking for Boots, Shoes, &c.--To destroy Insects--The Kitchen, &c. _Page 9 to 88_ Rules for the preservation of Health--Simple Recipes efficacious in common diseases and slight injuries--Burns and Scalds--Fevers --Plasters, Blisters, Ointments, &c.--Poisons and Antidotes--Baths and Bathing--The Toilet, or hints for the preservation of Beauty--The Dressing-Table _Page 89 to 150_…

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