, 94-96

Advancement, wife's contribution to business, 142-153

Affection, security of, 159

Allowance, wife's, 16, 49

Ambition, 6, 164

American Eugenic Society, 90-91

Antagonism, emotional, 104-105

Apartment houses, 20-21

Appearance, preserving attractive, 78-79

Appliance replacements, 70-71

Art museums, visits to, 25, 119

Assessments, property, 72

Automobile:
depreciation of, 70
expenses, 69-70

Baby:
bonds, 84
budget, 88
time for first, 82-84

Bacon, Lord, 90

Banks, savings, 67

Banning, Margaret Culkin, 25

Baseball, 17

Biologies, 118

Biologists, heredity studies of, 32

Birth:
control methods, 23
questions of, 114-116, 118
rate, 41
season of, 33
weather and, 33-34

Birthdays, eminent people's, 33-34

Blood tests, 22

Blunders, marriage, 1-2, 5, 8, 20-21, 48, 97-110

Boredom, 161, 165

Borrowing, budget and, 19, 71, 84

Brides-to-be, advice to, 17

Bridge, advice on, 17

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Browning, Robert, 127, 138-139

Budget:
baby, 88
borrowing and, 71
family, 67-79

Business:
failures, 141-142
wife's aid in, 141-153

Bussing, Elizabeth, 66-79

Buying (_see_ Purchasing)

Careers, wives', 43-53

Carlyle, 133

Cells, sperm, 35, 117

Challenge, marriage, 1

Character:
courtship candidate's, 6
development, 128-129, 164

Chastity, benefits of, 25

Checking account, wife's, 16

Cheerfulness, wife's, 147

Child marriages, 118

Children:
adopted, 94-96
clothes of, 78
cost of, 46, 69, 82-84, 89-90
cultural value of, 42
economic readiness for, 40-42, 82-84, 90
emotional stability of, 113
environment of, 95
feeding, 82
health of, 28, 78, 82-83
heritage rights of, 28
illegitimate, 94
insurance for, 71-72
lack of, 29-30, 93-94
marital conflict and, 161-162
medical care of, 28, 78, 82-83
monogamy and, 162
number of, 40-42, 82-83, 90
nursing, 83
parents' responsibility to, 161-162
planning for, 16, 28-29, 31, 40-42, 46, 69, 80-96, 107
pleasures of, 82
postponing, 46
preparing for, 16
saving for, 40-42, 82-84, 90
sex activities of, 121-125
sex instruction of, 111-125
sliding-wage scale for, 91
spoiled, 159
toys of, 78

Christian faith, 137

Church attendance, 134-135

City apartment houses, 20-21

Clothing:
allowances, 69-70, 73, 78, 97, 146-147
child's, 78
depreciation of, 70
part