emselves talk.
The gossip germ is born of ignorance and vacuity and breeds best in idle
minds. No one is influenced by the vaporings of a gossip, her words die
in empty air. She injures herself only. The loquacious pest who brings
to us the tales which the scandal-monger manufactures is the one who
robs us of our peace and is unforgivable. To dignify the malicious
intentions and idle nothings of an evil mind by carrying them further is
an expression of degeneracy that is urgently in need of active
disinfection. To vilify another is foolish; to repeat it, is the
function of a rogue. Your friends bring you the glad tidings of the good
things that are said about you: your enemies are those who, in the holy
name of friendship, bring to you the poison of evil gossip. "Keep still
and be well."

THE HOME

CHAPTER XXVII

"If we are eager to do something to lighten the load of
another, eager to sacrifice self; to cheer, and counsel, and
inspire; to leave unsaid some unkind word, to forget our own
troubles in the larger trouble of a friend, we are
home-builders."

"A married woman can't decently spend her life in playing
bridge, and in running ribbons through her underclothing She
hasn't any right just to camp on her husband's trail.

"No woman on earth has a right to maintenance unless she gives
value received."

DOMESTIC QUALITIES

A Good Housekeeper and Home-maker--What Constitutes a good
Housekeeper--Preparation and Selection of Meals--Washing
Dishes--Pots and Pans--Dusting and Cleaning--Work Cheerfully
and Be Thorough--Don't Be a Dust Chaser--Don't Get the
Anti-sunshine Habit--Air Your Rooms--The Ideal Home--The
Medical Essentials of a Good Meal--What Makes the Home--Working
for Something--The Average Housewife's Existence Is
Slavery--What Shall We Work For--Making Ends Meet--Rest and
Recreation--Try a Nap--Get Enough Sleep at Night--Go Out of
Doors--Take a Vacation Now and Then--Life Insurance--Owning a
Home--The Cheerful Wife and Mother--The Indifferent Wife and
Mother--Husband and Wife.

A GOOD HOUSEKEEPER AND HOME-MAKER.--If the young wife carries out the
suggestions made on the preceding pages and thereby contributes her part
to establishing the material success of the co-partnership, will she
profit in any other way?

She will have become a good housekeeper and home-maker.

Houseke