Index

Acquiescence, 102, 109 Adjustments, marital, 9-11, 16, 104-110 Adolescence, 119, 158 Adopted children, 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 British Dictionary of National Biography, 34 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 party, 4 wife's, 146-147 College students: marriage courses, 12, 25 premarital examination of, 10-12 Compromises, 57-59 Concentrated intimacy, 60-61 Concerts, 17 Conflict, avoiding marital, 97-110 Constitutional vigor, 33-34 Contempt, 104 Conversation: benefits of good, 18 wife's, 146-147 Cooperation, 103-104 Courage, 7, 103 Courts, avoiding divorce, 97-110 Courtship, 1-12 Courtship candidate: character of, 5-6 courage of, 7 mental growth of, 6 wearing qualities of, 5-6 Cowardice, 102-103 Criticism, 16 Culture, aids to, 142 Date, wedding, 16 Day-to-day expenses, 70 Death statistics, 32 Debt, dangers of, 19, 71, 84 Defective teeth, 30 de Maupassant, Guy, 131 Dental bills, 77 Dependence, mutual, 48 Dependents: marriage and, 19 provision for, 70 Depreciation allowances, 70-71 Diabetes, 30 Dickinson, Stanley G., 140-153 Diet, 34 Dinner-table conversation, 147 Dionne quintuplets, 118 Disappointments, marriage, 1-2, 5, 8, 20-21, 48, 97-110 Disease statistics, 32 Divorce: averting, 97-110 grounds for, 29 rates, 14, 20-21 Doctor: bills, 77-78 certificate of fitness by, 22 counseling service of, 10, 25-26, 30, 36-37, 92-93 Dress (see Clothing) Drummond, Henry, 137 Duncan, Matthews, 93 Durable goods budget, 70-71 Duty, marriage, 27-42 Earning power: husband's, 66-69, 141 wife's, 73-74 Economy, domestic, 66-79, 97 Education: health, 35 religious, 126-139 sex, 9-10, 12, 111-125, 128 Elementary school children, sex instruction of, 114 Emotional: antagonism, 104-105 instability, 31-32, 36, 142, 144, 159-160 reactions, 4-5 restraint, 8 stability, 13, 34, 61-62 Emotions: checking runaway, 159-160 child's, 113 Employment, wife's outside, 21, 73-74 Engagement: intimacy of, 16 length of, 18 period, 13-26 Engineering school, marriage and, 19 England, birthdays in, 33 Entertainment expense, 76-77, 147 Environment: child's, 95 defects, 32-36 home, 140-141 postnatal, 35-36 pre-natal, 35-36 Eugenics, progress of, 36 Everyday life, party manners versus, 4 Examinations, medical, 10-12, 22, 28-29, 36, 94 Exercise, benefits of, 17-18, 76-77 Expense, marriage, 66-79, 88 Extravagance, 75, 78 Eyesight, poor, 30 Failures, marriage, 1-2, 5, 8, 20-21, 97-110 Faith: Christian, 137 religious, 126-139 Family: budget, 16, 18, 67-79, 140-141 doctor, 10, 25-26, 30, 36-37, 92-93 income, 16, 49 insurance, 71-72 jokes, 107 joys, 106-107 planning, 28-29, 31, 80-96 size of, 40-42, 82-83, 90 support of, 66-79, 108 welfare, 109-110 Father fixation, 6-7 Fatigue statistics, 32 Fault-finding, avoidance of, 16 Faust, 133 Feeblemindedness, 31 Fertilization, 114, 117-118 Financial: independence, 48-49 planning, 16, 18, 45, 66-79 Fingers, misshaped, 30 Fire insurance, 72 Fishing, 17 Fitness: for marriage, 22, 27-42 physical, 28-31 Food: budget, 68-70, 73, 82 child's 82 France, birthdays in, 33 Frankness, 108 Friends, value of, 20-21, 60 Fuel, cost of, 69 Furniture replacements, 70-71 Gallagher, E. G., 94 Germany, birthdays in, 33 Gifted women, 52-53 Golf, 17 Good Housekeeping: Health and Happiness Club, 84 marriage-relations course, 140 Gospels, reading of, 134-135 Grooms-to-be, advice to, 17-18 Groves, Dr. Ernest R., 1-12, 154-166 Groves, Gladys Hoagland, 54-65, 154-166 Grudges, surrender of, 104 Guidance: marriage, 3, 9-10, 12, 25-26, 30, 36-37, 56-65, 92-93 Hardy, Thomas 137 Harelip, 30 Harmony, home and business, 142-153 Harper, President, 129 Hart, Dr. Hornell, 97-110 Health: and Happiness Club, 84 child, 28 education, 35 ideal temperatures for, 33 weather influences on, 32-34 Heart ailments, 30 Heat, cost of, 69 Hereditary defects, 30-36 Heredity studies, 32 High school children, sex instruction of, 114-115, 118 Hobbies, 17 Home: acquiring equipment for, 16 childless, 29-30 children spoiled at, 159 cultural value of, 42 environment, 140-141, 143 happiness in, 28, 107 harmony of business and, 142-153 moral code of, 124-125 location of, 20-21 ownership, 71-73 planning, 21 purchase price of, 73 religion in, 126-139 renting, 67-70, 72-74 sex instruction in, 111-125 stability of, 162 Honeymoon arrangements, 20 Hospital: bills, 74, 77-78, 83 plan, 77 Household management, 44 Hudson, on shepherd's home, 166 Human: genetics, 36 reproduction, 114-120 Huntington, Dr. Ellsworth, 22, 27-42, 89 Husband: dependence of wife and, 48 selection of, 3-5 understanding, 107 Idiots, 31 Illegitimate children, 94 Imbeciles, 31 Income: husband's, 66-69, 141 wife's outside, 73-74 Incubator babies, 118 Indebtedness, marriage and, 19, 71, 84 India, birthdays in, 33 Infatuations, 159-160 Inheritance, child's, 28 Inge, Dean, 135 Instruction: religious, 126-139 sex, 9-10, 12, 111-125, 128 Insurance: benefits to children, 71-72 choice of, 18-19 fire, 72 life, 67, 71-73 renewable term, 71-72 straight life, 71 Intemperance, 24, 158 Interests, development of, 146 Intimacy, undue concentration of, 60-61 Irritants, elimination of, 105-106 Jealousy, 16, 104 Jokes, family, 107 Joys, family, 106-170 Junior-high-school children, sex instruction of, 118 Kenyon, Dr. Josephine Hemenway, 84 Laboratory experiments, controlled, 32-33 Law school, marriage and, 19 Lease, ownership versus, 67-70, 72-74 Leisure, 142 License, marriage, 22 Life: adjustments, 63 changed ways of, 7-8 everyday, 4 intimacy of married, 54-65 joys of married, 127, 140-153 mode of, 34 refinements of, 142 successful married, 13-15, 22, 54-65, 102-110, 140-153, 163-164 Life insurance: company budget forms, 67 provision for, 71 savings aspect of, 72-73 straight, 71 Literature, sex, 9-10, 12 Longevity: vigor and, 33-34 weather and, 33-34 Love: aids to, 163 earlier, 15 falling in, 13 quarrels, 16, 157 Luxury clothes, 73 Manners, party, 4 Marriage: adjustments, 9-11, 16, 104-110 benefits of, 140-153 blunders, 1-2, 5, 8, 20-21, 48, 97-110 challenge, 1 child, 118 clinics, 25 college courses on, 25 conferences on, 25 dependents and, 19 during post-graduate training, 19 during professional training, 19, 68-69 duties, 27-42 engineering school and, 19 expenses, 66-79 failures, 1-2, 5, 8, 20-21, 48, 97-110 fitness for, 22, 27-42 guidance, 3, 9-10, 12, 25-26, 30, 36-37, 56-65, 92-93 happiness, 127, 140-153 hasty, 18 in poverty, 46-47 law school and, 19 license, 22 moral conduct after, 16 of under-graduates, 19 outside occupations after, 43-53 overestimating, 8, 157 personality adjustments after, 9-11, 16, 104 postponement, 19-20, 23 preparatory courses, 12, 14, 17, 25, 140 program of action, 108-109 progress, 63-65 relations course, 140 right, 27-42 rules for successful, 13-15, 22, 54-65, 102-110, 140-153, 163-164 secret, 20, 23 sex experience before, 23-26 sliding-wage scale for, 91 spiritual side of, 24 statistical studies, 14-15 testing period, 157 training, 12, 14, 17, 25, 140 unfitness for, 30-36 union, 56-57 vacations from, 17 while indebted, 19 wisdom of, 27-42 Marshall, Dr. Jessie, 80-96 Mate (see Wife) Mating, 114, 117-118 McConaughy, Dr. James L., 13-26 Meaker, Dr. Samuel R., 94 Meals, child's, 82 Mechanical appliances, cost of, 70-71 Medical: advice, 10, 25-26, 30, 36-37, 92-93 care of child, 78, 82-83 examinations, 10-12, 22, 28-29, 36, 94 expense, 77-78 profession (see Doctors) Menstruation, 119 Mental: deficiency, 31-32 inherited ability, 34 growth, 6, 78-79, 142 Meredith, George, 129-130 Mills, Professor C. A., 35 Misshaped fingers, 30 Mismating, 15 Mistakes, marriage, 1-2, 5, 8, 20-21, 48, 97-110 Monogamy: benefits of, 154-166 children and, 162 Monotony, averting, 161, 165 Moral conduct, 16 More, Paul Elmer, 136 Morons, 31 Mother fixation, 6-7, 99-101 Museums, visits to, 25 Music appreciation, 17 Natural history, 118-119 Nagging, avoidance of, 16 Novak, Dr. Emil, 92 Nursing expense, 78, 83 Occupation: choice of, 27 wives' outside, 43-53 Organic diseases, 92 Outdoor sports, 76-77 Overton, death of, 134 Parenthood: age for, 82-84 responsibilities of, 2, 16-1621 Parents: domination by, 14, 20-21, 99-101 living with, 21 Party: dress, 4 expenses, 76-77, 97 manners, 4 Personal: budget, 67-79 growth, 142 Personality adjustments, 16, 55-56 Pets, value of, 118 Phelps, William Lyon, 126-139 Physical examination (see Medical examination) Physical exercise, 76-77 Physical fitness: doctor's certificate of, 22 preserving, 28-34, 78-79 Physical vigor, 33-34 Physician (see Doctor) Picnicking, 76 Plato, 164 Play, benefits of, 76-77 Pluck, courtship candidate's, 7 Pocket money, wife's, 16, 49 Poise, development of, 146 Post-graduate training, marriage during, 19 Postnatal environment, 35-36 Postponement, marriage, 19-20, 23 Poverty, marriage in, 46-47 Prayer, 134 Pregnancy, 92, 114-115, 118 Premarital: courses of study, 12 relations, 23-24 Premiums, insurance, 71-72 Pre-natal environment, 35-36 Pre-school children, sex instruction of, 114 Pretense, avoidance of, 74 Profession, choice of, 27 Professional training, marriage during, 19, 68-69 Program of action, joint, 108-109 Property: assessments, 72 taxes, 73 upkeep, 73, 76 Psychiatrists, advice of, 6 Psychic trauma, 124 Purchasing economies, 75-76 Quintuplets, occurrence of, 88 Radio appreciation, 17 Rates, insurance, 71-72 Recreation expense, 73, 76-77 Refrigeration costs, 70 Religion in home, 126-139 Reno, avoiding, 1-2, 5, 8, 20-21, 97-110 Rents, 67-70, 72-74 Reproduction: human, 114-120 seasonal cycle of, 33-34 Resentment, 104 Residence, location of, 20-21 Respect, mutual, 59-60 Responsibilities, wife's, 142-153 Right, marriage, 27-42 Romance: aids to, 8, 16-17 careless seeking of, 101 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 43-53 Russia, birthdays in, 33 Savings accounts, 72-73, 97 Savings banks, budget forms of, 67 Scientific method, 14-15 Scolding, avoidance of, 16 Season of birth, 33 Secret marriages, 20, 23 Selection, wise mate, 3-5 Self-acquaintance, 4-5 Self-centered engrossment, 60-61 Self-consciousness, 31 Self-control, 31 Self-discipline, 8 Self-expansion, 163 Selfishness, 32, 57-59, 103 Seminal emissions, 119 Sex: adjustments, 9-11, 63 education, 9-10, 12, 111-125, 128 experience before marriage, 23-26 frustration, 98-99, 101 literature, 9-10, 12 mannerisms, 55-56 meeting opposite, 3-4 misdemeanors, 121-125 technique, 9-11 temperaments, 55-56 Shakespeare, 135 Shelter, cost of, 67-70 Short-sightedness, 30 Social affairs: expense of, 76-77 planning, 147 Social group: keeping up with, 74 vigor of, 158 Social training, 132 Sousa, John Philip, 136 Spain, birthdays in, 33 Spending, orderly, 66-79 Sperm cells, 35, 117 Spiritual development, 126-139 Spoiled child, 159 Sports: encouragement of, 17-18 outdoor, 76-77 Statistical studies, marriage, 14-15 Sterility, 29-30, 93-94 Straight life insurance, 71 Strain, Frances Bruce, 111-125 Sunday: observance of, 134 recreation, 134 School, 133 Success, marriage, 13-15, 22, 54-65, 102-110, 140-153, 163-164 Support, family, 66-79 Sweden, birthdays in, 33 Syphilis, 28 Tact, 16 Tastes, 55-56 Taxes, property, 73 Teeth: care of, 77 defective, 30 Temper, loss of, 31 Temperament, 55-56 Temperatures, health, 33 Tennyson, 127, 138 Term insurance, renewable, 71-72 Theatre expenses, 76, 147 Toys, child's, 78 Training (see Education) Traveling expense, 68-69, 76 Trust, mutual, 63-64 Turgenev, 127 Twins, recurrence of, 88 Undergraduates, marriage of, 19 Union, building marriage, 56-57 United States, birthdays in, 33 Upkeep, property, 73, 76 Uterus, 115 Vacation allowances, 76 Venereal disease, 25, 28 Vigor: longevity and, 33-34 society's, 158 Wages: husband's, 66-69, 141 sliding scale of, 91 wife's, 73-74 Wearing character, courtship candidate's, 5-6 Weather: child conception and, 33-34 longevity and, 33-34 Wedding date, fixing, 16, 20 Welfare, family, 109 Wife: aid to business progress, 141-153 allowances, 16, 49 attitude of, 4 characteristics of, 4, 6 checking account of, 16 cheerfulness of, 147 childless, 72 conversational ability of, 146-147 dependence of husband and, 48 emotional reactions of, 4-5 entertaining ability of, 147 gifted, 52-53 home allowances of, 16, 49 house, 44 income control by, 16 insurance for, 72 mental growth of, 6, 78-79, 142 outside employment of, 21, 43-53, 73-74 selection of, 3-5 support of, 66-79 understanding, 107-108 Women (see Wife) Work: ideal conditions of, 32 wife's outside, 21, 43-53, 73-74 Zoological gardens, 119