Every-day thoughts in prose and verse.
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company, 1901.
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Contents:
My Creed
An Address to Wives
To Husbands
An Earnest Soul
The Little Things
Physical Charm
Rights of a Husband
Fortune Often Near Us
When Women Work
Dumb-bells as Aids to Morality
A Few Important "Don'ts"
"Serenity is Power"
How to Forget
Dangers of New Ideas
Matinee Idols
Young Women Who Live Alone
Marriage Laws Need Improvement
Sincerity and Tact
Do Not Quarrel
Women Help Men
Bacchus A False God
Low Salaries for Women
A Right to Happiness
Making Marriage a Success
Mistakes of Mothers
The Influence of Religion
A Few Types
On Conversation
The American Girl
The Door of Truth and Morality
Compensations of Poverty
A Happy Home
Duties of Teachers
Mismated
Absolute Unselfishness
When a Woman Grows Old
Stage Temptations
The Abuse of Children
Sudden Attractions
Divorce and the Ministers
Penurious Husbands
The Management of Husbands
Flirting with Married Men
Things a Girl Ought To Do
Unmarried Women
A Stage-Struck Girl
Weakness of Anger
Cupid Growing Gray-Haired
A Husband's Duty
Bad Roads
Recreation
Hotel Clerks and Others
Always a Chance
Learn to Rely upon Yourself
Society Smiles on the Man
Love Letters
Christmas and Christianity
A Sermon on "Nature"
Is the World Growing Better?
Our Empty Churches
American Mothers
The Puritan Sunday
Love Lasts Forever
Traveling Alone
Love of Dress
People We Do Not Like
Attractiveness of Older Women
The World Moves
Two Establishments
Secrets of Looking Young
The Right Way to Live
Decadence of Sentimentality
Hate No One
Earthly Heavens
Gentleness in Men
Will Power
Believe in Yourself
Things Impure
Woman and Man's Sphere
Woman's Influence Over Man
Women Who are Lucky
The Woman Who Knows It All
The Woman's Movement
The Need of the Day
A Woman's Name in Print
When a Woman is at Her Best
Women Who Want to Succeed
Love
Wallflowers
Many Love Marriages End
The Club vs. The Home
Hope to a Wronged Man
Chicago's Non-Sentimental Club
A Plea for the Horse
Inhumanity of Men to Beasts
Demonstrative Affection
Money Mania
Don't Fool with the Children
Ambition and Character
First Cousins Should Not Marry
When Marriage is Slavery
The Helpful Life
Man's Love for Woman
Platonic Love
Special thanks to Kimberlee Cook for her efforts in typing the text of many of these chapters.
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