Acquiescence,102,109Adjustments, marital,9-11,16,104-110Adolescence,119,158Adopted children,94-96Advancement, wife's contribution to business,142-153Affection, security of,159Allowance, wife's,16,49Ambition,6,164American Eugenic Society,90-91Antagonism, emotional,104-105Apartment houses,20-21Appearance, preserving attractive,78-79Appliance replacements,70-71Art museums, visits to,25,119Assessments, property,72Automobile:depreciation of,70expenses,69-70Baby:bonds,84budget,88time for first,82-84Bacon, Lord,90Banks, savings,67Banning, Margaret Culkin,25Baseball,17Biologies,118Biologists, heredity studies of,32Birth:control methods,23questions of,114-116,118rate,41season of,33weather and,33-34Birthdays, eminent people's,33-34Blood tests,22Blunders, marriage,1-2,5,8,20-21,48,97-110Boredom,161,165Borrowing, budget and,19,71,84Brides-to-be, advice to,17Bridge, advice on,17British Dictionary of National Biography,34Browning, Robert,127,138-139Budget:baby,88borrowing and,71family,67-79Business:failures,141-142wife's aid in,141-153Bussing, Elizabeth,66-79Buying (seePurchasing)Careers, wives',43-53Carlyle,133Cells, sperm,35,117Challenge, marriage,1Character:courtship candidate's,6development,128-129,164Chastity, benefits of,25Checking account, wife's,16Cheerfulness, wife's,147Child marriages,118Children:adopted,94-96clothes of,78cost of,46,69,82-84,89-90cultural value of,42economic readiness for,40-42,82-84,90emotional stability of,113environment of,95feeding,82health of,28,78,82-83heritage rights of,28illegitimate,94insurance for,71-72lack of,29-30,93-94marital conflict and,161-162medical care of,28,78,82-83monogamy and,162number of,40-42,82-83,90nursing,83parents' responsibility to,161-162planning for,16,28-29,31,40-42,46,69,80-96,107pleasures of,82postponing,46preparing for,16saving for,40-42,82-84,90sex activities of,121-125sex instruction of,111-125sliding-wage scale for,91spoiled,159toys of,78Christian faith,137Church attendance,134-135City apartment houses,20-21Clothing:allowances,69-70,73,78,97,146-147child's,78depreciation of,70party,4wife's,146-147College students:marriage courses,12,25premarital examination of,10-12Compromises,57-59Concentrated intimacy,60-61Concerts,17Conflict, avoiding marital,97-110Constitutional vigor,33-34Contempt,104Conversation:benefits of good,18wife's,146-147Cooperation,103-104Courage,7,103Courts, avoiding divorce,97-110Courtship,1-12Courtship candidate:character of,5-6courage of,7mental growth of,6wearing qualities of,5-6Cowardice,102-103Criticism,16Culture, aids to,142Date, wedding,16Day-to-day expenses,70Death statistics,32Debt, dangers of,19,71,84Defective teeth,30de Maupassant, Guy,131Dental bills,77Dependence, mutual,48Dependents:marriage and,19provision for,70Depreciation allowances,70-71Diabetes,30Dickinson, Stanley G.,140-153Diet,34Dinner-table conversation,147Dionne quintuplets,118Disappointments, marriage,1-2,5,8,20-21,48,97-110Disease statistics,32Divorce:averting,97-110grounds for,29rates,14,20-21Doctor:bills,77-78certificate of fitness by,22counseling service of,10,25-26,30,36-37,92-93Dress (seeClothing)Drummond, Henry,137Duncan, Matthews,93Durable goods budget,70-71Duty, marriage,27-42Earning power:husband's,66-69,141wife's,73-74Economy, domestic,66-79,97Education:health,35religious,126-139sex,9-10,12,111-125,128Elementary school children, sex instruction of,114Emotional:antagonism,104-105instability,31-32,36,142,144,159-160reactions,4-5restraint,8stability,13,34,61-62Emotions:checking runaway,159-160child's,113Employment, wife's outside,21,73-74Engagement:intimacy of,16length of,18period,13-26Engineering school, marriage and,19England, birthdays in,33Entertainment expense,76-77,147Environment:child's,95defects,32-36home,140-141postnatal,35-36pre-natal,35-36Eugenics, progress of,36Everyday life, party mannersversus,4Examinations, medical,10-12,22,28-29,36,94Exercise, benefits of,17-18,76-77Expense, marriage,66-79,88Extravagance,75,78Eyesight, poor,30Failures, marriage,1-2,5,8,20-21,97-110Faith:Christian,137religious,126-139Family:budget,16,18,67-79,140-141doctor,10,25-26,30,36-37,92-93income,16,49insurance,71-72jokes,107joys,106-107planning,28-29,31,80-96size of,40-42,82-83,90support of,66-79,108welfare,109-110Father fixation,6-7Fatigue statistics,32Fault-finding, avoidance of,16Faust,133Feeblemindedness,31Fertilization,114,117-118Financial:independence,48-49planning,16,18,45,66-79Fingers, misshaped,30Fire insurance,72Fishing,17Fitness:for marriage,22,27-42physical,28-31Food:budget,68-70,73,82child's82France, birthdays in,33Frankness,108Friends, value of,20-21,60Fuel, cost of,69Furniture replacements,70-71Gallagher, E. G.,94Germany, birthdays in,33Gifted women,52-53Golf,17Good Housekeeping:Health and Happiness Club,84marriage-relations course,140Gospels, reading of,134-135Grooms-to-be, advice to,17-18Groves, Dr. Ernest R.,1-12,154-166Groves, Gladys Hoagland,54-65,154-166Grudges, surrender of,104Guidance:marriage,3,9-10,12,25-26,30,36-37,56-65,92-93Hardy, Thomas137Harelip,30Harmony, home and business,142-153Harper, President,129Hart, Dr. Hornell,97-110Health:and Happiness Club,84child,28education,35ideal temperatures for,33weather influences on,32-34Heart ailments,30Heat, cost of,69Hereditary defects,30-36Heredity studies,32High school children, sex instruction of,114-115,118Hobbies,17Home:acquiring equipment for,16childless,29-30children spoiled at,159cultural value of,42environment,140-141,143happiness in,28,107harmony of business and,142-153moral code of,124-125location of,20-21ownership,71-73planning,21purchase price of,73religion in,126-139renting,67-70,72-74sex instruction in,111-125stability of,162Honeymoon arrangements,20Hospital:bills,74,77-78,83plan,77Household management,44Hudson, on shepherd's home,166Human:genetics,36reproduction,114-120Huntington, Dr. Ellsworth,22,27-42,89Husband:dependence of wife and,48selection of,3-5understanding,107Idiots,31Illegitimate children,94Imbeciles,31Income:husband's,66-69,141wife's outside,73-74Incubator babies,118Indebtedness, marriage and,19,71,84India, birthdays in,33Infatuations,159-160Inheritance, child's,28Inge, Dean,135Instruction:religious,126-139sex,9-10,12,111-125,128Insurance:benefits to children,71-72choice of,18-19fire,72life,67,71-73renewable term,71-72straight life,71Intemperance,24,158Interests, development of,146Intimacy, undue concentration of,60-61Irritants, elimination of,105-106Jealousy,16,104Jokes, family,107Joys, family,106-170Junior-high-school children, sex instruction of,118Kenyon, Dr. Josephine Hemenway,84Laboratory experiments, controlled,32-33Law school, marriage and,19Lease, ownershipversus,67-70,72-74Leisure,142License, marriage,22Life:adjustments,63changed ways of,7-8everyday,4intimacy of married,54-65joys of married,127,140-153mode of,34refinements of,142successful married,13-15,22,54-65,102-110,140-153,163-164Life insurance:company budget forms,67provision for,71savings aspect of,72-73straight,71Literature, sex,9-10,12Longevity:vigor and,33-34weather and,33-34Love:aids to,163earlier,15falling in,13quarrels,16,157Luxuryclothes,73Manners, party,4Marriage:adjustments,9-11,16,104-110benefits of,140-153blunders,1-2,5,8,20-21,48,97-110challenge,1child,118clinics,25college courses on,25conferences on,25dependents and,19during post-graduate training,19during professional training,19,68-69duties,27-42engineering school and,19expenses,66-79failures,1-2,5,8,20-21,48,97-110fitness for,22,27-42guidance,3,9-10,12,25-26,30,36-37,56-65,92-93happiness,127,140-153hasty,18