in poverty,46-47law school and,19license,22moral conduct after,16of under-graduates,19outside occupations after,43-53overestimating,8,157personality adjustments after,9-11,16,104postponement,19-20,23preparatory courses,12,14,17,25,140program of action,108-109progress,63-65relations course,140right,27-42rules for successful,13-15,22,54-65,102-110,140-153,163-164secret,20,23sex experience before,23-26sliding-wage scale for,91spiritual side of,24statistical studies,14-15testing period,157training,12,14,17,25,140unfitness for,30-36union,56-57vacations from,17while indebted,19wisdom of,27-42Marshall, Dr. Jessie,80-96Mate (seeWife)Mating,114,117-118McConaughy, Dr. James L.,13-26Meaker, Dr. Samuel R.,94Meals, child's,82Mechanical appliances, cost of,70-71Medical:advice,10,25-26,30,36-37,92-93care of child,78,82-83examinations,10-12,22,28-29,36,94expense,77-78profession (seeDoctors)Menstruation,119Mental:deficiency,31-32inherited ability,34growth,6,78-79,142Meredith, George,129-130Mills, Professor C. A.,35Misshaped fingers,30Mismating,15Mistakes, marriage,1-2,5,8,20-21,48,97-110Monogamy:benefits of,154-166children and,162Monotony, averting,161,165Moral conduct,16More, Paul Elmer,136Morons,31Mother fixation,6-7,99-101Museums, visits to,25Music appreciation,17Natural history,118-119Nagging, avoidance of,16Novak, Dr. Emil,92Nursing expense,78,83Occupation:choice of,27wives' outside,43-53Organic diseases,92Outdoor sports,76-77Overton, death of,134Parenthood:age for,82-84responsibilities of,2,16-1621Parents:domination by,14,20-21,99-101living with,21Party:dress,4expenses,76-77,97manners,4Personal:budget,67-79growth,142Personality adjustments,16,55-56Pets, value of,118Phelps, William Lyon,126-139Physical examination (seeMedical examination)Physical exercise,76-77Physical fitness:doctor's certificate of,22preserving,28-34,78-79Physical vigor,33-34Physician (seeDoctor)Picnicking,76Plato,164Play, benefits of,76-77Pluck, courtship candidate's,7Pocket money, wife's,16,49Poise, development of,146Post-graduate training, marriage during,19Postnatal environment,35-36Postponement, marriage,19-20,23Poverty, marriage in,46-47Prayer,134Pregnancy,92,114-115,118Premarital:courses of study,12relations,23-24Premiums, insurance,71-72Pre-natal environment,35-36Pre-school children, sex instruction of,114Pretense, avoidance of,74Profession, choice of,27Professional training, marriage during,19,68-69Program of action, joint,108-109Property:assessments,72taxes,73upkeep,73,76Psychiatrists, advice of,6Psychic trauma,124Purchasing economies,75-76Quintuplets, occurrence of,88Radio appreciation,17Rates, insurance,71-72Recreation expense,73,76-77Refrigeration costs,70Religion in home,126-139Reno, avoiding,1-2,5,8,20-21,97-110Rents,67-70,72-74Reproduction:human,114-120seasonal cycle of,33-34Resentment,104Residence, location of,20-21Respect, mutual,59-60Responsibilities, wife's,142-153Right, marriage,27-42Romance:aids to,8,16-17careless seeking of,101Roosevelt, Eleanor,43-53Russia, birthdays in,33Savings accounts,72-73,97Savings banks, budget forms of,67Scientific method,14-15Scolding, avoidance of,16Season of birth,33Secret marriages,20,23Selection, wise mate,3-5Self-acquaintance,4-5Self-centered engrossment,60-61Self-consciousness,31Self-control,31Self-discipline,8Self-expansion,163Selfishness,32,57-59,103Seminal emissions,119Sex:adjustments,9-11,63education,9-10,12,111-125,128experience before marriage,23-26frustration,98-99,101literature,9-10,12mannerisms,55-56meeting opposite,3-4misdemeanors,121-125technique,9-11temperaments,55-56Shakespeare,135Shelter, cost of,67-70Short-sightedness,30Social affairs:expense of,76-77planning,147Social group:keeping up with,74vigor of,158Social training,132Sousa, John Philip,136Spain, birthdays in,33Spending, orderly,66-79Sperm cells,35,117Spiritual development,126-139Spoiled child,159Sports:encouragement of,17-18outdoor,76-77Statistical studies, marriage,14-15Sterility,29-30,93-94Straight life insurance,71Strain, Frances Bruce,111-125Sunday:observance of,134recreation,134School,133Success, marriage,13-15,22,54-65,102-110,140-153,163-164Support, family,66-79Sweden, birthdays in,33Syphilis,28Tact,16Tastes,55-56Taxes, property,73Teeth:care of,77defective,30Temper, loss of,31Temperament,55-56Temperatures, health,33Tennyson,127,138Term insurance, renewable,71-72Theatre expenses,76,147Toys, child's,78Training (see Education)Traveling expense,68-69,76Trust, mutual,63-64Turgenev,127Twins, recurrence of,88Undergraduates, marriage of,19Union, building marriage,56-57United States, birthdays in,33Upkeep, property,73,76Uterus,115Vacation allowances,76Venereal disease,25,28Vigor:longevity and,33-34society's,158Wages:husband's,66-69,141sliding scale of,91wife's,73-74Wearing character, courtship candidate's,5-6Weather:child conception and,33-34longevity and,33-34Wedding date, fixing,16,20Welfare, family,109Wife:aid to business progress,141-153allowances,16,49attitude of,4characteristics of,4,6checking account of,16cheerfulness of,147childless,72conversational ability of,146-147dependence of husband and,48emotional reactions of,4-5entertaining ability of,147gifted,52-53home allowances of,16,49house,44income control by,16insurance for,72mental growth of,6,78-79,142outside employment of,21,43-53,73-74selection of,3-5support of,66-79understanding,107-108Women (seeWife)Work:ideal conditions of,32wife's outside,21,43-53,73-74Zoological gardens,119