normal to stay at home and do the housework themselves, and it would
LOOK better."

"Well, certain women always will, I suppose. And others will find
their outlets in other ways, and begin to look about for Justines,
who will lift the household load. I believe we'll see the time,
Sally," said Kane Salisbury thoughtfully, "when a young couple,
launching into matrimony, will discuss expenses with a mutual
interest; you pay this and I'll pay that, as it were. A trained
woman will step into their kitchen, and Madame will walk off to
business with her husband, as a matter of course."

"Heaven forbid!" Mrs. Salisbury said piously. "If there is anything
romantic or tender or beautiful about married life under those
circumstances, I fail to see it, that's all!"

It happened, a week or two later, on a sharp, sunshiny morning in
early winter, that Mrs. Salisbury and Alexandra found themselves
sauntering through the nicest shopping district of River Falls.
There were various small things to be bought for the wardrobes of
mother and daughter, prizes for a card party, birthday presents for
one of the boys, and a number of other little things.

They happened to pass the windows of Lewis & Sons' big grocery, one
of the finest shops in town, on their way from one store to another,
and, attracted by a window full of English preserves, Mrs. Salisbury
decided to go in and leave an order.

"I hope that you are going to bring your account back to us, Mrs.
Salisbury," said the alert salesman who waited upon them. "We are