good there will be no need for her to contend for the proper returns,
which will be the love and respect of the community, given her in full
measure. In comparison with these rewards, the honors of club president
and society leader, for which many women contend with a rivalry that
surpasses in bitterness contests for political honors among men, are
mean and empty. The words of the Master to His disciples, that he who
would be first among them should be servant to his fellows, should be
taken to heart by American women, before whom are opening new and vast
opportunities for the display of pride and ambition no less than for
modest, faithful service.




CHAPTER III

THE WIFE

Nature's Intention in Marriage--The Woman's Crime in Marrying for
Support--Her Blunder in Marrying an Inefficient Man for Love--The
Proper Union--Mutual Aid of Husband and Wife--Manipulating a Husband--By
Deceit--By Tact--Confidence Between Man and Wife.

"Her very soul is in home, and in the discharge of all those quiet
virtues of which home is the centre. Her husband will be to her the
object of all her care, solicitude and affection. She will see nothing
but by him, and through him. If he is a man of sense and virtue, she
will sympathize in his sorrows, divert his fatigue, and share his
pleasures. If she becomes the property of a churlish or negligent
husband, she will suit his taste also, for she will not long survive