Part 1

A Woman of the World

HER COUNSEL TO OTHER PEOPLE'S SONS AND DAUGHTERS

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

1904

Fourth Impression, April, 1910

Contents

TO MR. RAY GILBERT, Law Student, Aged Twenty-three

TO MISS WINIFRED CLAYBORNE, At Vassar College

TO EDNA GORDON, During Her Honeymoon

TO MISS GLADYS WESTON, Who Faces the Necessity to Earn a Living

TO CLARENCE ST. CLAIRE, Regarding His Sister's Betrothal

TO MISS MARGARET RILEY, Shop Girl, Concerning Her Oppressors

TO MISS GLADYS WESTON, After Three Years as a Teacher

TO A YOUNG FRIEND, Who Has Become Interested in the Metaphysical Thoughts of the Day

TO WILFRED CLAYBORN, Concerning His Education and His Profession

TO MISS ELSIE DEAN, Regarding the Habit of Exaggeration

TO SYBYL MARCHMONT, Who Has Learned Her Origin

TO MISS DIANA RIVERS, A Young Lady Contemplating a Career as a Journalist

TO NANETTE, A Former Maid

TO THE REV. WILTON MARSH, Regarding His Son and Daughter

TO MRS. CHARLES MCALLISTER, Formerly Miss Winifred Clayborne

TO MRS. CHARLES GORDON, Concerning Maternity

TO MR. ALFRED DUNCAN, Concerning the Ministry

TO MR. CHARLES GRAY, Concerning Polygamy

TO WALTER SMEED, Concerning Creeds and Marriage

TO SYBYL MARCHMONT, Concerning Her Determination to Remain Single

TO MRS. CHARLES GORDON, Concerning Her Sister and Her Children

TO MRS. CHARLES GORDON, Concerning Her Children