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Dorothy Dix]

Dorothy Dix—Her Book

Every-day Help For Every-day People

SECOND EDITION

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY NEW YORK and LONDON 1927

COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY [Printed in the United States of America] Published, August, 1926

Copyright Under the Articles of the Copyright Convention of the Pan-American Republics and the United States, August 11, 1910.

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

FOREWORD xi

INTRODUCTION xix

I HOW A HUSBAND LIKES TO BE TREATED 1

II CHARM 10

III THE ORDINARY WOMAN 22

IV TEACH THE CHILDREN TO LOVE FATHER 27

V STRIKE A BALANCE WITH MATRIMONY 32

VI JEALOUSY 39

VII HAVE A GOAL 44

VIII THE GOAT FAMILY 48

IX SPOILING A WIFE 53

X THE ABSENCE CURE FOR FAMILY ILLS 58

XI THE DEADLY RIVAL 63

XII LEARN A TRADE, GIRLS 67

XIII TRIAL DIVORCE 76

XIV MARRY THE MAN YOU LOVE 81

XV ARE YOU GOOD COMPANY FOR YOURSELF? 87

XVI KEEPING YOUNG 92