de of, 24
statistical studies, 14-15
testing period, 157
training, 12, 14, 17, 25, 140
unfitness for, 30-36
union, 56-57
vacations from, 17
while indebted, 19
wisdom of, 27-42

Marshall, Dr. Jessie, 80-96

Mate (_see_ Wife)

Mating, 114, 117-118

McConaughy, Dr. James L., 13-26

Meaker, Dr. Samuel R., 94

Meals, child's, 82

Mechanical appliances, cost of, 70-71

Medical:
advice, 10, 25-26, 30, 36-37, 92-93
care of child, 78, 82-83
examinations, 10-12, 22, 28-29, 36, 94
expense, 77-78
profession (_see_ Doctors)

Menstruation, 119

Mental:
deficiency, 31-32
inherited ability, 34
growth, 6, 78-79, 142

Meredith, George, 129-130

Mills, Professor C. A., 35

Misshaped fingers, 30

Mismating, 15

Mistakes, marriage, 1-2, 5, 8, 20-21, 48, 97-110

Monogamy:
benefits of, 154-166
children and, 162

Monotony, averting, 161, 165

Moral conduct, 16

More, Paul Elmer, 136

Morons, 31

Mother fixation, 6-7, 99-101

Museums, visits to, 25

Music appreciation, 17

Natural history, 118-119

Nagging, avoidance of, 16

Novak, Dr. Emil, 92

Nursing expense, 78, 83

Occupation:
choice of, 27
wives' outside, 43-53

Organic diseases, 92

Outdoor sports, 76-77

Overton, death of, 134

Parenthood:
age for, 82-84
responsibilities of, 2, 161-162

Parents:
domination by, 14, 20-21, 99-101
living with, 21

Party:
dress, 4
expenses, 76-77, 97
manners, 4

Personal:
budget, 67-79
growth, 142

Personality adjustments, 16, 55-56

Pets, value of, 118

Phelps, William Lyon, 126-139

Physical examination (_see_ Medical examination)

Physical exercise, 76-77

Physical fitness:
doctor's certificate of, 22
preserving, 28-34, 78-79

Physical vigor, 33-34

Physician (_see_ Doctor)

Picnicking, 76

Plato, 164

Play, benefits of, 76-77

Pluck, courtship candidate's, 7

Pocket money, wife's, 16, 49

Poise, development of, 146

Post-graduate training, marriage during, 19

Postnatal environment, 35-36

Postponement, marriage, 19-20, 23

Poverty, marriage in, 46-47

Prayer, 134

Pregnancy, 92, 114-115, 118

Premarital:
courses of study, 12
relations, 23-24

Premiums, insurance, 71-72

Pre-natal environment, 35-36

Pre-school children, sex instruction of, 114

Pretense, avoidance of, 74

Profession, choice of, 27

Professional training, marriage during, 19, 68-69

Program of