?--Influence of plumage--The female bird--Man is not
invariably wrong--'What is good for the goose is good for the
gander'--But there is a difference between the goose and the
gander 74

CHAPTER XVIII

DOES JEALOUSY COME FROM TRUE LOVE?

The different kinds of girls that men seek in matrimony--Jealousy
is intensified, not created, by love--Why should not a married man
continue to admire women?--I want to knock down a newly-married
woman's husband--'Who would "polyg" with him?' 80

CHAPTER XIX

DO WOMEN DRESS TO PLEASE MEN?

The female attire--Women dress for breakfast and undress for
dinner--You don't know them from Eve--Society likes to be exposed
--How French, English, German and American women dress--Simplicity
in dress the coquetry of some women--What would happen if two
women remained alone on the face of the earth 85

CHAPTER XX

THE FRENCH WIFE

Her keenness and common-sense--Her power of observation and her
native adaptability--Her graceful ways--Her tact--Her artistic
refinement--Monsieur et Madame-'Did I hear you knock at my door,
dear?' 90

CHAPTER XXI

THE ENGLISH WIFE

Her position--Family life less attractive and piquant in England
than in France, but more solid--The English wife is the goddess of
a beautiful home 94

CHAPTER XXII

THE BRITISH MATRON

The English woman the most charming of women--The British the
most ridiculous one--English and British--The British matron is
the produce of British soil--Her ways--Her fads and inconsistency
--Her knowledge of French literature and her judgment thereof 98

CHAPTER XXIII

THE AMERICAN WOMAN--I

A new coat-of-arms for America--The American woman--Her ways--
The liberty she enjoys--'Oh, please make me an American woman!' 103

CHAPTER XXIV

THE AMERICAN WOMAN-II

She walks first, Jonathan behind her--The educational system of
America explains the idiosyncrasies of the American woman 108

CHAPTER XXV

THE AMERICAN WOMAN--III

Opinions and impressions--An answer to criticism. 113

CHAPTER XXVI

THE HUSBAND OF THE AMERICAN WOMAN

The telephone and the ticker--The most useful of domestic animals
--Money-making--Loneliness of the women--A reminiscence of
Chicago