117

CHAPTER XXVII

PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT

Description of all the Anglo-Saxon fads 122

CHAPTER XXVIII

THE LIBERTY OF ANGLO-SAXON WOMEN

The mistakes made by foreigners--Misconstructions--Educational
systems--Girls do not lose their charm by independence 135

CHAPTER XXIX

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE NO LOVE TO SPARE FOR ONE ANOTHER

England and America are two branches of a family who once quarrelled
--For their common interests they may make it up, but there will
never be any love lost--There are no such quarrels to patch up as
family ones 139

CHAPTER XXX

THE WOMAN I HATE

Women's-righters--Electric fluids--The bearded lady--The first-fiddle
--Lady doctors--Lady lawyers--Lady speech-makers--Prominent women--
A pretty picture 144

CHAPTER XXXI

THE KIND OF WOMAN I LOVE

Another answer to critics--Distorted minds--The portrait of a
womanly woman 149

CHAPTER XXXII

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN THE WORLD

The Irish, Hungarian and Spanish women--The beauty of the English
and French women--The redeeming feature of every American woman 153

CHAPTER XXXIII

BLONDES AND BRUNETTES

Characteristics of blondes and brunettes--The _ingenue_ and the
villainess--Which of the two do men like better?--Sauterne and
Burgundy--I like both--All women cannot afford to be blondes--
Blondes with dark eyes--Brunettes with blue eyes 158

CHAPTER XXXIV

FLIRTS AND COQUETTES

The difference between the two--Points of resemblance 162

CHAPTER XXXV

WHAT IS A PERFECT LADY?

'Am I the man as wants a gentleman to drive him?'--How can you
tell a lady?--A lady is a woman who adds to the virtues of a woman
the qualities of a gentleman 167

CHAPTER XXXVI

MAMMIES AND GRANNIES

Cupboard love--Every kind of love is more or less selfish except
maternal love--Maternal love over-rated--If you never had a grannie,
do get one--Reminiscences of grannies--A sacrifice--Grannies are
not at all prejudiced in favour of their grandchildren 171

CHAPTER XXXVII

ON MOTHERS-IN-LAW

How to deal with them--Difference between a misfortune and an
accident--'That will spoil the whole thing'--Shoot her! 176

CHAPTER XXX