iberty and independence of your wife, and
never allow her to interfere with yours. Let her correspondence be
sacred to you as yours to her. Mutual confidence and 'Liberty Hall'
should be the motto of matrimony.

CHAPTER VII

MAXIMS FOR THE MARRIED WOMAN

A wife should follow and obey her husband, especially follow
him--Feed the brute.

The Roman and British Empires were founded by men who did not allow
themselves to be led by women. The gentle submission of woman to man is
the basis of every solid social system. But the appearance of it is all
that is needed.

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Never tell your husband that you give him this or that for dinner, and
not what he asks for, because you know what is best for him. A man will
willingly yield to the woman he loves, he will make any sacrifice she
may require, but he will generally draw the line at being told what is
good for him. Of this he will beg to remain the best judge and tell you
so frankly and firmly.

If you suggest to your husband that he should go for a walk, and tell
him that he must take to the right and go up the hill, because the air
is much purer that way and will make his walk much more profitable,
take it for granted that, if he is a man really worthy of the name, he
will take to the left and go the other way, not at all to annoy you,
but simply to assert his liberty and make himself believe that,
although he is married, he is still a free man, able to go where he
likes.

The whole being of a man craves for liberty. If he is not in real
possession of it, give him sometimes a chance of fancying he is. He
will be grateful to you for this delicate act of consideration, and
boast in his club that he is one of the lucky married men absolutely
free to do as they choose.

Never complain of your husband because he now and then criticises your
dress or your new hat. On the contrary, return grateful thanks that he
takes notice of what you wear. There are husbands who allow their wives
perfect freedom in this respect, for the simple reason that they care
absolutely nothing whether they have a garden of flowers or an old
saucepan on their heads. Be grateful that your husband is none of
those.

If you want to be quite sure that he will like at least one dress of
yours, take him with you when you choose it and let him believe that
you entirely submit to his taste. He will always be sure to admire that
dress, esp