Chapter XXXI: Part II: What He Ought to Know Concerning His Wife

I THE BRIDE

Marriage the most trying event in a woman’s life—Earliest
mistake which most young husbands make—Few intelligent
guardians of their brides—Threefold classification of
women—Causes of differences.

II THE WIFE

Her manifold duties as wife, mother and housekeeper—God has
fitted her for her sphere—The mother-nature—Barrenness and
sterility—Physical, social, intellectual and moral benefits
of motherhood and fatherhood—Aversion and evasion—God’s
purpose in marriage—Limitation of offspring—Marital excess—The
wrongs which wives suffer because of ignorant and unthinking
husbands—Repellant periods in the life of woman.

III THE MOTHER

Purposed and prepared parenthood—Conception—The marvels
of fœtal life and growth—Changes during the months of
gestation—The husband’s duty to wife and offspring—What
the wife has a right to expect before and during
confinement—Ignorant, unthinking and unsympathetic husbands—The
child in the home—Real life and genuine happiness—The mother
while nursing—Protection of child from impure nurses.