What mothers should know about the patent medicine evil--Tonics--Used by temperance people because it could "stimulate"--Stomach Bitters--Blood Bitters--Sarsaparilla--Celery Compound--Malt Whisky--Headache remedies--Pain Powders--Anti-headache--Headache Powders--Soothing syrups--Baby Friend--Catarrh powders--Kidney Pills--Expectorant--Cough syrup--Lithia Water--Health, wealth and happiness for a dollar a bottle--New Discovery for Consumption--Consumption Cure--Cancer cures--Pills for Pale People--Elixir of Life ... PAGE 451 CHAPTER XXXI THE PATENT MEDICINE EVIL (_continued_) The ---- Consumption Cure--Personals to Consumptives--Nature's Creation--Female weakness cures--Various compounds and malt whiskies ... PAGE 467 CHAPTER XXXII THE PATENT MEDICINE EVIL (_continued_) How patent medicine firms and quacks dispose of the confidential letters sent to them. Patent medicine concerns and letter brokers--The patent medicine conspiracy against the freedom of the press--How the patent medicine trust crushes honest effort ... PAGE 481 CHAPTER XXXIII THE PATENT MEDICINE EVIL (_continued_) The patent medicine evil and the duty of the mothers of the race--"Blood money"--The people must be the reformers--Mothers' resolutions ... PAGE 489 CHAPTER XXIV "The achievement of an object is dependent upon our determination. Effort is a matter of will. Failure is a product of misdirected determination." THE FORMATIVE PERIOD The Best Age at Which to Marry--Incompatibility of Temperament--A Happy Marriage Need Not Be a Successful One--The Evils of Early Marriage--The Wedding Night, its Medical Aspect--The Honeymoon--When Marital Relations are Painful--Times when Marital Relations Should be Suspended--The First Weeks and Months of Wifehood--The Formative Period--A True Marriage--A Wife's True Position in the Household--Only Five Per Cent. of Happy Marriages--Period of Adaptation--Differences of Opinion--Differences of Principle--The Attainment of Success--Arguing Trifles--You Must Know What You Want--The Right Kind of Wife--Contributing to Her Husband's Efficiency--What Are the Requisites of Efficiency--Good Health--Thoroughly Cooked Meals--Rest at Night--Having a System--Enough Exercise--Freedom from Worry--Do Your Part--The First Quarrel--Fault Finding--The Husband's Efficiency Depends Upon the Wife--Work Must be Interesting--The Wife's Part. THE BEST AGE AT WHICH TO MARRY