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135 them ample monthly allowance of money and do not ask them for an account of the expenditure. Give them some extra money on special days and take them to visit convenient places of pilgrimage. You should be very careful not to give them any chance of interfering with the management of your estate. Such female interference is always unprofitable and injurious to the management.

Be kind and affectionate to your wife; give her an ample monthly allowance, and take her with you on your travels to convenient places; but never become a tool in her hands. Even among the more educated and civilized Western peoples, female supremacy is sometimes unpleasant and unprofitable. I dare say Europeans will admit it too.

When I was a boy 1 read a story of three witches. A question arose among them as to what women like best. They argued at