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HERE was once a Woman who Became the Admiration of her Friends, owing to the Manner in which she Employed the Period of her Engagement to the Man of her  Choice. She was Far from Wasting the Hours in Matinées and Walks and  Drives, as did the Other young Women of her Acquaintance. She Went to Cooking Classes and Home Nursing Lectures and Kindergarten Training Schools instead.

"Marriage," said she, "is a Serious Thing. It is Sickening to me to Observe Women rushing Lightly into the Solemn Responsibilities of The Home and Motherhood, entirely Without any Previous Training." So that at the Time of 19