Part 155 (1/2)

”To-day's Problems” is a good ten cents' worth--or five, if you live in Chicago.

It is a pocket-size pamphlet, full of short bits from some hundred and fifty leading writers, workers, and speakers, along lines of Social Progress.

Ministers, college professors, economists, sociologists, editors, authors, organizers, poets, orators; a millionaire, a member of parliament, a prince,--it's a great booklet. And not a thing in it that fills one page, even.

_To-day's Problems._ Trade Union Book Concern. Chicago, Ill.

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”Pure Sociology,” by Lester F. Ward, Macmillan, Pub., $4.00.

”Hygiene and Morality,” by Lavina L. Dock, R. N., G. P. Putnam's Sons, Pub., $1.25.

”Marriage as a Trade,” by Cicely Hamilton, Moffat, Yard & Co., Pub., $1.25.

PERSONAL PROBLEMS

_Question._--A radical woman and conservative man are married, have been married for years. The woman now wants to do a share of work for votes for women. The man takes it as a personal reflection. He thinks outsiders will conclude that a woman suffragist must have a family grievance at home. How much suffrage work do you advise her to do?

_Answer._--I advise her to do all the suffrage work she thinks right; and any other work she thinks right. What her husband thinks somebody else will think, is a pretty poor obstacle.

If a woman so lives as to hold the love and respect of her husband, she can differ from him quite widely--for conscience sake--and not break their bond.

If he does not love and respect her--why should she mind what he thinks?

Here are some earnest questions from an artist:

1. ”How shall I be most efficient?

2. ”Which of my work is best--what I think best, or what other people think best?

3. ”If my best work is done by accident, what's the use of trying?”

_Answer._--1. Live to your fullest development in all lines--and keep your health. Do not so concentrate on art as to neglect life--and your art will be greater.

2. Do the work you think best, with all your might, accepting others'