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Q — May a woman openly confess to a man her love for him?

A — A man sacrifices much for the sake of the woman he loves; but once he is assured of her love, he settles down and no longer has need of sacrifice.

Q — I am married to a man I do not love, and therefore I feel wretched in my married life. What is to be done?

A — It is a problem of very frequent occurrence, especially in our society, which still looks upon marriage as though it were the parents' right to decide it, without recourse to the opinion of the young man or the girl. Our advice to you, madam, is to have recourse to your strength of will, and to wisdom; perhaps you will find in your husband such qualities as will endear him to you, especially if you have been blessed with children by him. In that case it is better to preserve the family structure for the children's sake. But if the matter should grow so much worse as to become a danger to married life, then divorce is preferable.

Q — How can a woman know whether a man's intentions toward her are good or bad?

A — If a woman is alert and discerning, she can tell a man's intentions at once from his conduct with her, or his conversation with her, and from his treatment of her.

Q — What ought to be a woman's principal aim in life?

A — Frankly and briefly: her principal aim, in our rising society, must be marriage, that she may become the mother of noble, refined children for the new generation.

Q — Which music is better, in your opinion, the Western or the Eastern? And why?

A — There is no such thing as a Western music and an Eastern music. Music is one; only in the West it has reached a higher level than the level it has reached in the East. And this, we believe, no two people will dispute; there is therefore no need to recite the reasons.

Q — What is true love between a woman and a man?

A — True love is the exchange of that noble sentiment which the two lovers must join in nurturing and tending, so that its freshness does not wither with the days. For love is like a flower: it needs constant care and tending, lest it fade and waste away.

Q — How can a woman keep a man's love for her?

A — In every man there is a boyish instinct. If a woman can discover it and humor it, she will keep her man's love for her all her life long.

Q — Which men are dearest to a woman?

A — The dearest of things to a woman is to feel a man's protection over her and his strength above her, for beside him she is like a child; hence by her very nature she takes comfort in his authority, and strives to please him by every means.

Q — What should be the attitude of a woman whose husband neglects her, turning away from her because of his many occupations and his dealings with people?

A — We do not believe, madam, that a husband will neglect his wife to the point of complaint and vexation, if she conducts herself well with him and knows how to make her companionship pleasing and enjoyable to him — showing her interest, for example, in the work he does, even if that demands effort and sacrifice of her.