arise from poor management of spending, not from any lack of currency. The men complain of the women's extravagance, and the women complain of the men's stinginess.

(14) A lavish income is a bringer of happiness.

False. If this belief is a mirage seen by those of middling incomes, the truth is that happiness lies in the steadiness of the income, however small it may be. As the proverb says: "A little that lasts is better than a lot that stops."

(15) Most squabbles break out before breakfast in the morning.

True. This springs not from hunger, but from man's revolt at facing reality and its burdens — the men especially.

(16) The value of a woman's work inside the house is reckoned higher than what she could earn, on the average, at any work outside the house.

True. The value of the woman of the house is reckoned at two hundred Lebanese lira a week. (Remember that the woman in America works all day long without interruption.) The whole trouble lies in the absence of any law compelling the husband to pay this sum to his wife.

(17) The man is, as a rule, more capable of mental work than the woman.

True. Thereby marriage is more successful, the women more con-tented, and the men less vexed.

(18) A marriage is likely to pros-per if the man heads the house.

False. This does not mean that the woman should put on the trousers and govern and preside. "The best of things is the middle course." But if no middle course is to be found, and headship there must be, then it is better that the

man take the reins.

(19) Husbands must adjust their inclinations and desires more than their wives.

False. What the man sacrifices on the social side is trifling compared with the obstacles the woman bears. She changes her surroundings and her name, takes over the management of a house, and becomes dependent on

her man. And on top of this, the children bring a great change into their lives, in exertions physical, mental, and spiritual.

(20) Feminine allure works its effect on married men just as on bachelors.

True. The only difference is that husbands are better able to suppress their inclinations — fortunately!..