OcToBER, 1908 
Ideas of a Plain 
Country Woman 
By THE “COUNTRY CONTRIBUTOR” 
HE remarkable success 
of these talks when 
some of them appeared in 
“The Ladies’ Home Jour- 
nal’ and in “The India- 
napolis News,’’ has led to 
the preparation of this book, 
which contains many chap- 
ters not published serially. 
It is full of humorously 
sane and wholesome views 
on everyday affairs. 
CONTENTS 
The Copy Book 
The Woman Who Wears the Halo 
By Way of Retrospect 
A February Monologue 
Rough Thoughts for Rough Weather 
Philosophies of a House-cleaning Day 
The Simple Lite 
The Marriage Question 
Some Needs of Woman 
The Truth About Love 
Old Maids and Single Women 
A Chapter for Men to Read 
The Higher Education 
A Big Day 
The Good and Evil of Books as they Pertain 
to Women’s Lives 
The Sin of Trying to Be too Good 
Reflections of a Grandmother 
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