Too much fun made of old maids; making girls marry through fear of becoming unlovely and unlovable old maids.
Want of politeness in the family.
The husband, when he carves for the family, carving out the top pieces for the wife and family, and keeping the tenderloin for himself. [Laughter.]
Want of attention to the laws of health.
Assuming the inferiority of the woman’s intellect.
Failure to train the children to sit with the parents in church.
Late hours.
Want of early consecration of the children to God.
Allowing children to run at large in the street, and to select their own playmates.
Encouraging forwardness in young children.