  | | PAGE | | Publisher's Note | v | | Foreword | vii | | Table of Contents | ix | | List of Tables | xiii | | List of Illustrations | xv | | Introduction | xvii | CHAPTER | | | I. | Finding the New Home | 1 | | The First Adjustments | 1 | | Homes Studied | 6 | | Dissolving Barriers | 14 | II. | Family Relationships | 19 | | Separated Families | 20 | | Keeping Boarders | 23 | | The Man Without a Family | 27 | | The Single Woman | 29 | | The Migrant Family | 32 | | From Farming to Industry | 34 | | The Wage-earning Mother | 39 | | Changed Duties of a Mother | 43 | | Paternal Authority Passing | 47 | III. | The Care of the House | 54 | | New Housekeeping Conditions | 54 | | Demands of American Cookery | 58 | | Water Supply Essential | 60 | | Overcrowding Hampers the Housewife | 62 | | Women Work Outside the Home | 65 | | Housing Improvement | 66 | | Government Building Loans | 75 | | Instruction in Sanitation | 80 | IV. | Problems of Saving | 85 | | Present and Future Needs | 85 | | Unfamiliarity with Money | 88 | | Irregularity of Income | 91 | | Reserves for Misfortunes | 92 | | The Cost of Weddings | 98 | | Christenings and FÊte Days | 103 | | Buying Property | 105 | | Building and Loan Associations | 109 | | Postal Savings Banks | 111 | | Account Keeping |
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