THE SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
THE SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
BEING THE CONFESSIONS OF THE
SEVEN HUNDREDTH WIFE AS REVEALED TO
HELEN ROWLAND
AUTHOR OF “THE WIDOW”
“REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
GIRL,” ETC.
PUBLISHED IN NEW YORK BY
DODGE PUBLISHING COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY DODGE
PUBLISHING COMPANY; NEW YORK
MRS. SOLOMON
CONTENTS
| I. | GREETING | 11 |
| II. | BOOK OF HUSBANDS | 15 |
| III. | BOOK OF FLIRTS | 31 |
| IV. | BOOK OF DAMSELS | 49 |
| V. | BOOK OF BACHELORS | 67 |
| VI. | BOOK OF SIRENS | 79 |
| VII. | BOOK OF ADMONITIONS | 93 |
| VIII. | BOOK OF SONGS | 109 |
I. GREETING
AND VERILY, A WOMAN
NEED KNOW BUT ONE
MAN WELL, IN ORDER
TO UNDERSTAND ALL
MEN; WHEREAS A MAN
MAY KNOW ALL WOMEN
AND UNDERSTAND NOT
ONE OF THEM
GREETING
Hearken, my Daughter, and give ear untomy wisdom, that thou mayest understandman—his goings and his comings, his stayingsout and his return in the morning, his words ofhoney and his ways of guile.
Beloved, question me not, whence I have learned ofman, his secrets. Have I not known one man well?And verily, a woman need know but one man, inorder to understand all men; whereas a man mayknow all women and understand not one of them.
For men are of but one pattern, whereof thou needestbut to discover the secret combination; butwomen are as the Yale lock—no two of them arealike.
Lo! What a paradox is man—even a puzzle whichworketh backward!
He mistaketh a sweet scent for a sweet disposition,