' s ▁controvers ial ▁topic ▁was ▁divor ce . ▁In ▁the ▁article , ▁H ig gin son ▁argued ▁that ▁early ▁marriage ▁was ▁more ▁of ▁a ▁problem ▁for ▁women ▁than ▁divor ce . ▁Her ▁recommendation ▁that ▁women ▁would ▁be ▁wise ▁to ▁marry ▁no ▁earlier ▁than ▁age ▁ 3 0 ▁gar ner ed ▁H ig gin son ▁national ▁notice ▁( K o ert , ▁ 1 9 8 5 : ▁ 5 2 ). ▁That ▁same ▁year ▁what ▁would ▁become ▁her ▁best - known ▁poem , ▁" F our - Le af ▁Clo ver ," ▁was ▁published . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁H ig gin son ’ s ▁story ▁" The ▁Mother ▁of ▁‘ P ills ’ " ▁won ▁Mc Cl ure ’ s ▁magazine ▁award ▁for ▁best ▁story . ▁The ▁following ▁year ▁H ig gin son ▁won ▁Mc Cl ure ’ s ▁magazine ▁short ▁fiction ▁contest , ▁with ▁a ▁prize ▁of ▁$ 5 0 0 , ▁for ▁" The ▁Tak in ’ ▁In ▁of ▁Ol ’ ▁Mis ’ ▁Lane ." ▁Mc Cl ure ’ s ▁printed ▁ 8 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁issue ▁in ▁anticip ation ▁of ▁high ▁demand . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 7 , ▁the ▁Mac mill an ▁company ▁became ▁H ig gin son ' s ▁main ▁publish er . ▁They ▁published ▁most ▁of ▁her ▁subsequent ▁books ▁and ▁heavily ▁promoted ▁her ▁writing . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 2 , ▁when ▁H ig gin son ’ s ▁only ▁novel , ▁Mar iella , ▁of