,confidential ,chats with ,girls        
,,books ,,by   ,,wm4 ,,lee ,,howard1    
,m4,d4    ,,facts ,,for ,,the ,,married 
,,plain ,,facts ,,on ,,sex ,,hygiene    
,,confidential ,,chats ,,with ,,boys    
,,confidential ,,chats ,,with ,,girls   
,,confidential ,,chats                  
,,with ,,girls                          
,,by                         ,,william  
,,lee ,,howard1 ,m4,d4                  
,author of      8,plain ,facts on ,sex  
,hygiene10 8,confidential ,chats with   
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,,chapter                               
,,page      ,i4 ,,how ,,to ,,develop    
,,into ,,womanhood                      
#c      ,,ii4 ,a ,,general ,,chat       
#ad     ,,iii4 ,,the ,,disorders ,,of   

,,menstruation ,,and ,,general ,,health 
#cb      ,,iv4 ,,the ,,care ,,of ,,the  
,,skin ,,and ,,complexion               
#ea       ,v4 ,,nerves ,,and ,,the      
,,nervous ,,girl                        
#gf      ,,vi4 ,,how ,,to ,,get ,,will  
,,power                                 
#hi     ,,vii4 ,,how ,,to ,,keep        
,,attractive                            
#ii    ,,viii4 ,,some ,,don',,ts        
#aae     ,,foreword   ,the ,american    
girl from fourteen to eighteen years of 
age has been sadly neglected in the most
 important and necessary part of her    
education4  ,knowledge of unessentials  
and nursery physiology1 along with a    
smattering of academic teachings1 have  
held her apart from a true appreciation 
of her real value to herself and        
humanity4 ,physical exercise and moral  
admonition have been given her1 but not 
advice nor instruction which was based  
upon the proper foundationsex           
development4  ,details of sex hygiene   
have been kept from her1 and these1 with

 the care of woman's greatest jewel1    
maternal possibilities through a perfect
 sex growth1 have all been left to      
chance and too often sad experience4    
,the girl is no longer completely       
protected by the old home influences4   
,to-day she is out in the world alone1  
struggling for herself and frequently   
for others4 ,the high-school girl seems 
to be left in the same whirlpool of     
moving men and things1 and just now     
there are unpleasant revelations of the 
fact that she needs care and instruction
 more than her working sisters4  ,i have
 seen in private and hospital practice  
thousands of girls whose health was     
ruined for life through ignorance or    
false ideas concerning sex activities4  
,the land is crowded with suffering     
wives and broken-down girls whose woeful
 conditions are due entirely to         
ignorance of sex hygiene and how to     
mentally and physically care for their  
sex development4  ,if ,i can1 by my     
humble efforts1 stop the future mothers 

from suffering1 worry and ill health1   
from bringing their daughters up in a   
state of criminal prudery1 ,i shall be  
proof against the slings and arrows of  
the fast-disappearing ,,sham4  ,in these
 ,,confidential ,,chats ,i tell in plain
 language and facts the things that1 had
 they been told to the girls of the last
 generation1 would have saved untold    
misery4  ,it is a pity that the facts   
and instruction which should come from a
 mother and a father 7due quite largely 
to their own ignorance71 must be sought 
elsewhere1 but this being so1 ,i intend 
that these ,chats shall supply what     
prudery and ignorance have denied the   
girls of to-day4    ,,william ,,lee     
,,howard1 ,m4,d4     ,,confidential     
,,chats ,,with ,,girls     ,,chapter ,i 
,,how ,,to ,,develop ,,into ,,womanhood 
,the little buds on the rosebushes seen 
in the warm spring days and which later 
on in the early summer open to become   
the beautiful flowers1 are controlled   
and governed in their development by the

 same laws of ,nature that control your 
development from the little girl to a   
budding girl1 and then into the full    
blossoming woman4  ,every living thing  
upon this earth is given life1 growth   
and development under laws that are the 
same for the girl1 the woman1 the       
flowers1 the fishes1 the little birds4  
,the supreme ,power which controls us   
and every living being has so regulated 
the way man1 beasts1 birds1 fishes and  
even flowers are kept on the earth for  
the increase and progression of the     
world1 that by a plain understanding of 
these laws we can live and produce      
better and better men and women from    
generation to generation4  ,if you will 
carefully think the matter over1 you    
will soon realize that every living     
thing around us is the result of the    
mating of the male with the female4     
,roses marry and have little children   
just the same as a man and woman4 ,the  
little pussy willow1 which so early in  
the spring sends out its little babies  

in furry buds1 had been married to a    
willow man the year before4 ,the sweet  
grapes you eat in the autumn are the    
8fruit of the marriage0 between a male  
grape and a female grapethat is1 the    
seeds4 ,the little chicks hovering and  
hiding around the proud mother hen have 
for their father the crowing cock4      
,here is a good example of this absolute
 law of the supreme ,power4 ,if you take
 a few chickens1 all females1 and keep  
them shut up until they are young hens  
with no rooster ever disturbing their   
happiness1 you can never hatch chicks   
from the eggs of these hens4 ,you may   
put these eggs under a setting hen and  
she may sit there until the hens'       
doomsday and no life is possible in     
these eggs4 ,now at the same time shut  
up chickens with a rooster1 and when    
these chickens have grown to be hens you
 will be able to hatch chicks from their
 eggs4 ,if you take the eggs from your  
first lot of hens and in a dark room    
examine their eggs1 by the aid of a     

candle1 you will see only a clear egg4  
,now if you take an egg from the lot of 
hens who have had the rooster for       
companionship and hold it up to a       
candle1 in a dark room1 you will be able
 to see a tiny black or brown spot about
 the size of a pin's head4 ,this is the 
vital spot1 the male seed which1 upon   
entering the vital principle of the     
female egg1 at once begins to develop   
into a chick4 ,three weeks under the    
warm body of the setting hen causes the 
development of the chick from this tiny 
spot4  ,the little black spots you see  
in a mass of 8frog spittle0 are the     
vitalizingthe life-givingseed from the  
bullfrog4 ,these male seeds lie in the  
mass thrown out by the female frog4     
,placed in some quiet pool of warm      
water1 warmed by the sun1 the hatching  
goes on until the pollywogs are born4   
,it is the same with the fishes1 the    
turtlesevery living thingthe male seed  
must enter the eggs of the female before
 life commences4 ,the playful puppies1  

the fuzzy kittens1 the butterflies1 the 
bees are all brought to life by the same
 principle4  ,always keep in your mind  
that no matter what the different ways  
of mating are1 how the little flower    
children are born1 how the puppies grow 
before birth and then come into the     
world2 they all are ,god's creations and
 made according to ,his laws4 ,so being 
made according to ,god's laws1 and we as
 human beings having absolutely nothing 
to do with these laws1 but are          
controlled by them1 there can be nothing
 wrong1 indelicate or shameful in       
knowing all about these matters4  ,in   
fact1 before we can have full reverence 
for ,god and obey ,his laws1 we must    
understand and know them1 what they mean
 to us1 how we are punished and warned  
for disobeying these laws and the       
fearful results following the abuse of  
our bodies and minds through ignorance  
of what our bodies require and ,god     
demands4  ,as ,i have told you1 every   
living thing1 from flowers up to babies1

 is produced by the meeting of the male 
seed with that of the female seed4      
,every female1 flower or woman1 has a   
place to keep and hold these seeds until
 they have grown to be babies of some   
kind4  ,take the roses for example4     
,when the big rose gets fully grown in  
the latter part of the summer1 the      
little yellow dust you see in the center
 is the male seed4 ,botanists call these
 male flower seeds the pollen4 ,at about
 the same time that the male rose is    
8going to seed0 the female rose is ready
 to take this pollen into her           
receptacle4 ,this male seed is carried  
to the female rose's womb1 the name of  
the organ in all females where the two  
kinds of seed meet and then grow into   
children4  ,the seed is carried into the
 rose's womb by the wind1 insects and   
birds4 ,when it is once deposited1 the  
rose's womb closes tightly1 and there   
the seeds of the two sexes remain and   
grow until in the spring you see the    
little babies in the buds4 ,these       

gradually grow1 as you know1 from the   
little colorless buds to the small pink 
ones1 and when the warm summer-time     
comes they burst open to become         
full-grown male or female flowers1 and  
in the autumn these marry and the next  
spring become fathers and mothers       
themselves4  ,it is the same throughout 
all ,nature4 ,nothing can become a      
living thing except through a marriage  
of the male with the female4  ,let us   
take the little birds for another       
example4 ,this will show you how the    
young bird comes from an egg and is born
 almost the same way that you and ,i    
were borncoming from an eggfor this is  
just what did occur in our case4  ,the  
female birds1 and all female animals1   
have what we call ovaries1 from the     
,latin ovum1 meaning egg4 ,these ovaries
 are placed1 in the birds and all       
animals1 in the deep region of the      
groin1 above the womb in the animals    
which keep the eggs inside of themselves
 until the babies are born4 ,of course1 

the birds1 fishes and all their kind1 do
 not have a real womb1 for the eggs are 
laid outside of their bodies in a nest  
of some kind4 ,this nest outside        
corresponds to the nestthe wombinside of
 the higher animals4  ,all eggs are     
formed in the ovaries2 this is what the 
ovaries are for1 and at first they are  
tiny little spots seen only through a   
microscope4 ,at certain times1 like the 
mating time of the birds1 these eggs    
drop down from the ovaries1 ready to    
meet the male seed4 ,when this is       
accomplished the eggs at once begin to  
put on their shells1 which1 of course1  
are only to protect the little growing  
birds while the mother sits upon the    
eggs4 ,as soon as the shell is formed   
the eggs are deposited in the nest1 and 
here the patient mother sits and waits  
for the little ones to grow until ready 
to come out and see the wide world4     
,then comes the pretty sight of the     
mother and father flying back and forth 
from the nest1 carrying some big worm or

 bug to feed the hungry and crying      
babies4 ,both father and mother work    
like ,trojans to keep the stomachs of   
their little children filled1 and if you
 will watch a pair of robins trying to  
feed their nestful of children1 you will
 say that they are the greediest little 
things you ever saw4  ,and they have to 
be kept crammed with worms and bugs1    
because their growth is rapid and they  
must get strength enough to fly and take
 care of themselves before cold weather 
comes and to get away from cats1 snakes 
and other animals which want them for   
food4  ,and is it not a wonderful fact  
to contemplate when we know that these  
little birds will fly a thousand miles  
to a warm climate for the winter1 and   
will fly the thousand miles on their    
return in the spring and find their old 
tree1 limb and identical spot where     
their old home was8 ,if these little    
birds are watched over by such wonderful
 laws1 what must be the care1 laws and  
rules by which we are governed8  ,as the

 little birds come from a shell1 after  
being developed through the warmth of   
the mother's body1 just so do we1 after 
lying in our mother's nestthe wombcome  
to be born1 after we have been warmed   
and developed for nine months4 ,so you  
see that what ,i said about the laws of 
,god being the same for every living    
thing is the absolute truth4  ,the      
,springtime of the girl is when she     
commences to have her eggs form in the  
ovaries and drop into her womb4 ,she    
commences to bud at about the age of    
fourteen years1 and like the delicate   
buds of the flowers1 if care is not     
taken to protect her growth1 ill-health 
follows and she may so ruin herself     
that1 when she marries1 she is unable to
 be a mother4  ,while it takes only one 
spring and summer to make a full-grown  
flower1 or even a robin1 the girl needs 
twelve or fifteen years after she is    
born to get into her budding age4 ,and  
her future health1 morals and happiness 
all depend upon how the first four or   

five years of the budding age is lived4 
,and to live so that she will reach the 
highest development of woman1 the girl  
must understand all the laws of ,god and
 live according to these laws4  ,it is  
my purpose in these ,chats to show you  
these laws1 as well as to plainly point 
out to you how man and woman have       
constantly been disobeying ,god's words 
and how we are suffering in consequence 
of our ignorance and disobedience4      
,your ovaries are in place when you are 
born4 ,of course they are tiny things   
and not developed4 ,they remain inactive
 for many years after you are born4 ,but
 at about ten years of age the blood    
commences to flow through them and they 
gradually develop1 like the flower buds1
 until they reach their ripeness4 ,of   
course this development varies in       
different girls according to their      
nationality2 those from the southern    
countries developing earlier than those 
from a more rigid climate4 ,about       
fourteen years of age is the average age

 in this country4  ,when the ovaries are
 developed the womb has also grown1 so  
that every month it gets rid of blood   
that accumulates there4 ,but at this    
period the womb is a very tender organ1 
delicate1 not fully fastened to the     
ligaments from which it hangs1 and any  
rough play1 strain or carelessness at   
the time of menstruation may ruin you   
for life4  ,every girl should be proud  
of this budding process and care for it 
with a heart full of thankfulness4 ,just
 see how the little budding trees and   
flowers are cared for by a good         
gardener1 how careful he is to assist   
,nature1 how by this reverence and      
thought the wild flowers are brought    
under cultivation and by the means of   
the pure soil in which they are planted1
 by protecting them from frost and harsh
 treatment1 what beautiful blossoms1    
scents and radiance results4  ,the laws 
of ,god make the wonderful growth and   
development possible1 but man1 by       
acknowledging these laws and abiding by 

them1 is able to increase the beauty and
 usefulness of all growths4  ,it is just
 so with us4 ,if we acknowledge the     
beneficent order which controls us1 if  
we reverently study to understand ,god's
 intentions1 then we are aided in all we
 do to perfect our own development1     
moral beauty and health4 ,the reward we 
receive is in having children follow us 
who have benefited by our reverential   
and knowing efforts4 ,it is only by such
 an attitude towards ,nature that we    
progress4 ,shame of our ,god-given      
gifts1 studied ignorance of all ,his    
laws1 the ignoring of our powers for    
reproducing our kind1 all mean a going  
backwards in civilization4 ,disease1 sin
 and debasement is certain to follow1   
and does follow1 for most of the misery1
 disease and poverty is due to our past 
attitude in ignoring the details of the 
blossoming period of girls1 by allowing 
the process to go on1 paying no         
attention to the soilassociations and   
environmentsof either the girl or the   

boy4  ,everything in nature moves in    
cyclesthat is1 moves in regular periods4
 ,the stars1 the planets1 the sun1 the  
earth1 the moon1 the tides1 the seasons1
 all go and return at certain fixed     
intervals4 ,growths of all kinds on this
 earth have their periods of birth1     
development1 death4 ,the active periods 
of every living thing is taken up with  
reproductive occurrences1 or the getting
 ready for reproduction4 ,the female dog
 has her regular periods when she is    
ready to be a happy mother1 so do the   
pretty deer1 the squirrels1 the fishes1 
everything4 ,when the fishes' regular   
period comes around in the spring1 we   
call it the spawning time1 with the     
birds the pretty name of mating4 ,with  
the woman we call it the menstrual      
period1 from the ,latin word meaning    
monthly4  ,a pure1 honest woman1 honest 
to herself and her ,god1 can see nothing
 but a wonderful provision of ,god for  
keeping the earth populated and the     
opportunities for bringing man to a     

nearer understanding of his ,maker4  ,we
 need no orthodox religion to make man  
feel the essence of ,god within him when
 he understands the laws under which he 
lives1 and how by his own efforts he can
 improve his powers and give greater    
ones to those who have received his     
blood through a pure woman4  ,such is   
every good and intelligent man's        
thoughts1 his inner feelings1 but only  
through a woman's understanding of her  
greater powers in this respect can we   
hope to bring future generations to a   
higher plane4  ,it is in order to aid   
you in avoiding the many illnesses which
 have fastened upon women during the    
last thirty years or so1 that ,i speak  
so plainly in these ,chats4 ,i am       
obliged to say things and use words that
 at first may seem a little indelicate1 
but if you have grasped the fact that ,i
 am humbly trying to tell you the truth 
about ,god's laws and sincerely believe 
that ,i am doing right in so telling    
you1 there will be no misunderstanding  

about my motives4  ,so ,i shall take you
 at once into my confidence and let you 
be the judge4     ,,chapter ,,ii  ,a    
,,general ,,chat   ,the average         
,american girl approaches puberty       
without any definite knowledge of what a
 menstrual flow means4 ,if you are one  
of these neglected girls and have had a 
fright when you first menstruated1 had  
all kinds of stories put into your head1
 you must try to forget the fright and  
realize that all the stories are really 
nothing but stories4 ,if you have passed
 over one or two periods after the first
 one made its appearance1 it does not   
mean that you are going to become crazy1
 that something is wrong with you1 but  
that the fright1 the tales you have     
heard and the sensitive condition at    
your age have all affected your nervous 
system1 and you will come out all right 
after you possess a full knowledge of   
these things as we go on from ,chat to  
,chat4  ,the average ,american girl     
commences to menstruate at about        

fourteen years of age4 ,now if you have 
menstruated two years earlier or two    
years later it means nothing but a      
condition of your race1 how you have    
lived1 in the country or the excitements
 of the city1 and other social          
conditions4 ,from the time a girl first 
menstruates she can count on about      
thirty years of activity for the ovaries
 and womb4 ,that is1 if a girl          
menstruates for the first time at       
fourteen years of age1 she ought not to 
have any cessation of the periods until 
she is forty-five years of age4 ,so you 
can see that the later she is in        
starting1 the later she will be in      
stopping4 ,of course the same thing     
happens when the girl commences to      
menstruate earlier1 she will stop       
earlier4  ,the ovaries are two little   
sack-like organs lying on each side1 in 
the pelvis1 or the groin4 ,from each    
ovary runs a little tube to the womb1   
which is situated beneath them right in 
the middle of the body4 ,now every month

 the ovaries send down the tubes a      
little egg which lands in the upper part
 of the womb1 and when the womb is full 
of blood1 which occurs every month in   
the healthy girl1 this egg is carried   
away in the blood4  ,i do not intend to 
talk to you about the process of        
procreation or the physiology of        
conception2 all these matters you may   
read about in the many good books which 
have been written upon those subjects4  
,what ,i want to tell you are facts and 
things not to be found in books and     
which will1 if you guide yourself by    
them1 make you a strong and healthy     
woman throughout all your life4  ,from  
the time you first realize that you are 
no longer a little girl1 but growing    
into a woman1 you should commence to    
take the best of care of the ovaries and
 the monthly flow4 ,these ovaries hang  
in the body by very tender and delicate 
ligaments4 ,never mind the names the    
doctors call these cords or other       
ligaments2 we are always going to speak 

in the simplest language1 so that you   
may get a clear understanding for the   
advice ,i shall give you4 ,these ovaries
 are sensitive to all movements of the  
body and to your emotions4 ,anger1      
outbursts of indignation and wrong      
reading1 all these produce an effect    
upon the ovaries1 especially so when    
your period is in full activity4  ,you  
may be a romping1 strong girl with      
well-developed muscles and bones and    
never had to be careful of what you did4
 ,but when the age approaches where you 
begin to feel strange1 somewhat timid1  
and have new ideas and peculiar         
thoughts1 when the old kind of rough    
exercise tires your back1 it means that 
your ovaries and womb are receiving more
 than the usual amount of blood and are 
in no condition to be harshly knocked   
about4 ,at this time there may be slight
 bleeding from the nose1 for the first  
time a soreness of the breasts and      
nipples1 a light feeling in the head and
 a disposition to easily get out of     

patience with your companions and things
 about you4 ,when these many different  
feelings come you may know that the     
ovaries are getting ready to prove that 
you are a woman in the making4  ,now    
remember that the monthly flow of blood 
does not come from the ovaries1 but from
 the inside of the womb4 ,the ovaries   
make the eggs and send these eggs down  
into the womb1 as ,i have told you4     
,when you are married these eggs are    
made alive by the husband's germ of life
 and remain in the womb1 growing for    
nine months1 when the little babe is old
 enough to be born and make you the     
happiest woman alivethat is if you are  
in good health4 ,as long as you are a   
virtuous girl the womb cleanses itself  
every month4 ,of course this does not   
take place after you are married1 for if
 so1 you can readily see that the blood 
would carry away the egg4 ,and it will  
do this even after you are married and  
have a little live egg in you1 if you   
have not taken care of both womb and    

ovaries4 ,this condition may become a   
regular habit1 and then you end in being
 the most miserable woman on earth4     
,because these things have not plainly  
been told the girls is the cause for so 
much injury being done to the womb and  
ovaries while growing4 ,you have not    
been warned that you should cease all   
rough play1 active sports1 should not   
stand all day upon your feet nor dance  
late into the night4 ,some girls have   
been brought up to be over-active at    
this time just to prove that they will  
not acknowledge that there is any change
 or difference in them4 ,nature always  
punishes such an insult to her laws1 and
 the teacher who places such ideas in   
the girl's mind is generally one whom   
,nature has already punished by denying 
her any of the sweet and powerful       
instincts of woman4 ,have nothing to do 
with these unfortunate and harmful      
creatures4 ,you must assist ,nature in  
her attempts to make you a complete     
woman2 give in to her by keeping quiet1 

not fretting nor getting angry because  
you have to give up some dance or       
basketball game4 ,if you do not give up 
many of these pleasures when you are a  
growing girl1 you will have to give them
 up later on in life2 give them up      
forever4  ,for the first two years from 
the commencement of your first monthly  
period you should be quiet1 obtain      
plenty of sleep and good food and take  
no exercise except walking1 swimming and
 bending of the body in your room night 
and morning4 ,skating is not injurious  
if it is not overdone and you keep your 
feet dry and warm4 ,some girls have been
 injured for lifethough they did not    
know it at the timeby sliding downhill  
on sleds4 ,they were tossed off or ran  
into some post or fence and were        
slightly bruised4 ,such a slight        
accident caused a rupture or strain on  
the ovaries or womb1 perhaps the tender 
ligaments were stretched and the        
ignorant girl continued her play with   
them in this condition4  ,much of this  

advice may seem old-fashioned to you1   
but in all truth it is advice founded   
upon the ,,new experience and knowledge 
of all physicians who have seen the     
havoc wrought by carelessness and       
ignorance in these matters4  ,the womb1 
hanging by its delicate cords1 is at    
this time in the girl's life growing    
rapidly and consequently receiving      
plenty of new blood4 ,it has not reached
 full development and it takes but      
little to put it out of place and have  
it stay there4 ,the ovaries may be so   
twisted and put out of order that       
nothing can be done for them in later   
life but to cut them out with a knife2  
then you are ruined as far as womanhood 
is concerned4  ,young age has wonderful 
powers of repairing injuries4 ,if it    
were not so1 but few would ever reach   
full growth4 ,but there are some        
injuries youth cannot correct1 and these
 are the distortions and displacements  
of woman's sex organsthe internal ones4 
,if you jar or tear these organs1 the   

ovaries and womb1 while you are growing1
 you do not know of the injury at the   
time4 ,everything at this age is strange
 to you in feeling and function1 and    
slight pains in the back or groin1      
irregularity or too little flow1 you    
think is nothing4 ,but it is            
,,everything to you when you reach the  
marriageable age1 or when your time     
comes to become a mother4  ,the womb is 
pear-shaped1 big end upwards4 ,it should
 hang nearly straight in the body4 ,the 
small end is the outlet which opens at  
the time the baby is to be born4 ,it    
also opens slightly every month to let  
out the blood1 then closes when it has  
emptied itself4 ,now you can readily see
 that if it is twisted1 tipped backwards
 or otherwise out of shape1 birth can   
only be given at great risk to both the 
babe and its mother4 ,it may be out of  
place so that nothing but an operation  
will save life4 ,it may be so turned    
backward that the child is smothered    
while trying to grow1 and then must come

 a horrible operation4 ,even the        
unmarried woman will suffer from any of 
these misplacements of the womb4 ,every 
month the blood tries to pass off it    
finds obstruction2 pains1 griping pains 
occur1 sometimes the blood cannot pass  
away but remains to cause inflammations 
and tumors1 and unless corrected by an  
operation the poor woman's life is one  
of torture and invalidism4  ,ignorant1  
never having been told of these         
important matters1 you may have tried to
 vault in the gymnasiums1 played a      
fierce game of basketball or gone to a  
dance when your flow was on4 ,this1     
strange as it may seem to some1 is the  
most frequent cause of 8,women's        
,troubles10 8,female ,weakness10 etc4   
,now there is absolutely no reason for a
 woman to have 8troubles0 or 8weakness40
 ,nature has so made woman that in      
reality she can stand much more strain  
and endurance of a certain kind than man
 can4 ,at the start she is possessed of 
everything which makes a strong and well

 being throughout all her life4 ,she has
 to be of this nature1 for just think1  
she does the work of two beings4 ,while 
the child is growing in the womb she has
 to watch and feed herself to give the  
little one good blood,,her blood4 ,when 
it is born1 she has to do the same      
thinggive it good1 health-giving milk4  
,then as the child leaves her breasts1  
she has to watch and care for all its   
growing years4 ,besides all these cares 
she has her household1 her husband1 her 
hundred and one duties to perform4      
,surely all this requires a strength of 
body1 a determined will and an          
all-absorbing love4 ,no man could or    
would do all this,never6  ,a perfectly  
well woman1 a woman whose sexual parts  
are in their places and strongly        
attached there1 does all this tremendous
 work happy1 smiling1 and reaches the   
grandmother's chair with the sweetest   
countenance to be seen on a human face4 
,it used to be so2 we see but few happy 
and uncomplaining mothers now4 ,and     

there is but one cause for all the      
present misery and race suicide4        
,ignorance of sex laws and prudery in   
all the most vital matters pertaining to
 young girls is the reason and cause4   
,no exercise which puts a strain on the 
body should ever be taken by the growing
 girl4 ,especially true is this when you
 are having your menstrual period1 for  
then you should be as quiet as possible4
 ,in many cases it would be best for the
 girl to remain away from school4 ,if   
you have to go to school1 that is if you
 cannot make your mother understand the 
matter1 you should be allowed to sit and
 not stand at your lessons4 ,every girl 
should be placed in the unembarrassing  
position to leave and go home at any    
time during school hours4  ,thousands of
 girls have been ruined in health       
because their male teacher or gymnasium 
instructor could see only a pupil and   
not a growing woman1 because a condition
 which should excuse one girl or make   
allowance for another1 or a state of    

sexual nervousness which means the girl 
ought to be sent home at once1 are      
subjects that are not talked over       
between a male principal and a woman    
teacherthat is1 not as they should be   
talked over4 ,it is an old story to the 
doctor1 these nervous and sexually-ill  
young women4 ,taken unwell in school1   
perhaps suffering pains caused by a     
previous 8standing it out10 the poor    
girl increases the injury to her organs1
 and besides being unable to put her    
mind upon her school work1 she suffers  
the humiliation of a low mark4  ,but we 
cannot do these necessary things at the 
public schools1 girls so often tell me4 
,well1 there is but one answer to such a
 complaint4 ,if the schools are so      
regulated that a growing girl cannot    
have the best of care1 consideration and
 instruction in these vital matters1 we 
had better close them allevery one4 ,but
 what we can do is to have schools for  
girls only1 and these must have teachers
 whose first thoughts are the physical  

welfare of all the pupils and who are   
thoroughly conversant with sex hygiene  
and all this means to the future women  
of our land4  ,i have to speak of this  
most important matter to you girls      
because in a few years most of you will 
have daughters to send to school1 and as
 it is almost a hopeless task to bring  
the present generation out of their     
mucilaginous prudery1 ,,you must take   
hold as mothers and demand that such    
care and instruction will be given your 
girls that we shall no longer have this 
sad condition of suffering and childless
 women as has existed the last forty    
years or so4 ,you will find the young   
men of your generation aiding and       
forcing these common-sense forms of     
education1 for they1 too1 are being     
instructed in the matter from their side
 of the question4  ,i remember a        
beautiful girl of fifteen years of age1 
who was brought to me suffering from a  
nervous breakdown4 ,there was nothing   
the matter with her except everything4  

,never having had that care and         
instruction she should have had1 one day
 in school her pains became unbearable4 
,she cried1 and when she went to ask her
 teacher to excuse her1 this misfit of a
 teacher sent the embarrassed girl to   
the ,,principal4 ,of course she would   
not go and tell ,,him what the trouble  
was2 she left of her own accord and was 
marked for it4 ,but this was not the    
worst of it2 some evil-minded boys in   
her class laughed at her when she       
returned a few days afterwards and      
uttered those despicable hints which go 
straight to a good girl's heart4 ,and   
she never told her mother1 because her  
mother had never told her anything4 ,a  
girl in the schooloh1 there are a lot of
 these kinds1 ,i dare say you all know  
one or two of themtold her what to do to
 keep the monthly flow away4  ,so she   
finally had to go to the doctor1 who    
found a frightful state of thingsone    
ovary ruined for life4 ,for three years 
she remained an invalid1 and the shock  

she received1 added to the drugs she had
 taken1 had made her one of those many  
unfortunate women which fill our land4  
,all heavy lifting is dangerous to the  
womb and ovaries during the growing     
period2 therefore all the apparatus in  
the gymnasiums for testing the strength 
of arms and back should be avoided4     
,many a foolish or uninstructed girl has
 made herself a girl of muscles1 but    
ruined her ,,womanly ,,powers in so     
doing4 ,save all your strength and force
 for what ,nature intended a woman to   
,,do2 don't throw it away in doing      
gymnasium stunts4 ,no real youth or man 
likes to see a girl do these things2 his
 applause does not come from the heart1 
but only from the head4 ,such a girl may
 have strong arms in which to carry a   
baby1 but the chances are some other    
woman will have to give her the baby to 
carry4 ,of course every girl should     
exercise1 but it must be such exercises 
as is governed with her sexual organs   
ever in view4 ,as an example1 dancing is

 good recreation and exercise1 but it   
should not be indulged in two days      
,,before the menstrual period and not   
until two days ,,after4  ,another thing 
which affects the wombretention of      
urine4 ,that is1 keeping the bladder    
full4 ,many girls have been brought up  
in such ignorance and under such false  
ideas of prudery that they will suffer  
pain from distention of the bladder     
rather than allow the slightest hint to 
escape them that they need immediate    
relief4 ,this brings about not only a   
weakness of the bladder1 which will in  
later life be very annoying and really  
embarrassing1 but the pressure of a full
 bladder on the surrounding partsthe    
womb and its attachmentsis apt to       
displace it and irritate it4 ,then      
again1 a girl may be within a few days  
of her flow1 and here the pressure of a 
full and hard bladder may set up an     
inflammation and bring on the period    
before its time4 ,all this tends to     
start an irregularity1 and when this    

irregularity is fairly established1 the 
girl's1 and later on the woman's1 life  
is only an existence full of misery4    
,in fact1 ,i think ,i am justified in   
saying that ninety per cent4 of the     
women suffering from nervousness1       
hysteria1 restlessness and pain1 comes  
from the sexual organs being out of     
place1 twisted1 early inflammations and 
general lack of care of them from want  
of knowledge4  ,and it is so easy for a 
girl to grow into complete womanhood1   
full of life1 good health and scarcely  
any unnatural knowledge that she has    
ovaries1 womb or breasts4 ,most women   
to-day only know they have a womb from  
the severe pains and that 8bearing down0
 feeling about which they constantly    
complain4  ,please understand that in   
this ,,chat we are only considering     
general and common conditions which     
injure all growing girls and result in  
miserable health in after life4 ,i am   
only hinting about the errors due to    
ignorance which produce our hysterical  

women and childless wives4 ,and ,i want 
to repeat this fact1 that there is      
absolutely no reason for all this       
invalidism and suffering among women and
 girls4  ,the general rules ,i shall    
give you for perfect condition and good 
health must be followed by all girls and
 young women1 but ,i shall have to      
devote some time to the special needs of
 girls who work in shops1 large stores1 
factories and those who are brought into
 close intimacy with men in offices4    
,those dragging pains in the small of   
the back so many suffer from during the 
menstrual flow1 and those racking       
headaches1 are not natural4 ,the pains  
mean that the womb is dragging or else  
pulling upon its supports2 that you need
 to rest and keep off your feet as much 
as possible4 ,if you are a schoolgirl1  
you ,,must stay at home and rest upon   
your back much of the time4 ,there is no
 excuse for your not doing this4 ,to    
force you to go to school to take an    
examination or make up a certain lesson 

is criminal4 ,,strike6 ,it would be a   
good thing if you all formed a union for
 the protection of your future health1  
and demanded your sex rights4 ,rest you 
should1 and must1 from all mental or    
physical excitement if you wish to be a 
woman who will be a blessing to those   
around her instead of a burden4  ,which 
had you rather ,,your daughter should   
have1 a certificate of perfect health1  
with the knowledge that when she marries
 she can become a mother without danger 
to herself and child1 that she can      
remain happy in the nursery instead of  
miserable in the hospital1 or a diploma 
stating that she can read ,french poetry
 and write an essay upon 8,woman's      
,career08  ,some of these statements you
 girls will have to read to your        
mothers4 ,then if prudery has blinded   
them to the truth1 take the matter into 
your own hands4 ,it is upon you1 in the 
future1 that depends the decent         
regulating of instruction in the public 
schools4 ,the girl who goes to dances or

 any evening entertainment lightly      
clothed1 low neck and short sleeves1    
while she is menstruating1 as thousands 
do1 will certainly land in the doctor's 
hands or become one of those pitiful    
things1 a drug fiend4 ,and the drug     
habit starts from taking 8some harmless 
thing0 to ease the pains or stop the    
flow4  ,that curse of the ,american     
girls1 constipation1 does as much if not
 more1 to hurt the womb than a full     
bladder4 ,we shall have a lot to say    
about this matter later on in our ,chats
 about the skin and complexion4  ,when  
the menstrual period first makes its    
appearance the swelling and tenderness  
of the breasts1 the itching1 a feeling  
of fullness in the region of the womb1  
are all natural and should not cause any
 worry4 ,if you are in perfect health   
and ,,keep so1 these little symptoms    
will become less noticeable as you grow 
into full womanhood4 ,so do not get     
frightened1 do not take any medicines   
nor act upon the foolish advice from    

other girls4 ,the flashes of heat1      
frequent blushing1 dizziness and the    
frequent desire to pass your water1 are 
all natural4 ,there are some fortunate  
girls who approach and pass this first  
period without all these uncomfortable  
symptoms1 but most of you will have some
 or all of them4  ,the itching of the   
skin1 pimples on the face and body1     
sometimes a sore throat1 all these are  
nothing but indications of the great    
revolution you are going through from   
being a girl to becoming a glorious     
woman4 ,then there are the toilet duties
 to be done at this period and          
throughout your life which make for     
perfect health4  ,oh1 yes1 ,i shall tell
 you all about these matters and what to
 do4  ,during the periods of the first  
year or so you are in a condition to    
catch many of the diseases all around   
you1 such as                            
tuberculosisconsumptionerysipelas1      
tonsilitis1 scarlet fever and the mumps4
 ,remember ,i do not say you are liable 

to catch such a disease as consumption1 
only that you are in a condition when   
the germs can find lodgment better than 
at other times4 ,of course you should   
never sleep in a room with a consumptive
 or even be around one at any time1 but 
should it happen that during your       
developing period anyone with the       
disease was liable to be brought into   
contact with you1 keep away1 away in the
 open air4  ,at this period also mumps  
may be a serious matter for you1 so if  
you have a little brother or sister who 
is suffering from this disease of       
childhood1 you should keep out of the   
room and1 if possible1 out of the house4
 ,no matter if you did have the mumps   
when a little girl4 ,if you catch the   
mumps during the first years of your    
young womanhood the affection ,,may go  
to your ovaries4 ,this1 of course1      
produces a painful swelling and1 if not 
attended to by a reputable physician1   
will go to destroy the usefulness of the
 ovariesprevent you from ever having    

children4 ,this has happened in girls   
who did not knowor rather their mothers 
did not knowwhat the danger was1 and    
when the girl grew up to be married and 
no children came1 she was blamed1 often 
accused of being one who did not want   
children4 ,many a time when a young     
woman had been married several years and
 was childless1 ,i have asked the mother
 if her daughter had the mumps when she 
was growing into womanhood1 and if she  
suffered pain in the groin and back4    
8,why1 yes1 ,doctorbut what has that to 
do with it80  8,didn't you know that the
 mumps sometimes went to the ovaries and
 destroyed their function80  8,why1 no2 
it can't be possible80  8,yes1 possible 
and probable4 ,your daughter can never  
have children because you did not tell  
her all about her sex organs1 and when  
her little brother had a swelling and   
pain in the glands of throat and jaws1  
you did not know enough to send her away
 or keep her away from him1 telling her 
plainly why you did so4  8,but you were 

never allowed to mention these things   
when you were a young womanyou never    
knew these important things8 ,exactly   
so1 and this is the punishment thousands
 of mothers and daughters are receiving 
for this prudery40     ,,chapter ,,iii  
,,the ,,disorders ,,of ,,menstruation   
,,and ,,general ,,health   ,civilization
 has brought many unnatural effects upon
 the monthly period of women1 and       
ignorance of how to care for the body   
has made matters worse4 ,it is with     
these unnatural disturbances that you   
are mostly concerned4 ,the inability to 
understand certain symptoms of your     
menstrual flow1 the consequent neglect  
of these symptoms or ignorantly taking  
drugs and medicines for the troubles1   
are the causes for so many girls and    
women being miserable and invalids      
struggling on under most distressing    
conditions4  ,there is always a good    
cause for any irregularity or stoppage  
of the monthly period2 some reason why  
the flow is scanty or too profuse4      

,these causes can readily be discovered 
when the girl knows herself and all that
 pertains to that self4  ,in the healthy
 girl the flow should come and go       
without any marked pains or distress4   
,of course during four or five days     
there will be a feeling of weakness1    
lassitude1 a 8please-let-me-alone0      
attitude1 and in many girls1 a desire   
for pure love and caresses4 ,these      
various feelings are natural and only go
 to show that you are a full-blown      
woman4  ,there is nothing to be ashamed 
of in this feeling for love and         
caresses1 this peculiar desire to want  
protection and a something that you     
cannot exactly explain to yourself4 ,it 
is really an awakening of all your      
womanly desires1 and these are your     
greatest powers over man1 children and  
the best of everything in the world4    
,these feelings should not be           
suppressed1 but kept under control4     
,they should be carefully saved1 for    
they are the feelings which bring future

 happiness1 and you want to give them as
 little attention as possible except    
that attention which keeps them pure and
 holy4  ,avoid all women who scoff at   
motherhood1 who deride the domestic life
 for women1 who stand and shout their   
demands in public places instead of     
sweetly using their influence for a     
better condition for men and women so   
that the future babies will have a      
proper birthright4 ,no discussion or    
knowledge which will make better fathers
 and mothers can be wrong1 but every    
attempt to ignore the subject is sinful4
  ,there is nothing to be ashamed of in 
maternal feeling and impulses2 what a   
girl is to be blamed for is a want of   
control over these natural instincts and
 giving way to them4 ,the care of the   
company she keeps1 the kind of thoughts 
she lets get into her mind and the way  
she cares for her body1 are the factors 
which make for a good and chaste girl or
 otherwise4  ,but how can we blame all  
those girls who accidentally go wrong8  

,i certainly do not4 ,they have never   
been told just what to do1 where the    
danger lurks and all the consequences4  
,should we blame and shun the girls who 
have been sent out into the world amid  
the dangers and snares laid for them2   
young women who see chastity mocked1    
virtue a thing to bargain for1 the      
glitter of gold pouring into the laps of
 those thousands who find 8the easiest  
way0 out of their poverty and struggles8
  ,yet the truth is1 hard as it may seem
 and as often as it has been told to    
you1 that virtue and chastity in deeds  
and thoughts ,,do bring rich awards4    
,these awards may be a long and tedious 
time in coming and the struggle is hard1
 but in the end all this will be proven 
to have been worth while4  ,as ,i have  
told you1 the monthly period should come
 and go without much physical pain4 ,it 
should last from four to five days and  
be regular in recurring about every     
twenty-eight days4 ,but it is seldom so 
normal in the average ,american girl1   

the girl who has been left alone to     
solve her own mysteries and go her own  
way4 ,this is equally true of the       
high-school girl or the working girl4   
,and why8 ,because she has been brought 
up through her early developing days to 
go on and disregard all her sex         
functionsthe greatest factor in all     
life4 ,the high-school girl has been    
mixed up with all kinds of youths and   
not kept away from tantalizing and      
embarrassing conditions4 ,the shop and  
working-girl has been forced to do her  
work1 day in and out1 standing upon her 
feet or working at a machine while the  
sensitive and full-blooded womb was     
trying to empty itself4  ,let us first  
consider the girl whose monthly flow is 
scanty or entirely absent4 ,she has     
arrived at the age of sixteen years and 
has not 8seen anything40 ,but every     
month1 for a year or so1 she has had    
headaches1 felt extremely nervous1 had  
some pains1 the breasts have felt tender
 and sore1 and altogether she has had a 

miserable twelve months of these        
symptoms1 but no relief from a flow4    
,what is the matter with such a girl8   
,remember ,i told you that the womb was 
pear-shaped1 the small end hanging down4
 ,here is a little opening1 through     
which the menstrual blood flows1 and    
then out of the body4 ,the womb is in   
reality only a big bunch of muscles so  
arranged that it can relax and empty    
itself and then tightly close4 ,in the  
unmarried woman1 or before one has given
 birth to a child1 this little opening  
is completely closed except during the  
period4 ,even then it is only very      
slightly opened1 but open and shut it   
must if a girl is to be in good health4 
,a girl may have over-exercised or      
injured herself when she was twelve     
years of age or thereabouts1 and brought
 about a little inflammation1 which at  
the time she knew nothing about4 ,the   
womb was already getting prepared to do 
its monthly work1 and as the weeks went 
on the inflammation increased4          

,inflammation always means some kind of 
an extra growth at the injured spot2    
like a scar1 for example1 after a wound 
has healed up4  ,the womb itself is not 
a sensitive organ to the touch or to    
slight inflammations at the lower end1  
hence the little girl does not1 at the  
time1 feel any pain4 ,she may feel      
uncomfortable in that region1 but as she
 has been brought up ,,never to mention 
any matters concerning her sex organs1  
of course she keeps silent while the    
injury goes on4 ,the little inflammation
 heals up1 but in healing what does it  
do8 ,leaves a scar1 of course4 ,now this
 scar may be big enough to have ,,closed
 the outlet for the monthly flowto have 
made the entrance of the womb grow      
together4 ,it is under these            
circumstances a sealed bag2 nothing can 
come away from it4  ,the girl's time    
comes1 but the blood does not4 ,all the 
other signs being present1 she watches  
and worries4 ,sometimes1 alas1 too many 
times1 she has never been told just what

 should happen4 ,backache troubles her1 
headaches often drives her to take some 
harmful drug1 she becomes fretful1 loses
 control of her temper in the simplest  
things and finally loses friends because
 she 8is so horrid1 says so many cutting
 things40  ,yet she does not mean to be 
disagreeable2 she simply cannot help it4
 ,how could she8 ,there is a clot of    
blood in her womb that cannot come away2
 it remains and hardens and each month  
is added to by the banked-up blood4  ,it
 is a very sad condition1 and one that  
often continues until a tumor is formed1
 or some other complication makes an    
invalid of her in the prime of her      
lifeor what should be her prime4  ,this 
condition is frequently the cause of    
hysteria1 of desperation1 of a gradual  
mental failing4  ,there is another      
condition which goes to ruin a girl's   
health and happiness1 for the effects   
are the same as in a closed womb4 ,there
 is a membrane in all chaste girls      
called the hymen4 ,this closes the      

entrance to the vagina4 ,now there      
should always be a little opening1 or   
several little openings in this membrane
 to let out the blood4 ,in some girls   
this is closed from birth2 so completely
 closed and tough that the weight of the
 first monthly blood cannot break       
through it4 ,then we have all the       
symptoms of the stoppage we have in the 
closed womb1 only the blood packs and   
hardens in the lower parts instead of   
the womb4 ,often this produces greater  
distress than when the same conditions  
exist in the womb4 ,here great bloody   
tumors form and the state of the poor   
girl is certainly pitiable4  ,from birth
 also the womb may be closed1 grown     
together4 ,then there are some girls so 
nervously constituted that the least    
touch on the muscles of the womb will   
shut it up spasmodically4 ,such a girl's
 womb is not grown together1 but when   
the first drops of blood are trying to  
ooze away1 the womb shuts tightly4 ,in  
all these cases the results to the girl 

is the same as ,i have described4  ,the 
remedy for all this misery is simple1   
almost painless1 and will not detain you
 from your duties but a few days2       
sometimes not at all4 ,by simply cutting
 or snipping apart the growth at the    
entrance to the organ1 or opening it by 
a little stretching instrument1 the     
fault is remedied2 the girl cured4 ,and 
all this simple knowledge could have    
saved thousands of suffering girls and  
women4 ,no1 it does not interfere with  
your proof of virginity4 ,the snipping  
is too slight4 ,but supposing it should8
 ,what of it1 as long as you know in    
your own heart that your are a chaste   
girl8 ,do you want to be a miserable    
wreck of a woman just on account of an  
ancient superstition1 a foolish and     
harmful idea of a lot of old women and  
medieval theologians8  ,it is a sad     
conditionthis closed womband should not 
be allowed to sicken a girl for one     
hour,,if ,,she ,,knows4  ,alas6 she has 
not been allowed to know these          

thingsjust allowed to suffer and be     
blamed4  ,if you have reached the age of
 fifteen years or thereabouts and for a 
year or so have had all the nervous and 
mental symptoms of a period occurring   
every month and no blood comes1 then go 
at once to a reputable physician4 ,be   
certain you go to one in good standing4 
,never go to one who advertises 8women's
 troubles10 or to one whom you do not   
know by the best of repute4 ,remember   
that honest and true physicians do not  
advertise in the papers4 ,so whenever   
you see an advertisement of a doctor who
 says he can cure you of ,,that trouble1
 keep away from him4 ,never mind what   
the other girls tell you about a doctor 
or some medicine that cured them1       
probably the cause for their trouble was
 an entirely different one4  ,naturally1
 your mother is the first one to        
consult1 but ,i fear that if you have a 
mother who has allowed you to suffer    
month after month1 and constantly said1 
8,oh1 don't bother about such matters2  

it will come out all right when you get 
older20 such a mother will not exactly  
be the one to go togo to a ,,reliable   
physician4  ,never1 under any           
circumstances1 take medicines for this  
trouble4 ,let 8regulating pills0 alone  
as you would a rattlesnake4 ,now that   
you know the cause1 common-sense will   
tell you that pills1 or any and all     
things of the kind1 are not only        
useless1 but harmful4  8,but1 ,doctor1  
how about the girl who has had several  
good periods and then stops for several 
months1 or even skips a month and only  
flows every other month8 ,there can be  
no closing of the mouth of the womb     
under these circumstances80  ,no1 in    
such cases the cause is entirely        
different1 or rather the causes1 for    
there are many4 ,most of you can find   
out for yourself just what ,,your cause 
is for being irregular1 after ,i point  
out to you some facts4  ,many times it  
is only ,nature's way of preserving your
 health4 ,for instance1 if you have not 

sufficient blood in your system to allow
 you to lose a certain amount every     
month1 ,nature will prevent it going to 
the womb to be thrown away4 ,some girls 
will have 8nose bleeds0 once or twice a 
month and this takes the place of the   
monthly flow4 ,this is not a sign of    
good health1 just a sign that something 
is wrongsee a good doctor1 he will know 
and tell you what to do4 ,if you are    
troubled with headaches 7especially in  
the back of the head and neck71 if your 
appetite is poor1 if you lost too great 
an amount during your last flow1 or if  
your nervousness increases1 it means    
that you are in poor condition4 ,perhaps
 you have danced too much and lost too  
much sleep1 been unduly excited or had  
some great grief2 any of these things   
will affect in some way your menses4    
,anything1 in fact1 which lowers the    
tone of your general health will affect 
the menses4  ,if you are over-fat and   
growing fatter every day1 this          
unhealthful condition will stop your    

menses4 ,i don't mean a plump1 jolly1   
happy amount of fat1this is a good state
 for a growing girl1but ,i mean an      
overplus of fat with white cheeks1      
flabby flesh1 swollen ankles and big    
stomach4 ,such a condition indicates    
some disease4  ,there are many diseases 
which leave you in a condition of       
suppressed or irregular menstruation2   
such as typhoid fever1 kidney           
affections1 chlorosislack of red        
bloodconsumption1 scarlet fever4 ,if you
 have gone through any one of these     
illnesses and your periods are irregular
 or scanty1 don't worry2 time will put  
this matter right as you recover from   
the general effects of the disease4 ,if 
you have reason to fear consumption1 be 
grateful that ,nature is preserving your
 blood to help you get well2 for1 as you
 know1 you can get wellcan completely   
recover from consumptionif you ,,will   
,,eat ,,and ,,sleep ,,in ,,the ,,open   
,,air,,live ,,in ,,the ,,open ,,air4    
,most of the causes for irregularities  

and scanty flows are due to your        
unhygienic methods of living and        
playing4 ,sleeping in rooms where fresh 
air only gets in through a crack1       
insufficient and improper food and too  
much tea and coffee1 will soon cause    
irregularities and other menstrual      
troubles4 ,catching cold or getting wet 
feet1 damp skirts flapping around       
thinly-clad ankles just before or during
 the time of your monthlies1 will also  
bring you to some womb trouble4  ,then  
the influence of the mind upon all these
 matters plays a very important part in 
your health4 ,evil suggestions from     
girls or youths1 seeing plays which you 
ought not to see1 reading all that      
rotten stuff put out for young women and
 girls to read and dream over,i don't   
mean the nasty ones1 but all those which
 unduly excite the imagination and throw
 a false light upon lifethe ,duke1 the  
,prince and ,villain kindthe virtuous   
blonde maiden and the hard-working hero 
stuff1 you all know what ,i mean4 ,there

 is plenty of good literature1 exciting 
stories1 to be read without reading a   
lot of cheap tinsel and ready-made      
romances which have no more to do with  
real life than a mask has to do with the
 human features4  ,you can              
over-exercise1 become too much excited  
over contests in the gymnasium1 use up  
force to such an extent that your       
growing womanly functions become        
weakened and sometimes dried up4 ,no    
girl of a nervous temperament should go 
into any athletic contest1 team or      
personal4 ,such a girl should not play  
basketball1 attempt any stunts on       
horizontal bars or flying rings2        
nothing1 in fact1 which calls for a     
strain upon the nervous system4 ,the    
function of the womb1 as well as of all 
the sex organs1 are directly affected by
 the nervous system4 ,you can never be a
 strong woman1 complete in all that     
belongs to a woman and her career1 if   
you1 as a young woman1 over-strain the  
nervous system4  ,hundreds of girls who 

are playing contests of basketball1 to  
see which team is to be the champion of 
the state or the town1 are going to     
suffer from all this excitement4 ,your  
teachers do not take into serious       
consideration your growing sex organs4  
,they do not seem to know what it means 
for a girl to get over-excited at any   
time during her development1 that there 
is nothing except alcohol which will    
arouse dangerous impulses more than     
athletic excitement4 ,so do be careful  
of your exercise4  ,on the other hand1  
no exercise will also produce some      
disturbance of the menstrual period4 ,if
 you do not take some form of useful    
exercise1 poisons accumulate in your    
system4 ,this causes unnatural fat to   
pile up around your ovaries and kidneys2
 in fact1 it will bring you to a sad    
state in middle life if you have        
neglected to exercise in a careful and  
regular manner when you are growing4    
,the girl who works in the shop1 the    
department store1 or follows any of the 

numerous careers which are open to her1 
as a rule gets plenty of exercise4 ,to  
be sure it is not the best kind of      
exercise by any means1 but as she has to
 be on her feet almost all the day1 for 
her to take any gymnasium work at night 
is harmful4 ,she needs the fresh air1 to
 eat proper food and to obtain plenty of
 sleepall she can get or steal4 ,the    
girl who is so situated that she can    
walk to and from her place of           
employment1 is fortunate2 the girl who  
cannot1 must get walking exercise in the
 open air some way if she wishes her    
periods and general health to be        
perfect4  ,profuse menstruation1 that   
is1 too much blood flowing and for too  
long a time1 is always a sign that      
something is wrong with the womb as well
 as with your general health4 ,it is not
 a sign that 8you have too much blood in
 your system10 but a symptom that the   
womb is weak1 has lost its tone and does
 not close up tightly at the finish as  
it should4 ,the cause is one of the many

 ,i have told you about2 too long       
standing on the feet1 going to parties  
or dances when you should have been in  
bed1 improper food or too little of it1 
undue excitement at a time when you     
should have been quiet4 ,search well    
your own heart1 and some of the causes  
you will be able to discover yourself4  
,in other words1 any irregularity or    
little errors in your conduct will bring
 about irregularity in your menstrual   
functions4  ,no girl should use the     
sewing machine when she is unwell1 or do
 any work which involves the movement of
 the thighs and legs4  ,food1           
nourishment and clothing have a lot to  
do with all the irregularities and      
disturbances of the sex organs1 but we  
shall have to chat about these important
 matters when dealing with the skin and 
complexion1 so leave them here4 ,it will
 save repeating4  ,one great cursefor   
that is what it really isof all         
,american girls and women1 is           
constipation4 ,false modesty1 ignorance 

and not drinking enough water are the   
principal causes for this injurious     
state4 ,but never mind the causes1 let  
us get at the effects4  ,every portion  
of your body1 including the bones1 can  
be in a state of good health only when  
constantly supplied with fresh water4   
,coffee1 soda water1 chocolate or other 
makeshifts do not take the place of pure
 water4 ,you should get the water into  
you daily1 by the quart4 ,i wish ,i     
could go into this matter so thoroughly 
as to make you all see and understand   
the importance of this fact4 ,however1  
,i can show you in these ,chats how     
necessary it is even to your sex organs 
and what they throw off1 to make you1 ,i
 hope1 drink plenty of water throughout 
all your lives4  ,the bowels must be    
emptied every day4 ,any keeping of the  
cast-off material of the intestines in  
the bowels means an odorous skin1 foul  
breath and other disagreeable odors1 no 
matter how clean you may be ,,outwardly4
 ,then there is another very important  

feature of this dried-up state4 ,as you 
grow older the arteries harden1 they    
cannot expand and contract as the blood 
pressure demands they should1 and when  
any strain comes upon the heart or blood
 vessels1 these latter burst and        
apoplexy is the result4  ,but before    
this takes place there has been a       
failing of the memory1 perhaps of the   
intellect1 because the proper amount of 
blood needed to nourish the brain cannot
 pass through the tiny1 but important   
arteries of the brain4 ,so some kind of 
softening of the brain follows4 8,she   
died from apoplexy0 is said4 ,no1 she   
died because1 when a young woman1 she   
would not drink water in sufficient     
quantities to keep her organs flushed   
and clear of accumulated material4 ,now1
 if this absence of water in the system 
so affects the brain1 its arteries and  
veins1 just imagine what trouble the    
womb will have in getting enough water  
for all its needed blood4  ,but there is
 a more important effect that the       

absence of plenty of water in the system
 has upon the girl4 ,it is a very       
serious matter to her1 as it affects her
 attractiveness and happiness1 and this 
is what we want to get at in these      
,chats4  ,you all know that at certain  
times girls will have more or less an   
odor from their skins and breaths4 ,it  
is very noticeable in some girls1 and in
 others of the most careful cleanliness 
and habits it will be detected4         
,perfumery only makes matters worse2 the
 attempt to cover the natural odors is  
too marked4  ,these odors are all caused
 by acids and other chemical materials  
which exist in the natural secretions of
 the body2 the perspiration1 breath and 
other secretions4 ,the less water there 
is in the human system1 the more will   
these chemical odors pervade the        
atmosphere surrounding the girl4  ,it is
 the lack of plenty of water that causes
 the skin to give forth odors4 ,if you  
have exercised to the extent of bringing
 on profuse perspiration and have not   

drank plenty of water before1 during and
 after the exercise1 no amount of       
bathing will prevent an odor coming from
 the skin4 ,if you are going out to a   
dance or any place where you will be in 
a warm room1 you will not be able to    
disguise the chemical odors coming from 
the skin4  ,but if you have filled your 
system with water two or three hours    
before going out1 your skin will have a 
delicious1 natural odor4  ,during the   
menstrual period every gland in the     
growing girl is very active4 ,the skin  
throws off an extra amount of           
perspiration1 the glands under the arms 
are very1 extremely1 active4 ,then at   
this time the breath comes faster than  
usual and throws off its poisons in     
large quantities4 ,all these            
off-castings of the body are loaded with
 material that must leave the body if we
 are to keep in good health4 ,but here  
is the point4 ,you can so saturate your 
system with pure water that all these   
fatty and acid odors become highly      

diluted and scarcely any of them will   
make their presence known to those      
around you4  ,drinking water will make  
you fat8 ,nonsense4 ,that is some old   
woman's talesome old woman who tries to 
excuse herself from drinking water4     
,water will not make you fat nor make   
you lean2 just keep you in the good     
health and state you were born to be in4
 ,then it helps keep the bowels clean1  
gives a good flow to the blood and keeps
 the womb free from any little clots    
being left over from your last          
menstruation4  ,how much water shall ,i 
drink8 ,two tumblerfuls every morning   
before breakfast1 two between each meal 
and as much at meals as you want4 ,don't
 bother yourself about the fads of      
drinking water1 such as none at meals1  
for instance4  ,look at a horse2 he     
drinks when he is thirsty and he drinks 
all he wants4 ,take water away from a   
horse1 keep it away from him as it has  
been kept away from girls and young     
women1 and you would soon see his coat  

become dull1 sticky1 and the light go   
from his eyes4  ,remember that a horse's
 coat of hair corresponds to your skin2 
it is his complexion4 ,deprive yourself 
of water and your skin becomes dull1    
sticky and malodorous4 ,but we shall    
have a lot to say about the skin1 so    
nothing more now4  ,with all this good  
habit of drinking plenty of water must  
go the application of water to the      
outside of the body4 ,this you must do  
to wash away the dried crystals of all  
the chemical materials sent out from the
 skin and glands4 ,warm ,,sponge baths1 
while you are menstruating1 are         
necessary4 ,i know that you all have    
been told never to take a bath while    
your period was on1 but you see that you
 must get rid of these tell-tale odors  
now that you are out in the world4 ,of  
course you must be careful not to take  
cold2 you should not use any but warm   
water1 and then jump into bed warmly    
covered4 ,use no scented soap1 not even 
under the arms1 just plain castile or a 

similar ,,pure soap4 ,after the flow has
 ceased be certain to wash your external
 parts with a soft sponge and pure soap4
 ,you want to consider this part of your
 toilet just as important as washing the
 teeth or ears1 and it should be done in
 the same unconcerned and unthinking    
manner4     ,,chapter ,,iv  ,,the ,,care
 ,,of ,,the ,,skin ,,and ,,complexion   
,all girls want a good complexion and a 
clear skin4 ,the skin and hair are the  
glories of a healthy woman4 ,most of you
 can have this desired state of a clear 
skin and pure complexion4 ,a good       
complexion merely means a perfect state 
of health4 ,a clear skin does not depend
 on what you apply to it1 but what you  
keep off it4  ,the clear1 satin-like    
skin1 the skin which looks like a       
transparent piece of silk laid upon a   
soft cushion of white flesh1 and that   
sheeny skin resembling fine velvet1 seen
 in the pure blonde type of girls1 are  
all the effects of the blood beneath and
 how that blood is treated by the       

emotions4  ,muddy and contaminating     
thoughts will cause a muddy skin4 ,clean
 and clear thoughts will give you a     
clear skin4 ,jealousy and anger will1 in
 time1 affect the flow of blood through 
your tiny skin-veins and give you the   
appearance of age4 ,any emotion which   
causes indigestion will do the same     
thing4 ,in fact1 the state of mind and  
the manner in which you control your    
thoughts and temper are reflected in the
 tone of the skin4  ,it is during the   
first few years of menstruating that the
 girl who does not understand these     
matters commences to ruin her           
complexion4 ,while your body is         
developing1 the tiny glands in the skin 
are undergoing great changes4 ,these    
changes cause the glands to pour out    
oily matter1 perspiration and other     
material1 all of which naturally bring  
about a muddy complexion in some girls  
and redness of the nose1 or pimples on  
the face1 in others4  ,these conditions 
are natural to the growing girl4 ,the   

skin is clearing itself of all the      
little girl's activities and making     
ready for the woman's complexion4 ,it is
 ,springtime with the skin1 and this    
dirtor what looks like dirtis the result
 of all this skin-cleaning4 ,hair is    
appearing on certain parts of the body2 
that almost invisible down which all    
women possess1 is growing on all        
portions of the body and face4 ,the     
monthly periods are causing congested   
blood vessels throughout the whole body 
and especially the tiny arteries of the 
skin4 ,every part of your system is     
really undergoing a great change and    
does not get into a state of perfect    
health until you are eighteen years of  
age and over4 ,as in all things in which
 a decided revolution takes place1 there
 is more or less of a disturbance4      
,this is the time when a girl commences 
to worry about her complexion4 ,she     
frets and becomes anxious about the     
little spots appearing upon her face4   
,if she has not the proper home advice1 

but hears all sorts of tales and sees   
all sorts of things in the school or    
shop1 she soon resorts to the drug      
stores for a face lotion1 powder or     
cream4 ,she may have been told by an    
older girl that1 8,no1 ,i never had     
anything but a good complexion2 you'd   
better take something for yours1 ,i     
would10 and much more of this kind of   
foolish advice4  ,some girls go through 
the period of development without any   
marked change in their complexion2      
others1 especially brunettes1 will have 
a 8broken-out-face10 a hot and oily skin
 and not infrequently pimples on some   
part of their bodies4 ,girls of nervous 
temperament are apt to have more or less
 of a spotted complexion during the     
first few years of menstruation4 ,in all
 these girls it is more of a sign of    
good health than otherwise1 and if the  
skin had been left alone1which it has   
not1 because you have never known the   
truth1the quack advertisements of 8face 
creams10 8skin food10 8complexion       

wafers10 and all the other skin poisons 
and complexion-destroyers1 would never  
have been put out to swindle girls and  
women4  ,pimples most frequently show on
 the shoulders and upper arms1 and      
unless the girl knows that these really 
mean a splendid complexion when she has 
grown to full womanhood1 she worries    
herself to a point that makes her little
 life miserable4  ,this is the point in 
a girl's life where she starts in to    
ruin her complexion forever4 ,she       
commences to fill in the openings made  
to let out the fatty and other          
substances in her skin1 by powdering1   
applying some ointment which keeps these
 pores closed1 or goes to bed with      
greasy or other injurious 8skin foods0  
upon her face4 ,in fact1 she does just  
what in the end will give her a pasty   
complexion instead of a clear one4 ,of  
course she will later on take to the    
rouge and powder puffs and have to keep 
them in constant use until her skin     
becomes like that of a dried codfish4   

,please remember that what you need     
during the first years of your menstrual
 life is to allow full freedom for the  
skin to get rid of all the material your
 state is producing behind the outer    
skin4 ,this material must come away if  
the skin is to be a clear and healthy   
one4 ,banking up1 stopping this sweating
 process of the glands of the body1 will
 ruin your complexion in time4 ,you     
would not attempt to clean a room by    
sweeping all the dust under the carpet  
and not expect this dust to be always   
flying up and making the room dusty and 
ill-smelling8 ,but you do about the same
 thing when you do not let all the dirt 
and dust come away through the spring   
cleaning of the skin4  ,the period of   
your development is the ,springtime of  
your life1 and you must expect all kinds
 of disagreeable feelings and little    
annoyances to occur during this period4 
,each month1 just as your menses are    
coming on1 you will find little pimples 
or some redness on your face1 nose or   

shoulders2 perhaps on the arms4 ,you    
should not want to go to dances or      
entertainments at these times2 in fact  
you should not2 but at no time during   
your growth into full womanhood should  
you wear gowns with short sleeves and   
low necks4 ,for even between the        
menstrual periods there will be some    
indications upon the face or skin which 
tell the story4 ,to hide these little   
eruptions or redness of the skin you    
have to apply powder to the neck1       
shoulders and arms4 ,what are the       
consequences8 ,the perspiration1 due to 
the heat of the room and the exercise of
 dancing1 keeps the inflammation active 
under the powder and may cause such     
pimples that the scars are left forever4
  ,and right here is where you 8catch   
cold40 ,drafts1 sleeping by an open     
window or going from a warm room to a   
colder one do not give you a cold4 ,you 
may catch cold by doing these things1   
but the cause is something which has    
brought about a too rapid loss of heat  

from the body2 such as any wrong way of 
clothing or underclothing yourself2     
low-neck dresses for winter2 or covering
 the skin with powder or enamel1 through
 which the perspiration cannot have free
 play and keep the temperature of the   
body equal2 these are the reasons you   
8catch cold40  ,those girls you         
occasionally see with a pitted skin on  
their faces and shoulders1 are those who
 in all probability prevented the       
natural grease and other substances from
 getting out when they were in the first
 two or three years of their            
development4 ,they have generally       
brought about this disagreeable         
complexion by attempting to dress as    
full-grown women and covering face1     
shoulders and backs with some kind of   
lotion1 powder or cream4  ,the girl who 
was noted for her fine1 soft and smooth 
skin when she was eight or ten years of 
age1 commences at puberty to have       
pimples and blackheads on her nose1     
cheeks and forehead4 ,this being about  

the time she takes more notice of       
herself and others around her1 these    
little facial blotches worry her4 ,it is
 the opening of a new life and much     
attention is given dress1 hair and      
complexion2 to her whole appearance4    
,she brushes and fixes her hair with    
great care2 tries all sorts of          
experiments4 ,she probably uses the     
brush of her older sister or one        
belonging to some of her family1 or more
 frequently it is the common one at     
school or in the store4 ,she does not   
intentionally use a dirty brush1 nor    
will she use one which she has the least
 suspicion has been used by the unclean4
 ,but even the brush of her mother or   
sister carries germs that at this time  
do much injury to her skin and scalp1   
because the skin of the forehead is     
affected by the germs which get to the  
scalp4  ,this germ is one which is      
always to be found in the glands of any 
person's scalp or hairy portions of the 
body4 ,these glands are known as the    

sebaceous glands4 ,they are the ones    
which secrete the oily substance that is
 necessary for the health of the skin   
and hair4 ,you have enough of the oily  
substances in your own hair and skin1   
and it is usually free from germs at    
this time if you have used only ,,your  
,,own ,,brush4 ,but the moment you use a
 brush belonging to some older and      
full-grown woman you carry to your own  
scalp these germs4 ,if some of the other
 germs which are sometimes found upon   
common brushes get onto your scalp1     
there is another trouble for you to     
combatdandruff4 ,in the first case you  
simply add oily stuff to your own       
supply1 get over-much of the oil2 in the
 other case1 dandruff is piled thick    
with the fatty material and then comes  
scalp disease4  ,this may go on for some
 time and not noticeably affect you1 but
 it may cause in a few weeks a certain  
form of eczema about the forehead and   
even the face4 ,this is a very important
 matter for all girls and young women to

 remember4 ,i have shown you that on the
 approach and for some time after       
puberty1 all the tiny glands of the skin
 are enlarged and very active1 so you   
can now see that there are hundreds of  
thousands of little holes for the germs 
to get into1 and they do so from the    
brushes you are in the habit of         
usingthat is1 most of you4 ,when these  
germs have located themselves upon the  
scalp1 they soon commence to show the   
fact by giving you a muddy complexion4  
,sometimes you will be accused of not   
thoroughly washing your face1 so marked 
is the line around your forehead and    
neck made by the attack of these germs4 
,when the openings of the glands begin  
to gape1 the effect is not agreeable to 
you nor to your friends4  ,the pimples  
commence to irritate you on account of  
the increase of the oily substance1 and 
soon you see that little creamy spot1   
then you or a misguided friend will     
squeeze it out4 ,often before this      
harmful procedure is gone through with1 

a formation of a little cocoon-like body
 is formed and then you have blackheads4
 ,this is not all dirt as is generally  
supposed1 but a little cylinder filled  
with fatty stuff1 water and some dirt   
from the skin4 ,if these blackheads keep
 coming and if you go on squeezing them1
 if you insist upon covering the pimples
 with powder or lotion1 a real skin     
disease will be the result4 ,this skin  
disease we call acne1 and it is a       
difficult and trying one to cure4 ,never
 mind all those fetching advertisements 
in the papers which claim to cure acne  
in a few applications4 ,don't touch such
 harmful stuff4 ,all these advertised   
lotions simply ,,cover ,,up the symptoms
 of the disease1 drive it further into  
the skin1 and when you finally have to  
go to a reputable doctor1 too much harm 
has been done for him to save you from  
being marked for life4 ,never trifle    
with advertised cures1 go to a          
well-known doctor1 or if you cannot     
afford to pay a specialist's price1 seek

 one at the outdoor clinics4 ,there you 
will receive the same kind and careful  
treatment you would if you went to his  
office in an automobile of your own4    
,what are we to do to keep from having  
all these disagreeable pimples and their
 after-effects8 ,prevent them4 ,you     
understand2 not cure1 but prevention2   
for ,i want to put you all in a position
 to keep from having any trouble which  
needs a ,,cure in the medical sense4    
,the first thing to do is to look out   
for your scalp as soon as you recognize 
the approach of puberty and for ever    
after4 ,i do not mean that even a little
 girl should ever have her scalp        
neglected1 but that you must1 as soon as
 your menstrual time comes1 ,,never use 
any other brush than your own and this  
must be a new one4 ,no matter how old   
you are1 get a new brush every few      
months and guard it as you would your   
jewels or your most precious gift4 ,you 
should consider a brush for the hair as 
sacred as the one for your teeth4 ,you  

surely would not think of brushing your 
teeth with any old toothbrush which     
happened to come along2 neither should  
you use any other hairbrush but your    
own4  ,and all this is such a simple    
matter1 for whatever you do1 wherever   
you go1 whether you attend school1 work 
in an office or store1 you can easily   
carry with you your own hairbrush as you
 do your own toothbrush4 ,of course the 
same rule applies to comb1 soap and     
towel4  ,the habit some girls have of   
brushing and combing each other's hair  
is all very well if only your brush is  
used upon your hair1 and only upon your 
hair4 ,as a rule girls take one brush   
and go over each other's scalps1 thereby
 contaminating all the scalps2 carrying 
oily matter from head to head4 ,the     
scalp of a blonde-haired girl is not    
kept in good condition by the same      
quality or amount of secretions that a  
brunette requires2 a woman's scalp that 
has been neglected will carry to a young
 woman's sensitive skin germs which will

 affect her scalp and complexion1 but   
would not probably affect a middle-aged 
person4 ,so let no person use your brush
 and allow no other person's brush used 
upon you4  ,the habit of promiscuously  
kissing each other that some girls at   
this age of puberty so often have1 is a 
dangerous habit1 because you may have   
placed upon your lips some of the germs 
which cause pimples1 and then comes     
trouble again4 ,anyway1 a girl is too   
young to be kissed and not old enough to
 kisswithout danger to herself4  ,there 
are many1 many more little things which 
cause a poor complexion in the girl and 
grown woman4 ,first of all is that curse
 of ,american girls and                 
womenconstipationthe result of our false
 and injurious prudery4 ,i warned you we
 should have to refer to it again and   
again1 for it is a condition that enters
 into the cause of many women's         
illnesses1 indispositions1 tumors1 open 
sores1 headaches and other avoidable    
troubles4  ,allowing any of the cast-off

 material of the stomach and intestines 
to remain in the lower bowel will most  
positively cause a muddy and pimpled    
skin4 ,the reason is plain4 ,this       
material is dead stuff meant to be cast 
off out of the body ,,every day4 ,if it 
remains in the body it putrefies1 forms 
gases and acids1 which are ,r,eabsorbed 
into your system1 taken up by the blood1
 which later on shows it in your face4  
,just think of it6 ,would you like to go
 around with all the signs of putrid    
matter being kept in your body8 ,of     
course not2 yet you will outwardly show 
these signs if you do not keep your     
lower bowels always cleaned4  ,what is  
the best way to keep the bowels clean8  
,regularity in your habits of toilet is1
 first of all1 the most important       
factor4 ,drinking plenty of wateryou see
 ,i am at it againin the morning1 is    
next in importance4 ,your breakfast food
 can be so arranged that the bowels will
 empty themselves every morning if the  
habit and water drinking have been      

carefully looked after4 ,fruit1 stewed  
or ripe1 should be taken every morning4 
,little or no meat is needed nor        
advisable for you in the morning4       
,cerealsreal cereals1 not the sawdust   
and roasted bread crust stuffare good   
for the morning meal4 ,plain1           
old-fashioned oatmeal comes first1 then 
hominy or similar cereals4  ,the idea   
that buckwheat or other breakfast cakes 
cause pimples is all nonsense4 ,the same
 is true about syrups1 butter or sugar4 
,if you have flushed your stomach and   
intestines with water and fruit1 you may
 eat all the cakes and sugar you wish4  
,candy does not affect your complexion1 
neither do cakes1 pie1 nor any sweets   
which ,,are ,,pure ,,and ,,eaten ,,at   
,,the ,,proper ,,time4  ,all our        
grandmothers' scare and advice about    
eating candy and other sweets is due to 
the fact that they ,,do harm in this    
way4 ,candy and other sweets are too    
often eaten between meals or early in   
the morning and thus cause a lack of    

appetite4 ,with this loss of appetite1  
the body cannot get its nourishing and  
bowel-cleansing food4 ,it is the loss of
 this nourishing food and the natural   
result of having nothing in the         
intestines which will wash these food   
tracts out1 that does all the harm4 ,it 
is living unnaturally to be in such a   
condition1 and any unnatural way of     
living will bring about unhealth1 and   
this will be shown by a poor and        
nasty-looking complexion1 a hot skin and
 flabby flesh4  ,young women and girls  
often need sugar in their system and at 
certain times will crave it4 ,other     
girls will crave something sourpickles1 
for instance4 ,,eat ,,pickles ,,and     
,,candy ,,if ,,you ,,crave ,,them4 ,but 
do not forget that first you must have  
had a breakfast free from these         
substances1 have thoroughly emptied your
 bowels and had a good noon meal4 ,after
 these good meals you may eat candy1    
pickles1 ice cream1 any old thing,,if   
,,the ,,materials ,,are ,,pure4 ,this is

 a very important matter4 ,eat nothing  
that has been exposed to the dust of the
 streets or any filthy place4 ,we shall 
have something to say about 8dope0 drops
 and candies in which are brandies1     
cocaine and other drugs4  ,the girl who 
goes out at noon and buys for her       
luncheon claires1 doughnuts1 cream puffs
 and other pastry1 and makes a meal of  
this stuff1 is positively going to have 
a pasty complexion1 be constantly       
constipated and unable to do her full   
amount of workschool1 house or office4  
,if she has taken some good soup and    
eaten a little nourishing food1 ,,then  
the pastry will not harm her2 perhaps do
 her good4  ,i have said nothing about  
eggs or fish4 ,i think most of you are  
glad of it and know the reason4 ,i have 
had thousands of girls and young women  
under my charge and but few of them     
could eat either eggs or fish2 and to   
many1 milk was positively repulsive4 ,at
 certain times these kinds of foods are 
nauseating to many girls and young      

women4 ,now and then a young woman will 
take an egg or a few bites of fish1 but 
all through the active portion of her   
life she abhors a diet of such eatables4
 ,it is a case of      ,jack ,spratt    
could eat no pie1     ,his wife could   
eat no fish2     ,so betwixt them both  
,each had a separate dish4  ,do not     
force yourself to eat anything that you 
do not enjoy4 ,in good health the body  
will know what it needs4 ,if it needs   
sugar1 it will give you a craving for   
sugar2 if you need beef1 you will want  
it4 ,the cravings for sweets or sours   
only become unnatural when they are     
eaten to the exclusion of nourishing    
food4 ,if you have the ,,habit of eating
 sweets in the morning1 you must break  
this habit4 ,you got into the habit     
because you gave in to a natural desire 
at an unnatural time4  ,if you are      
hungry before going to bed1 then you    
will benefit by taking some nourishing  
and easily-digested food4 ,eating at    
night will ,,not injure your complexion4

 ,it is eating indigestible food which  
ruins the complexion1 and before bedtime
 you are too apt to eat those foods     
which lie all night in your stomach and 
ferment there4 ,this is a sure and quick
 way to bring on a muddy complexion and 
a red nose4  ,never drink milk with     
beef1 pork or ham4 ,but ,i do not fear  
this tough combination in girls or      
women1 only it is best that you should  
know that such a combination will remain
 all night in your stomach and let you  
know it for a few days afterwards4  ,i  
know that the majority of girls and     
women who are out in the selfish world1 
including schoolgirls1 do not fully     
realize the great importance of proper  
food eaten at the proper time1 that is1 
the bearing it has upon all their       
growing powers4 ,if they did1 we should 
not have all these patent medicines for 
skin1 womb1 stomach1 headaches1 and all 
the other doped stuff1 which is ruining 
hundreds of thousands of those who ought
 to be the mothers of the future        

generation4 ,i say ought to be1 because 
unless you girls take hold at once and  
absorb these facts ,i have been telling 
you1 and shall tell you1 many1 yes1 most
 of you1 will weep throughout a         
childless life4  ,what shall ,i apply to
 my face8  ,nothing but water and pure  
soap4  ,does not washing the face in    
water1 hot or cold1 bring on wrinkles8  
,no1 never4 ,did you ever see wrinkles  
upon your canary bird8 ,don't you have a
 bath ready for her every morning8 ,what
 made the ,greek and ,roman maidens so  
beautiful in face1 figure and           
complexion8 ,baths1 bathing their bodies
 and faces daily4  ,but they used facial
 ointments1 powders and creams4 ,no1 not
 the pure maidens or matrons2 only the  
other kind4  ,if a woman1 when young1   
was foolish or ignorant enough to use   
powder or grease upon her face and kept 
it up1 when she gets to be thirty-five  
or so1 she has to resort to enameling   
her face4 ,if now she allowed her face  
to be thoroughly washed by either cold  

or warm water1 she would have wrinkles1 
big1 deep ones4 ,she1 of course1 does   
not believe in water on the face and    
will tell you so2 she has her reason4   
,and the reason is this3 ,for years she 
has been maltreating her skin by        
stopping the natural oil from leaving   
the skin glands4 ,as time went on she   
has applied the necessary               
powdernecessary to herthen had to use   
some form of facial cream1 increasing   
the amount year by year4 ,there has been
 no opportunity for the skin to stretch 
or relax1 to work out its secretions1 it
 remains almost immovable2 consequently 
ridges and furrows form1 and a good wash
 brings out the wrinkles and also her   
secret4  ,there is no harm in having the
 face massaged when you are tired1 dusty
 and your skin feels tightly stretched4 
,but having it gently rubbed and washed 
with cold water1 then protected by a    
veil as you go out into the fresh air1  
is an entirely different matter from    
having it rubbed by one who fills in the

 open pores with a 8facial cream0 or    
some 8beautifier40 ,there is only one   
beautifier1 and that is ,,good ,,health4
 ,and once you get it you do not have to
 apply it every day4 ,it will stand the 
rain and the sun1 will defy heat and    
salt sprays1 will be always by your side
 wherever you go and not put you in the 
awful condition of a well-known         
professional beauty ,i once knew4  ,this
 woman was traveling and became ill4 ,i 
was sent for1 but when ,i arrived ,i was
 told by the maid that ,madame could not
 see me at that hour4 ,now the case was 
important2 the woman was suffering and  
in danger4 ,never mind1 she simply      
,,could ,,not see me for several hours4 
,she went into a delirium and was       
finally taken to a hospital for mental  
invalids4  ,why wouldn't she see me8    
,because her fine and notorious         
complexion had been left behind1 and as 
the suffering from her pain had caused  
her to freely perspire1 the perspiration
 had opened up all her wrinkles and     

furrows4  ,unless the skin of the whole 
body is freely washed1 the neglect will 
show on the complexion4 ,a bath every   
morning is the secret of many bright and
 rosy cheeks4 ,if you are so situated   
that you cannot get a tub bath every    
morning1 winter and summer1 you         
certainly can get a big sponge and have 
a sponge bath in your room4 ,let the    
water run down your spine1 especially   
down the small of your back4 ,give your 
face a good dose of cold water4 ,a      
shower on the face will keep wrinkles   
away until late in life4 ,do not stop   
your bathing because you are unwell1    
only use warm or tepid water4 ,i know   
that many girls are told not to even put
 their hands in cold water while        
menstruating4 ,this is utter nonsense1  
if the girl is otherwise in good health4
 ,these old ideas have done much harm   
and kept girls from benefiting          
themselves by helping ,nature in all her
 growths4  ,cold baths will keep your   
flesh firm and hard2 will take off fat  

if you are too fat1 and put on flesh if 
you are too lean4 ,like everything in   
nature1 the improvement comes slowly1   
but it certainly comes4 ,you should     
commence the baths in the summer and    
keep them up so that when the cold      
weather comes the change is not very    
noticeable4 ,of course all this should  
be done in a warm room and you should   
have a warm rug to stand upon4 ,be sure 
to take a good rub with a coarse towel4 
,this brings us to some simple form of  
exercise you can do at this time which  
will help the bowels to empty themselves
 by toning the muscles of the abdomenthe
 stomach1 you call it4  ,these exercises
 consist in bending the body from your  
waist several times1 then swinging from 
side to side4 ,you do this with your    
feet close together and with            
straightened knees4 ,bend forwards and  
downwards1 touching the floor with the  
tips of your fingers without bending the
 knees4 ,keep it up until you can do it 
without effort4 ,then swing your body   

from side to side1 twisting and turning 
from the hips4 ,nothing will give you a 
more graceful figure than these forms of
 movements4 ,keep up this exercise all  
through your active life1 and with all  
the other advice ,i have and shall give 
you1 you can be attractive even when the
 gray hairs have made their appearance4 
,it is not the purpose of these ,chats  
to advise you in purely medical matters1
 that is to tell you what to do in      
illness and what medicines to take4 ,the
 purpose of these talks is to put you in
 possession of knowledge that will bring
 you to full womanhood1 a strong1       
healthy woman to whom marriage and      
children will be a state of happiness   
for both husband and wife1 or to a state
 of content1 if you choose 8single      
blessedness40 ,but in the matter of     
constipation1 ,i think it will do no    
harm to tell you that1 if you will take 
once a week a tablespoonful of ,,sodium 
,,phosphate1 you will be benefited4     
,this sodium phosphate should be taken  

before breakfast in a full glass of     
water4  ,what about thin hair1 split    
hairs1 that dead-feeling hair8  ,if this
 condition is found in the young woman1 
it is ninety-nine times out of a hundred
 her own fault1 or due to her ignorance 
of what the scalp and hair need4  ,it is
 because she has piled a lot of dead and
 often diseased hair on top of her      
healthy and growing hair4 ,put a bunch  
of dead matter upon live and growing    
matter and what is the result8 ,death1  
decay6  ,most of the fashions in hair   
and dress originate in those whose lives
 and age compel some artificial aid to  
attract attention4 ,these foolish and   
freakish fashions are not for the young 
woman to adopt4 ,take the fashion of    
long trains1 for example4 ,the women of 
,paris seldom walk1 they go about in    
automobiles or carriages4 ,now1 sitting 
in these open conveyances it attracts   
attention to have a long folding train  
wrapped around the sitting figure and   
pulled up at the ankles to show a dainty

 slipper and silken hosiery4 ,don't you 
see how ridiculous it is for a good     
young woman who has to walk to her daily
 work or school1 to try to copy a       
fashion which is intended for an        
entirely different class of women8 ,yet1
 when trains were the fashion1 you all  
did it4  ,you are doing about the same  
foolish thing now with your head4       
,head-gearthat is the best name for itis
 intended for women whose age has       
depleted them of much hair or whose     
lives have been such that their hair has
 become dead through bleaching or other 
injurious processesthese women must     
repair the damage4 ,wigs are too        
evident1 so these women buy the hair    
which once graced or disgraced some     
other women1 and pile it up in freakish 
forms and call it the latest fashion4   
,the ,american girl and young woman     
immediately follow 8the fashion10 and   
then you ask me what to do for thin hair
 and dead tresses6  ,now1 if you keep up
 this heathenish fashion of ruining your

 own beautiful hair1 many of you will   
not only have thin hair1 but become     
,,baldheaded4 ,false hair1 such as      
8puffs10 8rats10 frames1 pads1          
8transformations10 8pin curls0 and      
8mouse-traps10 will do the trick for    
you4 ,even the artificial means used to 
puff out the natural hair will          
ultimately injure itinjure it beyond    
repair4  ,all the false hair with the   
appliances to keep it in shape1 press on
 the scalp and impede the circulation of
 the blood1 and the part of the scalp it
 should supply will wither and lose all 
life4 ,the result of any pressure on the
 blood vessels of the scalp is that the 
roots of the hair become impoverished1  
and in time the hair gets so thin and   
weak that it drops out4  ,very little1  
if any1 air can get to the scalp when   
you are 8following the fashion10 which  
is just now in vogue4 ,stop this        
injurious and ridiculous wearing of     
false puffs1 pads1 and especially       
8transformations40  ,i have seen        

schoolgirls and typists with enough     
rigging of false hair and rusty wires   
upon their heads to give a strong man a 
constant headache and make him bald in a
 month4 ,your hair also falls out       
rapidly and constantly1 but as you are  
blessed at the start with more luxuriant
 and more active growth in the scalp1 it
 takes longer for the injury to show4   
,but it is only a matter of time1 not   
effect4  ,then there is another matter  
which you do not fully realizeall good  
and worthy men detest this ill-smelling 
and dead hair you pile upon your heads4 
,you lose all your fresh appearance1 all
 the looks of a maiden1 all the proofs  
of innocence4 ,your complexion takes on 
the hue of the dead hair1 and when the  
fashion passes you can never get back   
the shining1 luxuriant tresses men so   
dearly admire4 ,men and youths may not  
have told you these truths1 but way down
 in their hearts they will pick a girl  
for a wife or sweetheart who has not the
 smell of a dead ,chinaman1 or whose    

hair has been the abiding place for an  
old 8mouse-trap0 and left the mousy     
odors4  ,the best way to insure a good  
head of hair is to wear it loose and    
free1 without any artificial aids and   
appliances4 ,of course you may dress it 
any way it pleases you1 but aside from  
pins it should never have any other     
pressure upon it4  ,the hair should be  
washed frequently in water with a little
 powdered borax1 but remember you wash  
the hair only to clean the scalp1       
nothing should be applied to the hair   
directly4  ,there is another fashion    
which has made many a girl suffer from  
headaches1 thinned her hair and injured 
her complexion4 ,this is the wearing of 
tight collars1 neck bands1 and those    
torturing things with points you wear   
stuck right up under the ears4 ,i forget
 now what you call them1 and ,i won't   
tell you what ,i call them1 for it would
 not sound nice to polite ears4 ,but if 
you keep on wearing them a man will be  
able to say almost anything without you 

being able to hear him2 for you will be 
deaf4  ,the reason these tight collars  
do so much injury is that they compress 
the arteries and veins of the neck1     
which at this part of the body are near 
the surface4 ,they are large1           
full-blooded vessels and bring the blood
 to and return it from brain and scalp4 
,i have known girls to faint simply from
 the compression due to tight collars or
 bands around the neck4 ,they will      
almost invariably cause headaches1 and  
every one of you know of the great      
relief you derive from taking them off  
and putting on a loose wrap or dressing 
sack4 ,i have known women to suffer     
violent pains in the head1 then         
dizziness and final collapse1 by        
preventing a free circulation through   
the brain4 ,the same blood vessels      
supply the skin1 and when these are     
stopped from nourishing the skin what do
 you get8 ,a poor1 pale and finally     
diseased skin1 a starved face4          
,,chapter ,v  ,,nerves ,,and ,,the      

,,nervous ,,girl   ,it seems that not   
anything worth while in this world is   
gained without self-fighting and worry4 
,the great things that are accomplished 
by men and women are accomplished only  
through will power1 determination and   
concentration4 ,determination is        
different from will power in this       
respect3 one may be determined to do a  
thing but find that she has not the     
nervous power to carry out the          
determination4 ,in other words1 the     
nervous force is really the basis of all
 will power4 ,so all the factors which  
go to make for self-control and         
concentration upon whatever you have    
decided upon doing1 are dependent upon a
 good and perfectly adjusted nervous    
system4 ,without a powerful nervous     
force we would be nothing but eating and
 sleeping animals4  ,the men and women  
who do not know from any personal       
feeling that there is a tremendous force
 in a trained nervous system are those  
who do nothing for the world's progress2

 they only eat1 sleep and automatically 
labor4 ,many who have plenty of nervous 
force but do not know what it means1 and
 hence cannot control it and use it for 
the benefit of man and themselves1 are  
those who throw it away in dissipations1
 abnormal excitement and riotous living4
  ,to have a highly-sensitive nervous   
organization is the greatest gift a     
woman can have2 but unless she early    
knows its value and how to train it1 it 
becomes a curse to her4 ,it will run    
away with all her impulsesgood and      
badand finally separate her from her    
womanly stability4  ,we hear a lot about
 8nervous women and girls20 and that the
 condition is increasing1 due to our    
rapid way of living and all the pressure
 of trying to keep up the pace          
civilization has set4 ,i have lived most
 of my life among nervous women and     
girls1 and have come to the conclusion  
that the truth of the matter is1 that   
instead of being due to our rapid pace  
of living and working1 it is really due 

to the fact that most girls have never  
been taught to train and control their  
nervous forces4  ,these nervous girls   
and women are mostly those who are not  
over-nervous1 but simply never have     
developed a nervous force that could    
keep pace with their physical and       
emotional activities4 ,it is for this   
reason that their impulses get the      
better of them1 they crave abnormal     
excitements1 want to be on the go       
constantly1 cannot be contented with    
simple and honorable home duties and    
finally merge into a condition where    
they have to seek the doctor or else go 
to a sanitarium4  ,now just consider for
 a moment some simple facts4 ,you are   
taught1 early in life1 the necessity of 
exercising in order to develop and be   
able to control your muscles4 ,you are  
told to 8learn to control your temper10 
but unless you are in perfect physical  
condition1 with plenty of reserve       
nervous force1 which is really will     
force1 to use when you need it most1 how

 are you to 8control your temper08  ,i  
have tried to tell you how necessary it 
is that all your organs should be kept  
in perfect condition by knowing what    
they are1 and what they do and how to   
help them in doing the right thing4     
,your teachers are constantly at you to 
make you train your memory1 to keep your
 mind upon your studies1 or else your   
employer is nagging you to pay more     
attention to what you are told4 ,and how
 many of you try to do all this and do  
not succeed6  8,train every faculty1    
build up your abilities20 do this or    
don't do that2 always something is      
dinned into your ears about what you    
should do to improve yourself4 ,but the 
one force1 ,,the power which is at the  
bottom of every impulse or act1 nerve   
activity1 is left unmentioned as a force
 to be trained first1 always and last of
 all the forces in your body4  8,she has
 such a bad temper0 is a remark we hear 
time after time4 8,if she would only    
learn to control her outbreaks2 don't   

get out of temper10 and similar         
expressions are only too frequently     
heard in homes and at schooleverywhere4 
,no wonder the helpless girl becomes    
discouraged and disgusted when she is   
scolded for petty explosions which she  
would gladly know how to stop4  ,a girl 
without a temper doesn't amount to much4
 ,it is a proper attitude of revolt     
against personal wrong or injustice4 ,it
 is the birthright of every normal      
woman4 ,it belongs to her protective    
instincts4 ,and what is temper8 ,just   
the explosion of a highly nervous       
temperament4 ,explosion1 mind you1 not a
 decent expression of righteous         
indignation4 ,the difference is that one
 is uncontrolled nervous force1 the     
other is the same expression of nervous 
force held in check1 governed by long   
training and handled for some forthright
 deeds4 ,it is the preserving of this   
nervous force so as to be able to       
utilize it for some valuable work1 that 
makes the difference between wasted     

energy and useless efforts and applied  
energy with useful results4  ,the       
nervous force in woman1 including the   
brain1 is the last to become fully      
developed1 but it should be the first to
 be considered in your training4 ,it    
means self-control1 and there is no     
better evidence of good birth1          
well-poised personality and perfect     
physical health1 than control over one's
 impulses and words4  ,a girl with these
 qualities will soon get a husband who  
will be kept as a husband4  ,to get     
self-control you must go at it in the   
same systematic manner as you do        
physical exercise4 ,in this latter      
matter schools and clubs have gymnasiums
 for you2 there are athletic games      
played under instructors of physical    
culture who teach you how to exercise   
along lines which will give you good    
bodily health2 but the apparatus you    
need first of all1 that for building and
 strengthening the nervous system and   
the nervous energy which goes into your 

sex development1 are merely mentioned in
 some homes and schools and in some     
others never mentioned4 ,you need a     
perfectly-balanced nervous organization 
and one under your complete control     
before you can benefit from any physical
 exercise4  8,but10 you say1 8is not    
physical exercise a means of building up
 the nervous organization80  ,no1 only  
indirectly4 ,this body of ours1 the mere
 bones1 muscles and organs1 is only the 
frame of our human machine1 just as the 
steel body and wheels are that of an    
automobile4 ,no matter how strong that  
frame is1 no matter what fine material  
has gone into the workmanship1 it is    
absolutely worthless unless the motor   
which is to drive it is powerful enough 
to send it along with ease1 and moreover
 be one which can readily and safely    
always run under control4  ,the motor   
that runs our bodies is the nervous     
system1 and if you have a body so highly
 developed as to fatigue the nervous    
motor1 then a nervous breakdown is      

certain to occur4 ,if you have a nervous
 mechanism too strong for the body it   
will run away with you and then we have 
another kind of 8nervous                
breakdown0hysteria1 melancholy1         
insomnia1 drug habit or worse4  ,the    
nervous affections of girls and women   
are generally due to one of these causes
 ,i have outlinedunevenness in bodily   
development or nervous development4     
,they should balance each other1 work   
together and both become tired and      
demand rest at the same time4  ,the     
secretions of the skin1 kidneys1 liver  
and other internal organs are controlled
 through the nervous system4 ,so are the
 functions of the womb1 ovaries and even
 the heart4 ,why does your heart beat so
 rapidly after a fright or great        
excitement8 ,because your nervous motor 
is running beyond your control4 ,why    
does a girl's monthly occurrence        
sometimes stop after a great fright or  
skip a period or two during some deep   
grief or emotional experience8 ,because 

the nervous organization of the whole   
body was put to excessive work and then 
had to stop for a rest4 ,having become  
temporarily exhausted the fine little   
nerve endings in the organs cannot do   
their allotted work1 hence no secretions
 can push their way out of the closed   
cells4 ,for these nerve fibers open and 
close the cells which secrete the       
materials that should be cast off at    
regular intervals4  ,not being able to  
do so the girl becomes 8tired10 has     
headaches1 feels 8all out of sorts40    
,then she thinks something is wrong with
 her1 her good mother gives her 8tonics0
 or 8blood medicine0 and she is told to 
exercise4  ,what she needs instead of   
exercise or medicines is rest2 as much  
rest and food as she can contentedly    
stand4 ,the only exercise such a        
condition calls for is deep breathing   
and this more to furnish fresh blood    
which the full lungs give1 than for the 
exercise itself4 ,if we could           
conveniently get fresh air into the     

lungs by some method other than         
breathing it1 it would be better still1 
for even the effort of deep breathing   
calls for some use of the nervous force1
 and the least possible disturbance of  
this force1 the quicker will the girl or
 woman recover her full nervous         
strength4  ,if you have exercised beyond
 the power of the nervous system to send
 full impulses to the skin so that it   
will pour out its poisons1 some of this 
poison remains in the body and sets up a
 condition known as auto-intoxication1  
which only means self-poisoning4 ,all   
kinds of nervous affections arise from  
this state4  ,the same conditions are   
brought about by the poisons of the     
liver1 if the delicate nerves of this   
big sewer of the body are too tired to  
open up all the little ducts and        
channels and let out the poisons which  
the liver has taken up from the blood in
 your body4 ,and so we might go on into 
more physiology1 showing you that much  
of the nervousness among girls comes    

from over-exercise1 instead of          
under-exercise4 ,probably more of the   
trouble arises from exercising at wrong 
times2 at times when the nervous        
organization has all it can do to       
regulate sex growth and development of  
the girl4 ,at this time to pull out a   
lot of nervous power to make muscles    
work and grow big1 must result in some  
nervous organ being deprived of its     
needed nerve cell assistance4  ,in these
 facts lies the cause for so many       
nervous wrecks in young women and wives4
 ,nature gives the nervous system of all
 growing girls constant and             
concentrating work to do4 ,it has to    
take care of all the new organs of      
secretions1 see that the breasts are    
fully supplied with cells ready to do   
their work when motherhood approaches1  
fit its tiny but powerful nerve endings 
to the womb and ovaries1 develop the    
brain and instincts along proper and    
healthful lines1 furnish power to the   
million cells of the scalp and skin1    

watch that the stomach pours out a      
proper amount of digestive fluid at a   
time when the girl has a craving for    
strange 8eatables0 such as slate pencils
 or gum arabic4 ,the hard and enduring  
efforts of the nervous system to keep   
the girl well balanced in her thoughts  
all the time she is undergoing these    
necessary changes1 should never be      
overlooked4  ,no girl between fourteen  
and twenty years of age should ever     
train for physical contests or any form 
of athletic competition4 ,a girl should 
train for her future workmotherhoodand  
for this wonderful and glorious contest 
for bringing onto the earth the best    
possible men and women1 she must have   
the highest form of nervous development1
 with all that this implies4  ,the best 
way to help all this effort of ,nature  
to give you a nervous system which will 
stay by you when the worries and trials 
of life come1 is never to over-exercise 
at any time1 and not to exercise at all 
for a few days before and a few days    

after your periods4 ,this is the time   
when your body needs all the reserve    
power for one purpose4  ,how can ,i tell
 when ,i need rest instead of exercise8 
,the best sign is when you think that   
you ought to exercise but don't feel    
like making the effort4 ,many1 many a   
girl has become a nervous wreck because 
someone forced her to exercise when she 
needed to be quiet and at rest4  ,never 
exercise unless the anticipation of the 
play or game is a pleasure to you4 ,when
 you get into that state of mind such   
as1 8,oh1 ,i don't feel like making the 
effort2 ,i'd rather sit here and read1  
or talk0if you feel like that1 if you   
have to make up your mind that you must 
exercise1 but it is difficult to find   
any pleasure in the thing you are       
thinking of doing2 don't try to do it4  
,if you make determined efforts to do   
any physical work that is distasteful to
 you1 if you work by the clock1 then you
 are injuring yourself every minute you 
are at it4 ,you are drawing upon your   

nervous capital1 not upon the interest4 
,this is the secret of all exercise1    
brain or muscle3 work must be done upon 
saved-up interest1 not upon the capital4
 ,if you use the capital1 it only means 
for the body what it would mean for the 
pursebankruptcysure and certain failure4
  ,any physical effort which leaves you 
feeling worse than when you started1 is 
injuring you4 ,this does not mean a good
 physically tired feeling1 one in which 
your cheeks are aglow1 when you feel    
elated at what you have done1 when a    
cold shower bath feels good instead of  
making you shiver and covered with      
8gooseflesh10 but that feeling of       
complete exhaustion1 pale cheeks1 a     
feeling of shivering if cold baths are  
mentioned and a longing for something to
 drink that will brace you up4 ,when    
this latter state is yours1 you have    
over-exercised or else exercised at a   
time when your nervous motor needed a   
rest1 not disturbance4  ,you sometimes  
hear it said1 8,why1 she is the last    

girl in the world ,i thought would ever 
get nervous troubles4 ,she is the best  
girl on the team,oh6 you ought to see   
her muscles40  ,yes1 but you should also
 see those worn-out nerve cells4        
,misdirected ambition1 a forgetfulness  
that she had only a certain amount of   
nervous power1 an excitement which      
blinded her to her real condition2 these
 were the factors which made her drive  
her motor far beyond its powers4        
,finally there was no more nervous      
energy to move her over-developed       
muscles without fatigue1 and fatigue has
 its own poisons which penetrate the    
whole body and then comes a collapse4   
,this was the cause for this 8strong    
girl's0 nervous breakdown4  ,no girl is 
strong1 or ever will be as a woman1     
whose body and muscles have been        
developed at the expense of her nervous 
system4 ,the really strong girl is one  
who has power saved up1 and when a time 
of great stress or work comes1 has this 
extra power to put out and not become a 

nervous bankrupt4  ,exercise1 like your 
daily work1 should always be a pleasure 
instead of boresome labor4 ,only by     
doing things in this state of mind can  
you ever be successful4  ,the drilling1 
training and developing of the          
willpowers of self-controlmust be a     
constant part of a girl's               
self-education4 ,it is all very well to 
tell a girl to 8use will power10 but    
before she is blamed for the lack of    
control1 it would be only just to her to
 find out just how much of this power   
she has to use4  ,will power depends    
upon a perfect nervous system4 ,the     
reason one cannot call to a will power  
to stop an evil or disagreeable habit1  
is because the habit has temporarily    
destroyed1 or rather put to sleep1 the  
power to will4 ,if there has not been1  
in the beginning1 a well-drilled        
self-controlor will powerhow can you    
expect a girl who flies off into an     
unreasonable temper1 to immediately     
control this temper and keep it under   

control8  ,the will power is the rudder 
of life2 the steering control over our  
human ship as it voyages on the seas of 
life4 ,now if a ship should go to sea   
without a rudder1 you know just what    
would happen to it4 ,if it goes on a    
voyage with a weak rudder1 or one which 
has been damaged and not repaired1 the  
best sailor in the world cannot keep it 
off the rocks when a storm comes4  ,it  
is just so with our brains and bodies2  
they must be controlled by a strong and 
well-attached rudder1 the will power4   
,with such a power one can accomplish   
wonders2 in fact1 everything that seems 
marvelous to us in man's work has been  
due to perfect steering of right        
impulses into new harbors where an      
unsteady human ship would be wrecked in 
trying to pass the hidden rocks and     
roaring reefs4     ,,chapter ,,vi  ,,how
 ,,to ,,get ,,will ,,power   ,but just  
what must one do to get this power8  ,i 
have told you something about the body's
 poisons1 how they accumulate in the    

body and cause illness and nervousness4 
,the first thing to do is to see that   
your body is free and kept free from    
these poisons1 for if not kept free1 the
 nerve cells become affected and then a 
perfect will power cannot be developed4 
,here are a few practical things to do  
and not to do to keep the nerve cells so
 you can develop them4 ,sleep always    
alone4 ,sleeping with another person is 
unsanitary4 ,the skin needs to get rid  
of its natural poisons and not take up  
any from another person4 ,you would not 
think of breathing the air coming from  
another person's lungs4 ,well1 when you 
are under the sheets and blankets with  
another person1 you can breathe through 
your skin the poisons coming from this  
companion4 ,if you have to sleep in a   
room with another person1 you must have 
your own little bed4 ,sleep with as     
little covering over you as is possible 
with comfort2 window1 of course1 as ,i  
have warned you1 wide open at the top4  
,you can become accustomed to lighter   

clothing by gradual methods of reducing 
the number of blankets4  ,no            
underclothing of a material to absorb   
and retain perspiration should ever be  
worn4 ,if you keep over your skin any   
clothing which has become moist through 
perspiration it will injure your chances
 of keeping a good nervous force4 ,take 
off such clothing before it becomes     
soggy and cold4 ,then take a sponge bath
 and put on dry clothing4  ,personally1 
,i believe that porous linen underwear  
is the best for all growing girlsyes1   
and for all women4 ,it allows a free    
evaporation of perspiration1 and so     
prevents a more or less sodden garment  
from remaining in contact with the skin1
 which so frequently happens with those 
who wear woolen underclothing4 ,there is
 another harmful effect that woolen     
underclothing is apt to have2 the       
beginning of a rheumatic condition which
 later on in life becomes a painful     
chronic rheumatism4  ,in girls who find 
that in winter linen underwear is too   

cold1 a thin silk vest may be worn over 
the linen4 ,this will be found to       
constitute a thoroughly warm1           
comfortable and safe form of underwear4 
,don't try to keep awake either by      
mental effort or that injurious resort  
of drinking coffee4 ,sleepiness should  
not be overcome as a rule1 as it is     
,nature's signal to stop work4 ,in fact1
 ,nature has signals for almost all     
dangers1 and when we can read these     
signals all goes well along the road of 
life4  ,if efforts are continued in     
spite of the fatigue1 the quality of the
 work is poor and the exhaustion to your
 nervous system will be difficult to    
repair4 ,high-school girls and college  
young women constantly make this error  
and then wonder why they become so      
nervous at times4 ,all sorts of things  
are tried to keep awake in order to     
study or dance1 when if they would go to
 bed and rest1 they could accomplish far
 more in half the time in the morning   
with little or no fatigue4 ,for         

remember1 ,i am trying to tell you how  
to get a grip upon that will power4     
,yet there are times when sleepiness and
 fatigue must be overcome without resort
 to stimulants which will surely weaken 
any will power you may have been        
cultivating4 ,these times are when you  
have to watch by the bedside of an ill  
mother or someone dear to you4 ,when so 
situated1 go to an open window and take 
deep breathing exercises4 ,this will    
burn up the fatigue poisons in your     
body1 for remember these poisons are    
gathering in everyone's body when real  
fatigue commences4  ,morning is the time
 for all mental work if you are a       
high-school girl or college woman4 ,the 
afternoon should be devoted to some form
 of mild exercise and for 8low pressure0
 work4  ,shouting1 yelling and all extra
 efforts of the throat muscles will aid 
in exhausting your nervous powers1 to   
say nothing about the unpleasant and    
unladylike attitude it places you in    
before the public4 ,a low1 sweet voice1 

even under excitement1 is a sound       
pleasing to all men and a certain mark  
of good birth4  ,i need not repeat the  
facts about the advertised 8remedies0   
for this trouble or that pain1 for ,i   
have already warned you to let all drugs
 and 8cures0 alone as you would snakes4 
,but there are some drinks that you     
should be warned against4 ,never take   
those soda water fountain's stuff       
advertised as 8nerve tonics40 ,don't    
believe the young man or boy at the     
fountain when he says that 8,dopie0 or  
8,bromo ,tonic10 8,phosphate for your   
,nerves10 or 8,dockine0 and other       
similar rotten stuff will do you good   
and that they contain no drugs or       
injurious materials4 ,don't believe a   
word of all these misleading statements4
 ,the boy or young man is there to sell1
 not to understand or care about your   
condition4  ,if such stomach wash and   
nerve destroyers contain no drugs1 then 
what good are they8 ,if they contain    
nothing but plain water charged with    

carbonic acid gas1 then why not take a  
glass of plain seltzer or soda water8   
,supposing1 for example1 these          
advertised drinks do not contain harmful
 drugsmost of them do1 howeverthey are  
colored and sweetened4 ,what are they   
colored with8 ,what is the chemical that
 sweetens them8 ,if you really knew you 
would be unable to keep them down1 the  
knowledge of how they are concocted     
would be revolting to you4  ,these      
restrictions do not apply to pure soda  
water and pure syrups1 but even here you
 must be careful to drink only those    
which are pure1 and only the very best  
drug stores are safe in this matter4    
,most of the bottled drinks sold at five
 cents should be thrown into the sewers1
 and how many diseased lips do you think
 have touched the glasses passed around 
at the circus and similar shows8 ,those 
glasses containing dyed water1 a little 
chemical acid and glucose1 with         
second-hand lemon peel to give the      
appearance of lemonade1 are almost as   

dangerous as the fangs of a viper4      
,don't dress in a loud and gaudy manner 
unless you wish to attract the men of   
loud and loose principles4 ,the personal
 appearance of a girl makes a great     
difference in the manner she will be    
received4 ,to dress in good taste and   
with every appearance of neatness and   
modesty1 is essential for the girl who  
seeks employment or respectful          
attentions4 ,good taste in dressing     
simply means that a man can say that the
 girl was well dressed1 but to save his 
life he could not tell just what she had
 on for clothes or hat4 ,the dressing of
 the feet is1 perhaps1 the first thing a
 refined and cultivated man looks at4   
,to be well and sensibly shod is always 
a hall mark of good birth and           
cultivation4 ,the girl who wears thin   
shoes on a wet and cold day1 the young  
woman who displays high-heeled shoes and
 thin silk stockings on a winter's day1 
may attract attention1 but not respect4 
,a man well knows that if a girl wears a

 fur coat and low shoes on the street1  
she will1 as a wife1 be continually     
complaining of her indisposition1 pains 
and altogether make his home a place to 
flee4  ,no man wants a nervous and      
complaining woman around his house1 and 
a girl who thinks she is attractive on  
the street is not the girl who will be  
attractive in a home4 ,that is1 one who 
dresses her feet for the street in the  
manner they should be dressed for the   
house or ballroom proclaims herself a   
careless girl and one who is not liable 
to take care of her health4  ,you have  
heard much about psychotherapy1         
suggestion and a lot about certain      
,movements in church circles4 ,these all
 proclaim an infallible remedy for      
8,nerves40 ,there is a lot of nonsense  
written about this mental method of     
healing the nervous and soul-sick       
person1 and1 on the other hand1 there   
has been a lot of scoffing at it4 ,there
 is more in the drilling of our inner   
selves than the old-time physician has  

been willing to admit2 he has so long   
been accustomed to consider woman a     
physical being of bones1 flesh and      
whims1 that her real inner self has been
 sadly neglected4 ,the consequence has  
been that a number of well-meaning and  
progressive men have taken up the       
treatment of troubles without           
understanding just what relation the    
gross bodily organs and nerve cells bear
 to this inner self which we all        
possess4 ,i shall not bother you with   
any digression1 but get at once to what 
you can do for yourselves in this       
matter4  ,start early to get inside of  
yourself2 to get at that self which so  
bothers you at times2 the thing which   
makes you 8feel out of sorts10 that     
8getting mad with yourself20 the feeling
 that you have not said or done just    
what you would like to have said or     
done1 but which some uncontrollable     
impulse1 at the moment1 made you say and
 do4 ,this is the inner self1 but it    
belongs to all the other parts of your  

body2 is really the best part of you and
 will be able to put out the best in you
 when you have it under full control4   
,take a half hour at the time when you  
can be alone and see into yourself4     
,search well your heart and learn just  
what you said or did that you regret4   
,then find out what caused you to be    
disagreeable1 what has put you out with 
your better self4 ,write these thoughts 
and desires down where you can privately
 refer to them daily4 ,take the first   
mistake and stick to the memory of it so
 that1 when the impulse comes to repeat 
it1 you can check yourself4 ,drilling   
yourself this way1 you will soon learn  
to conquer this one fault4 ,then start  
in the same way at another fault and    
conquer that4 ,don't try to exercise all
 the powers of resistance at once1 for  
if you do1 there are bound to be        
failures and too many of these make for 
discouragement1 and then follows        
recklessness4 ,you would not try to     
develop a weak back by going from an    

apparatus meant to develop the thighs to
 another one for the chest1 and then    
back again for a few moments to that for
 strengthening the back muscles4 ,no1   
you stick to the work which develops the
 back until you have made some decided  
progress4 ,the inner self1 the will1 the
 good girl in you1 should be developed  
in the same way4  ,you want to go to a  
dance or perhaps the theater1 8all the  
other girls are going10 but your mother 
has good and sufficient reasons for not 
allowing you to go4 ,now1 instead of    
arguing1 complaining and going off to   
your room in a huff1 saying unkind words
 to your good mother1 words which tear  
and gnaw at her heart1 speak to that    
inner self2 call it out2 go to your room
 and peer straight into the trouble with
 ,,you1 not that wrong idea that the    
fault is with your mother4  ,think      
deeply of this fact2 she is your mother1
 nothing that would add to your pleasure
 or advantage would she deprive you     
ofnot for an instant4 ,but as your      

mother she knows what is best for you2  
she may know something about the other  
girls1 about the kind of youths going   
with them1 she may know something about 
your health that is not advisable to    
tell you just at the moment4 ,in your   
room think all these matters over2 throw
 out that unreasonable and false self1  
and when you have done so1 go to your   
mother1 ask her forgiveness and also beg
 her to tell you her reasons4  ,now that
 your inner self is in control1 your    
mother will tell you confidentially her 
reasons1 and when they are clear to you1
 the happiness which follows is far     
beyond any mere physical pleasure you   
can ever obtain4 ,after a few times of  
this self-drilling1 the obedience to    
your mother will be a second nature4    
,still more fights with your inner self 
will have to follow1 but one by one1 you
 can conquer the enemy4 ,never become   
discouraged if you fail1 just keep on   
trying and in the end you will win over 
all evil and wrong impulses4  ,a girl   

who disobeys her mother or father is the
 girl who as a wife will be divorced4   
,the girl who wants to 8be a good       
,indian0 will1 when a woman1 be a       
repulsive savage4  ,the girl who        
deceives her mother will deceive her    
husband4  ,all men know this fact4      
,remember that marriage does not make a 
happy woman1 but a woman has it in her  
power to make marriage a happiness4     
,the most reasonable woman will have    
hours of being unreasonable1 but these  
are the hours you should be unreasonable
 with yourself while searching for      
reasons4     ,,chapter ,,vii  ,,how ,,to
 ,,keep ,,attractive   ,the jolly1      
vivacious girl2 the girl who is happy   
obeying her mother1 contented in school 
or laughs while at work1 is really a    
girl in whom every organ and function   
are properly adjusted4 ,in other words1 
a girl who is in perfect health is a joy
 to herself and makes life worth living 
for others4 ,it is the same idea that ,i
 have given you regarding a             

perfectly-running machineevery part     
works harmoniously and there is no      
complaining1 no feeling of harshness in 
life1 no grinding or jolting as you go  
along4  ,and almost every girl who      
starts right can be put in this desired 
state and keep herself so4 ,but she must
 understand that it is in her own power 
to have red cheeks1 happy thoughts1     
vivacity1 pleasure in what she does1 and
 to bring sunshine around her4  ,doctors
 cannot do this for her2 patent         
medicines1 8blood purifiers10 8eye      
drops10 tonics and complexion foods2 all
 and everything of the kind will injure 
her and prevent any chance of obtaining 
and keeping perfect health4 ,i purposely
 repeat this statement1 for we are now  
going to chat in detail about many of   
those little things you can do for      
yourself better than any doctoreven the 
most experienced4 ,of course you cannot 
do all this until you understand the    
causes for those many little annoyances 
which come to every growing girl4  ,your

 complexion1 your spirits1 your physical
 form1 all depend upon what the body    
takes in and what it casts off4 ,this   
cannot too often be repeated to you1    
because the simple facts are so easily  
understood when clearly explained and   
are under the control of every girl4    
,it does make all the difference between
 a vivacious and attractive girl and one
 who is constantly complaining1 who     
knows that her eyes and complexion are  
dull2 how life appears to each2 all the 
difference between happiness and misery4
 ,and this difference arises from the   
methods of eating1 thinking1 and getting
 rid of the body's poisons4 ,one girl   
does not know that all the cells in her 
body are constantly undergoing decay and
 new ones taking their places and so    
neglects to give her body such food1    
rest and exercise as will keep the      
body's outgo and input evenly balanced4 
,the other girl with red cheeks and     
laughing mouth1 has this evenly balanced
 condition during the body's constant   

changes4  ,too many of you have been    
taught to neglect the proper feeding    
process of the body2 you have been      
allowed to eat proper food at improper  
times and not been shown the necessity  
of doing just the opposite4 ,but few of 
you have ever considered the true       
relation of food to health and          
happiness2 the fruit market has been    
neglected1 the butcher disinterestedly  
visited and the greengrocer never       
considered as an aid to perfect health4 
,what have taken their places8 ,patent  
medicines1 all sorts of poisonous       
8tonics10 drugs1 fake foods and hundreds
 of dangerous concoctions to replace the
 want of real nourishment4  ,instead of 
nourishing the body and of course the   
nerves1 these fake foods directly injure
 every cell in the body4 ,they cannot   
keep up the repair daily needed in every
 tissue of the human system4 ,do not    
forget that every day your body         
undergoes more or less wear4 ,in the    
growing girl it is unstable1 sometimes  

through much worry or fear the wear is  
greater than the ability to repair1 and 
unless the girl realizes this and at    
once commences to give extra aid to the 
repairing process by eating proper food 
and plenty of it1 resting from all      
physical and mental excitement1 she will
 reach full womanhood with some little  
nerve or tissue lacking its full        
strength2 and she can never repair the  
damage4  ,each day1 too1 by radiation1  
her body loses a large amount of heat1  
and for the perfect health of man or    
woman the temperature of the body must  
be maintained4 ,now this loss of heat   
has to be replaced constantly4 ,it is   
only done through the regular supply of 
fuel4 ,this fuel is the food we eat4 ,it
 must be of such a nature as to burn up 
in the body and give out its heat4 ,this
 fuelfoodhas to be supplied according to
 the amount of work the body and brains 
do every dayyes1 every hour4 ,if you    
have to keep the furnace going to warm  
your rooms1 you well know that it must  

have good coal about so often2 according
 to the amount of work it is compelled  
to do4 ,you also know that putting      
clinkers1 shavings or newspapers into   
the furnace will not give your rooms the
 needed heat4 ,well1 it is just so with 
your body4  ,also1 if you allow the     
clinkers from good coal to remain in the
 bottom of the furnace1 soon there comes
 a time when no amount of coal will give
 out the full strength of its heat1 and 
finally the fire goes out4 ,again1 it is
 just the same thing that happens if you
 keep the clinkers of your fuel in your 
body2 the waste products left over after
 the food has given out its heat4 ,you  
know how these waste products are       
eliminated from your bodythrough the    
bowels1 skin1 kidneys1 lungs and liver4 
,now1 please remember this most         
important fact,food1 including water1 is
 for the sole purpose of supplying heat 
to the body and to replace the dead     
cells which are constantly being cast   
off in every portion of your body4 ,this

 decay and birth of the cells of the    
body goes on in every living thing4     
,when the decay is greater than the     
repair1 some part of your body is dying4
 ,in such a condition1 you are a fit    
subject for the attack of some of the   
many disease germs all around us4 ,it   
may be a serious one or merely some form
 of skin disease2 then goes1 whack6 your
 good complexion4  ,a girl needs more   
food and at more frequent intervals than
 a grown woman because1 besides keeping 
up the heat of the body she also has to 
supply the material for the growing     
process active in her4 ,the building up 
of the frame1 the full strength of the  
nerves1 the hard working blood1 must all
 be supplied by a surplus of food1 for  
if she eats only enough to supply heat1 
the other needs of her body will suffer 
and finally become useless4  ,now1      
girls1 eat plenty of food that will aid 
in all your growth4 ,i know some girls  
who think it is unladylike to have a    
good appetite2 ,i have treated girls who

 were really starving themselves because
 they dreaded to become fat1 and ,i have
 seen others whose appetite was         
unnatural because they denied themselves
 proper food4 ,it is not necessary for  
me to say any more about the kind of    
foods to eat2 we have already gone into 
this matter1 but remember this1 that the
 degree of energy essentially depends on
 the nutritiveness of the food you do   
eat4  ,not a single gland in the body   
can do its proper work unless it is     
supplied with its proper stimulant2 and 
this stimulant is food4 ,if you wish to 
have a soft1 smooth and attractive skin1
 you must always keep in your mind the  
fact that it is the glands of the skin  
that exist for this very purpose4 ,i    
have said something to you about        
perspiration and exercise1 but beside   
this activity of the glands1 produced by
 exercise1 there is constantly an       
8insensible perspiration0 taking place  
in every girl4  ,this unnoticeable      
perspiration amounts daily to about two 

pints of watery fluid4 ,think of it6 ,a 
quart of water leaving your body through
 the skin every twenty-four hours and in
 such a way that you do not notice it4  
,you see now why ,i have laid so much   
stress upon the statement that you      
should drink plenty of water1 and why   
the average ,american girl suffers from 
poor complexion and constipation4  ,fat 
is poured out in this 8insensible       
perspiration40 ,even the finger tips    
will secrete it4 ,if the palm of the    
hand is cleansed with soap and then with
 ether2 held in the sunlight and        
observed with a magnifying glass1 you   
can see little bubbles arising which    
immediately evaporate1 leaving tiny     
drops of an oily substancefat4  ,if this
 is soand it is a scientific factis not 
the statement ,i made to you1 that water
 will help reduce fat instead of making 
it1 easily understood8 ,but1 then1 why  
will drinking water also make fat8      
,because it simply balances the         
physiological functions1 brings about a 

proper chemical action throughout the   
whole body and in doing this enables the
 tissues to extract from your food the  
elements which go to make up fat1 flesh 
and blood4  ,in other words1 give the   
body its needed supply of water1 air1   
food and exercise1 and it will take care
 of itselfgive you the amount of fat you
 really need or take off the fat you do 
not need4  ,all these matters of        
controlling the action of the skin are  
dependent upon special nerves2 nerves   
which have nothing to do but look after 
the health of the skin4 ,these are the  
nerves which close or open the pores to 
let out the 8insensible perspiration10  
which keep the body temperature equal   
under all conditions of exposure and    
rest1 which allow the blood to get      
through the tiny arteries and veins of  
the cheeks and make for a good or poor  
complexion4  ,don't listen to those who 
tell you that your unsatisfactory       
complexion is due to 8bad blood40 ,there
 is really no such state in the good    

girl or woman as 8bad blood40           
,affections of the skin such as a muddy 
complexion1 greasy looking skin1 rough  
skin1 pimples and blotches are not signs
 that there is something the matter with
 your blood4 ,generally speaking these  
are signs of some faulty adjustment     
between nerves and blood vessels1 sweat 
glands and the tiny muscles of the skin4
  ,these muscles of the skin are very   
delicate and sensitive muscles and      
easily prevented from working properly4 
,when they do not do their work         
constantly and correctly1 what happens8 
,wrinkles of course1 then a tightening  
of the skin which prevents the outpour  
of the 8insensible perspiration0 and the
 escape of the oily substance4 ,this    
latter1 remaining1 causes the greasy    
skin2 the tiny wrinkles keep behind the 
outer skin some of the inward dirt1 and 
then you have the muddy complexion4     
,another way you can see the action of  
these tiny skin muscles is in           
8gooseflesh40 8,gooseflesh0 is due to   

the general contraction of these tiny   
skin muscles4 ,they contract into the   
little pin-head knobs which make the    
peculiar appearance we call             
8gooseflesh40 ,the contracting or       
expanding of these skin muscles is      
absolutely necessary for good health1 as
 the action regulates secretion and     
excretion and also protects the body    
from sudden temperature changes4 ,when  
you jump into bed and find the sheets   
cold1 you immediately have 8gooseflesh20
 that is1 the skin muscles close at once
 all the pores4 ,if they did not do     
this1 the contact with the cold sheets  
would reduce your body temperature and  
disturb the even working of the organs  
of the body4 ,the reason fear and shock 
also bring on 8gooseflesh0 is due to the
 nerves of the skin being affected by   
the fright you have had1 and so the     
muscles become uncontrollable4 ,this    
causes the skin muscles to contract and 
its bunches are the 8gooseflesh0 skin4  
,very often a fright or emotion is the  

cause for a bad complexion1 for as you  
can readily understand1 all the         
functions of the skin being disturbed1  
it cannot remain healthy4  ,it is for   
this reason you should avoid all        
thoughts1 reading or association which  
will affect the nervous system1 if you  
wish to have a clear and beautiful      
complexion4  ,proper clothing has1 of   
course1 a great deal to do with         
preventing a disturbance of the nerves  
of the skin and through these nerves the
 muscles of the skin4 ,i have warned you
 about keeping next to your skin any    
garment soggy with human excretions or  
secretionsperspiration with its fats and
 acidsand explained why a daily bath is 
the only way to be certain of a healthy 
and hence a beautiful skin4 ,the        
changing of underwear by a set rulesuch 
as once or twice a week1 is barbarous4  
,undergarments should be changed as     
often as they have absorbed any unusual 
amount of perspiration4 ,always change  
after exercise1 and in the warm weather 

every day4 ,it is not absolutely        
necessary that clothing worn during a   
morning's walk should be sent to the    
laundry1 but it should be hung where it 
can dry1 then put where the fresh air   
will go through its meshes4 ,this being 
thoroughly done it may be used during   
the next form of exercise4 ,but if it   
has been soaked with perspiration1 then 
it should be thoroughly washed and dried
 in the air4  ,carelessness in these    
matters is often the cause of skin      
diseases2 especially of that distressing
 affection1 eczema4  ,woolen            
undergarments are a prolific source of  
mischief in most of these cases4 ,in    
fact1 as ,i have suggested to you1      
woolen underwear is not the thing for a 
girl or young woman to wear if she      
wishes a clear and attractive           
complexion4  ,even in cold weather you  
can wear silk1 muslin1 or linen         
undergarments next the skin4 ,be certain
 to have them white1 or at least undyed1
 and have no colored ribbons where they 

can come in contact with the skin4      
,outside of these garments you may wear 
woolen articles required for warmth4    
,another little matter of importance to 
the growing girlfur1 velvet or cloth    
collars of garments worn tightly about  
the neck1 the lining of gloves1 dyed    
stockings and even the lining of your   
hats1 sometimes will start a skin       
trouble which will be difficult to cure4
  ,your sleeping garments should be as  
loose as possibleespecially around the  
neck4 ,they should be such that you can 
turn ,,in them and not have them stick  
to your body when turning4  ,turning    
while in bed is one of ,nature's ways of
 giving all the skin covering your body 
a chance to get air and allow of the    
evaporation of that 8insensible         
perspiration40 ,now1 if a certain part  
of your body has gotten rid of its      
inside poisonthe region over the liver1 
for exampleand in turning over to give  
that portion access to air1 your garment
 simply sticks and goes with it1 don't  

you see that you are sleeping with a    
soggy bit of clothing pasted right over 
the region which needs fresh air and a  
chance to evaporate its perspiration8   
,during warm weather you will find bran 
baths not only very soothing1 but giving
 to the skin a very smooth and pleasing 
appearance4 ,about four pounds of bran  
to a bathtub of water is what you need4 
,there is an annoying skin affection1   
though not a disease1 which may         
embarrass the most careful girl4 ,it is 
a summer occurrence and ,i dare say that
 most of you know something about it4 ,i
 refer to 8prickly heat10 a most        
annoying thing to the girl who wishes to
 enjoy her summer outing and has to keep
 away from the bathing beach and the    
pleasures of all her friends4 ,this     
trouble may come out suddenly all over  
the body1 sometimes it is confined to   
certain large areas1 more often to the  
arms and shoulders4 ,it is accompanied  
by excessive sweating and intolerable   
itching1 prickling and tingling4  ,you  

all can avoid this distressing          
condition4 ,light clothes1 linen        
undergarments of the flimsiest material1
 the use of plenty of water taken       
inwardly1 the avoidance of hot rooms1 no
 exercise1 such as dancing or tennis1   
are the things to remember4  ,do not put
 anything on the skin such as powder1   
ointment or ammonia4 ,bathe in cool     
water2 put into your bath a handful of  
bicarbonate of soda4 ,take every morning
 a full glass of some saline water or a 
glass of water in which you have        
dissolved a lithia tablet4 ,eat plenty  
of green vegetables and fresh fruit1 but
 avoid spiced food4 ,rice1 chicken1     
mutton1 will not harm you1 but pork1 ham
 and underdone beef at this time should 
be let alone4 ,at night you should      
sponge your body with vinegar and water4
  ,whatever affects the skin affects    
also the hair and nails1 for those are  
only extensions of the skin4 ,i have    
told you about the hair in a former chat
 which leaves little more to say2 for   

after you understand the secret of      
beautygood healthcommon-sense will      
dictate to you what to do4 ,however1    
here are a few more things about the    
care of the hair4  ,in trying to get rid
 of some of the dirt which the hair will
 collect1 don't use a fine tooth comb4  
,this cannot1 without difficulty and    
injury1 be made to take hold of the     
dirt1 because when it does1 it will pull
 so severely as to pull out or break the
 hairs4 ,this is especially true of the 
thick hair of the brunette4 ,use a comb 
having large smooth teeth4 ,your brush  
should have bristles moderately stiff   
and the tufts of these bristles should  
be well set apart4 ,never use a brush   
whose bristles are short and closely    
set4 ,pearline is a good washing        
material in which to soak your combs and
 brushes4 ,in drying the brush be       
certain to place it in the sun1 bristles
 down1 so that the water drains off1    
instead of soaking into the back of the 
brush4 ,if this latter condition is     

allowed1 the moist roots of the bristles
 will take up all the dirt and germs    
floating around and they will then be   
transferred to your scalp4  ,the number 
of times the hair should be washed      
depends entirely upon the amount of dirt
 or dust it has accumulated4 ,but the   
rule is1 as ,i have mentioned1 that     
washing the hair should be done only    
when there is an accumulation of dust1  
for the more it is let alone the better 
hair you will have4 ,in washing the hair
 you remove the protective oil and this 
leaves the hair dry and brittle4 ,all   
applications of oil or vaseline to the  
hair are injurious2 man cannot make the 
artificial take the place of the        
natural4 ,if you must use any oil1 then 
use pure olive oil4  ,never attempt to  
remove superfluous hair from the face or
 neck4 ,if you do attempt it yourself1  
unsightly pimples will follow1 perhaps  
ugly sores and in the end the roots will
 be left to send out larger and darker  
hairs4 ,if troubled with superfluous    

hairs1 go to a reputable physician4 ,he 
can1 by a method of using an electric   
needle1 rid you of your trouble4 ,never 
go to an advertising man or woman for   
this trouble or any other4  ,never try  
to beat ,natureyou cannot do it4 ,help  
her and she will do the best thing for  
you4 ,i make this remark because ,i know
 many girls who have straight hair want 
to have curly hair and try all kinds of 
methods to get curls4  ,curly hair is   
due to the angle it is placed in the    
skin of the scalp4 ,straight hair simply
 means that the hair grows straight up  
from the scalp4 ,you can now see that it
 is impossible to get a natural curly   
hair from straight roots4 ,if you       
persist in this useless process1 you are
 bound to disturb the roots and         
ultimately find that your hair is       
dropping out4  ,then there is another   
fact to remember4 ,the face and skin    
develop along their own lines and in    
harmony with each other4 ,a face and    
complexion made for straight hair will  

always look somewhat out of proportion  
surrounded by artificially curled hair4 
,this gives the head and face that      
8frowsy0 look so often seen in the most 
carefully dressed girl4 ,such a girl    
thinks she has beaten ,nature4 ,but it  
is the other way about4  ,don't use a   
,,hair nailbrush4 ,in doing so you are  
liable to tear the tender skin at the   
base of the nails and open opportunities
 for germs4 ,a rubber nail brush is the 
very best to use4 ,such a brush is      
generally called a flesh brush4 ,it is a
 rubber plate with many cylindrical     
projections rising from one of its flat 
surfaces4 ,these little rubber          
projections do better work than the     
bristles of a hairbrush and get in under
 the nail better and do much less       
damage4 ,the flesh brush1 beside        
cleaning the nails well1 and with little
 damage to the surrounding skin1 is     
itself easily washed and sterilized4    
,the finger nails ought to be trimmed so
 that they may fulfill their function of

 supporting and protecting the pulp of  
the fingers4 ,they therefore ought to be
 cut in a line corresponding to1 but    
slightly behind1 the round of the finger
 tip4 ,they should not be cut too close 
at the corners4 ,the manicure method of 
cutting the nails close at the corners  
and trimming them too close1 is         
injurious and dangerous4 ,the finger    
nails can pick up more poisonous germs  
than any other portion of the body1 and 
unless they are protected by their tough
 surroundings they will carry into the  
body deadly microbes4 ,never use a knife
 or nail scissors in pushing back the   
skin lying at the base of the nails4    
,gently work it back by the tip of your 
fingers or thumb4     ,,chapter ,,viii  
,,some ,,don',,ts   ,don't think because
 you hear so much about the dangerous   
germs to be found everywhere1 that you  
are certain to catch some horrible      
disease4 ,true1 there is great danger in
 ignorantly living around these germs1  
but the danger is mostly in ignorance   

and not in the fact that the disease    
microbes are always with us4  ,the old  
idea that such germs as those of scarlet
 fever1 typhoid1 smallpox1 etc41 could  
be carried from the ill to the well on  
clothing1 books1 toys and other similar 
articles is not strictly true4 ,equally 
true is it that these kinds of germs do 
not stay long upon walls of rooms1      
floors or ceilings4 ,they will stay and 
breed diseases in such places if they   
are allowed to thrive under moist and   
dark conditions4  ,sunlight and fresh   
air are deadly enemies to all germs     
except those of venereal origin4 ,if a  
smallpox patient has been confined to a 
room and after being taken away the room
 is fumigated and then closed1 the      
chances are that the smallpox germssome 
of themwill remain and increase4 ,hence1
 to again occupy this room would be     
dangerous4 ,but if1 instead of          
fumigating the room1 if all the windows 
were open2 if every corner and floor    
could receive the rays of the sun for   

many days2 the last germ in the room    
would have to give up the ghost4  ,don't
 think that fumigating and washing      
clothes or other articles which have    
come in contact with a diseased person  
make for absolute safety4 ,but do       
remember that ,,sunlight and fresh air  
are deadly enemies to most disease      
germs4  ,there are certain diseases     
which are carried around by persons in  
whom you would never suspect danger4    
,typhoid germs1 for example1 may be     
carried around in the intestines of a   
person who is in apparent health4 ,now  
everywhere this person lives1 or uses   
the toilet1 the germs are deposited1 and
 if they happen to get into the drinking
 waterwells or streamsor are carried by 
the flies' legs to the food or milk1 you
 run great risks of getting typhoid     
fever4  ,those germs of two horrible    
diseases which are to be found upon     
public toilet articles1 public drinking 
cups1 upon the leaves of common booksin 
fact everywhere man or woman is to be   

found1 are not killed by sunlight or    
fresh air4 ,this subject should be      
thoroughly understood by every young    
woman1 but it is of too great importance
 to be dealt with here in a few         
paragraphs4  ,the breath of a           
consumptive patient will not carry      
directly the germs of consumption to    
another person4 ,oh1 ,i know that is    
what many of you have been taught1 but  
we are dealing with the facts as they   
are known up to this very year of #aiaa4
 ,it has long been the general idea that
 disease germs were carried from one    
person or thing to another person or    
thing4 ,now this is not strictly true4  
,all germs increase and thrive in moist 
and dark conditions4 ,the throat of a   
consumptive patient is one of these     
conditions4 ,the germs are sent out into
 the air of the room in surrounding     
moisture4 ,they land somewhere2 on the  
tablecloth1 in the carpet1 or hide in a 
dark corner4 ,in these places they dry  
and become dustgerm-laden dust4 ,now    

stir up this dust and then you have the 
germs free to rush into the healthy     
lungs around them1 and then a person    
runs great risk of contracting          
consumption4  ,don't stir up a room by  
dusting if that room has been occupied  
by a diseased person4 ,don't wash the   
walls or floor of such a room and then  
close it1 unless you want to go into the
 business of breeding germs4  ,knock out
 the windows of such a roomopen it up   
for the sun's rays to penetrate and kill
 off the enemy4 ,take all carpets out   
and put them where nothing but ,,dry air
 and sunshine can get at them4 ,do the  
same thing with every movable object in 
the room4  ,don't do anything but just  
this with rooms where scarlet fever1    
diphtheria1 measles1 whooping cough and 
other contagious diseases have been     
running their courses4  ,i spoke to you 
about the hands being the greatest      
carriers of infection4 ,they even carry 
around the germs of typhoid fever4 ,they
 have been found on the cleanliest      

person's hands after using public       
toilets4 ,on the fingers1 especially4   
,you are safer in kissing a person who  
has consumption1 than you are in wetting
 your finger to turn over the pages of a
 book that has been thumbed by scores of
 other persons4 ,a person may have the  
cleanest habits possible yet be a menace
 to others as well as to herself4  ,i   
watched the other day a pair of young   
schoolgirls trying on each other's      
gloves4 ,up to the lips would go a      
finger or two1 then these moist fingers 
would clasp the glove fingers and in    
this way work the glove onto the hand4  
,you all know the process better than ,i
 can describe it to you4 ,now supposing 
that the girl who owned the glove had   
rang the bell or turned the knob at the 
residence of a friend who was ill with1 
say1 consumption1 to inquire how the    
friend was4 ,don't you see that it was  
more than probable that nurse1 maid or  
mother had conveyed moist germs of the  
disease to the knob or bell push1 that  

the germs dried but had not been long   
enough in the sun to be killed1 and this
 girl's glove picked these germs up and 
then you transferred them to your lips8 
,dried germs which only wanted the      
moisture of your lips to become         
virulently active4  ,don't wet your     
fingers in trying on glovesnew or old4  
,don't hang on to car straps with       
ungloved hands4 ,the same don't applies 
to water closet chains1 handles and many
 other germ holders you will call to    
your mind4  ,in studying the peculiar   
habits of girls ,i watched a group in   
the 8,ladies' ,hat ,rooms0 at a theater4
 ,they took off their hats after much   
pulling of big daggersbeg pardon1 ,i    
mean pinsout of hair and hats4 ,these   
dagpins1 were all promiscuously laid    
upon a dressing table covered with      
germ-laden dust1 only to be taken up    
again and held in the mouth4 ,the same  
process was gone through with when they 
again put on their hats4 ,pin after pin 
was taken from the germ cloth and put in

 their mouths while they adjusted the   
angle of their hats4  8,say1 ,mame1 lend
 me a pin1 will you8 ,i've lost one40   
,so out of ,mame's mouth came a pin1    
which was immediately put between the   
lips of the borrowing girl4  ,nasty8 ,of
 course4 ,dangerous8 ,frightfully so4   
,don't put pencils1 pins1 string and    
other articles of the kind in your      
mouths4 ,why does a girl think her mouth
 is a receptacle for every little thing 
she wants to use temporarily8  ,i have  
seen girls and women step up to a box   
office and as soon as the ticket seller 
had shoved1 with his bare hands1 a      
ticket or two through the window1       
immediately grab up those dangerous     
pieces of pasteboard and place them     
between their lips and hold them there  
until they passed down the line and into
 the theater4  ,and probably1 shortly   
after1 this same girl or woman will     
wonder why she has pimples1 blotches or 
sore lips4 ,then she goes to the        
druggist for a 8face balm0 which        

temporarily hides the real trouble4     
,finally she has to go to the doctor1   
who finds it is too late to repair all  
the damage done through ignorance1      
foolishness and the drug4  ,don't use   
arsenic in any form for your complexion 
or to give your face a plump appearance4
 ,some of you will tell me of a girl you
 know who has a nice plump face from the
 use of arsenic wafers4 8,she used #8to 
be a fright'2 skinny in the face and    
deep lines40 ,certainly1 and now she    
looks to be in good health4  ,but she is
 not2 she is in a dangerous state1 and  
if she keeps up the arsenic poisoning   
she will discover this fact4  ,in the   
girl1 arsenic will produce a certain    
amount of fatunnatural of coursein      
hollows or pits which full growth will  
attend to if the girl will have         
patience4 ,poisoning herself with       
arsenic makes fat in the undeveloped    
tissues of the face4 ,this gives her a  
plump appearance4 ,so will plenty of    
whisky1 and in about the same manner4   

,but if the fatness was confined only to
 the cheeks the harm would not be so    
great1 but like whisky again1 it puts   
fat around delicate internal tissues4 ,a
 girl who has plump cheeks from the use 
of arsenic has also a 8plumpness0 around
 her kidneys1 fat over her growing      
ovaries and inmeshing the tiny cells of 
the liver4 ,fatty degeneration of these 
organs takes place for which there is no
 remedy4  ,all headache medicines1 such 
as antipyrine1 are not only dangerous1  
but will ruin a complexion2 bring out   
pimples as certain as the sun shines4   
,the habitual taking of any kind of     
bromide1 bromo seltzer1 bromo quinine1  
and all the other kinds of advertised   
8sedatives10 will cause a peculiar rash 
not only upon the face1 but upon the    
body4 ,i frequently see girls in shops1 
stores and even in the high schools1    
whose faces tell the story of some kind 
of drug-store 8treatment40  ,lately     
there has come to the surface another   
kind of patent medicine fake which is   

apt to fool the most open-eyed4 ,this is
 one you all know of but not about4 ,it 
is that kind of advertisement which has 
nothing to sell4 ,it purports to be the 
outpouring of some philanthropist's     
heart who wishes to do something for his
 suffering fellow manor generally woman4
 ,you see he has nothing to selldon't   
want your money1 simply spend thousands 
of dollars every week to tell you how to
 get rid of 8that uncomfortable         
feeling40 ,no matter what is the        
troublehouse care1 worry over your      
studies or 8who sent me ,,that          
valentine0liver1 womb or rheumatismit is
 all the same2 just go to your druggist 
and get these simple remedies and take  
as directed4  ,then follows the         
prescription4 ,at first glance1 yes1 at 
the second1 you or your mother read the 
simple home remedies such as tinct4     
rhubarb1 olive oil1 simple syrup1       
extract of quassia1 etc41 and think that
 such a recipe must be harmless and     
certainly good4 ,the advertisement tells

 you just to get your druggist to fill  
the recipe4 ,well1 how can there be     
anything wrong with such harmless and   
free advice8 ,but you will see inserted 
among all these harmless and simple and 
well known remedies1 some such direction
 as 8two ounces of badum0 or 8tinct4 of 
fulum1 original package40 ,now you see  
the nigger in the woodpile4 ,the whole  
scheme is to get you to purchase the    
fake 8badum40 ,this is distributed among
 the druggists and when you go to pay   
the bill you find that the simple       
prescription is an expensive one4 ,the  
druggist tells you that the 8badum0 is a
 very expensive ingredient4 ,it probably
 costs the fakers a few cents and is    
simply sugar of milk or some equally    
harmless and legally allowed drug4      
,don't kiss anyone but your mother and  
father4  ,don't forget that flies are   
the most dangerous germ carriers we     
have1 and don't buy or eat anything     
which has been exposed to flies and     
street dust4  ,don't have any pity for  

the flies or insectskill them4  ,don't  
be a giggling girl4 ,the practice of    
giggling will certainly develop those   
tiny skin muscles in a way to make your 
face show some kind of distortion4  ,i  
remember a young girl who was brought to
 me for her constant habit of giggling4 
,it had grown into a habit and really   
looked like a case of hysteria4 ,but    
because ,i told her mother it was a form
 of hysteria and should be treated as   
such1 she became offended and took the  
girl elsewhere4 ,i saw the girl1 or     
rather woman1 when she was twenty-four  
years of age1 and recognized her by the 
peculiar conformation of her face4 ,it  
was the face of a girl giggler4 ,her    
facial muscles had become so developed  
by her uncontrolled girlish habit that  
nothing could be done for her4 ,i felt  
sorry for the young woman1 for she had  
grown to be a very charming and         
estimable one1 who was constantly       
embarrassed by an expression of         
contempt4  ,good laughter1 a            

hilariousness which has for its cause a 
real sense of humor1 is beneficial to   
everyone4 ,such expression of humor     
gives motility to the face and develops 
a pleasing appearance4  ,don't swagger  
around in public nor attempt to thrust  
yourself forward4 ,a modest girl will   
not let herself become prominent in     
public places4 ,dressing1 acting or     
talking in any way to attract undue     
attention will soon ruin a girl's       
reputation4  ,now a little about corsets
 and a good1 supple and attractive      
figure4 ,i have no objections to corsets
 as corsets1 but every physician knows  
only too well that a growing girl is    
injured beyond repair if she1 at the    
developing stage of her life1 compresses
 in any manner the internal organs4     
,really1 this is about all there is to  
this corset question4 ,if a woman has   
reached full development with lungs1    
ovaries1 kidneys1 all the pelvic organs1
 having had full play and room for their
 growth1 the proper wearing of corsets  

will not do her harm2 nay1 they will do 
more1 they will be a source of comfort  
to her4 ,moreover1 such a woman will not
 lace too tightly because always having 
had full play of her lungs and other    
internal organs1 she will be distressed 
if they are too tightly confinedtheir   
own needs and development send her      
warning when she has gone too far4  ,but
 it is sadly different with the young   
girl who has from fourteen years or even
 from sixteen years of age1 worn corsets
 made for the full-grown woman4 ,every  
inch of a girl's waist1 all the region  
of the pelvis and the upper portion of  
her body1 should be absolutely free from
 any pressure4 ,just take a little      
growing twig and tie a string around it4
 ,next year you will see a deep         
constriction4 ,the following years you  
will notice that the twig does not grow 
well1 that the sap cannot run freely up1
 that when it does blossom1 the blossoms
 are poorly nourished and lack the      
luster of its unconstricted companions4 

,dress so that there is no pressure upon
 the pelvis or around the lungs4 ,try1  
when you have on one of these modern    
coats of armor now made for the fat or  
thin woman1 the deep breathing exercises
 ,i have recommended4 ,you cannot go    
through with the exercise4  ,oh1 but you
 say1 we take off those corsets when we 
take the exercises4 ,certainly1 but when
 you gird yourself up again and squeeze1
 punch and groan while getting into one 
of those 8can't sit down0 things1 you   
are undoing all the good the exercises  
have done4  ,let your clothes hang from 
the shoulders4 ,shoulders were made to  
carry weights1 the waist and the pelvis 
to carry and protect the greatest force 
in naturethe power of motherhood4  ,if  
you knew that when you grew to full     
development you would have to be a      
carrier of wood or water upon your      
shoulders1 that this would have to be   
your career1 would you go to work and   
place some constriction or in some way  
injure the growth of your shouldersdo   

something which would prevent you from  
doing what you were born to do8  ,of    
course not4 ,well then1 take the best   
care of your pelvis and their contents4 
,give them exercise1 shape1 health1     
beauty1 by letting them grow            
unrestricted4 ,you may not know it2 but 
the condition of a woman's pelvis tells 
in her face4 ,broad hips mean happy and 
painless motherhood4 ,early constriction
 of the lungs and internal organs means 
a miserable existence for a woman1      
married or single4  ,early constriction 
of the body means lack of bust          
development4 ,this means that your      
little baby1 so hungry for its mother's 
milk1 will have to be artificially fed4 
,don't think that there is any other way
 of a complete bust development than    
freedom of bodily action while growing4 
,those advertised things are more than  
useless2 they are positively injurious4 
,you can never have the ability to nurse
 your child if you fall into the hands  
of these criminal advertisers of 8bust  

developers40  ,i have now outlined in a 
cursory manner the main facts in modern 
physiology1 which1 if you allow to sink 
into your memory1 will make for a life  
of perfect health4 ,don't think that    
life is all pleasure or all misery4 ,it 
is a happy combination4 ,happy because  
all our burdens are for a purpose1 and  
when these purposes are well understood1
 the burdens cease to be real burdens1  
but tasks whose outcomes are seen to be 
pleasure4  ,the real reasons for so much
 misery among girls and women is        
unhealth1 rather than ill health4       
,unhealth is avoidable2 so is much ill  
health4 ,you all know how and why4  ,i  
have said little to you about morals    
because when a girl is in perfect health
 she is moral4 ,by this ,i mean1 perfect
 mental health1 as well as purely       
physical4  ,let me explain4 ,a girl has 
good physical health1 she is also in    
good mental health1 hence she is morally
 healthy4 ,she has had good home        
instructionbut not as thorough as is now

 neededand has no uncontrollable evil   
thoughts4 ,some of her companions tease 
her upon her moral nicety4 ,one day1    
with a party1 she is persuaded to take a
 glass of beer or champagne4 ,she takes 
another4 ,well2 she loses her chastity4 
,bad girl1 immoral girl8 ,not a bit of  
it4 ,she fell because she was not       
,,mentally in good health4 ,what injured
 her mentally8 ,the beer and champagne4 
,they will do it every time4  ,don't    
touch them6  ,don't think that you know 
more than your mother about what is best
 for you4 ,you don't4     ,sex          
,knowledge  judiciously imparted is the 
greatest insurance toward the           
development of sterling manhood and     
womanhood4 ,it is the duty of every man 
and woman to be informed upon the       
subject of sex and the care of the body4
 ,it is a subject vitally important to  
every individual4  ,dr4 ,howard presents
 facts as they are1 and speaks from a   
knowledge gained through years of study 
and experience in the great hospitals of

 the world4 ,he shuns no details and    
presents a clear cut analysis of the    
wages of sin and ignorance4  ,a ,,full  
,,list ,,of ,,dr4 ,,howard',s ,,books   
,plain ,facts on ,sex ,hygiene          
,confidential ,chats with ,boys         
,confidential ,chats with ,girls     33 
,facts for the ,married 33  ,price #a4jj
 ,each1 ,descriptive ,leaflets ,free    
,illustration      ,the author says1 8,i
 want to make clear to the world through
     these books that right sex living  
is of as much1 if not more1             
importance1 than right physical living2 
that sex laws must be     as well known 
and observed as those of eating1        
sleeping1 and     the general rules for 
bodily health40   ,,edward ,j4 ,,clode1 
#aef ,fifth ,avenue1 ,new ,york         
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,transcriber's ,notes3      ,text in    
italics is enclosed by underscores      
7italics74      ,punctuation and        
spelling inaccuracies were silently     
corrected4      ,archaic and variable   

spelling has been preserved4            
,variations in hyphenation and compound 
words have been preserved4