the important laws of life and health
upon which rest her future. Teach your daughters that in all things the
'creative principle' has its source in life itself. It originates from
Divine life, and when they know that it may be consecrated to wise and
useful purposes, they are never apt to grow up with base thoughts or form
bad habits. Their lives become a happiness to themselves and a blessing to
humanity.

18. TEACH WISELY.--"Teach your daughters that _all life_ originates from a
seed--a germ. Knowing this law, you need have no fears that base or
unworthy thoughts of the reproductive function can ever enter their minds.
The growth, development and ripening of human seed becomes a beautiful and
sacred mystery. The tree, the rose and all plant life are equally as
mysterious and beautiful in their reproductive life. Does not this alone
prove to us, conclusively, that there is a Divinity in the background
governing, controlling and influencing our lives? Nature has no secrets,
and why should we? None at all. The only care we should experience is in
teaching wisely. {385}

"Yes--lead them wisely--teach them that the seed, the germ of a new life,
is maturing within them. Teach them that between the ages of eleven and
fourteen this maturing process has certain physical signs. The breasts grow
round and full, the whole body, even the voice, undergoes a change. It is
right that they should be taught the natural law of life in reproduction
and the physiological structure of their being. Again we repeat that these
lessons should be taught by the mother, and in a tender, delicate and
confidential way. Become, oh, mother, your daughter's companion, and she
will not go elsewhere for this knowledge--which must come to all in time,
but possibly too late and through sources that would prove more harm than
good.

19. THE ORGANS OF CREATIVE LIFE in women are: Ovaries, Fallopian tubes,
uterus, vagina and mammary glands. The _ovaries_ and _Fallopian tubes_ have
already been described under "The Female Generative Organs."

"The _uterus_ is a pear-shaped muscular organ, situated in the lower
portion of the pelvis, between the bladder and the rectum. It is less than
three inches in length and two inches in width and one in thickness.

"The _vagina_ is a membranous canal which joins the internal outlet with
the womb, which projects slightly into it. The opening into the vagina is
nearly oval, and in those who have never indulged in sexua