f the babe in the womb which were shown
and explained to the child, a boy. He was pleased and satisfied with the
explanations. It meant nothing out of the ordinary any more than a primary
lesson on the circulatory system did, it was knowledge on nature in its
purity and simplicity taught by mother, and hence caused no surprise. The
subject of the male and female generative organs came later; the greatest
pains and care was taken to make it clear, the little boy was taught that
the _sexual organs_ were made for a high and holy purpose, that their
office at present is only to carry off impurities from the system in the
fluid form called urine, and that he must never handle his _sexual organs_
nor touch them in any way except to keep them clean, and if he does this,
he will grow up a bright, happy and healthy boy. But if he excites or
_abuses_ them, he will become puny, sickly and unhappy. All this was
explained in language pure and simple. There is now in the boy a sturdy
base of character building along the line of virtue and purity through
knowledge.

9. SILLY DIRTY TRASH.--But I hear some mother say "Such silly dirty trash
to tell a child!" It is not dirty nor silly; it is nature's untarnished
truth. God has ordained that children should thus be brought into the
world, do you call the works of God silly? Remember, kind mother, and {403}
don't forget it, if you fail to teach your children, boys or girls, these
important lessons early in life, they will learn them from other sources,
perhaps long ere you dream of it, and ninety-nine times out of one hundred
they will get improper, perverted, impure and vile ideas of these important
truths; besides you have lost their confidence and you will never regain it
in these matters. They will never come to mamma for information on these
subjects. And, think you, that your son and daughter, later in life will
make you their confidant as they ought? Will your beautiful daughter hand
the first letters she receives from her lover to mamma to read, and seek
her counsel and advice when she replies to them? Will she ask mamma whether
it is ever proper to sit in her lover's lap? I think not; you have blighted
her confidence and alienated her affections. You have kept knowledge from
her that she had a right to know; you even failed to teach her the
important truths of menstruation. Troubled and excited at the first
menstrual flow, she dashed her feet in cold water hoping to stop the flow.