The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-17
Discusses Dangerous Age and Development of
 Racial Instinct
IGNORANCE CAUSES
 MUCH SOCIAL VICE
Director of Hygiene Association Urges Women 10 Use Kindly Influence Toward Restoring Way
 ward Girls

Chicago. June l6.- George Kneeland did some plain talking to delegates to the General Federation of womens clubs in convention hero today. Mr. kneeland is director of the department of investga- ton of the American Social Hygiene as- sociation, and his remarks were based on statistics gathered by his department and in reports of Investigators.
 He found that prolific source of sup ply to commerciaized vice comes from girls between the ages of IS and IS years the dangerous age of the development of the racial instinct. and that startling minority comes from homes other than E those of poverty and ignorance.
 MT. Kneeland's agents in the last war have gathered histories of 300 girls not yet professionally immoral, but well started on the downward patch. Com trary to the general impression and the reports of some investigators that the majority Of these girls are feeble minded or sub-normal, Mir. Kneeand said that most of the girls are intelligent.
 some of them" he asserted come from such homes as yours. Some live at home in idleness and ease They are typical American girls. daughters or re- speetable and prosperous parents. But it is only fair to say that the majority are poor and ignorant" Certain Characteristics All through the reports of agents the speaker found certain characteristics among the girls, They were rcbellious to-
 
 ous and seornful of boy friends whom they call "boobs.' Desiring secrecy. they prefer to meet strangers and married men.
 Mir Kneeland said dancing and impas- stoned love scenes on the stage inteusi- | fled the sex appeal He told the women they could help save these misguided girls. and made the following sugges- tions.
 | Make some effort to find these giris in your town. They are there. Having found them you can attach yourself to them with bands of love and understand ing. The way to know them is to study your own heart; remember the days of your youth. The influences that protects ed you will in the end, save them.
 Give them healthy and sane instruc- tons aa 10 the mystery or ilei NdfH or disease and the crime of abortion. knowl- edge must drive out ignorance
 Each of you can have powerful in- fluence in providing amusements in your own community where the sex appeal is eliminated.
 Use Own Influence l "Use your influence to bring about bet ] ter economic and industrial conditions so that fathers can be masters in their own home; so that young men can marry | early in life.
 Peach ignorant mothers and fathers, so they will love ana understand their children more than they do.
 Teach boys and young men to honor womanhood. You can make them realize that young girls represent more than half of all future generations that upon them depends the health and power of the race: that to in1ure gitl. take ad- | vantage of her racial instinct at critical moment Is a crime against unborn gem l eratons Men must learn to sacrifice themselves, If need be. for the good of the l race.
 Use your influence to restore to the home the simple, yet powerful protection which grows of belief in the religion of our fathers.
 "The most complete solution of man or womans sex problem lies in vital. personal relationship to the infinite and eternal God. This we must teach our sons and daughters