The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-12-24

in infancy or early childhood. The
rest grow up deficient in mind or
body or both. Upwards Of ten per
cent OF all insanity is syphilitic in
its origin.
Both venereal diseases are ter
ribly Contagious. Innocence is no
protection. Syphilis may be con-
tracted from a drinking-cup or eat
ing -utensil, or from the lips OF an
infected person having an open sore
on the mouth. Gonorrhoea is spread
by towels, by bathtubs, or from con-
taminated toilets. No person, how
ever careful, is imune from either
OF the red plaques And yet the
public is just beginning to be edu-
Gated to the peril"
"Why wouldn't that be a good
topic for the Woman's Club TO dis
cussT asked Grandma Sharpless.
"Splendidr said DIR. Strong. That
is, il they would allow you TO talk
about it,"
ALLOW mer' The old lady's firm
chin TILTED up sharply. who's go
ing TO put the ban of silence on mel"
Nobody, I dare say, IL you make
up your mind to speak" replied DR..
Strong. smiling. but some will
probably try. Would you believe
that, only a short time since, pro-
fessor OF hygiene in one OF our lead
ing universities had TO abandon a
course of lectures TO the students
because the wives of the faculty and
trustees objected to his including
venereal diseases in his course? And
well-known lecturer, who had been
invited TO speak on health protec-
ton before list Of colleges. suffer-
ed the indignity OF having the in
vitation withdrawn because he in
sisted that he could not cover the
ground without warning his hear
ers against the twin pestilences OF
vice."
Are the colleges so greatly in
need of that sort Of warning?" ask
ed Mrs. Clyde.
Subsequent records obtained
from some Of the protesting insti-
buttons showed that one third OF
the students had at some time been
infected"
I'm glad you've told my boy"
said Mrs. Clyde, rising. I'll talk to
my girls"
And to the children" said Mrs.
Sharpless.
Then I'd better make a list, for
both Of you, of the literature on the
subject which you will find useful"
said the Health Master. I'll give it
to you later.~
I The list Of publications on the
sex problem and venereal disease
recommended by the Health Master
to the Clyde Family was as follows.
Published by the California So
cial Hygiene Society, Room 256. U.
S. Custom House, San Francisco.
Calf: The Four Sex Lies, When and
How TO Tell Children, A Plain Talk
with Girls about their Health and
Physical Development. Published by
the Detroit Society for Sex Hygiene,
Wayne Co. Medical Society Building,
Detroit, Mich: To the Girl who does
not Know, A Plain Talk with Boys.
Published by the Chicago Society
Of Social Hygiene, 3O5 Reliance
Chicago, ILL.,: Self Protec-
ton, Family Protection, Community
Published by the Mary
land Society for Social Hy-
giene, IS East Pleasant Street,
Md: The So-Called Sex
ual Necessity in Man, The Venereal
Diseases. Published by the Ameri-
can Federation for Sex Hygiene, i05
West 10th St., N. Y. City: List OF
Of the Constituent So
cieties, The Teaching OF Sex Hy-
giene, Sex Instruction as Phase of
Social Education. Published by the
Society of Sanitary and Moral
Prophylaxis: The Sex Problem,
Health and the Hygiene of Sex.
For a time after the woman had
left, the two men sat silent.
STRONG" said Mr.. Clyde present.
ly, who is Barley STAIRS physi-
cian."
'Dr. Emery"
"Why didn't he warn him not TO
marry?"
HE did. He positively forbade
it,"
"And Starr married that young
girl in the face OF that prohibi-
tion?"
"He thought he was cured. Dr..
Emery couldn't say positively that
he wasn't. He could only beg him
to wait another year. Starr hadn't
the courage-or the principle; he
70 a rod scandaI IN no nostponpd the