The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-03
Plain Sex Talk
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1915. by Frank Cranel

Here are some sex facts every boy and
girl ought 10 know.
There is So much limiting and whisper
ing about sex matters that it may help
YOU to rqrd this plain, clear statement of
what is absolutely true.
You can give this advice TO your boy
or girl and know that you are not doing
more harm by suggestion than you do
good by information.
|. Meet the sex issue squarely, and
settle it once for all while you are in
your teens. The program you adopt then
Will mean more TO your life than any
other one thing. Find out the facts Go
70 your parent or physician. Get at the
truth. Base your cleanness on intelH-
gence, not ignorance.
>. Having settled your program, stick
to il. AND QUIT THINKING ABOUT
IT, Sex subjects peculiarly appeal to the
imagination. Train yourself TO think Of
something else. DO not read books nor
60 with people that suggest these mat
tiers The battle for purity is best fought
10y inteIlgently running away, not by
fighting after you once know the facts.
Keeping out Of the road of temptation
is a thousand times better than overcom-
ing temptation in this matter.
3. DO not read advertised books on
sex subjects except under the advice Of
your physician.
/. Never answer any sort Of sex adj
vertisement Never take any advertis-
ed medicine. Never consult an advcrtis-
I ing doctor.
.. II you suspect that you are diseas-
ed 90 at once to an honorable physician
or to public free hospital for advicd
and treatment.
s. Don't imagine YOU are wicked be-
cause sex thoughts intrude themselves
into your mind Recognize that these
come from normal physical Instincts,
which are to be understood and con-
troued. Every healthy person has such
/ impulses. Do not get into panic. Do
not indulge in self-contempt or self-pity,
which easily lead 10 weakness and wrong.
T. Associate with decent, clean-mind-
ed. healthy persons Of the opposite sex
all You can The real publication Of the
sex impulses is found in IDEALIZING
them
s. The only ideal sex condition is the
marriage Of one man with one woman.
This has been worked out by the expert
ment Of the human race for many cen
turtles. II is not merely commandment
( Of religion or "A matter Of convention.
The association Of one man and one wom-
an together in the love and loyalty Of
marriage is better than all the medicines,
rules Of conduct, and prayers in the world
| FOR producing health, sanity and happi-
mess. So don't try any new experiments;
millions Of fools have tried them all.
g. Let alcohol absolutely alone.
TO- Get up when YOU wake up Take
cold bath and rundown and go to
work
H. Do not be idle Whether sou are
rich or poor. find some work 10 do that
occupies your forces Of mind and body
and keeps you enthusiastic The moral
class consists. as a rule Of the workers.
The sex drive is pretty sure to wreck
healthy young person who has nothing
/ TO do but 10 seek amusement
-. Don't LEI anybody deceive you az
to the danger Of the sex diseases. The
hell and horror Of them cannot be exag-
gerated Take no chances. Be decent
and clean. and you need fear nothing.
Tire are in the United States about
half a million insane, epiIeptic feeble.
minded, blind, deaf, and otherwise de-
fcicnt, there are 10000 prisoners and
100000 paupers; all Of whom cost this
nation over a hundred million dollars
year. Probably haif-uf all this msfor-
tune is due to sex perversion and alcohol.
You have too much at stake 10 get
mired in either one Of these two mud.
holes.