The Detroit times., 1916-10-03
Plain Sex Talk
eY OR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1915, by Frank Crane)

Here are some sex facts every boy and
girl ought to know.
There is So much limiting and Whisper
ing about sex matters that il may help
YOU TO relad 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
TO your parent or physician. Get at the
truth. Base your cleanness on intelli-
gence, not ignorance.
2. 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
go with people that suggest these mat
ters. The battle for purity is best fought
by intelhgenty running away, not by
fighting after you once know the facts.
Keeping out Of the road Of temptation
Is a thousand times better than oycrcom-
ing temptation in this matter.
3. Do not read advertised books on
sex subjects, except under the advice OF
your physician.
I. Never answer any sort Of sex ad-
vertisement Never take any advertis-
ed medicine. Never consult an adyertis-
ing doctor.
.. If YOU suspect that you are diseas-
ed go at once to an honorable physician
or to a public free hospital for advice
and treatment
6. 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 undcgStood and con-
rollcd Every healthy person has such
impulses DO not get into a panic. DO
not indulge IN seIf-contempt or self-pity,
which easily lead to weakness and wrong.
7. 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
/ g. The only ideal sex condition is the
marriage Of one man with one woman.
This has been workel out by the expert
/ ment Of the human race for many CEN
Ituries Il is not merely a commandment
Iof religion or "a matter Of convention.
! The association Of one man and one wom-
an together i'm 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-
ness So don't try any new experiments:
millions Of fools have tried them all
9. Let alcohol absolutely alone.
10 Get up when you wake up. Take
cold bath and rundown, and go to
work
H. DO not be idle Whether you are
rich or poor. find some work to do that
occupies your forces Of mind and body
and keeps you enthusiastic. The moral
class consists. as a RUE, Of the workers
The sex drive is pretty sure to wreck
healthy young person who has nothing
to doabut to seek amusement.
12. Don't let anybody deceive you as
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
Thre are in the United States about
half million insane, epileptic, feeble.
minded, blind, deaf, and otherwise de-
fcent; there are 10000 prisoners and
100, 900 paupers; all Of whom cost this
nation over hundred million dollars a
year Probably half Of all this misfor-
tune is due to sex perversion and alcohol
You have too much at stake 70 get
mired in either one Of these two mud.