— Use of cold — Should you bathe at this time — Arrangement of clothing and napkins — Mental serenity.
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CHAPTER XIX.
SOLITARY VICE. |
| Its results — Causes — Lack of cleanliness — Pin-worms — All functions attended with pleasure — Sex not low — Its development accompanied by increased power — How overcome the bad habit? — Remove causes of pelvic congestions — Train the senses — Study clouds, leaves, shapes, birds, etc. |
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CHAPTER XX.
BE GOOD TO YOURSELF. |
| What is real fun — The effects of a wrong idea of fun — Flirtations — Familiarities — Criticism of girls by young men — Class of girls who are most respected — Responsibility of girls — The conduct of a pure woman the safeguard of man. |
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CHAPTER XXI.
FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS. |
| The meaning of friendship — Mother the girl's wisest confidante — Kissing — Friendship between brothers and sisters — Platonic friendships — The value of noble companionship. |
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CHAPTER XXII.
FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN GIRLS. |
| Gushing girls — Manly friendships — The highest type of friendship — To love truly is to grow strong by true giving. |
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CHAPTER XXIII.
EXERCISES. |
| Correct dressing — To overcome curvature — Round shoulders — To strengthen the back — To develop the chest — Abdominal muscles — To restore displaced organs. |
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CHAPTER XXIV.
RECREATIONS. |
| Walking — Running — Riding — Skating — Rowing — Cycling — Tennis — Swimming — Skipping — Dancing — Card-playing — Theatre-going. |
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PART III. |
CHAPTER XXV.
LOVE. |
| Different ideas of different people — Much that is called love is selfishness — Love at first sight — Present conditions of society unnatural — Parents unwilling to teach their children, yet permit flirtations, etc. — What is love? — One word to express different phases of regard — Love of man and woman — Love should include mental congeniality, spiritual sympathy and physical attraction — Young people should have opportunity to get acquainted — Comradeship of young people — Love is a growth. |
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CHAPTER XXVI.
RESPONSIBILITY IN MARRIAGE. |
| Who is the young man? — What are his antecedents, his talents, his habits? — What sort of a family does he belong to? — The wife marries her husband's family — Girls should know this — A mother's privilege. |
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CHAPTER XXVII.
THE LAW OF HEREDITY. |
| A strange will — Should study the law of inheritance — Plant heredity — Race heredity — National characteristics — Individual inheritance — We are composite photographs — The law of heredity a beneficial law — Transmission of evil a warning — Bad tempers inherited — Atavism. |
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
HEREDITARY EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, ETC. |
| Alcoholism produces nerve degeneration — Tight lacing may have the same result — Nerve degeneracy may lead to alcoholism — Idiocy and inebriety increasing — Effects of wine — Evils of patent medicines — Inebriety of parents entails injury on offspring — Folly of marrying a man to reform him — Hereditary effects of morphine, chloral, etc. — Dangers of the tobacco habit — Inherited effects of tobacco. |
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CHAPTER XXIX.
EFFECTS OF IMMORALITY ON THE RACE. |
| The law of God not a double law — The inherited effects of immorality — Millions die annually from its effects — Transmitted to child or wife — Contamination through a kiss. |
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CHAPTER XXX.
THE GOSPEL OF HEREDITY. |
| Inheritance of good so universal that we fail to think of it — Mercy shown to thousands of generations — Heredity not fatality — Effects of education transmitted — Experiments of Professor Gates on dogs — A divine inheritance. |
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CHAPTER XXXI.
REQUISITES OF A HUSBAND. |
| What is the young man's inheritance? — What are his ideas? — What is his estimate of woman? — What are his defects? — Are there adequate reasons why some should not marry? — May not married people be happy
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