XIV CONTENTS 



A CHAPTER FOR GIRLS 



Girlhood— How to develop beauty and loveliness— 

 The human form divine— A wonderful process 

 — Human buds— How beauty is marred— A 

 beauty-destroying vice— Terrible effects of se- 

 cret vice— The cause of breakdowns— "The lit- 

 tle health of women"— Remote effects— Causes 

 which lead girls astray— Vicious companions 

 —Whom to avoid— Sentimental books— Novel- 

 reading— Various causes— Modesty woman's 

 safeguard— A few sad cases— A pitiful case— 

 A mind dethroned— A penitent victim— A ru- 

 ined girl— Danger in boarding-schools— A des- 

 perate case— A last word 435-461 



A FEW WORDS TO BOYS AND GIRLS 



The men and women of the next generation— Asso- 

 ciation of the sexes proper— Responsibility of 

 parents and teachers— "Small talk"— The true 

 boy a gentleman everywhere— The true girl a 

 lady at home— "Have the heart right, and then 

 act natural" 462-465 



A CHAPTER FOR YOUNG WOMEN 



Puberty— Symptoms of puberty— Hygiene of pu- 

 berty—A critical period— Important hints- 

 Evils of excitement— Improper occupations— 

 Custom of Indian women — Criminal careless- 

 ness—Recklessness—Regularity of habits— Ad- 

 vice of Boerhaave— Tight-lacing— Other perils 

 — Bad social customs — " Fast girls " — Im- 

 proper liberties — Getting a husband — Old 

 maids— An "incumbrance"— Personal worth- 

 Maidenly reserve 466-482 



