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handsome and beautifully formed as one 

 would see in a month. Not a scratch nor 

 a blemish is on her skin, — but she is thor- 

 oughly syphilized. The doctor said to her, 

 "I can cure you, but you must go at once 

 to this address — stay there and submit to 

 treatment." Her reply was: "It is quite 

 impossible, as it would interfere with my 

 business." Her business was to lunch and 

 dine at the most exclusive restaurants in 

 New York and Boston and there secure 

 her victims, especially among the rich of 

 the college students. I said to her: "Just 

 think of the damage you are doing! Are 

 you not afraid of being shot?" Her reply 

 was: "There are plenty others doing the 

 same." 



If parents or teachers in our public 

 schools have neglected to thoroughly ad- 

 vise their sons or their pupils of such 

 dangers, and if fathers are too careless or 

 too busy making money, will not the moth- 

 ers of our boys write to their Congressmen 

 and their State Eepresentatives to insist 

 on the passage of National and State Laws 

 that will compel the weekly examination 



