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men is rarely broken by accident or by a physician in opera¬ 
tion. When it breaks in sex relation of course it bleeds, an 
indication to the groom that his bride has preserved her 
purity. Immoral conduct leaves its evidence on the body. 
A girl should prize this mark of chastity and guard it from 
injury. 
1. What is the hymen? 
2. Why has its presence intact been considered an evidence of 
chastity ? 
Perverts and Morons. — There are some persons, usually 
men, whose sex desires have taken a somewhat unnatural 
trend and who are therefore called 'perverts. Others have 
minds so little developed that they lack ordinary self-control 
and have little moral sense; they are morons. Both these 
classes are a danger to boys and girls. They sometimes en¬ 
tice children who know no better into a secluded place and 
cruelly mistreat them. Older children they sometimes 
seize by force and outrage. Boys and girls should both be 
on their guard against advances from strangers, for they can¬ 
not know at sight who are trustworthy. Automobile rides 
with men or women who are not known to be reliable should 
especially be avoided. Dangers from these defective people 
make it unwise for boys or girls to be out in the evening alone 
or with only an immature companion. 
1. In what danger are children from perverts and morons? 
2. Why should a boy or a girl refuse to go riding with a strange 
man or woman, even though the stranger seem respectable and 
courteous ? 
3. What danger is there on the streets after dark for boys and 
girls? 
Venereal Diseases. — Immoral relations of men and 
women have spread throughout the land the germs of several 
diseases to which the term venereal has been applied. Though 
the germs which cause them may be communicated in other 
