Books on Hygiene and Social Purity
We have before us four books by Dr. E. B. Lowry, "Herself," "Confidences," "Truths," "False Modesty." All of them pertain to hygiene and social purity. The price of the first named is $1.00; of each of the other three, 50 cents. "Herself" is talks with women concerning themselves. The book is a straightforward, clearly written, delicately phrased book of instruction to women in regard to the very things that they would most like to know about themselves. The author is himself a practising physician, one that is qualified to speak upon the things of which he writes. There is a full and complete index, which will be helpful. "Confidences" is placed in the form of talks with the young girl concerning herself, explaining the origin and development of life in language which is intelligent to young girls, and yet delicate and adequate. And it is believed that the knowledge imparted in this way will prevent shipwreck in later years through ignorance, indiscretion, or evil companions. It is a book which ought to be read to the young girl by the loving mother, or one who has an interest in the spiritual welfare of the child. A companion book to this is "Truths," or talks to the boy concerning himself, and is designed to be for the boy what "Confidences" is to the girl. These books should be placed in the hands of those who need them, but as before remarked, the better way is that they should come into the lives of the children through loving parents, or guardians, or spiritual friends. It will be of real help to the parents themselves to read these instructions on the subject of life with their own children. The fourth is the condemnation of that "False Modesty" which protects vice by ignorance. The chapters of this book were first written and published in a prominent magazine, as a sequel to the series that first brought the white slave traffic to the attention of the world in general. It is to show fathers and mothers that ignorance often leads to vice, and that if proper and early instruction were given to boys and girls in matters pertaining to his or her sex, they would save at least many of these children from later ruin and corruption. The subject-matter of the volume is discussed under "The Results of Ignorance," "The Virgin's Sacrifice," "The Father's Duty to His Son," "Rural Pitfalls," "Woman's Inhumanity to Woman," "The Homeless Girls," "Teaching the Science of Motherhood," and "The Coming Educational Reform." These books are published by Forbes & Co., 443 Dearborn St., Chicago, or they may be obtained from the Pacific Press, Mountain View, California.