19. THE ORGANS OF CREATIVE LIFE in women are: Ovaries, Fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina and mammary glands. The _ovaries_ and _Fallopian tubes_ have already been described under "The Female Generative Organs." "The _uterus_ is a pear-shaped muscular organ, situated in the lower portion of the pelvis, between the bladder and the rectum. It is less than three inches in length and two inches in width and one in thickness. "The _vagina_ is a membranous canal which joins the internal outlet with the womb, which projects slightly into it. The opening into the vagina is nearly oval, and in those who have never indulged in sexual intercourse or in handling the sexual organs is more or less closed by a membrane termed the _hymen_. The presence of this membrane was formerly considered as undoubted evidence of virginity; its absence, a lack of chastity. "The _mammary glands_ are accessory to the generative organs. They secrete milk, which the All-wise Gatherer provided for the nourishment of the child after birth. 20. "MENSTRUATION, which appears about the age of thirteen years, is the flow from the uterus that occurs every month as the seed-germ ripens in the ovaries. God made the sexual organs so that the race should not die out. He gave them to us so that we may reproduce life, and thus fill the highest position in the created universe. The purpose for which they are made is high and holy and honorable, and if they are used only for this purpose and they must not be used at all until they are fully matured they will be a source of greatest blessing to us all. [Illustration: THE TWO PATHS--WHAT WILL THE GIRL BECOME? AT 13: BAD LITERATURE AT 20: FLIRTING & COQUETTERY AT 26: FAST LIFE & DISSIPATION AT 40: AN OUTCAST AT 13: STUDY & OBEDIENCE AT 20: VIRTUE & DEVOTION AT 26: A LOVING MOTHER AT 60: AN HONORED GRANDMOTHER] 21. "A CAREFUL STUDY of this organ, of its location, of its arteries and nerves, will convince the growing girl that her body should never submit to corsets and tight lacing in response to the demands of fashion, even though nature has so bountifully provided for the safety of this important organ. By constant pressure the vagina and womb may be compressed into one-third their natural length or crowded into an unnatural position. We can readily see, then, the effect of lacing or tight clothing. Under these circumstances the ligaments lose their elasticity, and as a result we have prolapsus or falling of the womb. 22. "I AM MORE ANXIOUS for growing girls than for any other earthly object. These girls are to be the mothers of future generations; upon them hangs the destiny of the world in coming time, and if they can be made to understand what is right and what is wrong with regard to their own bodies now, while they are young, the children they will give birth to and the men and women who shall call them mother will be of a higher type and belong to a nobler class than those of the present day.