When a girl enters adolescence, it is imperative that her mother tell her frankly and without shame all of the details and practices of sexual life. Knowledge is the best protection that any girl can have. The duty of the wise parents is to enlighten their children fully about the possible ways before them, and what good or ill will be won by following each. The girl who has a thorough comprehension of these facts may be depended upon in the majority of cases to decide far more wisely and constructively problems connected with the sexual urge, than the girl who is reared in blindness and receives such information as she gathers from doubtful sources, thick with the slime of evil minds. _Love Education._—The adolescent and the young woman will find this information too elementary to be satisfactory. Love is more than a matter of human psychology and its functioning. It is a very subtle art. There must be, ultimately, education in the art of love. The savage races all believed in this. The ceremonies of initiation that were held at the time of puberty of the young men and women, were merely the culmination of an education in love-making that was given frankly and openly in all the tribe. These practices still prevail among such tribes as have evaded the missionaries. The average man or woman, barring such stray and frequently fouled hints as he receives from friends and companions equally ignorant, enters upon marriage with no understanding of what he is called upon to do. When the daughter of a nice respectable family marries, she is, presumably at least, a virgin. The young man may or may not be; the assumption being that he is not. His sexual knowledge has been gained through prostitutes and “common girls.” More often he has no idea what to do. The girl, we repeat, is virginal. She is not supposed to have any but the most vague ideas on the subject. If the girl really has no knowledge of men, she is shy. Naturally, the largest part of the burden falls upon the man. But the girl should know in advance what sex means. If she does know, it will do a great deal to dissipate her unnecessary shyness. We repeat, love is an art. The girl must realize that she may suffer a tremendous shock which will render her frigid for life. Medical records are black with the countless cases where the experiences of the nuptial night have wrecked the whole subsequent content of the woman, and in extreme cases, her reason. Young wives who commit suicide on the honeymoon are frequently so impelled by the man’s initial and usually quite unconscious brutality. Love is an art, calling for infinite tact on the part of both the man and the woman.