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Show MISS ROSE JONES I GIVES PLAIN TALK I Extends Vsluable Advice to Parents M and Others Along Line of Sexual Purity. H One of the plainest talks upon . -x- H ual matters, from a moral, hygieaJa and educational standpoint, that, it H has been the privilege of the people H of Cedar City to listen fee, MM 00- H livered in the Tabernacle last Sunday afternoon by Miss Rose .Tone . a feature of the Farmers' Round-up . I H Housekeepers' Conference. As a mat- H ter of fact the lecture wnp ndverli id H under the title of "Answering I Ml 1- sssss! ren's Questions" for the conjoint bbbbbbI ing at the College auditorium I H Saturday evening; but owing to I ho H fact that the Enoch people had a nri- H sical program sufficient to occupy the H entire time, this lecture was post- H pioicd until Sunday afternoon BJ a- H hove stated. H The lecture was rather phenomenal H in its plannpss and bluntness, hut wns H along the lines of modern education H thought, and is believed to be the inlv H solution for many of the social Ills of H the day. H Speaker's Version of Hereilit H Miss Jones commenced hoi loetuie H by explaining her version of "HereeV H ity:" it being her belief that H had a previous existence and tliut the B soul is immortal, and that parents in H bringing children into the world at- B tracts such spirits from the oilier HBl world as comport with their ideal or JJ standards of morality and Intelligence. Thus base or licentious parents would HBl nnturallv attract spirits for their nn- BJ born children if a correspondingly low HH plane of morality and Intel ligcn I Whereas, pure, highly cultured und HJ intelligent parents would attract n HHJ its of like- character for thcii child HBl The next subdivision of the ,1 ers' subject) was Parentho.nl and l'ur- BVJ ity. She spoke of the prenatal prr- HHl iod and of the inbuence of parents HHl during such period upon the off pin HBs The speaker said that we should cee M criticising young people so closely and VJ look to tne older people for manv sf H our social wrongs. Sne related many flBl instances of personal experience to illustrate her point. Spoke of un old HJ gray haired woman who at a I' a HB party had once told one of the vil M stories that she had ever listened to HB in her life. BBj The KITcrtH of Cleanliness. H The speaker called attention to the M importance of keeping the persons of BB children clean and wholesome, AVJ said that filth and ill-fitting i loth BB were often responsible for the formi n -; Bl of vulgar and pernicious habit i in BBl children. Stated that these hablte M were much more prevalent than the BH majority of parents realize. Related BJ a number of examples from her own BB observation In this connection. She BBl also stated that food was an Important BbJ factor In the prevention of aggriva- BVJ tion of these ueblliatlng habits Said BBl that meut and rich pastry have no flBJ place in the table fate of children, M Environment Also Important. M Speaker also referred to the Im- eBYJ portance of invironment, and said thai hB dirty, unsanitary toilets am! yards BH were one of the causes of i i y BB in children. Also spoke of tl H fui effects of obsenc writing and BBJ tures, and of vile, smutty stories, . - BH pecially when indulged in by grown- BB BJ Miss Jones spoke of the folly of try- BH ing to kisep children ignorant of BJ ual mutters. Bald that knowh ' BY such things would be acquired b; BH child in spite of ull the parent M do, and that it was far better BH cuts to acquaint tle-ir children BBJ such things in a careful, proper ' M than to have them given to them I m evil asso dates. H Should Answer Children Truthfully. jH Miss Jones contended tl 9H should answer every question . mBJ them by their children to tl BBJ their ability, frankly and I though in a careful and diplom BH manner. Said that it m mM to keep young people BB pure. Talked of the adolescent pet i B in the lives of bovs and girls, BH gave advice as to the duty of pn H at such times Said there - H Son why the father should nol ' BH confident of his daughter us well a . H the mother. BH The speaker recommended the s H of the following books by pan -if growing children, but did noi bH the placing of these books in the I H of children who were too young, I independent reading, an they Were, apt H to gain wrong impressioi B "The Sjtory of Life for Children." 1 "Almost a Woman." BH "Almost a Man." HB "Child's Confidence Rewarded " "The Boy and Girl Adolescent " 99 "Sex Problems for Young Me tW "What a Young Man Oughl to .P5 Know." 3K "What a Young Woman Ought to 5& Know." &r These books ' an be obtained Xrotn TO6& any well-stocked book store. 58? Miss Jones presented the subject m a straightforward, frank, business-like business-like manner, and evidently made u doep impression upon hor Mature. BB |