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Show f HEALTH " i j UNCLE SAM, M. D. i , '- i ! Health Questions Will Be An-I An-I svercd if Sent to Information ! Gureau, U. S. Public Health Serv Ice, Washington, D. C. : - $ I TILE FACTS OF SEX. The United States Public Health Service receives a large number of letters every day from the parents o boys and girls asking for information on tho important subject of sex education. educa-tion. Difficult as this subject undoubtedly is. it is no longer possible for the parent par-ent to decide whether tho child will learn about sex oi not. The question is whether he, or she; will get the right sort of knowedge. The hope hat the child luight grow up entirely Innocent of sex matters seem to be i blasted. For better, or for worse, silence on the subject of love, passion ! temptation, marriage and vice, is be-' be-' lug replaced by abundant discussion and Interpretation In literature and 'drama, especially in the motion picture pic-ture plays. From these sources, and from the gossip of bad companions and the naturally na-turally evil -pen-sons the boy and girl will probably get a one-sided idea about sex, unless tho parent offers them something better aiid truer. i Facing tho facts as they have been found to exist by officers of the Public! Health Servlco In numerous lnve3tlga-l tiops it Is almost criminal for the" par-i out to let tho child drift along in Ignorance. The problems of proper sex instruction instruc-tion and social diseases havo been j found to be so Intimately associated that the Public Health Service has! established a special division to study 1 the situation and give advice- j Parents would do woll to write a letter to the Information Editor, U. S. public health service, Washington. D. jC. axklng for instructive literature,, sets "IJ and D," or explaining the case i and asking for confidential informa-l tion. ,nrt I |