Soluble Suppositories (for women).—­These are now being manufactured by Mr. Harman Freese, of Freese & Moon, 59, Bermondsey Street, S.E.1, from whom they can be obtained.  These suppositories are disinfective as well as contraceptive, but they are at present sold for the ordinary purposes of birth-control.

Sanitary Tubes (for men).—­These tubes are also manufactured by Mr. Harman Freese, of Freese & Moon, 59, Bermondsey Street, S.E.1, in accordance with medical directions mentioned in Foreword.  It is quite possible to manufacture an ointment which, if properly used, would be a preventive of all forms of venereal disease.  The sale of such an ointment is authorised by the State Health Department of Pennsylvania.

Information as to the medical prevention of venereal disease may be obtained from the Hon. Sec., Society for the Prevention of Venereal Diseases, 143, Harley Street, W.1.  Information regarding birth-control has been made available to adults in England for the last half-century by Dr. Drysdale, Sen., and his family and supporters, through the Malthusian League, whose present address is 124, Victoria Street, London, S.W.1., and these pioneers have made a most self-sacrificing effort for the benefit of poor women by establishing a welfare centre at 153a, East Street, Walworth, London, S.E.17, where free advice is given in birth-control and sexual hygiene, and where medical supplies are available at nominal prices.  This centre is supported entirely by voluntary subscriptions and at present stands in dire need of financial help.[T]—­E.A.R.

[Footnote T:  At my personal request the publishers have agreed to name the firms and societies mentioned in Appendix II.  These notifications are made gratis for the benefit of the medical profession and the general public, and not by way of advertisement.—­E.A.R.]

NOTE.—­Every thoughtful woman is urged to buy and study carefully the great work entitled:  “PREVENTION OF VENEREAL DISEASE,” by Sir Archdall Reid, K.B.E., M.B., C.M., F.R.S.E., with an introductory chapter by Sir Bryan Donkin, M.D., F.R.C.P., in order that she may understand the nature of the problems involved and the strength of the opposition to cleanliness.

This book is endorsed by the Society for the Prevention of Venereal Disease and contains the evidence and arguments on which the Society bases its policy, and is addressed to all who would prevent venereal diseases in themselves or in the community.

Children may be taught any system of morals—­sexual or other; Christian, Mahomedan, Hindoo, Papuan, or other.  They are intensely imitative and acquire a bias towards local ideas of right and wrong through association with intimate companions.  A bias once acquired tends to persist.  For that reason parents choose good companions and schools.  On the other hand, it is difficult or impossible to convert “hardened sinners,” for example, adult non-Christians.  Children, therefore, may be really taught; adults, as a rule, can only be preached at.  Any man may test the truth of all this by examining his own consciousness.  Would any amount of preaching cause him to change his present ideas of right and wrong?  As little can he alter the bias of other men.  As the twig is bent so the tree grows.