60).

Sex must always be a mystery, but, as Mrs.
Richmond rightly says, "the real and true mysteries of generation and birth are very different from the vulgar secretiveness with which custom surrounds them." The question as to the precise names to be given to the more private bodily parts and functions is sometimes a little difficult to solve.

Every mother will naturally follow her own instincts, and probably her own traditions, in this matter.

I have elsewhere pointed out (in the study of "The Evolution of Modesty") how widespread and instinctive is the tendency to adopt constantly new euphemisms in this field.

The ancient and simple words, which in England a great poet like Chaucer could still use rightly and naturally, are so often dropped in the mud by the vulgar that there is an instinctive hesitation nowadays in applying them to beautiful uses.