I found out that plants have Sex, you know.

Just think of it -- carrots, onion, turnips,

potatoes, and everything!

Isn't it frightful to think that this agitation has

spread to the vegetable kingdom?

I vowed I would never eat another potato as

long as I lived!

And, after all, what GOOD does it do -- letting the

vegetable kingdom have Sex, I mean?

Even a good thing, you know, can be carried too far.

"Mamma," I told her, "you are hopelessly behind

the times. Sex is a Great Fact. Someone must

discuss it. And who but the Leaders of Thought

are worthy to?"

I intend to say nothing more about it now -- but

when the time comes I WILL reopen my Salon.

And as far as talking about Sex is concerned --

the right sort of mind will get GOOD out of it, and

the wrong sort will get HARM.

I don't really LIKE discussions of Sex any more

than Mamma does. No really nice girl does.

But we advanced thinkers owe a duty to the race.

Not that the race is grateful. Especially the

lower classes.

It was only last week that I was endeavoring to

introduce the cook to some advanced ideas -- for her

own good, you know, and because one owes a spiritual

duty to one's servants -- and she got angry and gave notice.

The servant problem is frightful. It will have to

be taken seriously.

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