The fable of the hen, whose very prohibition led her chickens to the fatal well, has often been realized in life, there is a certain curiosity in human nature to look into things forbidden.

If Quaker youth should have the same desires in this respect as others, they cannot gratify them but at the expence of their virtue.

If they wish for novels, for example, they must get them clandestinely.

If to go to the theatre, they must go in secret.

But they must do more than this in the latter case, for as they would be known by their dress, they must change it for that of another person.