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A Good Rule.--St. Edmund of Canterbury was right when he said to somebody.
"Work as though you would live forever; but live as though you would die
today."
--Henry Giles.

Double Duties.--Children should never be required to do housework to the
extent a housekeeper must do it, for the strength of a growing child
should be applied almost wholly to duties at school. A growing child
cannot do mental and hard physical labor at the same time. Wiping dishes
and assisting in the dusting do not interfere with school work, and are
really good exercises. But the young girl who is compelled to rise early
in the morning, prepare breakfast, assist with the family washing or
ironing and prepare herself for school will lose out somewhere.

[NURSERY HINTS AND FIRESIDE GEMS 805]

THE BABY-CLASS TREE.

We little folks planted a wee, wee, tree,
The tiniest tree of all;
Right here by the school-house door it stands
With two little leaves like baby's hands,
So crumpled and soft and small.

And I really believe it is ever so glad
That we planted it there to grow,
And knows us and loves us and understands,
For it claps them just like two little hands,
Whenever the west winds blow.

The Flannel Binder.--The flannel binders for baby should be cut from the
softest kind of flannel and on the bias to increase their elasticity. They
should be about five inches wide and twenty inches long, with the edges
raw, or pinked, perhaps, but not hemmed. After the first six or eight
weeks the knitted, circular band which can be bought ready made or may be
crocheted at home, is substituted for the flannel binder.

LOVE.

Over and over and over
These truths I will say and sing--
That Love is mightier far than Hate;
That a man's own Thought is a man's own Fate,
And that life is a goodly thing.
--Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Wholesome Pleasures.--Pleasures for the little ones should be wholesome
and sensible, and the dangers of excitement cannot be overestimated. Their
minds so ready to receive impressions should receive only the best and
most beneficial, the wholesome air play in the park, or the country, not
too much company, nor too much noise, nor too many toys.

FROM "THE CHILDREN'S HOUR"

Between the dark and the daylight.
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day's occupations,
That is known as the Chi