patient with the baby, but he thought there
might be some way the pins could be bent so there would be no danger of
their pricking. He tried and tried for a long time to bend the pins so
they would be safe, but every time he failed. One day his father, who
was a blacksmith, asked him what he was doing. Harrison told him that he
was trying to bend a pin so it could not prick the baby.

"That is a good idea," said his rather. "I will see what I can do." For
his father knew that what would help his own baby would help all other
babies. So he, too, tried, and at last he made the safety-pin that is in
use all over the world. And though it was the father who finally made
it, the thought came to him from Harrison, and his thought grew from the
unselfish wish to made his baby brother comfortable. So we can truly say
that it was to a little boy, and to a little boy's kind thought, that we
owe the invention of the safety-pin.

--_Adele E. Thompson._

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Good Reading.

The habit of good reading once acquired will be of inestimable value to
a child all his life. Great care should be exercised at first that a
taste for good literature be not spoiled by an earlier perusal of the
more trashy stories so easily obtained.

See that the children have at hand the right kind of books. If they get
their books at a public library it is well to exercise a little
oversight over what is chosen.

Most librarians are always glad to talk with mothers and give a list of
the best books for children according to their ages. More personal
attention is likely to be given your children, too, if a talk has been
had with the librarian. Children sometimes draw out books presumably for
their parents which are not exactly suited to their own needs. Also
having a list of children's books yourself, you can always have a book
ready to suggest. It is wise not to say much about the books of which
you disapprove lest you implant the desire for the forbidden and
mysterious. It is better to suggest good books than to censor bad ones.

Reading aloud with the children from the best class of books is a
splendid way to cultivate a desire for them. It is often enjoyable to
read together what to read alone might seem a little heavy.

Some children will need no urging to read, but on the other hand will be
so fond of reading as to