ld me how she became lame.

"I remember," she said, "when I was between three and four years old,
sitting one day in my high chair at the table, and twisting one foot
under the little step of the chair. The next morning I felt lame; but
nobody could tell what was the matter. At last, the doctors found out
that the trouble all came from that twist. It had gone too far to be
cured. Before I had this boot, I could only walk with a crutch."

CARE OF THE SPINE.

Because the spine is made of little bones with cushions between them, it
bends easily, and children sometimes bend it more than they ought.

If you lean over your book or your writing or any other work, the
elastic cushions may get so pressed on the inner edge that they do not
easily spring back into shape. In this way, you may grow
round-shouldered or hump-backed.

This bending over, also cramps the lungs, so that they do not have all
the room they need for breathing. While you are young, your bones are
easily bent. One shoulder or one hip gets higher than the other, if you
stand unevenly. This is more serious, because you are growing, and you
may grow crooked before you know it.

Now that you know how soft your bones are, and how easily they bend, you
will surely be careful to sit and stand erect. Do not twist your legs,
or arms, or shoulders; for you want to grow into straight and graceful
men and women, instead of being round-shouldered, or hump-backed, or
lame, all your lives.

When people are old, their bones contain more lime, and, therefore,
break more easily.

You should be kindly helpful to old people, so that they may not fall,
and possibly break their bones.

CARE OF THE FEET.

Healthy children are always out-growing their shoes, and sometimes
faster than they wear them out. Tight shoes cause corns and in-growing
nails and other sore places on the feet. All of these are very hard to
get rid of. No one should wear a shoe that pinches or hurts the foot.

OUGHT A BOY TO USE TOBACCO?

Perhaps some boy will say: "Grown people are always telling us, 'this
will do for men, but it is not good for boys.'"

Tobacco is not good for men; but there is a very good reason why it is
worse for boys.

If you were going to build a house, would it be wise for you to put into
the stone-work of the cellar something that would make it less strong?

Something into the brick-work or the mortar, the wood-work or the nails,
the walls or the chimneys, that w