asured by the yard? How do we measure land?
How do we measure time? How many divisions of time
can you name besides seconds? What was the first
instrument with which time was measured? With what
did King Alfred measure the hours? What was later
used for measuring time, after the sun-dial? About
how long ago were clocks first invented? About how
long ago were watches first made? Why did David
want to be taught to number his days? Can the idle
man or the busy man more easily find time for
necessary duties? Will you always make diligent
use of your time? Why does the larger hand of the
clock point to the minutes? If we take care of the
minutes, what will the hours do?

PLANS.

LIVING WITH A PURPOSE.

SUGGESTION:--Object: Architect's drawings for the
building of a house.

[Illustration: Plans for Building a House.]

MY DEAR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN: I have here what the architect calls
"plans," or drawings for a house. Unless the carpenter and builder had a
copy of the plans he is to follow he would not be able to build
successfully. He would not know what kind of material he would need. He
would not know where to place the doors, or how large to make the
windows, and whether to put the dining room on this side of the house or
on the other side of the house; whether the parlor was to be on the
first floor or on the second floor. So when a man is going to build, the
first thing to be done is to decide what kind of a house he wants, and
then to get an architect who is able to draw the plans perfectly, so as
to show the size of every door and window and room, and the exact
position and place of everything that is to enter into the building of
the house. These plans cost a great deal of thought and oftentimes much
delay in beginning, but in the end they save both time and expense, and
secure the most desirable results.

Every boy and girl should have a plan, for we are all builders. We build
day after day and week after week, and year after year. First of all,
you should have some great purpose in life, and then all your other
plans and purposes should be made to further and help the great main
object which you have in life.

Once there were two boys who were very intimate when they were young.
They played together, and came to love each other very much. One was a
b