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training to have a practical knowledge of how the house 

 is made to run smoothly. Besides this, there is a certain 

 amount of healthful exercise in weeding the garden or 

 cleaning the walk or bringing up the coal or running a 

 sewing machine or a churn. The score card on page 168 

 will give you some idea of how well you are living up to 

 your part of the home duties. 



Rest and health. Our days should be made up of work 

 and play, rest and sleep. It is just as bad to over-exer- 

 cise-, as it is to under-exercise. One should remember 

 that all machines need rest, and the human machine is 

 no exception to the rule. At least eight 

 hours of sleep should be had by every 

 boy and girl of high school age, and 

 nine or ten hours of sleep by younger 

 children. Fewer movies and more quiet 

 reading at home would be good for every 

 boy and girl. Moderation in all things is 

 a good rule. Overstrain of any kind 

 brings on fatigue, and in the end shows 



. .-, Time for sleep. 



that we cannot strain an organ without 

 paying for it. If we overstrain the eyes, for example, we 

 pay for it by wearing glasses later. If we overstrain in 

 athletics, we may have to give up athletics altogether. 

 Over-fatigue by keeping too late hours will surely call us to 

 account later in life. Let us learn while young the value 

 of complete relaxation, and let us, while we are growing, 

 get the habit of going to bed at the proper hour. 



Habits of cleanliness. " Cleanliness is next to god- 

 liness " is an old saying, and a good one. Habits of clean- 

 liness at meals are particularly necessary. One should 

 always wash the hands after going to the toilet. Bathing 



