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look more handsome if she were bandaged around 

 the ribs and abdomen? Would her heart have as 

 much room to pump blood through the arteries and 

 veins? Could she breathe as well? Would you 

 like to have such a foolish kitty in your house? 

 What sort of a coat does a dog wear? Did you 

 ever feel how loose it is? I wonder why he does 

 not wear tight-fitting clothes? The bones of boys 

 and girls may now be discussed in comparison 

 with the foregoing thoughts, putting emphasis 

 upon the fact that the bones are to give shape, sup- 

 port and protection, and to do these three things to 

 best advantage, they must not be hindered in any 

 way by tight lacing or bandaging the head or 

 feet ; also that improper position while sitting or 

 standing is as pernicious as bandaging, especially in 

 growing children. Trees grow crooked if they do 

 not assume the proper position when young. 

 Then will not children do the same? 



5. — How Tobacco and Alcohol Affect the 

 Growth of the Bones. 



This is difficult to teach in this grade. All that 

 can be done is to lead the children to see that a 

 good house must have the very best of material. 

 It must have a good foundation and good timber for a 

 frame work. That good timber cannot grow in 



