diate attention to the lessons you are inculcating,
and at the same time your hot water will have a
tendency to move impurities from his person, and
possibly the skin, in spots.

If your mother tells you to do a thing, it is wrong
to reply that you won't. It is better and more be-
coming to intimate that you will do as she bids you,
and then afterward act quietly in the matter accord-
ing to the dictates of your best judgment.

You should ever bear in mind that it is to your
kind parents that you are indebted for your food, and
your nice bed, and for your beautiful clothes, and
for the privilege of staying home from school when
you let on that you are sick. Therefore you ought to
respect their little prejudices, and humor their little
whims, and put up with their little foibles until they
get to crowding you too much.

Good little girls always show marked deference for
the aged. You ought never to "sass" old people
unless they "sass" you first.

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