So that exercises for health and amusement are the only kinds of gymnastics that I recommend.
BUYING "THE MIRROR."
Miss Harper came into the room where George and Mary Conly and Ella Lee were playing with jack-straws. They had played everything else they could think of, and, feeling tired, had quietly settled themselves down to jack-straws. They could have amused themselves from morning until night out of doors without being weary; but Mr. Conly's house was in the city, and had such a tiny bit of a yard that only fairies could have got up a frolic in it. When they were in the country there were so many things they could do, and when they were tired running about, there was the see-saw on the big log under the old elm.
But they were not in the country now, and children have not the spirit to keep up their sports in the house as they do out of doors. So, when Miss Harper appeared with a book in her hand, George and Mary sprang up from the table in delight, and exclaimed:
"Oh, cousin Fanny! are you going to read to us?"
"Yes," said Miss Harper, "I thought you would like to hear some more of those pretty stories I read to you yesterday."