26. Is a fashionable waist a model of art in sculpture or painting?
27. Should a fireplace be closed? [Footnote: Thousands of lives would be saved if all fireplaces were kept open. If you are so fortunate as to have a fireplace in your room, paint it when not in use, put a bouquet of fresh flowers in it every morning, if you please, or do anything to make it attractive, but never close it; better use the fireboards for kindling wood. It would be scarcely more absurd to take a piece of elegantly-tinted court-plaster and stop up the nose, trusting to the accidental opening and shutting of the mouth for fresh air, because you thought it spoiled the looks of your face to have two such great, ugly holes in it, than to stop your fireplace with elegantly-tinted paper, or a Japanese fan, because it looks better.—Leeds.]
28. Why does embarrassment or fright cause a stammerer to stutter still more painfully?
29. In the organs of voice, what parts have somewhat the same effect as the case of a violin and the sounding-board of a piano?
30. Why should we be careful not to "take the breath of a sick person"?
31. What special care should be taken with regard to keeping a cellar clean?
32. How is the air strained as it passes into the lungs?
33. Can one really "draw the air into his lungs"?
34. How often do we breathe?
35. Describe some approved method of ventilation.