Of course it frequently happens that there is no “upstairs,” that the mother’s room is the highest in the house. In this case the difficulty is met by the nurse setting a chair and stepping upon that with the child in her arms as she leaves the room.
How to Play at Sight.—To play at sight the following conditions are necessary: First, a good grounding in technical execution; secondly, a regular and systematic knowledge of fingering; thirdly, a cheerful and ready disposition; and fourthly, undivided attention and concentration of the mind on the work in hand.—Ernst Pauer.
Good Counsel Thrown Away.—A draught of milk to serpents does nothing but increase their poison. Good counsel bestowed upon fools does rather provoke than satisfy them.—From the Sanskrit.
In Peril.—Women are safer in perilous situations and emergencies than men, and might be still more so if they trusted themselves more confidingly to the chivalry of manhood.—Hawthorne.
Degrees of Lightness.
Pray, what is lighter than a feather?
Dust, my friend, in driest weather.
What’s lighter than that dust, I pray?
The wind that sweeps it far away.
Then what is lighter than the wind?