Are you sure you are _exact_? We think not. It requires some little experience to be able to weigh and measure correctly, and we have often noticed that it is the lack of this experience which causes failure in most young housekeepers. If it lacks “only a little” of being full weight, or is “only a little” too much, are you not very likely to say, “O, it’s quite near enough; such slight difference can’t matter, and I am in a hurry”? “Only a little thing” has done much harm in almost every department of life,--a mischief that is often irremediable. If there is only a little too much flour, your bread or cake will be solid; not heavy, perhaps, but lacking that light, tender state which is so desirable. Or, if only a little less than the proper measure is used, it will “fall” from the crust, and come upon your table flat and sodden. A pair of scales and accurate measures are the only safe reliance, but these are not always to be found in every family. It is, therefore, very desirable to have always at hand a table of correct _measures_. Indeed, when the table is perfect, it is much more convenient and easier to prepare the proper proportions by measuring than by weighing, only one must use care and judgment to allow for any extraordinary moisture in the articles, as it would affect a measure more than scales. It is always better to put flour, meal, sugar, etc., near the fire to dry before measuring. A table of measures, plainly printed in good-sized type, should be hung over the table or on the wall in every kitchen. We close with a convenient table of _liquid and dry measure_:-- LIQUID. 60 drops = 1 teaspoonful. 2 teaspoonfuls = 1 table-spoonful. 4 table-spoonfuls = 1 half-gill. 8 ” = 1 gill. 2 gills = 1 tumblerful or half-pint. 2 tumblerfuls = 1 pint. 2 pints = 1 quart. 4 quarts = 1 gallon. DRY. 2 even teaspoonfuls = 1 even table-spoonful. 4 ” table-spoonfuls = 1 ounce. 8 ” ” = 1 gill. 2 gills = 1 tumblerful or half-pint. 2 tumblerfuls = 1 pint. 2 pints = 1 quart. 1 heaped q’t sifted flour } = about 1 pound. 1 ” ” sugar } 1 even q’t softened butter} 1 pint of water = 1 pound. 10 eggs = about 1 pound. XLIII. TEACHING LITTLE GIRLS TO SEW.