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? The lightness of a woman’s mind. And what is lighter than the last? Now, now, good friend, you have me fast. ON A MOONLIGHT NIGHT.—An insane author, once placed in confinement, employed most of his time in writing. One night, being thus engaged by the aid of a bright moon, a slight cloud passed over the luminary. In an impetuous manner the author called out—“Arise, Jupiter, and snuff the moon!” The cloud became thicker, and he exclaimed, “The stupid! he has snuffed it out.” BE SATISFIED.—I say to thee, be thou satisfied. It is recorded of the hares that with a general consent they went to drown themselves, out of a feeling of their misery; but when they saw a company of frogs more fearful than they were, they began to take courage and comfort again. Compare thine estate with that of others.—_Robert Burton._ UNDESERVED PRAISE.—The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should never otherwise have attempted.—_Rochefoucauld._ ADVERTISING SWINDLES. BY THE HOME PHILOSOPHER. Now, girls, I want you to take the Home Philosopher very much into your confidence, though I am going to begin by warning you to be very careful whom you trust. I have lived a good many years longer than any of you, and I have suffered in many ways that I am anxious to show you how to avoid, by not acting rashly on the spur of the moment, as, alas! I have so often done. Many of you would, no doubt, be glad to earn a little additional pocket money, even if you are in no way obliged to get your own living. In our day, nobody seems to be ashamed to make a little money; on the contrary, they show a great deal of honest pride if they are fortunate enough to be able to do so; and in my experience—and depend upon it, girls, it will be yours too, no money is so sweet in the spending as that which is earned.