MOTHER: At least those worn next the skin should be, in order that we may keep neat and clean. Clothes worn in the daytime should not be worn at night, and nightclothes and bedclothes should be kept fresh and well aired. If the clothing we are wearing gets wet, it should be changed at once. Never wear wet shoes or stockings or wet clothing of any kind. Which part of the body do you think should have the warmest clothing? AMY: The part farthest from the heart; for that would get colder than any other. MOTHER: Yes, the limbs should be warmly clad; for the blood often gets chilled before it reaches the fingers and toes, and that is why they get cold sooner than do other parts of the body. Yet I have seen many little boys and girls with warm coats and furs around the chest, where there is the most heat, and a part of the tender limbs had no clothing. That is like trying to keep the furnace warm, and letting the rooms farther away have no heat at all. PERCY: I should think children dressed in that way would be ill. MOTHER: Many of them are. They often have bad colds, and sometimes the lungs get so much blood, because it is chilled away from the parts to which it should go, that they can not do their work properly; the throat becomes sore, and the poor child may lose its life because the mother did not know how to dress it. Your father, though he is a strong man, would suffer if clothed in that way. Let us see if we can not make some good rules for clothing the body. ELMER: I will make the first, which is, Wear loose, light clothing. AMY: Then don’t be in a hurry in the spring to change warm clothes for those that are cooler. HELEN: We should keep all our clothing neat and clean. PERCY: That which is worn in the daytime should not be worn at night. AMY: That makes me think of another: Nightclothes and bedclothes should be fresh and well aired. ELMER: And we should change our wet clothes for dry ones. PERCY: The limbs should be as warmly dressed as any part of the body. MOTHER: Well done. I think these are all good rules. Let us see how well we can keep them. THE MUSIC ROOM MOTHER: Do you think of any musical instruments which need air when they make a sound? PERCY: The cornet, flute, and horn. AMY: And the organ, too. MOTHER: Yes; all of these and others as well must have air to make sound. But I wanted to tell you that in the wonderful house we live in there is the most perfect organ you can imagine. I am sure there is none like it, none that can make such sweet music, and I have seen many, and heard the largest pipe-organ in the world. HELEN: Where can it be? MOTHER: And it not only makes the finest, sweetest music, but it can laugh and talk. Sometimes its tone is soft and sweet, but it can be made loud and harsh if the master wishes. This curious little organ has a room all to itself, and-- ELMER: Do you mean the voice? MOTHER: There! you guessed it the first time.