was it not? But someone has said in a joke it would have been better if
Ulysses had had an orchestra on board which would have made better music
than the sirens. Then neither Ulysses nor the sailors would have been
tempted to go too near the dangerous isle.

That is a pretty good way of dealing with all kinds of temptation,--not
by trying to keep temptation out, but by putting something more
attractive in its place. If you are tempted to go to the moving
pictures, when you were told not to, do not simply stand around outside
the place with nothing else to do. Go off and play something which will
be more attractive than moving pictures. If you are told that you must
not go fishing, don't sulk around wishing that you could go. Just go at
baseball or something else, and soon you will have forgotten about the
other thing.

Always put something else in the place of the thing you are not to do,
and it will help you to overcome temptation.




POISON-LABELS


You have all seen bottles of poison, and you know when your father or
mother buys poison from the druggist there is a label on the bottle
marked "POISON" in large letters, and on the label is a picture of a
skull and crossbones. This is done to warn people from drinking the
poison.