4. Tell about the shoulder blades.

5. Tell about the collar bones.

6. Tell about the difference between the bones of old people and those of
children.

7. Of what are your bones made?

8. If you wish your bones to be strong, why should you not breathe impure
air?

9. What have you learned about the change which is always taking place in
the body?

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[Illustration: THE JOINTS OF THE SKULL.]

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A little girl was looking at some pictures of ladies in fashionable
dresses. While admiring the beautiful styles and bright colors of the
garments, she pointed to the waist of one, and exclaimed, "_That means
trouble_." The waist was too small for a grown person, and could only have
been made so by _tight-lacing_. The child had been taught that dresses,
corsets, coats, vests, bands, or anything fastened tightly around the
waist, press upon the ribs and crowd them out of place, preventing the
heart, lungs, and other inside organs from working as they should, causing
headache, dyspepsia, shortness of breath, and often ending in some