I. TOBACCO,.................13
II. DRUNKENNESS,................26
III. GAMBLING, CARDS,...............53
IV. DANCING,...................70
V. THEATER-GOING,..............84

PART II
WORTHY SUBSTITUTES

VI. BOOKS AND READING,.............99
VII. SOCIAL RECREATION,............118
VIII. FRIENDSHIP,.................130
IX. TRAVEL,...................147
X. HOME AND THE HOME-MAKER,.........170



PART I.
QUESTIONABLE AMUSEMENTS.

"The excesses of our youth are drafts on our old age, payable about
one hundred years after date without interest."--JOHN RUSKIN.


I.
TOBACCO.

Tobacco wastes the body. It is used for the nicotine that is in it.
This peculiar ingredient is a poisonous, oily, colorless liquid, and
gives to tobacco its odor. This odor and the flavor of tobacco are