the
faded roses and drooping violets. We have gazed on these sad
emblems long enough.

'Finally, proposed that greater care be taken by those who stay at
noon, to place their dinner baskets in proper places. The contents
of more than one, were partly strewed upon the entry floor this
morning.'

If such a measure as this is adopted, it should not be continued
uninterrupted for a very long time. Every thing of this sort should be
occasionally changed, or it sooner or later becomes only a form.

14. THE SHOPPING EXERCISE. c. I have often when going a shopping found
difficulty and trouble in making change. I could never calculate very
readily and in the hurry and perplexity of the moment, I was always
making mistakes. I have heard others often make the same complaint, and
I resolved to try the experiment of regularly teaching children to make
change. I had a bright little class in Arithmetic, who were always ready
to engage with interest in any thing new, and to them I proposed my
plan. It was to be called the Shopping Exercise. I first requested each
individual to write something upon her slate, which she would like to
buy, if she was going a shopping, stating the quantity she wished and
the price of it. To make the first lesson as simple as possible, I
requested no one to go above ten, either in the quantity or price. When
all were ready, I called upon some one to read what she had written. Her
next neighbor was then requested to tell us how much the purchase would
amount to; then the first one named a bill, which she supposed to be
offered in payment, and the second showed what change was needed. A
short specimen of the exercise will probably make it clearer than mere
description.

_Mary._ Eight ounces of candy at seven cents.
_Susan._ Fifty-six cents.
_Mary._ One dollar.
_Susan._ Forty-four cents.

_Susan._ Nine yards of lace at eight cents.
_Anna._ Seventy-two cents.
_Susan._ Two dollars.
_Anna._ One dollar and twenty-eight cents.

_Anna._ Three pieces of tape at five cents.
_Jane._ Fifteen cents.
_Anna._ Three dollars.
_Jane_. Eighty-five cents.
_Several voices._ Wrong.
_Jane._ Two dollars and eighty-five cents.

_Jane._ Six pictures at eight cents.
_Sarah._ Forty-two cents.
_Several voices._ Wrong.
_Sarah._ Forty-eight cents.
_Jane._ One dollar.
_Sarah._ Sixty-two cents.
_Several voices._ Wrong.
_Sarah._ Fifty-two cents.

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