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202 as they used to be, and the cheerful visit paid to some one who is ill—all these are acts of charity that will stand out like golden stars opposite your name on the judgment-book. The girl who wonders listlessly what in the world she can do to help anybody need only open her eyes very wide and she will quickly discover. In every family, in every neighborhood, there is work of this kind to do, and while it would not be called charity work, still it is that, for charity pitieth much. A few cheerful visits, a few kindly actions, and a few cheerful words are worth more than all the pennies that were ever collected for the heathen. For we have so many heathen at home, and the best way to reform them is by example.

That is consideration for the young and the awkward. The young girl or boy may not know just the fork that it is proper to use to eat some special dish with, and you are doing a kindly act when you quickly pick up yours and so end the embarrassment. That other boy who in the parlor dance or the game always seems to knock things over and to make everybody conscious of his arms and feet, can, by a little care on the part of the considerate girl, be guided in such a way that he will become a pleasure rather than a horror, and