The task is endured by the pupil while she must ; the big fee is pocketed by the instruc. tor without the honesty, except in certain rare and honorable cases, of a protest that the child is not musical, never will be, and all the money spent will be as bad as thrown away.
In added years no one gets any real and adequate return for this money. The cares of housekeeping, which would be lightened by an occasional half-hour at the piano io case one was musical by nature, are, on the contrary, allowed to interrupt all practice Ihe coming of a babe or two is sure to com plete the oblivion in which the music of other days is buried. The eilent piano it %n irritating rebuke to

An Interesting ' Story.
SUPPLEMENT

Poetry.
WILL SHE MARRY.
Interesting Sketches.
