Here is a picture of a foot which has been treated in this way.

It does not look much like a human foot, does it?
A woman who has such feet finds it so difficult to walk that she has to be carried about much of the time.

Do you not think it is very wrong and foolish to treat the feet so badly?
You will say, "Yes;" but the Chinese woman thinks it is a great deal worse to lace the clothing tight about the body so as to make the waist small.
[Illustration: FOOT OF CHINESE WOMAN.] ~9.

Effects of Alcohol upon the Muscles.~--When an intemperate man takes a glass of strong drink, it makes him feel strong; but when he tries to lift, or to do any kind of hard work, he cannot lift so much nor work so hard as he could have done without the liquor.

This is because alcohol poisons the muscles and makes them weak.
~10.