Babyhood . in the color-tablets furnished by many educational pub-lishers, nearly all of the manufacturers in-terviewed by Babyhood stating that onlyapproximate colors are attempted, and de-clining to assume responsibility for truestandards. In a large number of such arti-cles collected by us for purposes of compari-son, including primary-school charts, wefound a total of upwards of thirty shades ofthe six colors sought; and one of the best-known manufacturers of scientific apparatusadmitted that his charts of the solar spec-trum could not, for various mechanical rea-sons, be depended upon for
Babyhood . in the color-tablets furnished by many educational pub-lishers, nearly all of the manufacturers in-terviewed by Babyhood stating that onlyapproximate colors are attempted, and de-clining to assume responsibility for truestandards. In a large number of such arti-cles collected by us for purposes of compari-son, including primary-school charts, wefound a total of upwards of thirty shades ofthe six colors sought; and one of the best-known manufacturers of scientific apparatusadmitted that his charts of the solar spec-trum could not, for various mechanical rea-sons, be depended upon for accuracy. Itshould be here stated that the best authori-ties differ as to which are the true primaryand which the secondary colors ; but it is nopart of our purpose to discuss optics, and itis sufficient for our present object to repro-duce the six spectrum colors from the bestrecognized sources, discarding indigo asbeing only a shade of blue, in conformitywith the practice of most modern FAMILIAR TALKS BY MARION TEASING THE BABY. THE whole matter of teasing is a curi-ous study. Motive, method, and aimmake up a psychological phenomenon whenwe take into account that, by their own con-fession, those whose chosen pastime it is findit flat and zestless unless it gives annoyanceor pain. The shaft that does not rankle isthrown away. That which draws blood iswell spent. Why a humane immortal shouldtake pains to discover the sore places in theheart of a fellow-being, for no other purposethan to make them sorer, is beyond the com-prehension of people whose perceptions ofthe humorous are less acute. The propensity, fostered by indulgence,grows fast into a vice. The lad who prideshimself on his ingenuity in detecting wherelies the raw in his comrades, and in keep-ing up the inflammation by friction, developsinto that curse of society, an inveteratetease. Utter callousness, real or assumed,is the only armor of proof against his play-ful assaults. The anguished wince, th
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