Old Things

" 'As easy as an oíd shoe, ' is a familiar saying, " saidMr. Staybolt, "and there aan be no doubt tbat an oíd shoe ís a mighty comfortable thing. After we have worn the new shoes, close fitting, hard and formal, how gladly we put theni off, and with what joy we put on the shoes that are oíd and worn and familiar to the f eet! Oíd shoes, however, are not the only things oíd that we like. We like an old bed, if it is not too old, but oust old enough, so that while still soft and comfortable it is also shaped somewhat to the body, ■which it supports at every point, yielding a degree of comfort which not the finest of beds can afford when it is new. "But it is so with all things old, that are not too old, including old habits. We cling to them so long as they give us comfort, and we hate to change. We are creatures of habit, who would if we could follow to the end along the first comfortable rut we fall into and never look out above its sides. And it is well for us that our shoes wear out and that we have to buy new ones and wear them, that we are in various ways compelled to change, that we are rooted out now and then and set going anew. "-