It would be tedious to dwell on the pretty part which the tail plays in the courtships of sparrows and pigeons, or on the sprightly attitudes by which birds of all sorts let off their spirits when shower and sunshine have overfilled their hearts with gladness.

In helping soup, fish, or any other dish, remember that to overfill a plate is as bad as to supply it too scantily.

I find after a somewhat casual investigation that you have been consistently violating a large number of city ordinanceskeeping parrots, beating rugs, allowing unmuzzled dogs at large, overfilling your garbage cans, disregarding the speed laws and traffic regulations, using improperly secured window boxes" "Anything else?" inquired Pierpont jocularly.

When you sing "My country, 'tis of thee," you do not mean, "My post-office, 'tis of thee," nor yet, "My fellow citizens, 'tis of you, just as the creatures who crowd the street and who overfill the railway cars," that I sing.

But it remains a question whether he did not make a disproportionate sacrifice; whether he did not empty his first act in order to overfill his second.