"'What's good for burns?'  'Mud,' said the Owl, 'mud.'"  The final words of How It Came About Stories by Frank Linderman and illustrated by Carle Michel Boog, 1921.

From How You Look and Dress by Byrta Carson, 1949.

"A pleasing personality is the secret of popularity."  From Advanced Course in Homemaking by Maude Richman Calvert and Leila Bunce Smith, 1939.

From Lighted Pathway, 1981.

From The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book, or Adventures Among the Knitting People by Jane Eayre Fryer and illustrated by Jane Allen Boyer, 1918.

"Moral: The fruit is all in the orchard, but—you need a ladder."  From the United States Naval Academy's 1917 yearbook.

"Why not compile your own anthology?"  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1947.

From Youth's Companion, 1914.  Compare to this one from 3 years earlier.

"Go easy on the pepper."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1941.

From Lighted Pathway, 1981.

From Junior Language Book C by Donalda Dickie, 1945.

"Look on the sunny side!"  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1941.

From Advanced Course in Homemaking by Maude Richman Calvert and Leila Bunce Smith, 1939.

From Advanced Course in Homemaking by Maude Richman Calvert and Leila Bunce Smith, 1939.

"Do not jump on ancient uncles."  From Expressways, Grade 3, Level 6, Handstands by Thorn & Irwin, 1977.

"Never carry your gloves in your hat."  From Drawings by John Leech, 1909.

From Kodak Magazine, 1920.

"Face future with smile."  From The Daily Colonist, 1932.

"Never eat when worried or mentally distressed."  From How to Live 100 Years by Guy Lockwood, 1912.

"Do not wear a broom to breakfast."  From Expressways, Grade 3, Level 6, Handstands by Thorn & Irwin, 1977.