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  2. Ladies' Letter.

    "There she goes; she's the monocle girl," piped a shrill voice. Looking round, the eye was caugut by a droop black tulle hat titled coply at a ...

    Article : 1,118 words
  3. YOU AND YOUR GARDEN.

    It is, perhaps, just as well that for the time being I am living in a veritable world of allotments. Each day I pass through a certain public park ...

    Article : 1,354 words
  4. STUDY MACHINERY DISTRUCTIONS.

    Every tool should be carefully examined at least when a job is completed. The tractor, which is coming into more general use, could be cleaned ...

    Article : 320 words
  5. WORTH OF ALSACE-LORRAINE.

    The fate of Alsace-Lorraine is of no little Importance to Germany with regard to her iron and steel Industries. The enormous expansion of her output ...

    Article : 178 words
  6. AUSTRALIA AND NEWZEALAND COMPARED.

    Writes a critical observer: "New Zealand is a country of patriots outand out. Australia is a country with a patriotic and cordial majority of ...

    Article : 138 words
  7. IF I WERE TWENTY-ONE AGAIN!

    If I were twenty-one again, with all the knowledge of life that I have gained during the half-century that has elapsed since that great faroff event, ...

    Article : 1,155 words
  8. THE BLIND MAN'S PIPE.

    That blind men do not enjoy smoking is a belief as widespread as it is false. The reason is not far to seek. Try ...

    Article : 159 words
  9. Mixed Metaphors.

    At one of our Fife holiday resorts there reside a couple notorious for their money-making proclivities. The husband earns good wages as a ...

    Article : 139 words
  10. PUSSY'S PARADISE.

    From time immemorial the stray cats of Florence have been well looked after. The cloister of San Lorenzo is sacred to poor puss. It is ...

    Article : 221 words
  11. Thin.

    "My poor man," said a kind woman, "how did you come to fail? You say you owned a condensed milk factory," "Ah! ma'am," responded the tramp, ...

    Article : 55 words
  12. An Unlooked-For Effort.

    Very occasionally it has been known, within a thousand or two thousand yards of the front; in the early hours of the morning, for complete silence ...

    Article : 714 words
  13. Not His Fault.

    A waiter, who had once done service in a club, but had fallen upon evil days, was temporarily employed in a large commercial hotel, where he was ...

    Article : 96 words
  14. Turn About Fair Play.

    "Are you going to have a garden this year?" "No," replied Mr. Grumpy. "It isn't my turn to make a garden. I'm going ...

    Article : 659 words
  15. All Things Come to Him Who Waits.

    A New Hampshire farmer married a woman addicted to fits. At more or less frequent intervals the lady would fall down in a faint. Her husband was ...

    Article : 172 words
  16. Dad Was Wise.

    When the conversation turned to the subject of romantic marriage this little anecdote was volunteered by H. M. Asker, a North Dakota politician: ...

    Article : 76 words
  17. Raising Poultry.

    "What," said a housewife who was marketing, "is the price of these chickens?" "Six-and-sixpence a-piece, ma'am," replied the dealer. "Did you ...

    Article : 45 words
  18. Satisfying His Curiosity.

    A very inquisitive old gentleman considerably annoyed a fellow-traveller in a railway carriage by the number of impertinent questions he asked ...

    Article : 144 words
  19. Too Professional.

    Singleton: Doctor Pellett is certainly the most absent-minded man I fever saw. Wederly: Is that so? ...

    Article : 54 words
  20. A Full Menu.

    "What's on the menu?" asked the hungry man. "Well," replied the waiter, "a few articles of food are mentioned. But ...

    Article : 39 words
  21. Trouble Ahead.

    "Jack is awfully annoying at times. He made me so angry to-day that picked up a book—" "What! You surely didn't throw it ...

    Article : 39 words
  22. Left to Imagination.

    A schoolgirl was required to write an essay of two hundred and fifty words about a motor ear. She submitted the following:—"My uncle ...

    Article : 69 words
  23. Thrift's the Thing.

    "Times have changed." "To be sure." "A man used to apologise for wearing an old suit." ...

    Article : 182 words
  24. Counter Attack.

    Corporal Ras (pulling out pad and pencil): If all youse Colored Bucks don't get on these heah logs I'll hand In youre names to the "lootenant." ...

    Article : 46 words
  25. A Slacker.

    "How long has that clerk worked for you?" "About four hours," replied the boss. ...

    Article : 39 words
  26. A Stickler.

    Friend: What you need, old chap, is a tonic in the shape of fresh air. Purist: And what is the shape of fresh air, pray? ...

    Article : 152 words
  27. Unlucky.

    First Cop: I'm an awfully unlucky guy. Second Cop: How's that? First Cop: I raided a Turkish bath ...

    Article : 92 words
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