Articles from page 15: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. THE LEISURE HOUR IN THE HOME CIRCLE

    Almost from time immemorial there have been supersitions concerning precious stones. Opals, in particular, have and credited with malignant ...

    Article : 959 words
  3. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 366 words
  4. FIGURES OF FUN

    The author of a recently-published book on Spain (writes Dark in "John o' London's Weekly") deplores the fact that, thanks to Prosper ...

    Article : 972 words
  5. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 650 words
  6. INN SIGNS

    Inn signs come down to us from the days when every shopkeepers and tradesman made his appeal for customers by hanging on the front of his ...

    Article : 528 words
  7. CURIOUS WILLS

    Some queer wills have recently come to light in England. A Welsh shopkeeper directed that doles of 5/ and 10/ a time should be ...

    Article : 317 words
  8. Indigent Statesmen

    "After seventeen years in office I have retired a poor man, and it is absolutely imperative that I should turn to writing as a means of livelihood." In ...

    Article : 351 words
  9. Seasoning Timber

    Generally spoking, piano-makers keep wood for a period of ten years or more before they convert it into piano frames, and in the building trade ...

    Article : 228 words
  10. Novelists' Methods

    [?] habit of drawing from life was recently mentioned by the Manchester "Guardian." From a letter written by Disraeli in the 60's, quoted ...

    Article : 363 words
  11. THE BIG, BIG D

    Recently in a report of a parliamentary debate, "The Times" credited one of the Labor members with using the expression, "I don't care a dam." ...

    Article : 222 words
  12. THE FATAL THIRD.

    What is the [?] or the superstition that it is unlucky to light three cigarettes with the same match. An American paper publishes an ...

    Article : 198 words
  13. Mortifying the Flesh

    India teems with feats of mortifying the flesh. One man will lie upon his back, place lip, plant in it a mustard seed, ...

    Article : 270 words
  14. "GETTING INTO A SCRAPE."

    The well-known phrase "getting into a scrape" is an illustrations of how our English speech as it flows onward becomes enriched with tributaries. Every ...

    Article : 240 words
  15. MECHANICAL WONDERS.

    An incubator capable of hatching 2640 chickens, with electricity acting as foster-mother to the chicks still in the shell, was one of the sights of the ...

    Article : 115 words
  16. UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

    At the forthcoming boat race Oxford University intends to have new boat, designed by Professor Gilbert Bourne. It is declared to be a labor of love ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 28 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$