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  2. Children’s Column.

    My Dear Nephews and Nieces—I commenced last week’s letter by telling you of the of the Crèche, or Day Nursery, more especially of the need there was for 100 ...

    Article : 3,484 words
  3. MARRIED WOMEN AND PUBLIC LIFE.

    “Should Married Women Engage in Public Work?” is the subject of a brief symposium in the May number of the “Woman at Home,” in which several well-known ladies take part. ...

    Article : 275 words
  4. Chess.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,922 words
  5. JAPANESE WOMEN.

    Perhaps the secret of the sweet expression and habitual serenity of the Japanese women can be found in their freedom from small worries. The fashion of dress never varying saves ...

    Article : 149 words
  6. FEMININE INGRATITUDE.

    Is gratitude for small kindness dying out amongst us? A contributor to a home paper seems to think it is, and accordingly takes women, and especially girls, to task for ...

    Article : 209 words
  7. GLEANINGS.

    A leading modi[?]te in the North of England possesses a parrot which she has trained to say “Oh. how lovely!” every time a customer comes into the shop. The astute ...

    Article : 862 words
  8. STRANGER THAN FICTION.

    In these days of superabundant fiction, when the smaller fry among the great hosts of novelists are so often censured by critics for attempting to make their plots turn upon the ...

    Article : 285 words
  9. A BRAVE WOMAN.

    A little incident which happened in New York lately deserves rather more than passing notice. While a heavily laden truck, drawn by a team of greys, was ...

    Article : 216 words
  10. The Riddler.

    11,349. Charade, by The Man it the Moon— Old Gaffer Gubbins was a man of wealth, But what his income was I never knew. It was supposed he second it by stealth. ...

    Article : 374 words
  11. HONEYMOONS.

    Honeymoons are going out of fashion with European a[?]tocracy, and the solitude a deux is no longer de rigueur during the fortnight or three weeks following the celebration of the ...

    Article : 199 words
  12. MAGPIE AND CATS.

    The pets of the house were three very large black cats, great favourites, immensely spoiled, and very dignified and lazy. As we regarded the Australian magpie somewhat ...

    Article : 334 words
  13. AUSTRALIAN FASHIONS FOR AUGUST.

    So much attention is occupied by the ubiquitous blouse that a chapter might be devoted to the tabulating of its distinctions alone. The blouse is a luxurious item nowadays of a ...

    Article : 628 words
  14. THE LATEST LONDON FASHIONS.

    Often man’s opinion on feminine dress is worth that of half a dozen ordinary women— especially if these ladies be of a jealous turn of mind, and like to see their friends look at ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 829 words
  15. THE DEAD DOLL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 279 words
  16. ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS PUBLISHED

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 225 words
  17. USEFUL RECIPES.

    POTATO TURNOVERS.—Mix about a pint of hot manned potato with one egg, season to taste, and roll it well in flour. Form this mixture into balls, and press or roll them out ...

    Article : 348 words
  18. A DANCING GENERATION.

    The World discussing the great dancing question, says the rising generation is essentially a dancing generation. The rage for new steps is shown by the eagerness with which ...

    Article : 177 words
  19. Advertising

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    Advertising : 61 words
  20. NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE.

    The new problems, &c., sent by the following correspondents are acknowledged with thanks:— H. W. G. Emerald, Tutor. ...

    Article : 22 words
  21. ORIGINAL CONUNDRUMS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 231 words
  22. A BET ON A BATTLE-FIELD.

    The only prisoner made by the British Reserve at Waterloo was a French General whose capture was due to the cool head and stout heart of a young Brigade-Major anxious ...

    Article : 477 words
  23. CELESTIALS IN ‘FRISCO.

    The Chinese ladies of San Francisco are now beginning to appear in the height of the fashion, their husbands no longer being content to work for the bare subsistence which ...

    Article : 219 words
  24. Advertising

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    Advertising : 14 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 65 words
  26. TIRED NATURE’S GREAT RESTORER.

    Mr. J. P. Halls, cab proprietor. Burra, Smith Australia, who writes on May 12, 1893:—As a testimony of the wonderful efficacy of the cures effected by Clements ...

    Article : 181 words
  27. MEN AND CORSETS.

    Curiously enough, women are not responsible for the existence of the corset at all, for first cornet of which any mention can be found was worn by the Greek poet, Cinesias, ...

    Article : 156 words
  28. Advertising

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    Advertising : 18 words
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