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  2. THE DEADHEAD.

    If a theatrical manager (says a writer in The Saturday Evening Post, of Philadelphia should put 500 tickets into your hand one morning, saying, “Here are some seats ...

    Article : 2,118 words
  3. AGED TORTOISE’S DEATH.

    Visitors to the London Zoological Gardens will miss a familiar (if wrinkled and horny) face in the tortoise house, for Methuselah, the 250-year-old “elephantine” ...

    Article : 370 words
  4. THE LATEST FAD.

    The latest fad of American women is the study of the nerves. The call of society exerts so fascinating an influence on the maids and matrons of the United States ...

    Article : 536 words
  5. WHY WOMEN WORK

    The needs for every woman to have a trade or profession at her fingertips, whether she be married or single, was emphasized at a recent meeting of the Royal ...

    Article : 595 words
  6. THE GRIP.

    At one time—or did we imagine it?— winter’s ills affected only the old. They got back their rheumatic twinges, their lumbago, and other things and groaned ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 284 words
  7. CREATURES THAT HUNT AND ARE HUNTED.

    A long, bottle-shaped body, a small head, jaws like animated shears, and an appetite which nothing ever satisfies—that is the ant lion, a creature whose extraordinary ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,208 words
  8. WHAT THE KING DID

    Whatever may be the political results of King Edward’s visit to Berlin, it is said that the presence of His Majesty and his highly aristocratic suite considerably ...

    Article : 303 words
  9. PUT ON THE GLOVES

    “Keep your eye on his left, and dodge him when he leaps.” Such were the instructions impressed upon the mind of The Tit Bits man by Capt. Ben Tally, when he ...

    Article : 583 words
  10. “CLOSER ACTION.”

    One of the Federal Ministers, some time ago said that he believed in officers in the army getting varied experience, otherwise exchanging under the flag, as it were. This ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 293 words
  11. LIONKILLER OF TSAVO

    Lieut.-Col. Patterson, the slayer of the lions whose rarages interrupted the construction of the Uganda Railway, has fallen under a cloud. After the thrilling episodes ...

    Article : 456 words
  12. HEARTS OF OAK.

    “Sea life in Nelson’s Time” is a capital book, and full of interest and instruction. It is by John Masefield, and tells the reader what the ships and men were ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 385 words
  13. THE ANARCHIST.

    The idea indulged in by cranks that constitutional reforms may be won by unconstitutional means dies hard. Still, die it must, simply because wherever and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 310 words
  14. UGLY AND PRETTY PEOPLE.

    Sir Dyee Duckworth has been given publicity to some novel views on the indications of disease in persons predisposed to consumption. The facia] and other ...

    Article : 135 words
  15. DEADLIEST SNAKE IN CAPTIVITY DIES.

    Winter has killed the rare and dreaded fer de lance snake at the Bronx Zoo, New York. Not since 1828 had there been a snake of this species in captivity until last ...

    Article : 176 words
  16. WHY MEN FAIL IN BUSINESS.

    The summary of business failures in the United States in 1908 furnishes a good deal of food for reflection (says The World’s Work). There were 14,044 failures, as ...

    Article : 77 words
  17. JOGGING HIS MEMORY.

    Lew Dockstader tells of a friend of his who visited an insane asylum and came across an inmate who was walking in the corridor. His friend engaged the inmate ...

    Article : 308 words
  18. BREAKFAST IN BED.

    A German specialist has declared that the practice of breakfasting in bed is most beneficial to the nerves and highly conducive to sweetness of temper and to ...

    Article : 208 words
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    Mrs. De Style—“Oh, Mr. Hammerstein, I believe you play?” Mr. Hammerstein (delighted)—“Oh, yes; a little!” Mrs. De Style—“Then perhaps you wouldn’t mind turning over my daughter’s music”— London Opinion. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 26 words
  20. THE HOOP SKIRT IN AFRICA.

    King Mowkpa—“What—what—what—” Queen Gbkpso—“It is the very latest, dear, and so cool and comfortable” ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
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