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  2. ODDS AND ENDS.

    The most costly tomb in existence is that which was erected to the memory of Mahomet. The diamonds and rubies -are valued at £2,000,000. ...

    Article : 1,539 words
  3. THE USES OF THE MOTOR.

    Constantly being extended, the uses of the motor seem to have no limit in the whole realm of locomotion. The latest was the auto cab, the auto traction engine, the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 206 words
  4. THE SPIRIT HAND.

    Mr. Gerald Balfour (late President of the Local Government Board), who has accepted the Presidency of the Psychical Research Society, has for many years taken ...

    Article : 453 words
  5. HIS HOUSE IN ORDER

    A scene of genuine enthusiasm greeted the fall of the final curtain at the St. James’s Theatre on Mr. Pinero's new four act play, “His House in Order.” Actors and ...

    Article : 1,220 words
  6. EXHIBITIONS HELD IN STRANGE PLACES.

    A museum in course, of formation will shortly be opened at the Aldwyeb Theatre. It will, of course, be essentially histrionic in its character, and. besides many Irving ...

    Article : 690 words
  7. CHINA FOR THE CHINESE.

    An exceedingly instructive book has just been published by Macmillan & Co., London. It relates to China socially and politically, and is the work of a writer who ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 455 words
  8. ECHOES AND RE-ECHOES.

    Social Roles and Customs.— A friend once said to me—“It isn’t etiquette to send an invitation as card only.’ ” Possibly he would now say that ...

    Article : 1,257 words
  9. A COUNTESS SUPPORTS THE LABOUR PARTY.

    The Labour Party in the recent British elections had the strong advocacy and help of Lady Warwick, Court beauty, patron of the arts. founder of working schools. writer ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 234 words
  10. PHILOSOPHY OF CLOTHES.

    Little men are generally vain and fastidious in the matter of their dress, while men care more for comfort than style. interesting conclusion has been reached ...

    Article : 446 words
  11. GOING ALONG.

    There is a charm in going along from place to place. in seeing strange faces, in passing with the show. For me, going along is the most ...

    Article : 1,250 words
  12. THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM.

    Of John Richard Green, the historian of the English people, it is recorded that he “died learning.” In a sense that is true every one of us. We never complete ...

    Article : 815 words
  13. BLIND PEOPLE’S QUEER HOBBIES.

    A writer in an exchange recently had the pleasure of meeting a certain well-known and highly gitted oculist who numbers among his patients some of the wealthiest ...

    Article : 548 words
  14. WHERE ETIQUETTE IS KING.

    When Princess Ena of Battenberg becomes Queen of Spain she will find herself mistress of no fewer than half a dozen magnificent palaces, veritable "castles in ...

    Article : 1,017 words
  15. RESPIRATORY APPARATUS.

    The picture represents an ingenious, and it should be a very useful, breathing appliance for the use of firemen and others have to enter, rooms and confined ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 135 words
  16. MISS NELLIE STEWART IN AMERICA

    In the course of a long letter which Mr. Richard Stewart, Mr. J. C. Williamson's popular manager, received from his sister by the Sierra, “Australia's Nellie” says:— ...

    Article : 309 words
  17. PRESENT DAY SLAVERY

    Mr. H. W. Nevinson concludes, in Harper’s for February, his account of the slavery which is carried on under Portuguese rule in the cocoa-producing islands of ...

    Article : 593 words
  18. IDEAL OF CHILD EDUCATION.

    Dr. Arthur Somerville (the Board of Education’s Inspector of Music) sketched an ldeal method of training children in a lecture to the Parents’ National Educational ...

    Article : 454 words
  19. 150 LOVE LETTERS.

    Frederick Gilbert, a sergeant-major in the Army Service Corps, stationed at Leeds, figured as the defendant in a breach of promise case at Birmingham, ...

    Article : 299 words
  20. ROMANCE IN BOOTH.

    A love romance that is probably without equal is reported to have taken place at one of the booths during the fair at Geneva. In this booth (The Newcastle ...

    Article : 153 words
  21. HIS NOBLE COUNTENANCE.

    They were enthusiasts in physiognomy and phrenology, and were travelling by train. On the opposite seat was a man of commanding figure, massive brow, and serious ...

    Article : 216 words
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