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  2. The Butterfly

    "Yes, Amy dear, don't lose hope! It may be that he is coming," said Roland, and yet his heart smote him that it might be cruel to keep her hope ...

    Article : 3,482 words
  3. AN ELECTRIC THINKER.

    An electrical machine which thinks for itself has been developed in the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of ...

    Article : 690 words
  4. BEAUTY IN THE HOME.

    Never put powder or cream on dirt. The use of cosmetics in moderation isn't really harmful if the skin underneath is properly clean. ...

    Article : 398 words
  5. GROWING OF FIELD PEAS.

    During December last the writer visited South Australia, and whilst there investigated the growing and harvesting of field peas in that State. ...

    Article : 983 words
  6. BRIGHTER PROSPECTS.

    A tourist once happened to meet the usual "oldest inhabitant" of a village. In the course of the conversation he asked the ancient how old he was. ...

    Article : 71 words
  7. TROUBLE FOR NOTHING.

    P.C. Suspicious was just going off duty when he spied a sweet little boy with an angel face trying to attract his attention. ...

    Article : 147 words
  8. DISCOURAGED.

    They were talking about a young man who had just passed them in the street. "Yes," said one, "he fell in love with ...

    Article : 81 words
  9. GAME TO THE LAST.

    To the leader of a band known to be worse than any other, there once came a man with a request that the band should play at his cousin's funeral. ...

    Article : 108 words
  10. FATHER IN THE FASHION.

    Jessie had been sent to a fashionable boarding school, and after the first two weeks she signed her letters home "Jessica." ...

    Article : 95 words
  11. OVERDONE.

    Puddleton and Mudmere had met to decide supremacy at cricket, and the newly-elected captain of the Puddletonians was defraying the cost of a ...

    Article : 183 words
  12. THE CONDITION INSISTED UPON.

    The proprietor of the menagerie issued a placard offering £20 to anyone who would enter the cage of the lion. Towards the end of the performance ...

    Article : 112 words
  13. FAT MAKES MANY A WOMAN'S LIFE A BURDEN.

    Taking Formettes "for fatness" is a satisfying weight-reduction method, pleasant, secret and safe. Those wonderful little tablets not only quickly restore the ...

    Article : 123 words
  14. HER CARDS.

    A young married lady had just acquired a new car and a new chaffeur to match. "John," she said one day, "we will ...

    Article : 134 words
  15. COULD DO IT HERSELF.

    "Run upstairs, Tommy, and bring baby's nightgown," said Tommy's mother. "Don't want to," sad Tommy. ...

    Article : 59 words
  16. DON'T HAVE GREY HAIR.

    If you want your hair to be as beautiful an grandma's, all you need do is to buy 1 oz. rejuvenal compound to which add 1 oz. Bay Rum. Shake well together, ...

    Article : 170 words
  17. EGGED OFF.

    A well-known actress tells a story of two actors who were discussing their professional careers. One of them mentioned that since he last saw ...

    Article : 93 words
  18. DULY DEFINED.

    A prominent politician gave an address before a school, upon the life of a statesman. When he had finished he said: ...

    Article : 92 words
  19. LEFT OUT IN THE COLD.

    Little Freddie had been naughty to the point of evoking a whipping from his long-suffering mother, and all day long a desire for revenge rankled in ...

    Article : 95 words
  20. OUT OF THE PAST.

    This is rather a subtle story. A playwright, lately returned from Hollywood, relates an experience with one of the high officials of a ...

    Article : 202 words
  21. THE CLOCKS DIDN'T MATTER.

    Breathless Passenger: "Station. master, when does the half-past five train leave?" Station-master: "Five-thirty." ...

    Article : 70 words
  22. HOW SHE MANAGED IT.

    A newly-married couple had had a little disagreebent about some cakes which the wife had made. The husband complained that those his mother used ...

    Article : 228 words
  23. THE RESEMBLANCE.

    Mistress (finding visitor in the kit. chen.: "Who is this, Mary?" Mary (confused): "My brother, m'm." ...

    Article : 145 words
  24. NEAR ENOUGH.

    The mayor and corporation were at tending the church parade of the local troop of Boy Scouts. After the service the troop lined up outside the ...

    Article : 166 words
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