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  2. SCENERY FOR WAR.

    Camouflage is an art which attracts the best French painters among whom may be mentioned Forain and Abel Touchet. ...

    Article : 277 words
  3. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Stern was the glance which the coroner east at the quack doctor who had just appeared in the witness-box. " And when you were called in," he ...

    Article : 116 words
  4. DREAM-MIND IN MUSIC.

    " Don't call it the sub-conscious mind—call it the dream-mind. It's easier to understand with that title." Thus the Editor of a musical ...

    Article : 693 words
  5. RUSSIAN HUMOUR.

    There are many amusing aspects of the industrial chaos. and it is fortunate that the Russians are able to appreciate the humourous side of ...

    Article : 1,111 words
  6. WHEN THE WOUNDED GO HOME.

    Two steamers lie at opposite sides of the dock. One is painted a most austere and unobtrusive grey. She is obviously a vessel with no desire ...

    Article : 1,525 words
  7. WHITE SPOTS ON THE NAILS.

    It has just been pointed out by a French physician. Dr. Sabourand, that white spots (leuconychia) on the nails may be a definite sign of an ...

    Article : 219 words
  8. THOSE ARMY BOOTS!

    As a sergeant was shouting out his orders the other day in a barrack square, and watching a line of feet as the raw recruits endeavoured to ...

    Article : 167 words
  9. THE THISTLE.

    " The thistle of Scotland is said to be the oldest national flower, and tradition traces its adoption to the reign of Alexander III. and the ...

    Article : 626 words
  10. A FIELD-MARSHAL'S GOSSIP.

    Possibly there is no soldier living who can look back upon such a long record of distinguished service as Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, who ...

    Article : 697 words
  11. DUMAS'S SUBTLE REVENGE.

    When Alexandre Dumas, the French novelist, was a young man, he was grievously insulted by a man whom he had regarded as his friend. ...

    Article : 156 words
  12. KNEW WHERE TO FIND ONE.

    The proprietor of the music shop bad been compelled to take on an extra boy—a somewhat raw specimen. ...

    Article : 106 words
  13. ENGINE-CARRYING BOAT FINS.

    All the captains who sail the briny deep are not satisfied with their ships. Captain Samuel Golden was not so pleased with ships as he found them ...

    Article : 458 words
  14. MEANT WELL.

    The Reverend Johnson thought it was his duty to call on Mrs. Simpkins and condole with her on the loss of her husband. ...

    Article : 91 words
  15. YES, WHO?

    The wounded Tommy was sitting up in bed when the nurse brought him his tea. He stared at his plate and just as the nurse was leaving him he ...

    Article : 75 words
  16. FORTUNES IN BIBLES.

    It has happened not infrequently that eccentric people of wealth have concealed sums of money in the family Bible, where it has been ...

    Article : 269 words
  17. NOT RELIABLE.

    The prisoner was charged with poaching and was accordingly brought before the judge. It was well known that the accused was not exactly a ...

    Article : 77 words
  18. NEEDED ADVICE.

    Parkins was never tired of prophesying calamities, and his friends were getting a bit fed up. Parkins had already predicted famine ; and ...

    Article : 117 words
  19. ALL TO HIMSELF.

    What amounted to a practical joke was recently played upon the Germans by the Belgians in Brussels. The Huns announced a grand concert of ...

    Article : 113 words
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