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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,224 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOR.

    "Look here, Tomkins." said the proprietor of the billiard sa[?] to the marker, "you really must [?] more careful of the chalk. You must keep ...

    Article : 210 words
  4. STORIES OF THE BARBER.

    The celebrated French poet Saint-Foix, who, in spite of his large income, was always in debt, sat one day in a barber's shop waiting to be shaved. ...

    Article : 140 words
  5. Still the Same.

    An old Scottish minister had a s[?]mon which he preached on special occasions, taken from the text "Were not two sparrows sold for a farthing?" ...

    Article : 203 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 687 words
  7. The Shop at Stake.

    In a certain town, which shall be nameless, there once lived a couple of young fellows who had gone into partnership in a barber's business, and in ...

    Article : 154 words
  8. She Won.

    A little old lady entered the booking-office of a small country station. It was easily seen that she was nervous as she approached the ...

    Article : 156 words
  9. Making It Right.

    One winter evening, two commercial travellers—one and Englishman and one a Scotsman—were travelling to London in a first-class carriage by ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. Hereditary.

    The glided youth dropped languidly into the barber's chair, and with lordly resignation submitted to be hair-cut, shampooed, singed, and finally put ...

    Article : 107 words
  11. Not the Editor's Fault.

    "What's the matter?" inquired the foreman as he entered the sanctum for copy, and noted the editor's swollen forehead, puffed red eye, and tattered, ...

    Article : 150 words
  12. Left to Time.

    Fertile must be the Imagination of the citizen who successfully evades doing his dtuy on the jury. A man on one occasion appeared before the ...

    Article : 130 words
  13. Where the Resemblance Lay.

    A pompous American statesman was being shaved by an old "darkle" barber at a fashionable hotel. "Among your customers," remarked ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. Related.

    Mark Twain, when in London, dined with a literary club, one of whose rules is that each member shall introduce his guest to the company formally, ...

    Article : 133 words
  15. Honesty Rewarded.

    "Did you see anything of a pocket-book that I dropped somewhere in the bedroom I occupied last night, land-lord?" ...

    Article : 135 words
  16. Real or Shampoo?

    A young miner, who had never travelled far from his native colliery, was in West Hartlepool recently, and entered a high-class barber's shop to ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. On Her Dignity.

    A little girl was on a visit to her aunt, and had enjoyed herself very much until a certain Monday morning. ...

    Article : 138 words
  18. Staggered Him.

    An old farmer and his wife who were taking a few days' holiday in London, and who had never been beyond their own village before, were standing in ...

    Article : 117 words
  19. To Razor Smile.

    In a small town in the West of Scotland the local barber (who is a little addicted to the cup that cheers) was one day shaving the parish minister. ...

    Article : 89 words
  20. Judgment, Not Luck.

    "There's no such thing as luck," said Tomson decisively. "The thing that happens is the result of judgment— good, bad, or indifferent." ...

    Article : 184 words
  21. Nice Young Man.

    A good old gentleman, who was strongly opposed to tobacco smoking and alcoholic liquor drinking, met a lady friend in a tram-car recently, and ...

    Article : 238 words
  22. MUSIC AND BOOKS.

    The spirit of the age is for light music, light art, light literature, and everything light in the way of recreative amusement. Yet the whole desire ...

    Article : 146 words
  23. No Wonder They Ran.

    Two tramps were out on a foraging expedition in Winchester one fine morning, when suddenly one of them came rushing up a lane, his face livid. ...

    Article : 87 words
  24. The Son Profited.

    Little Johnnie: Mother, tell me how papa got to know you. Mother: One day I fell into the water and he jumped in and fetched ...

    Article : 62 words
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