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  3. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    "You used to write verses to my dainty chin," sighed Mrs. Addy-Pose. "Well, now I must write couplets," he said. ...

    Article : 107 words
  4. WHY PRETTY WOMEN HAVE PLAIN DAUGHTERS.

    Science has been investigating beauty and has discovered some surprising and interesting facts about that most desirable human quality. ...

    Article : 1,280 words
  5. COUNTING THE COST.

    To Great Britain the approximate cost of the war will be £8,300,000,000 from which amount it is expected to get back loans to the extent of ...

    Article : 302 words
  6. PIGEONS' PALACES.

    One of the many uses to which London motor-buses were put in France was as a house for pigeons. The outside of the omnibus is roofed in ...

    Article : 284 words
  7. CATERPILLARS STOP TRAINS

    No story of a trip on the early transcontinental railroad was considered complete without an account of delay due to herds of buflalo and ...

    Article : 252 words
  8. CURIOUS EFFECT OF NAMES.

    A large steamer was once wrecked because one of the sailors was named West. The vessel was outward bound from ...

    Article : 229 words
  9. ITS USUAL PLACE.

    She had whispered "Ask papa" during certain blissful moments the night before, and now the lucky young man was about to do her ...

    Article : 86 words
  10. "FREEDOM OF THE SEAS."

    This phrase was by no means new when President Wilson gave it such prominence in his famous speech. Napoleon used it when Kelson was a ...

    Article : 735 words
  11. A WOMAN'S WAY.

    "Do you think, darling," she asked "it is possible for anybody really to love more than once?" "No, sweetheart," he replied. ...

    Article : 95 words
  12. I'LL BE UNMAIDENLY!

    I'm not a forward type of girl, neither am I very prudish. I think I might describe myself as modern. But I've still got some of the good ...

    Article : 747 words
  13. KING GEORGE'S NEW SWORD.

    The Field-Marshal's sword which was recently presented to King George by Prince Yorihito is a specimen of one of the most curious arts ...

    Article : 209 words
  14. TAKE BABY'S FOOTPRINTS.

    As a means of establishing identity in future years, it is now the custom in many countries to take a baby's footprints soon after it is ...

    Article : 200 words
  15. BLACK SNOW.

    "As white as snow" is one of the stock comparisons of every day, and there is nothing on earth whiter than newly-fallen snow. Its whiteness is ...

    Article : 226 words
  16. CHEAP AT THE PRICE.

    A wandering auctioneer had gathered about him a merry throng of villagers. He held up a battered violin. "What offers for this ancient ...

    Article : 137 words
  17. HEROES OF THE CAMERA.

    Nowadays, through the medium of the camera, it is possible to experience all but the unpleasant sensetions of a great battle, a terrible ...

    Article : 205 words
  18. MOST AMAZING FAMILY.

    Mr. Smith has good reason to be a proud man, for he belongs to the greatest family on earth, which counts its members in millions ...

    Article : 451 words
  19. DIDN'T MEAN TO BE RUDE.

    A venerable and pompous old bishop was having his portrait painted by an eminent artist. After sitting in silence for about an hour the bishop ...

    Article : 123 words
  20. MONKEY MANNERS.

    Apropos of a recent statement in the newspapers that the baboons in South Africa have been dying of the Spanish 'flu, very few people realise ...

    Article : 433 words
  21. CAPPED THE LOT.

    Over a glass of—er—milk the old sea-dogs were swopping yarns. "I remember one time," said the one with the scarlet nose, "we ran ...

    Article : 309 words
  22. AN UNKNOWN LAND.

    The man-in-the-street is, perhaps, more interested in Siberia to-day than ever before. It is an extraordinary land—one of the biggest, and ...

    Article : 244 words
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