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  2. [Short Tale.]

    "Here, Di, Di, Di! Come, old fellow—you're as glad to be out as your mistress is!" Vera Russell stooped to caress the ...

    Article : 2,352 words
  3. ARRANGING THE COIFFURE.

    How shall I wear my hair? Perhaps that question is asked more often than any other by women the world over. It is surprising to find ...

    Article : 327 words
  4. WANTED TO DANCE WITH A REAL PRINCESS.

    Jacob Kuc, a twenty-two-year-old out-of-work bank clerk, was the most famous man in Budapest for one day recently, and he paid for his little ...

    Article : 321 words
  5. PLAYFUL MOMENTS OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS.

    Animals and birds have their playful moments, and some even have a pronounced spark of humor. Dr. James Scully, for many years ...

    Article : 451 words
  6. GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE.

    In a land where the footsteps of Christ, real or imaginary, can be traced by huge churches built over stones and caves and legends, this ...

    Article : 430 words
  7. FARMER WHO LIVES ON BUTTERFLIES.

    The only man in Britain who makes a living exclusively by breeding British butterflies and moths is Mr. L. W. Newman, F.R.E.S., who runs an insect ...

    Article : 155 words
  8. TASTE POISON IN FOOD.

    Human poison detectors, who are able to announce the presence in foods of infinitely small amounts of metal which might cause contamination and ...

    Article : 214 words
  9. SELECTED RECIPES.

    Cheese Scramble.—To a teacupful of fine breadcrumbs allow ½ pint milk, 1 teacupful grated cheese, ¾ oz. seasoning, toast, or cracker biscuits. Soak ...

    Article : 323 words
  10. A CALL FOE OPTIMISM.

    When times are bad, when dark clouds mar the sunshine, and hearts are heavy with gloomy foreboding, then surely comes a call for optimism. ...

    Article : 191 words
  11. FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

    In no other country (Great Britain and her Dominions) is there greater freedom of speech than our own (writes David Lyall). A man or ...

    Article : 420 words
  12. Wasted Words.

    The excited man got on to the platform and began his speech. The chairman made repeated, efforts to stop him. but to no purpose. In the end he had ...

    Article : 126 words
  13. DAMAGE CAUSED BY MICE.

    A mouse recently caused a violent explosion at Bordeaux which seriously injured five persons and wrecked a house. ...

    Article : 157 words
  14. A Resourceful Golfer.

    Cohen and Macpherson were matched, and at the sixth the latter drove a beautiful ball straight up the fairway. Cohen followed, but went ...

    Article : 246 words
  15. SIR JAMES BARRIE.

    Sir James Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, was seventy-five on May 9. His first published book was a shilling one, and he has told how he ...

    Article : 141 words
  16. HAVING HIS BATH.

    They are telling a funny story of a film actor who drove from his studio to a hotel in the West End and went straight to his room, determined to ...

    Article : 250 words
  17. SEASIDE PLANE.

    The newest form of aquaplane consists of three buoyancy tanks pointed like a rocket and set in a frame. The largest tank is in the centre and is ...

    Article : 100 words
  18. The Modern Youth.

    Merchant: "I may be able to employ you as a clerk for a start. After that it will depend on yourself, and you will be paid according to what you are ...

    Article : 116 words
  19. Grammatical.

    "I can't understand why people say an only child should be peculiar," exclaimed Mr. Howes. "I can," answered his friend. "If ...

    Article : 46 words
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