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  2. SHEEP ON THE WHEAT FARM.

    One of the interesting results of the consistently low price of wheat and the comparatively steady price of wool and fat lambs has been a ...

    Article : 954 words
  3. DO WE EAT TOO MUCH?

    How many of you remember the old Bible story of a comparison between "the young men who are meat and the young men who ate pulse" (which ...

    Article : 428 words
  4. PHOTOGRAPHING LIONS.

    For a man who has adventured the world, I still find London the most surprising of all meeting-places (writes Angus Quell). I was gazing ...

    Article : 341 words
  5. CHILDREN'S COLUMN

    One sultry afternoon in July, Dorothy Mainwaring, of Morton Hall, announced to her mother that she would have a row on the river. ...

    Article : 452 words
  6. LONDON'S QUEER CHARACTERS.

    There is a man in Hyde Park who is invariably surrounded by as large a crowd as any political heckler. If you forced your way through to the ...

    Article : 529 words
  7. "IN MY GENERATION."

    "It is a real question that has long, serious roots for many women of middle-age; and very particularly for widows, like myself, with children who ...

    Article : 415 words
  8. THE ALERT SPIDER!

    The female spider is not an affectionate creature. Her mate must have an anxious existence, for if he displeases her in any way he is devoured! But ...

    Article : 527 words
  9. THOSE SOILED FINGERS.

    A tempting cream cake is proffered, soiled fingers stretch out for it—and a sturdy masculine appetite is appeased. But is it at cost to the youngster's ...

    Article : 237 words
  10. GOOD SERVANTS BUT POOR MASTERS.

    "Whatever would the world do without me?" exclaimed the fire to the water. "I give light, I give comfort, I bless the poor and the rich. I illumine ...

    Article : 184 words
  11. A WOMAN'S CHARM.

    The gifted Frenchman, Maurice Chevalier, has very definite ideas as to what constitutes charm in women. "In the first place," he says, "she ...

    Article : 308 words
  12. YEASTLESS BREAD AND ROLLS.

    Ingredients: 1lb. flour, 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 teaspoons baking powder, water or milk. Method: Sift the flour with the ...

    Article : 288 words
  13. WHAT THE MOUSE SAYS.

    Can anyone tell me the reason, Why most of the folks that I see Will start and run away screaming If they catch but one glimpse of me? ...

    Article : 159 words
  14. BRINGING UP BABY.

    Probably the wisest of mothers feels a slight pang when her baby shows signs of emerging from babyhood. She would be more than ...

    Article : 339 words
  15. A SLIMMING RECIPE.

    There is a physician up Harleystreet way (that home of London doctors), who is renowned for his swift diagnosis as well as his swift and sharp ...

    Article : 147 words
  16. GRAPEFRUIT SALAD.

    The very thing for supper-time, Make it early in the day And place it in a chilly spot, It's succulent that way. ...

    Article : 94 words
  17. CONUNDRUMS.

    When is coffee like the soil?—When it is "ground." What relation is a door-mat to a door-step?—A "step farther." ...

    Article : 52 words
  18. Good Value.

    Farmer Green (from the backwoods, on his first visit to New York): "Ay, look 'ere, Margaret, 'ere's a eatin' house where it sez 'Dinner from six ...

    Article : 37 words
  19. Doing His Bit.

    The village fire chief was putting a new recruit through his paces. "As you know, we've only one engine at the station," he said. "Now supposing ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. A Dead-Heat.

    A student from the country invited his father to spend the week-end with him in town. The old man hadn't been to the city for some time. ...

    Article : 174 words
  21. GRAMAPHONE AT FUNERALS.

    Cathedral music reproduced on gramaphone records will be heard in the temporary chapel which the Deptford Borough Council are erecting in ...

    Article : 72 words
  22. His Heart's Desire.

    "So you married that plump little girl who used to laugh and joke so much?" "Yes, I always believed in a short ...

    Article : 143 words
  23. A Bad Scrape.

    A man entered a cheapjack stores and angrily threw a packet of razor blades on the counter. "These blades you sold me cheap ...

    Article : 70 words
  24. Unprofitable.

    Customer: "So you've got rid of that pretty assistant you had?" Druggist: "Yes; all my male customers kept saying that a smile from ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. Splendid Idea.

    The lady of the house was interviewing a maid. "I always like lunch to be finished soon after one, so that we can go out in the car," she said. ...

    Article : 77 words
  26. A Gentle Hint.

    "You mustn't play with Mr. Borum's hat, Harold," said a lady with was entertaining a caller, to her little boy. "Why mustn't I, mother?" ...

    Article : 57 words
  27. Nothing Stumps Lizzie!

    "So your daughter's had a musical education, Mrs. Briggs? I hope she has made a success of it." "Success, Mrs. Holmes? Is that girl ...

    Article : 54 words
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