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  2. The Japanese Merchant

    Here is what Madeleine C. Munday says of the typical Japanese merchant in an interesting travel volume she has written entitled "Far East:"— ...

    Article : 246 words
  3. Tasteful Honey Recipes

    Honey is one of those nourishing things of which the most use is not always made. It is, of course, a nutritious food by itself and gives a good ...

    Article : 576 words
  4. Muffington's Garden

    "Did you," inquired Muffington "receive a visit from the local representative of Quick Work Gardening Implements and Accessories Limited this ...

    Article : 990 words
  5. How Piccadilly Was Named

    Piccadilly is as well known the world over as London itself, but not everyone knows just how it got its name. ...

    Article : 154 words
  6. Among Those Present

    On all sides we hear the squeak of the roller, the rattle of the lawnmower, the creak of deck-chairs, the thud of bat on ball. But the dominant ...

    Article : 900 words
  7. World-Famous Diamonds

    The most extravagant gift the world could produce—the Jonker Diamond, worth something like a quarter of a million pounds—is being sent on tour ...

    Article : 984 words
  8. Look Beneath the Surface

    There is something we can all admire in a fresh, young, Unwrinkled face, but don't let us run away with the idea that that is the only kind of ...

    Article : 484 words
  9. THE WRONG GIRL.

    Lovers are apt to wear rose-colored spectacles which make them often judge favorably things which to normal sight appear the opposite. ...

    Article : 289 words
  10. FLIGHTS OF FANCY—AND FACT.

    "A regular daily flying service across the Atlantic will come within three to five years," declares Mr. Igor I. Siko[?]sky, designer of the famous ...

    Article : 200 words
  11. BEING A HOUSEWIFE.

    Dear readers (writes a woman editor), I have heard it said sometimes by rather bored young wives, that "there is nothing in being a ...

    Article : 288 words
  12. With Apple Sauce.

    The park orator was getting all worked up. "I tell you," he rattled on, "this country is gradually going to the ...

    Article : 94 words
  13. TREES ARE FORCIBLY FED.

    When a criminal goes on hunger strike he is forcibly fed through a tube inserted into his throat Now agricultural scientists are finding this ...

    Article : 162 words
  14. KNOWLEDGE OF OTHERS.

    It is the old story. The only way by which people can be thoroughly known is by living with them in the same house or travelling with them in the ...

    Article : 139 words
  15. After the Hunt.

    At the end of the season the huntsman went around paying for any damage done to fields and so on. In one farmhouse he found only the ...

    Article : 311 words
  16. A TALKER SILENCED.

    One of the herd "Who Think too Little and who Talk too Much."—At a dinner given by a well-known personage, one of the guests, a very young ...

    Article : 113 words
  17. In Technical Terms.

    They were talking shop at the aerodrome. After listening to a lot of it one of the mechanics slipped into the conversation by remarking: "Ive ...

    Article : 262 words
  18. An Artist Silenced.

    A little crowd gathered in the great man's studio to see his pictures before they were sent to the Academy. The girl strolling round turned to the ...

    Article : 179 words
  19. The Limit.

    Old Lady: "There, there, my poor man, there's a shilling." Tramp: "Thank you, kind lady, and could I use your 'phone a minute to ...

    Article : 30 words
  20. Bobby's Logic.

    Mother: "Bobby, you're very naughty. You must go to bed without any supper." Bobby: "But what about the ...

    Article : 81 words
  21. The Greatest Test.

    "I took up this game," the hopeless novice said apologetically to his caddie, "merely to practise self-control." "You ought to have gone in for ...

    Article : 85 words
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