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  2. Hustle and Bustle

    No wonder we suffer from nerves and overstrain these days, the way we scamper and scramble and hustle through life. It does seem time that ...

    Article : 749 words
  3. Where the Dates Come From

    There are dates and dates, the coagulated blocks from Persia and Mesopotamia, the opposite extreme in the large fruit from Egypt, and the deftly ...

    Article : 647 words
  4. [Short Story.] Never Too Late for Love

    Margaret Howard's case should be a warning to all girls of the marriages able age. After, as everybody said, "flinging herself at the head" of ...

    Article : 1,093 words
  5. Happy Children

    We all want our children to De happy, but do we really help them to become happy men and women? To bring a life into the world is a ...

    Article : 288 words
  6. Happiness—and Working for It

    Happiness doesn't come served up on a salver. You've got to work for it. In marriage, you've got to fight for it —tooth and nail. And that doesn't ...

    Article : 364 words
  7. Are You Gifted Willi Charm?

    If not, why not? Believe me, this isn't such an idiotic question as it sounds at first. I am perfectly serious in saying that if you are not ...

    Article : 588 words
  8. A TREE OF ALL TRADES.

    Britain's first "one tree" exhibition, held at Ceylon House, London, was devoted to displaying samples of the cocoanut palm's products, of which ...

    Article : 222 words
  9. A HEAVY-WEIGHT CAT.

    How big is your cat? Nicky, a handsome, short-haired black feline, reckons he is in the running for championship honors, for at ...

    Article : 113 words
  10. A DOVER TRAIN FERRY SERVICE.

    An undeniable boon for flustered Continental-shy travellers is, in sight with the inauguration by the Southern Railway of a cross-Channel train ferry ...

    Article : 166 words
  11. RECOVERY OF A LOST KORAN.

    A priceless six hundred years old volume of the Koran, which vanished in January, 1932, from the Alaqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, has been ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. Winning' Way.

    It was raining—it had been raining for hours. Yet the young man remained loafing round the garden gate. At last a middle-aged woman came ...

    Article : 167 words
  13. Good Turn.

    He was driving towards Coventry when a man hailed him and asked for a lift When they reached Coventry the driver overshot some traffic lights, ...

    Article : 129 words
  14. Well Meant

    A young man was deeply in love with a beautiful girl. One day she told him that the next Monday would be her twentieth birthday. He promised ...

    Article : 98 words
  15. THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK,

    Be grateful for life if for nothing else. He who chases two hares will catch neither. ...

    Article : 125 words
  16. A Big "If."

    Indignant Woman: "When I shop I always ask for what I want; and if they have it, and it pleases me, and I feel an inclination to buy it, and if it ...

    Article : 308 words
  17. Hopeless.

    A wealthy lawyer, after dinner one night, went into his den for a smoke. He took down from his pipe-rack a superb meerschaum, a birthday present ...

    Article : 143 words
  18. The Safest Way.

    A new music-hall performer was seeking the advice of the manager. "Tell me," he said, after singing his song at rehearsal, "which do you ...

    Article : 63 words
  19. Diplomatic.

    "Jane," said Mr. Neal to his wife, "I'm going to give a lot of my old clothes away. They may be useful to some poor fellows." ...

    Article : 234 words
  20. Looking Ahead.

    Young Douglas had reached the age of seven, and was promoted to the dignity of having a room to himself. His fond parents had furnished it with ...

    Article : 90 words
  21. A Look Ahead.

    Mrs. Hickson looked tired and worried. "What have you been doing?" asked her husband. "I've been round to all the ...

    Article : 165 words
  22. The Precaution.

    Mr. and Mrs. Solomstein were walking home from the birthday party of their little nephew. "Abey," protested the woman, "vot ...

    Article : 178 words
  23. Forgetful.

    The vicar had received two tickets for the opera from one of his parishioners. Finding he was unable to go, he rang ...

    Article : 137 words
  24. In Agreement.

    Officer (to couple in parked car): "Don't you see that sign, 'Fine for Parking'?" Driver: "Yes, officer, I see it, and ...

    Article : 125 words
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