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  2. I Don't Envy To-Day's Debs.

    In the dim past, when I was a sweet young thing, life was very easy and peaceful, I've come to the conclusion; and though I no longer relish ...

    Article : 837 words
  3. Giving First-Aid

    Cases of accidental poisoning, such as arise in the home, fall into two main groups—corrosives, com sisting of strong acids and alkalies, ...

    Article : 354 words
  4. Looking for the Best

    "What wretched weather!" I grumbled to my wife, as she helped me into my raincoat, after a series of showers, but she seemed quite ...

    Article : 414 words
  5. [Short Story.] A Mother's Memories

    Oh, well, there are worse troubles at sea!" Dawii smiles her patieiit smile, and my heart rejoices that my crippled ...

    Article : 1,417 words
  6. Three Useful Egg Recipes

    Curried Eggs.—Ingredients: 6 eggs, 1 oz. of butter, 1 onion, 2 teaspoonfuls of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of curry powder, S pint of milk, 1 sour ...

    Article : 309 words
  7. Why We Wear Gloves

    In their original state gloves were exclusively intended for utilitarian purposes, and, considering that man's hands need protection in almost every ...

    Article : 444 words
  8. PARENTS AND CHILDREN.

    There are many devoted, unselfish parents who quite unwittingly show resistance to anything that savors of the new and strange. They hang on ...

    Article : 284 words
  9. Hard Lines.

    Hubby was busy shaving in the bathroom when a loud rap came on the front door. "Who's that?" he shouted to the ...

    Article : 61 words
  10. EIGHT WAYS OP KISSING.

    During her seven years in films, Joan Bennett has been kissed about five hundred times. She has discovered there are eight ...

    Article : 136 words
  11. DOES THE VOICE MATTER?

    The golden voices of the telephone girls are known to win them husbands, for more girls leave to get married from the telephone service than from ...

    Article : 158 words
  12. THE WIRELESS WIDOW.

    You've heard of the golf widow, the fishing widow and ail the other lonely "wives" whose husbands 'devote a lot of their time to favorite hobbies. ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. His Way Out.

    Specialist: "I'm sorry, but I cannot do anything for yon, as your complaint is hereditary. My fee is ten shillings." Caller: "Thanks. Send the bill to ...

    Article : 31 words
  14. Proof.

    "My wife's au invisible mending expert." "That so?" "well, I never see her doing any!" ...

    Article : 17 words
  15. Sit Down.

    "Johnny, can you define nonsense?" Johnny: "Yes, teacher—an elephant hanging over a cliff with his tail tied to a daisy." ...

    Article : 22 words
  16. A MISSING WATCH.

    While milking his cow, Mr. Ezekiel Rowbottom, of Waterford Township, New Jersey, missed his watch and chain from his waistcoat pocket. ...

    Article : 109 words
  17. A FORBIDDEN FILM.

    Banning of the film, "Pilgrimage to Mecca" in Egypt, brings the story of the greatest cinema scoop into the limelight. ...

    Article : 110 words
  18. Like Pearl's.

    Dick: "Darling, in the moonlight your teeth are just like pearls!" Dora: "Oh, indeed—and when were you in the moonlight with Pearl?" ...

    Article : 266 words
  19. SIMPLE'

    One morning, when my husband and I were out for a walk, we passed a blacksmith's shop at which a donkey had just been left to be shod. One ...

    Article : 135 words
  20. Of Course.

    First Tramp: "I was once better off." Second Tramp: "When was that?" First Tramp: "The day I sat on the ...

    Article : 24 words
  21. All Of It.

    "Just as we kissed, lier father ruslied in with a shot gun." "Did your flesh creep?" "Every bit of it crept under the ...

    Article : 248 words
  22. Extras to be Paid For.

    Sandy, staying at a hotel for a night, found his boots had been accidentally burned during the night. The manager, profuse in his ...

    Article : 91 words
  23. STAY AT HOME AND REST.

    Stay, stay at liome, my heart, and rest; Home-keeping hearts are happiest, For those that wander they know not ...

    Article : 108 words
  24. Hopeless.

    A certain inspector, noted for his fault-finding propensities, was inspecting a newly-completed portion of the trans-Canada highway. He grumbled ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. Didn't Measure It.

    Counsel (examining witness): "You say you saw the shots fired?" Witness: "Yes, sir." "How near were you to the scene ...

    Article : 137 words
  26. A World's Record.

    "I've put one over on that estate agent." "Sure you're not deceiving yourself?" ...

    Article : 123 words
  27. What's in a Name?

    Vicar (visiting village school): "And what is your name, my little man?" First Boy: "Jule, sir." Vicar: "Oh, you should say, 'Julius.' ...

    Article : 132 words
  28. Ominous.

    The tourists in America had got far off the beaten track and landed in a camp of Red Indians. However, all went well till, one day, ...

    Article : 103 words
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