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  2. Hobbies? Yes!

    "There's nothing like having a hobby to occupy your spare time." "The man or woman with a hobby is never dull." ...

    Article : 434 words
  3. [Short Story.] THE OUTRAGE

    Mr. William Staggers liad passed the afternoon in the neighborhood of Piccadilly. He had mingled with the crowds in a thoughtful kind of fashion, ...

    Article : 1,028 words
  4. Make a Firm Seed Bed

    When it comes to the cultivation of land for new pastures, too much stress cannot be laid upon the vital necessity for the proper preparation of the seed ...

    Article : 684 words
  5. When the Doctor Isn't There

    In emergencies, it used to be thought the correct thing to swoon and give a faithful imitation of a nit-wit. But, thank goodness, women have done ...

    Article : 518 words
  6. Marriage as a Career fear Men

    Three daughters of a Calcutta, native recently killed themselves because they could not get married. Their father was too poor to pay the ...

    Article : 242 words
  7. Mothers!

    Whenever I hear a woman say: "My children don't look on me as a mother -we are like brothers and sisters; we go everywhere together, dance ...

    Article : 489 words
  8. Thrift—The Arm Chair of Old Age

    Although thrift may seem a homely, and even, dull, virtue, nevertheless a little serious consideration in its direction while a girl is young may do so ...

    Article : 398 words
  9. MATCHBOXING DICKENS.

    Imagine everything that Charles Dickens wrote being contained in a matchbox! Such a boon for librarians, now bemoaning their lack of space, has ...

    Article : 121 words
  10. SLEEPING ON ONE LEG.

    Birds have funny ways of resting. The heron, for instance, sleeps while standing on one leg. The other leg is drawn tip and tucked among its breast ...

    Article : 136 words
  11. VARYING THE HOMELY VEGETABLE.

    Cook a cauliflower in salted water, break in small pieces, and place a layer in a buttered piedisb. Add salt and pepper, then a layer of sliced ...

    Article : 275 words
  12. S.S. STAINLESS.

    Thousands of tons of barnacles, encrusted on the hulls of ships, are shaved off in Britain's dry docks every year. The shipping industry foots a ...

    Article : 140 words
  13. A FIRE-FIGHTER'S MUSEUM.

    In connection with the new quarters which the London Fire Brigade will occupy next year, on the Albert Embankment, there are to he exhibited ...

    Article : 117 words
  14. FOR THE MILKING COW.

    Hay, ensilage, root crops and mature grasses are all excellent roughage for the milking cow. But they all share certain grave defects which ...

    Article : 190 words
  15. Safe and Sound.

    The young couple who got into the train gave passengers every evidence of having just been married but apparently didn't want others in the ...

    Article : 315 words
  16. THE LIGHTEST WOOD.

    Balsa is the lightest wood in the world. This remarkable tree is a native of Central America and the West Indies. The wood is about half the ...

    Article : 147 words
  17. The Moral.

    Guide: "Here you see the waistcoat worn by Lord Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar. The bullet that ended his life went through this hole here." ...

    Article : 306 words
  18. Softest Spot.

    In the grey light of the early morning the weary traveller faced the night-clerk of the hotel. "You gave me the worst bed in the ...

    Article : 239 words
  19. Only a Dream.

    The traveller had held the floor for two hours, boasting about his exploits. "There," he said, "was I, nearly the edge of a cliff, moving at a terrific rate. ...

    Article : 195 words
  20. Catching.

    Oue of the elephants was coughing badly one morning, so the keeper "was instructed to give it a bucket of water into Tyhich a bottle of whisky had been ...

    Article : 154 words
  21. Quite Enough,' Too!

    A hawker rapped timidly at the kitchen entrance. Mrs. Kelly, angry at being interrupted in her washing, flung open the door. ...

    Article : 57 words
  22. Success.

    "At last," said the ambitious young author, "I have written something that I think will be accepted by the first magazine I sent it to." ...

    Article : 90 words
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