Articles from page 1: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. A Woman's Desires

    As the twenties progress, when a woman has ambition, and intends to make a career, it is her work which looms as the most important thing in ...

    Article : 455 words
  3. Wealth from the Deep

    An epic of salving was the ultimate rifling of the bullion-room of the Egypt after months of patient searching, in the course of which the Italian ...

    Article : 250 words
  4. [A Story of Missing Diamonds.] Between Two Ports

    "Two state cabins?" queried the clerk. "Yes it can be managed as long as you don't mind them being on opposite sides of the corridor; the boat is ...

    Article : 1,815 words
  5. Coronation Tattoo

    No sooner has one Torchlight Tattoo ended than preparations are begun for the next year's performance, and the organisers are now hard at it ...

    Article : 182 words
  6. From Various Sources

    It's stiff luck for the patient when the doctor loses his case. A telephone girl says she is always4 happy at her work. Every ...

    Article : 336 words
  7. Birth of the Mind

    Why can a colt or a calf follow the herd 20 minutes after birth, while the human infant does not walk until 10 or 12 months? ...

    Article : 264 words
  8. WHAT IS SPORTSMANSHIP?

    Time was when cricket-lovers used to be able to say, "Thank goodness cricket is not like football! Our cricket teams do place the spirit of ...

    Article : 478 words
  9. WE ARE TALLER AND HEAVIER.

    So many children are growing bigger than their parents nowadays that scientists are trying to discover the reason. ...

    Article : 289 words
  10. CALENDAR JUGGLING.

    August was not always the eighth month of the year. In the old Roman calendar it came sixth and was known as Sextilis. Then it had twenty-nine ...

    Article : 146 words
  11. GAMES IMPROVE EYESIGHT, TOO.

    Playing games improves eyesight, states a doctor. Tennis is one of the best eye-training sports. he claims, and cricket is ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. AFTER MEASLES.

    It should nt be forgotten that one of the principal symptoms of measles is bronchitis, and the greatest care should therefore be taken of all ...

    Article : 198 words
  13. MODERN MARVELS OF MEASUREMENT.

    It is possible, nowadays, by means of tbe latest gauges, to make measurements of amazing accuracy. The millionth of an inch can be measured, the ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. Anxious to Obey.

    A young subaltern joined a Guards depot, bis upper lip as yet unadorned with even the suspicion of a moustache. ...

    Article : 73 words
  15. Past Her Prime.

    Mrs. B. (with theatrical ambitions) "I hear you want a leading lady." Theatrical Manager: "You have come too late." ...

    Article : 274 words
  16. The Ideal Wife.

    "Why are you so pensive?" he asked. "I'm not pensive," she replied. "But you haven't said a word for 20 minutes." ...

    Article : 267 words
  17. Thunder and Lightning.

    "So you have got twins at your house?" said Mrs. Besumbe to little Tommy. "Yes, ma'am, two of 'em." ...

    Article : 262 words
  18. The Grocer's Lament.

    Jones (to his grocer): "You seem angry, Mr. Brown." Brown: "I am. The inspector of weights and measures has just been ...

    Article : 51 words
  19. Easiest "Way Out."

    Jones and Brown were talking together. They were discussing canvassers. "During the week," said Jones, "a ...

    Article : 52 words
  20. Experimenting.

    "Well, Tom, how goes things?" "That's just what I'm trying to find out," said Tom,' looking up from his job of cleaning the henhouse. "I ...

    Article : 164 words
  21. Appropriate.

    A vicar was mortified to find two buttons in the collection, so the next week he announced it as follows: "The collection for last Sunday ...

    Article : 47 words
  22. A Disappointment.

    Employer: "Going anywhere for lunch, Miss Jones?" Typist (hopefully): "Nowhere particular, sir." ...

    Article : 142 words
  23. No Blows Yet.

    Pert Young Thing: "Don't you think! there should be more clubs for women?" Grumpy Old Thing: Oh, no! ij ...

    Article : 89 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$