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  2. The World Importance of Asbestos

    A rock which the ancient Greeks knew all about and found a word for is fire-proofing the universe. It is asbestos, which is a Greek ...

    Article : 684 words
  3. Shirley Temple as Chan

    Shirley Temple, the delightful little girl actress of the screen discovered while playing at the Pox studios in the forthcoming picture, "Dimples," ...

    Article : 233 words
  4. Honey and Its Virtues

    When the ancient Hebrews spoke of a land flowing with milk and honey they were employing a metaphor with a directly literal basis, for milk and ...

    Article : 533 words
  5. Holiday Season is Approaching

    Sea water, because of the salts it coutains, has a stimulating effect on the hair, just as it has on the rest of the skin, but if the salt water dries on ...

    Article : 230 words
  6. Wheels of Fortune

    Sylvia Bennett twisted her hands desperately. "Give me time," she begged. "I can't pay now—not the whole sum—but in a few weeks, per ...

    Article : 1,712 words
  7. The Modern Influence

    Always men have pitied women who have left the young years behind them and have lost their bloom, even while they themselves have been enjoying ...

    Article : 260 words
  8. THE KING'S ENGLISH.

    A plea has been made for the fostering of broad Scotch, and other dialects, Welsh, Irish and English, on the ground that dialect, wherever it is ...

    Article : 184 words
  9. LIGHT MAGNET.

    A magnet that keeps a cord of light straight is one of the interesting and practical marvels recently produced by a famous electrical firm: "Osira" ...

    Article : 191 words
  10. HEALTHFUL EXERCISE.

    One of the great discoveries which a summer holiday brings to those whose work is sedentary is a wonderful feeling of physical fitness. An ...

    Article : 257 words
  11. WOMAN POISONED TO AID SCIENCE.

    A woman scientist has just made reports on her feelings after being locked in a Closed gas chamber fifteen times. ...

    Article : 87 words
  12. PRAYING FOR MASTER.

    A contributor to a Calcutta paper advertised for a cook, a butler, and also a table servant. One of the candidates was apparently willing to take up all ...

    Article : 168 words
  13. THE NORMAL FIGURE.

    The reducing mania seems to have passed, and just now there is a vogue for the healthy normal figure. There is decidedly less emaciation among ...

    Article : 128 words
  14. REVIVING FLOWERS.

    Flowers received in a badly withered, condition can be revived by placing in hot water. Place the flowers in a jar filled with warm water in a ...

    Article : 211 words
  15. £900 FOR A SERMON.

    Away back in 1690, a wealthy French baron named Favart, who lived in Elberfeld, died and left his money to the Protestant church there, on ...

    Article : 95 words
  16. IT'S A GREAT LIFE!

    I cannot say that on the whole Life's given me a scurvy deal. Although disaster's had its toll, The pleasures have been very real. ...

    Article : 105 words
  17. BLOOD MADE IN LABORATORY.

    Latest tests caried out in the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, U.S.A., have resulted in the invention of "artificial blood," and by means of ...

    Article : 95 words
  18. The Mystery.

    Little Mary went on a visit to lier grandparents, who told her the story of Noah and the Ark. "Were you in the Ark, grandpa?" she ...

    Article : 244 words
  19. CHURCH DIVIDED BY HALF A MILE.

    The church at Warmsworth, near Doncaster (England), must be unique. The tower is half a mile distant from the church itself. It was built in this ...

    Article : 96 words
  20. BIG DROP IN DRUNKENNESS IN BRITAIN.

    Convictions for drunkenness prove that heavy drinking is rapidly declining in Britain, in 1912 there were about fifty convictions per 10,000 of ...

    Article : 113 words
  21. SUNSET.

    Over my head like a pearl Glowed the delicate evening sky, A great bronze cloud in the west Shone out for the sun's good-bye. ...

    Article : 167 words
  22. The Designer.

    A man was sitting down watching the cricket match when he noticed a fellow a few seats away was sketching him. Very annoyed, he approached ...

    Article : 121 words
  23. OH, DOCTOR!

    Dr. Wyndham Lloyd says that everyone should be taught to go to the doctor to find out how to keep well and not to wait until sickness has struck ...

    Article : 156 words
  24. More or Less.

    "I am pleased to report that this company has had a very successful year's trading," said the chairman, "and the coming year promises to be ...

    Article : 140 words
  25. Convenient.

    Little Mr. Jones and his wife arrived at the seaside boarding-house and were shown to their room by the landlady. Joxes looked around. ...

    Article : 65 words
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