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  2. Pity the Poor Cow

    All sorts of changes in dairy farming find publicity now-a-days, though many of them are more amusing than practical. One of the latest is that the cow ...

    Article : 318 words
  3. If We All Looked the Same

    Ugly people are unjust when they blame their parents for their lack of good looks. It is their pituitaries that are the real cause of their lack of ...

    Article : 577 words
  4. How Old is the Zodiac?

    Who first defined the Zodiac (that path across the heavens in which move the Sun, the Moon and the planets) and used its twelve constellations ...

    Article : 255 words
  5. [A Rural Romance.]

    "Mums, I think there's something specially sweet about a 'middle-aged' wedding, don't you?" Dawn says, looking up from the dainty tablecloth she ...

    Article : 1,401 words
  6. Old Hostelries

    There was a time when there were no public houses in England. Some would say what a happy, care-free land it must have been; but there are ...

    Article : 468 words
  7. Toll of the Road

    Road accidents have decreased by about 33 per cent, since the operation of the metropolitan traffic code, according to an estimate made by police ...

    Article : 232 words
  8. TO WEIGH THE STARS.

    A new kind of telescope is being installed in the Royal Observatory at Cape Town. It is called a "twinphotometric" telescope, and will be ...

    Article : 241 words
  9. NO "CREEPING LIKE SNAIL" TO THIS SCHOOL.

    An entirely new type of school is to be built by the London County Council, and the constructional details are so novel that it is easy to imagine that ...

    Article : 157 words
  10. 7000 MILES IN A CANOE.

    A young Estonian resident in the United States has just completed a canoe tour through the inland waterways of Eastern America, covering ...

    Article : 109 words
  11. SCIENCE BEATS SHARPERS.

    Behind the scenes, quite unknown to the public, thousands of civil servants are doing highly expert work which is indispensable to the country. ...

    Article : 239 words
  12. SCHOOL FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATORS.

    City officials of Austin, the capital of Texas (U.S.A.), recently established a traffic safety school. After seven months of operation only five of the ...

    Article : 134 words
  13. VICTORIA'S OLDEST HOUSE.

    Authentically the oldest building in Victoria, "Hollygreen," in Sunbury, attained its centenary on October 17. The present owners of the residence ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. EARS THAT BETRAY WEAKNESS.

    Large fleshy ears (especially those which have the lobes of the ear red) show coarseness of nature and sensuality. Ears close to the head show ...

    Article : 146 words
  15. TREASURES FROM TOMBS.

    Treasures rivalling in interest and richness those discovered in Egyptian tombs may shortly come to light as Aksum, the holy city of Ethiopia, Italian ...

    Article : 181 words
  16. Quieter.

    It was the Sabbath, and Donald was hammering away at the bottom of his barrow, when his wife came to the door. ...

    Article : 331 words
  17. WORRY.

    "Worry is a very good thing in its way. Obviously (says Dr. F. W. Boreham in the "Sunday at Home") we were made to worry; but we were made to ...

    Article : 193 words
  18. PEER LEFT £10,501,595, BUT NO WILL.

    The largest intestacy ever recorded at Somerset House, England, was announced recently. Lord Ashton, linoleum manufacturer, and formerly ...

    Article : 60 words
  19. STRANGE TEA.

    The world's biggest tea party is that which takes place at the annual Tibetan prayer festival. A huge bronze cauldron is rigged up ...

    Article : 286 words
  20. COLORS FOR GOODS.

    The selling power of color is indicated by a survey of 1125 shops throughout Britain which has been completed by the Lighting Service ...

    Article : 145 words
  21. A Doubtful Deference.

    "Do you think your sister likes me, Tommy?" asked Gertie's young man. "Yes, rather. She stuck up for you at dinner to-day." ...

    Article : 71 words
  22. THE PERFECT-FLAVORED BUTTER

    While the advent of pasteurisation more or less eliminated the problem of the keeping quality of butter, it was, where overdone, responsible for a ...

    Article : 196 words
  23. Way Out.

    Ikey and Rachel took little Sam to the cinema. The attendant warned them that unless the child kept quiet they would have to leave and get their ...

    Article : 180 words
  24. Lucidly Explained.

    Indignant Housewife: "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 it is ...

    Article : 172 words
  25. She Did.

    One of the quarrels which had followed the first was in progress. "Didn't some idiot propose to you before our marriage?" said the man. ...

    Article : 121 words
  26. A Low Down Trick.

    Tom met his pal, Bill, who was home on leave. "Coming to the pictures?" he asked. Bill: "No; pictures have done ...

    Article : 70 words
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