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  2. Bridesmaids, Please Note

    If you fuss around her. Give her all the help you can but don't fuss and make her confused. Do the things she asks of you and keep your eyes open ...

    Article : 441 words
  3. Brighter Clothes for Men

    Brighter clothes for men. That was the call made by Mr. L. E. Dart, president of the National Federation of Merchant Tailors, at the annual meeting in ...

    Article : 211 words
  4. Electrical Branding

    About twelve months ago farmers in New Zealand were intrigued by a description of a unique electrical branding device designed and manufactured ...

    Article : 638 words
  5. How the Pineapple Is Grown and Tinned

    Most people know that they like tinned pineapple fully as well as fresh pineapples and that it is a great deal easier to open a tin than it is to ...

    Article : 800 words
  6. Husband and Wife

    "We know you never interfere between husband and wife, Vicar," said Mavis, taking the lead when she and her husband came into my room for a ...

    Article : 1,081 words
  7. A Re-Incarnated Ruler

    Somewhere in Eastern Asia is the future ruler of millions—the "reincarnated" Dalai Lama. Travellers say that a two years' ...

    Article : 189 words
  8. Cupid and the Caterpillar

    Sitting on an elm stump at the foot of Gallipot Hill was a man who whistled dolorously.... Tootle-tootle-ooo! ...

    Article : 989 words
  9. BIRD STARVED SPIDER.

    Spiders are the kidnappers of the insect world, and their webs and traps in which, they ensnare victims. But now and again the wily spider meets ...

    Article : 160 words
  10. TASTY DISHES FROM EARLY RHUBARB.

    Delicate pink stalks of the first new rhubarb come as a boon and a blessing after winter scarcity of fresh fruit. They are the forerunners of all the ...

    Article : 416 words
  11. Laughter in Court.

    A Yorkshireman was summoned to appear before the magistrates on a charge of stealing chickens. "You keep quiet," advised his ...

    Article : 63 words
  12. GOVERNMENT JOB FOR CUPID.

    The American Department of the Interior has suddenly gone all romantic, and is busily trying to join lonely hearts in matrimony. They are doing ...

    Article : 134 words
  13. Obvious.

    An Aberdonian wrote the other day to a Birmingham firm asking them to forward a packet of shaving-paper. He omitted, however, to enclose payment. ...

    Article : 82 words
  14. Her Secret.

    At a dinner party the guests were discussing whether Women or men were the most trustworthy in business. "No woman can keep a secret," said ...

    Article : 327 words
  15. WHAT THE OBSTINATE PEBBLE DID.

    Heat waves in Great Britain have never quite equalled some records, though we, too, have had odd things happening as a result of too much sun. ...

    Article : 166 words
  16. DOG SHOOTS A POLICEMAN.

    Policeman William Huey, of Detroit, was called out one evening on an urgent call. A mad dog was at large. Rushing to the scene, a lasso in one ...

    Article : 94 words
  17. THE HONORED GUEST.

    Mr. Goodfellow had dined out six nights in succession. On the seventh night he turned up at home for the evening meal. ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. Melodious Circle.

    The agent for a musical-instrument firm had persuaded Mrs. Woskins to have a second-hand piano on the hiresystem. When the piano was ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. Way Out.

    His play had been refused seven times, but be still kept turning up with it, re-written here and there. The eighth time the manager told him ...

    Article : 93 words
  20. Annoying.

    A farmer was told by his doctor to count sheep jumping over a fence in an effort to cure insomnia. The next day the farmer came back ...

    Article : 105 words
  21. His Equal.

    Jobson: "I passed Mr. Newrich in the street yesterday and he refused to recognise me. Thinks I'm not his equal, I expect." ...

    Article : 117 words
  22. Slow Motion.

    "How old did you say you were?" asked a doctor of a woman patient. "I never mentioned my age," said she, "but as a matter of fact I've just ...

    Article : 86 words
  23. Summary Jurisdiction.

    A visitor was looking round the settlement in Mexico. "What's this big log-cabin here?" he asked a local man. ...

    Article : 76 words
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