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  2. From Various Sources

    HUBBY: "I banged my eye on a lamp-post in the fog. Has it gone black, dear?" Wife: "No, dear, it's a gorgeous ...

    Article : 206 words
  3. [Short Story.]

    Old Aunt Jemima had all of a thousand pounds hidden away somewhere' in her cottage—but she would never let on where it was, for it amused her to ...

    Article : 1,777 words
  4. [Short Story.]

    My heart sank when I returned home to find Edith putting up clean curtains in our spare bedroom, for it almost certainly meant that one of her ...

    Article : 1,004 words
  5. Appetising Apple Recipes

    Take 1½ lbs. of thick slices of ham, 1 lb. of cooking apples, 4 ozs. of brown breadcrumbs, 2 onions, a little sage, and 3 ozs. of grated cheese. ...

    Article : 573 words
  6. Sun's Heat Drives Engine

    A new sun-power machine was demonstrated at the recent World Power Conference at Washington, and, though It broke down on the first day, ...

    Article : 208 words
  7. Be Proud of Your Cake

    These hints will help yon to be proud of your home-made cakes, and will save yon from having to bring the cake out at tea time with an apologetic air, ...

    Article : 523 words
  8. DIET FOR RHEUMATISM.

    Very little is known about the influence of diet on rheumatism. For this reason the greatest care is necessary on the part of all those who think that ...

    Article : 229 words
  9. INSULIN CURE FOR INSANITY

    Insulin, at one time considered only as a cure for diabetes, has now been found to have remarkable value in the treatment of an obscure and formerly ...

    Article : 129 words
  10. Wrong Again.

    He showed every promise at school, except that he always muddled his past participles. After saying "I have wrote," the ...

    Article : 72 words
  11. SNEEZERS SPREAD DISEASE.

    Sneezing is one of the most certain methods of spreading disease, state two American scientists. When you sneeze you expel tiny ...

    Article : 71 words
  12. TREASURE SHIP LOCATED ON SEA-BED.

    The British frigate Hussar, which sank in Long Island Sound, New York, in 1780, with £1,000,000 worth of gold and silver aboard, has just ...

    Article : 114 words
  13. Might Have Been Harder.

    "I suppose," said the casual acquaintance the day after the wedding, "it was hard to lose your daughter?" "No," replied the bride's father. "It ...

    Article : 56 words
  14. MAKING METALS RUSTPROOF.

    A private business company with factories at Enfield and at Birmingham has been formed for developing a device invented by Mr. Henry Webb, a ...

    Article : 121 words
  15. Wrong Translation.

    Wilkins felt he could never ask Valerie to become his bride because she was an angel, whereas he himself had many little weaknesses of which ...

    Article : 113 words
  16. Not Good.

    Wickley: "My doctor tells me I really shouldn't play golf." Wackley: "So he's had a game with you, too, has he?" ...

    Article : 23 words
  17. Off.

    Two girl friends met in the street. "I hear you've broken off your engagement," said one. "Oh, my dear, yes," answered the ...

    Article : 271 words
  18. What He Was After.

    He had been waiting before the counter of the post office for several minutes trying to catch the eye of someone to whom he might state his ...

    Article : 108 words
  19. Thrilling.

    The motorist had been involved in an accident and was making a short stay in the village while his car was repaired. On the first evening of his ...

    Article : 86 words
  20. Theatre.

    "I am sure that man in the box over there is the lover of the woman who is with him." "Not at all. I know that woman well. ...

    Article : 52 words
  21. THE LIGHTHOUSE.

    Amid the sea a tower of stone. In sunshine and in storm. Reposes in its strength alone. A solitary form. ...

    Article : 91 words
  22. Which?

    George: "Riding in my car with my wife, I bumped into a gate and knocked off the paint." John: "Off your wife, the gate, or ...

    Article : 179 words
  23. Good Idea.

    "When we are married," she said, "you won't expect me to give up all my spinster ways, will you?" "No, dear," he replied. "It would ...

    Article : 44 words
  24. Nothing Doing.

    He: "You look a nice, sensible girl. Let's get married." She: "No. I'm just as nice and sensible as I look." ...

    Article : 106 words
  25. A Shattered Romance

    Flapper (romantically): "Oh. mother, I want to rise to higher things. I want to act for the films and reach the top-most rung of the ladder. ...

    Article : 121 words
  26. More Care Wanted.

    A spinster living in a Melbourne suburb was shocked at the language used by two men repairing telegraph wires close to her house. ...

    Article : 89 words
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