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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 23 words
  3. Seven Sins of Faulty Dressing

    I was thinking the other day what are the faults that most women commit when it comes to fashion and make-up. Where is it that they make ...

    Article : 552 words
  4. What is Charm?

    When grandmamma tripped a minuet, golden curls gleaming and crinoline billowing round little sandalled feet, it was the glance from ...

    Article : 547 words
  5. Rearing Pigs Without the Sow

    Newly-born pigs are frequently deprived of the sow's care through death or sickness, or because the litter is too large. If taken in hand as soon as they ...

    Article : 556 words
  6. Last of the Mohicans

    In Norwich, Connecticut, lives the last of the Mohicans. He is a stalwart, handsome young man who wants to get married. But—he cannot find a ...

    Article : 204 words
  7. Commandments for Brides

    On her wedding day the Japanese bride is given eleven commandments by her mother. These are the rules of conduct which have been handed ...

    Article : 211 words
  8. From Various Sources JUST A THOUGHT.

    In keeping track of others and their faults it's very, very important that you shouldn't lose sight of your own. There's a better man behind an ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. Wealth-Bringing Icebergs

    Although icebergs are a danger to trans-Atlantic shipping during the months from April to June, they are absolute essentials to the main ...

    Article : 525 words
  10. CARVING A TURKEY.

    Turkeys are such an expensive luxury that it is necessary to know how to make the most of them when carving. As well as the ordinary carving ...

    Article : 183 words
  11. DISHES WITH A DIFFERENCE

    Here are a few suggestions that may be welcome if the weather should be warm—during the next few months. Egg Salad.—Four hard-boiled eggs, ...

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  12. FOREMEN AND TACT.

    A good foreman can probably do more to promote harmony and productive efficiency than any other member of the stag, and a bad foreman, ...

    Article : 238 words
  13. LEMON HONEY.

    Ingredients.—4oz. butter, 1 lb loaf sugar, 6 eggs, the juice of three lemons, and the grated rind of two lemons. Put all the ingredients except ...

    Article : 73 words
  14. Catty.

    "Did you hear the audience weep when I died in the last act?" "Sure. Could you blame them when they knew you were only acting?" ...

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  15. Beating the Radio.

    "They say your wife was the life of the party," Jones remarked. "Yes," Smith agreed. "You see, she was the only one who could talk louder ...

    Article : 279 words
  16. HINTS ON CONVERSATION.

    Offer to each one who speaks the homage of your undivided attention. Look people in the face when you talk to them. Be ready with the small ...

    Article : 192 words
  17. CONTRASTS IN JAPAN.

    "The Japanese live in two worlds at the same time. They live between iron, concrete, and glass, and wood, bamboo and paper. Their double ...

    Article : 260 words
  18. CATCHING MICE WITH MUSIC.

    The use of music with animals is well understood in the East, where the snake-charmer makes the deadly cobra dance to his piping. ...

    Article : 219 words
  19. DEATH FOR LAZINESS.

    In a lecture some time ago on Ancient Peru, Senor Salemon, the then London Consul-General for Peru, pointed out that the ruins of the ...

    Article : 240 words
  20. FISH THAT REASON.

    Fish have been made to come for food at the sound of a buzzer or a slight rise in the temperature of the water. One of the fish experimented ...

    Article : 225 words
  21. Others After Him.

    A young actor applied for work to the casting director of the Big Noise Film Company. "Nothing doing at present," said the ...

    Article : 79 words
  22. WARMTH IN THE SOIL.

    The power of a soil to absorb warmth is dependent in a great measure on the amount of moisture in the soil and its color. The darker in color ...

    Article : 189 words
  23. BURYING A LIVE MAN.

    It happened this way. A tramp who died in a county workhouse was placed in a cheap coffin of the flimsiest type and carelessly nailed down. A ...

    Article : 150 words
  24. LAUGHS TO SLEEP.

    In the National Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System, Queenstreet, London, is a Wimbledon woman who some weeks ago was admitted ...

    Article : 160 words
  25. Number One.

    A dog dealer was trying to sell a mongrel pup. "This is a fine pedigree dog," he asserted to his clients. ...

    Article : 147 words
  26. A Dry Spot.

    The driest spot m the world is a desert of 300,000 square miles in Chinese Turkestan. It is so devoid of both atmospheric and subterranean ...

    Article : 43 words
  27. Too Quick.

    The habitual grouser was holding forth in the village stores about the price and quality of the goods. "What do you want—the earth?" ...

    Article : 53 words
  28. Serious.

    Doctor: "Well, madam, what is your ailment?" Lady patient: "Paine in my arms, doctor. I can hardly lift them over ...

    Article : 62 words
  29. His Discovery.

    "How's your son getting on with his research work at Oxford?" "Very well. He's discovered what he calls his scientific paradox." ...

    Article : 41 words
  30. Explained.

    Diner: "Waiter! I have found a leaf in my stew." Waiter: "That's easily explained, sir. We have branches everywhere." ...

    Article : 20 words
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