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  2. CRUST OF BREAD.

    Making children eat bread crusts may he a useful practice from an economical. standpoint, but the timehonoured belief that the crusts ...

    Article : 138 words
  3. DANGEROUS OZONE.

    Ozone is really oxygen—not the ordinary oxygen we breathe, but an intensified form of it. Hence, what oxygen will do, ozone will do with ...

    Article : 335 words
  4. TAMING DEATH VALLEY.

    Among the great achievements of modern times the conquest of Death Valley, in California, famed for its borax deposits, is deserving of special ...

    Article : 1,390 words
  5. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Landlady; "Your bottle of whisky is finished, sir. Shall I get you another?" Lodger: "Well, ma, it's about your ...

    Article : 753 words
  6. SEA-FARING SIKES.

    The burglar or swindler can often sport his pleasure-yacht as well as the lord or millionaire, hut, unfortunately, he does not use it for so ...

    Article : 586 words
  7. AERODROME AT SEA.

    By special permission of the Washington conference on disarmament, the United States has converted the Saratoga, which was built for a ...

    Article : 152 words
  8. WHAT WE EAT.

    "Daily," said Dr. Wafer Byrne, "we are swallowing drugged foods. Let me give you some examples. Take your daily breakfast, say of bacon ...

    Article : 383 words
  9. HOUSES BUILT OF GLASS.

    Plans for building houses of glass are being considered by American glass experts. Opaque glass can be produced in great quantities, it is ...

    Article : 198 words
  10. THE HEALTHY SEASIDE.

    Why does a visit to the seaside tone us up so thoroughly? The doctors tell us it is because there is iodine in the sea, and the spray irom ...

    Article : 137 words
  11. HANDLING £100,000,000 A DAY

    Can you imagine a building in which the sum of £35,000,000,000 is handled in a year? Changed into bundles of £1 Treasury notes, and ...

    Article : 390 words
  12. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    Silk stockings are one of the most expensive items of the modern girl's, wardrobe, and unfortunately they do not wear well if proper care is not ...

    Article : 573 words
  13. BANK-NOTES AS BOOK-MARKS.

    While books cost much more than they did ten years ago, people treat them no better than when they were cheaper. Books are returned ...

    Article : 300 words
  14. WEALTH OF THE ANCIENTS.

    Croesus possessed, in landed property, a fortune equal to £1,700,000, besides money, slaves, and furniture, which amounted to an equal sum. ...

    Article : 224 words
  15. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Canada has twenty-three varities of fur-bearing animals. Specimens of all these skins are shown in the Canadian, Pavilion at Wembley. ...

    Article : 332 words
  16. THOSE TERRIBLE TROUSERS.

    A visit to the establishment of any leading West End tailor in London just now is enough to give, one severe eye-strain, so weird and wonderful ...

    Article : 166 words
  17. YOUR WONDERFUL EYE.

    Few people realize the extreme minuteness of the image received by the eye, according to Dr. Fraser Harris in the 'Optician and Scientific ...

    Article : 145 words
  18. OUTPOSTS OF THE PAST.

    Visitors to the Sussex and Kentish seaside resorts are familiar with the round Martello towers, which are to be found on the south-east coast. ...

    Article : 137 words
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