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  2. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    Never wring or twist silk; it makes the smooth silk threads slip over one another and gives a wavy appearance which is permanent. Water should he ...

    Article : 511 words
  3. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Russell: "There's, a fly in my Tea." Ruby: "Well, don't get excited; it won't drink much." Cutts: "And what did you see in ...

    Article : 730 words
  4. WHIP WOMEN.

    The coming of the motor-car has changed many lives; the old callings that are disappearing with the horse make a long list. Here is one of ...

    Article : 121 words
  5. STROLLING ROUND THE WORLD

    "I have worn out six pairs of boots on. the journey, but my wife is wearing her eighth pair." These were the words of Mr. W. J. ...

    Article : 309 words
  6. SHARING A NEST.

    At Rufford, near Southport, two wild ducks are sitting together on one nest, hatching out a clutch of twenty eggs. ...

    Article : 119 words
  7. MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY AT GORSE HALL.

    A dozen years ago there was no man in the North of England whom one would have less associated with tragedy than Mr. George Storrs. And ...

    Article : 2,081 words
  8. FISHERMEN'S LUCK.

    Sea fishing, always an important industry, is reaching enormous proportions, and to-day the harvest of the sea is valued at £200,000,000 ...

    Article : 382 words
  9. QUEER WORLD QUESTS.

    A millionaire has just finished his second complete journey round the world in search of antique and curious rugs for which he has a passion. ...

    Article : 532 words
  10. SUNKEN CITIES.

    An Arab fisherman of Jerba, the "Isle of Lotus Eaters," recently returned to the island with a strange tale. He said that bending over the ...

    Article : 457 words
  11. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    A small corner shop in Regent St., London, is let at a rental of £4,500 a year. One person out of every fourteen of ...

    Article : 197 words
  12. OLDER THAN OXFORD.

    The rural beauty-spot which inspired Gray's "Elegy," probably the most widely read poem in the language, has recently been saved from ...

    Article : 253 words
  13. DON'T FRET IF YOU FRECKLE.

    If you "freckle" easily—too easily, possibly, for your own liking—it may comfort you to know that you haven't a coarse skin. It is those with ...

    Article : 247 words
  14. SECRET TREASURE.

    Curiosity was recently aroused by the discovery that rare coins were filtering through to Paris and America in numbers so large that they ...

    Article : 194 words
  15. RECTORY ADMIRALS.

    Some of Britain's best admirals in the past have been the sons of clergymen, the classic instance, of course, being that of Nelson, whose father ...

    Article : 151 words
  16. CUPID ON POINT DUTY.

    A new device for traffic control is being tried in Singapore. At a number of the most important traffic junctions in the centre of the town ...

    Article : 154 words
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