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  2. CLOCK-SPRING NEST.

    It is characteristic of misers to hoard up any old thing, and a certain sparrow seems to have developed this habit. ...

    Article : 154 words
  3. EARRINGS FOR MEN.

    Judging from the displays in the jewellers' shop-windows, earrings are again coming into fashion for women. Very becoming, too, are these ...

    Article : 143 words
  4. TALES TOLD BY A BAILIFF.

    Why do people usually speak in tones of dread, hate, or opprobrium of the bailiff? I have never been able to understand. Whilst some of them ...

    Article : 1,232 words
  5. ARE WE OVERPOPULATING?

    How much longer can the world continue as a "going-concern"? This question is asked by a recent writer, Alma Reed, and here are the facts of ...

    Article : 887 words
  6. WALKING ON SPRINGS.

    Leaping through the air like a kangaroo is the exciting sensation offered to children by the recent invention of shoes with springs. ...

    Article : 116 words
  7. FIRST-AID FOR ALL.

    When accidents occur or medical emergencies arise in the home, many precious moments are often lost while the services of a doctor are ...

    Article : 520 words
  8. COUNTRIES OUT OF SHAPE.

    Modern map-makers regard the maps made a few hundred years ago as great curiosities—and so they are, yet every atlas published in the ...

    Article : 229 words
  9. FIREPROOF TIMBER.

    Discussing City fire risks, an insurance inspector gave his vote for wood against steel and concrete—that is, if the right sort of wood is ...

    Article : 84 words
  10. GARDEN CRIMINALS.

    Plants vary just like men and animals. There are plants that grow steadily, never have anything the matter with them, and give good ...

    Article : 311 words
  11. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Schoolgirl (at the telephone): "Father, do come home. I've mixed the plugs in some way. The wireless set is covered with frost and the ...

    Article : 579 words
  12. WRITERS AT FULL SPEED.

    Famous novelists vary very much in their output during the course of a year, and what one writer would consider a reasonable day's work ...

    Article : 207 words
  13. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    To clean your leather suitcase, give it a good rubbing with oil. Allow it to remain for a few days so as to make the leather pliable, then ...

    Article : 589 words
  14. "SICK HEADACHE."

    Sick headache, scientifically known as migraine, causes more discomfort, more days in bed, more failures to keep social engagements than almost ...

    Article : 459 words
  15. SEAWEED FOR SPEED!

    Motor-cars are running in many parts of the world without real petrol in their tanks. They rely for their power on vegetable alcohol, prepared ...

    Article : 195 words
  16. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    The staff at Eton College includes eightyfive assistant-masters. Landowners in Hungary are prohibited by old laws from selling a ...

    Article : 394 words
  17. TOBACCO TRUTHS.

    It is not known whether it was Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir John Hawkins, Mr. Ralph Lane (Governor of Virginia), or Captains Amidas and ...

    Article : 189 words
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