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  2. MECHANICAL EYES.

    Even the human eye seems to be going oat of fashion nowadays. In the tobacco industry a "mechanical eye," which can detect no fewer ...

    Article : 112 words
  3. A LIVING HISSING LINK.

    There comes to us a strange tale of tailless apes—creatures which walk erect and which are just setting foot on the threshold of manhood. ...

    Article : 549 words
  4. HER FOOTSTEPS.

    A clever actor was playing the role of the heavy villain in an unsuccessful melodrama, and although the house was half empty, he was ...

    Article : 209 words
  5. THRILLS OF RUNAWAY 'BIKES.'

    Long ago I gave up trying to make a flower bed in the middle of my front garden, for time after time my display of flowers has been ...

    Article : 977 words
  6. RAZOR REASONS.

    Thousands of safety-razor blades are discarded too soon, and many ordinary razors are sent to be ground and re-set when there is no ...

    Article : 169 words
  7. TRIAL BY WATER.

    Among the tribes of the hilly regions of Orissa, in India, trial by water is still employed to settle disputes. ...

    Article : 276 words
  8. A ONE-PAGE BIBLE.

    To make a complete copy -of the Old and New Testaments on a single sheet of paper 6ft. long and 2½ft wide is a feat of skill and patience ...

    Article : 92 words
  9. SHOPPING FOR THE INDOLENT

    Years ago, people often had to go great distances to do their shopping. As practised in Stamboul,. the Turkish quarter of Constantinople. You ...

    Article : 449 words
  10. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    The last shape that sympathy is apt to take is the form of money. Some people are like rivers—small at the head and big at the mouth. ...

    Article : 547 words
  11. TOO PRETTY TO DIE.

    "You are too pretty to die," said a Swiss surgeon to. a young wile on the point of death after an operation. The young wife agreed—and ...

    Article : 130 words
  12. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    By not having lids to all saucepans the contents take longer to get hot, and incidentally the flavour and quality of what is being cooked are ...

    Article : 373 words
  13. HARMONIES AND DISCORDS.

    Wireless sets and gramophones don't seem to have made much difference to piano playing. If anything, they have improved people's ...

    Article : 568 words
  14. MONTE CARLO.

    Perhaps one of the most remarkable features of the history of Monte Carlo is the character of the man who founded its present great ...

    Article : 964 words
  15. BARGAINS IN HAIR.

    There are signs of a -distinct decline in the popularity of the shingle, which presages a return to the old styles of hairdressing at a date ...

    Article : 303 words
  16. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Ball pythons,.found in parts of South Africa, are timid, in spite of their evil appearance. When alarmed, they curl up into a ball, tucking ...

    Article : 274 words
  17. PLANT SAMSONS.

    So great is the power possessed by certain low forms of animal and plant life' that if a man could, in proportion to his size, jump as the ...

    Article : 146 words
  18. WORLD'S RICHEST BABIES.

    Who are the world's richest babies? Robert Goelet, son of an American banker, is said to possess £20,000,000 John Roll McLean is heir to his ...

    Article : 94 words
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