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  3. WHY WEAR CLOTHES?

    Mr. T. E. Drabble, of Sheffield, in an- address at Manchester, declared that the short skirt of the present day, which startled us when it first ...

    Article : 284 words
  4. DISCS FOR DOGS.

    Here is a sensible arrangement that operates in South Africa, where, in order to ensure that all dogs are licensed, every animal has to bear a ...

    Article : 89 words
  5. IRISH MOONSHINE.

    In spite of the ceaseless activity and the constant co-operation of the police in Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State, the manufacture of ...

    Article : 781 words
  6. FATE'S JOKES AND JAPES.

    Why should people laugh when a sweep is fined for letting his chimney get into such a state that it catches fire, as actually happened a little ...

    Article : 508 words
  7. LOVER'S LANE.

    Three of us—Eileen, Ethel and myself—promised to assist at the Art Stall of a Charity Bazaar; and we undertook in the meantime to visit ...

    Article : 486 words
  8. FULL STOP MEANS DEATH.

    A tiny punctuation mark in a transcript of a jury's verdict was the deciding factor between life and death for Salvatore Merra, convicted ...

    Article : 107 words
  9. CAMERA EVIDENCE.

    If you happen to be out with your camera and come across a motor-car accident, take a snap of the scene. It will probably be worth your while. ...

    Article : 482 words
  10. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

    How smoking fashions disuse [?] shown by the figures, just published, of the Census of Production for the tobacco industry. They show that ...

    Article : 121 words
  11. DRIED GERMS LIVE TEN YEARS.

    At least one variety of germ can live, dried up and entirely inactive, for a period of at least ten years, according to recent experiments by ...

    Article : 225 words
  12. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Some women dress to please men, others to annoy other women. Self-made men would be all right if they stopped talking shop. ...

    Article : 540 words
  13. AFRICA'S BURIED TREASURES.

    Apart from such myths as the wellknown legend of the Kruger millions, there must be a great deal of hidden treasure awaiting discovery in South ...

    Article : 471 words
  14. WHERE WRITING IS A FINE ART.

    "I note the handwriting on your walls," I remarked, as I observed the various specimens artistically executed on prayer rugs and medallions. ...

    Article : 434 words
  15. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    Instead of buying a "winder" for your jumper silk, take a couple of pegs and wedge one into the other, then wind the silk crosswise over ...

    Article : 440 words
  16. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    Clouds travel at immense heights, Mare's-tails," for instance, are found 30,000 feet up. Hundreds of qualified scientists, ...

    Article : 305 words
  17. FLOWERS IN FOLK LORE.

    The bachelor's button is so named because youths carried one in the pocket to divine their success in love. If the flower died, it was an ill omen. ...

    Article : 198 words
  18. FORTUNES FOR WORKING GIRLS.

    Fortune is no respecter of persons, and when she is disposed to be generous she is, at least in some of her moods, just as likely to pour her ...

    Article : 939 words
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