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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 27 words
  3. THE BANKER'S SECRET

    Very soon, after taking up the position of manager of the Westdale Bank, one dark November morning, I was going through, a ledger, when a tall ...

    Article : 1,865 words
  4. SOUND PICTURES MOVIE STARS WILL SPEAK.

    The perfect "sound synchronised" picture has arrived. Its practical perfection for the actual reproduction of the human voice in dialogue and song ...

    Article : 640 words
  5. CAN'T HELP LAUGHING

    Laughter is particularly useful in married life. So many husbands and wives are inclined to get upset over silly little things that don't matter and ...

    Article : 389 words
  6. ITEMS OF INTEREST NO MORE BRIARS?

    The briar (bruyere) from which pipes get their name is really the root of a tree heather formerly grown only in France, where, however, the supply ...

    Article : 91 words
  7. AMERICAN SLANG

    My life has been saddened. I have had a glimpse of the profoundity of my ignorance of things that really matter. I have just been looking ...

    Article : 424 words
  8. HE MADE WORRYING A CAREER

    Anybody who has tried to travel from Baltimore to New York, say, with a small trunk and two suitcases, knows the frightful chances of ...

    Article : 687 words
  9. ISLAND OF DOGS.

    An extraordinary adventure of the sea is related by the captain of a French schooner. They were just off Juan de Nova, an ...

    Article : 219 words
  10. ALL WRONG!

    The "things that ain't so," believed by the average educated person, are legion. Here are some of them:—Red headed people always have ...

    Article : 146 words
  11. AURORA AUSTRALIS.

    What is the cause of the phenomena known as Aurora Australia, which were visible in Melbourne and other parts, of the country recently? ...

    Article : 331 words
  12. RAIN AND WIRELESS.

    From time to time new explanations are put forward to account for heavy or long continued rainfall, and one which has enjoyed great favour ...

    Article : 415 words
  13. THE SLEEPING SENTRY.

    Soldiers' offences on active service that were punishable with death have now been reduced. The penalty will no longer be enforced for the ...

    Article : 182 words
  14. NAMING A PICTURE.

    Finding a suitable and attractive title for a motion picture might seem, to the lay mind, a comparatively easy task for the producer. Actually it is ...

    Article : 162 words
  15. FAMOUS WOMEN.

    The founder of the English novel was Mrs. Aphra Benn. Her work and personality had a very great influence on Richardson and Fielding. Scott ...

    Article : 319 words
  16. FARMYARDS AND FILMS.

    If cows did not like mustard, we should have no cinemas! According to the latest discovery in photography, films are coated with a ...

    Article : 87 words
  17. 43,000 EMPLOYED AT HOLLYWOOD.

    Approximately 43,000 highly trained specialists are employed in all branches of motion picture making at Hollywood studios. ...

    Article : 228 words
  18. EXCUSABLE.

    The smaller children of a church dignitary had come to see their big brother play for his college, but, as every player was flannelled, they ...

    Article : 142 words
  19. PRESENTED AT COURT.

    A Scot appeared in an English police-court, his head swathed in bandages. An Irishman, charged with assaulting the Scot with a kettle, pointed ...

    Article : 123 words
  20. ONE-SEX FAMILIES.

    There is a family in San Pedro, California, in which the male tendency is so strong that for four generations no daughter has been born, although ...

    Article : 138 words
  21. MARBLES FOR PRETTY TOES.

    Girls in America are being taught to play marbles with their toes, the difficulties of such a game developing, it is claimed, the delicate curves of ...

    Article : 127 words
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