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  2. Advertising

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  3. ARMY OF GOD-KNOWS WHERE

    No bands are playing gaily wben they're going into action, No crowds are cheering madly at their deeds of derring-do; ...

    Article : 317 words
  4. ARE QUIET WOMEN THE MORE DANGEROUS? Meek Wives Who Master Their Men Folk.

    An old countryman who was advising his grandson in the choice of a wife, said: "Leave the quiet ones alone. They're too dangerous. Pick a ...

    Article : 658 words
  5. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

    Daughter: "Did Guy tell you lost night that he wanted to marry me?" Father: "No. As far as I can remember, he talked quite sensibly." ...

    Article : 679 words
  6. RUINED BY MOTHER LOVE The Price a Spoilt Child Pays.

    How are you preparing your children for life? Are you teaching them the manners and address that will make them liked? Are you grounding ...

    Article : 530 words
  7. A MENACE TO EVERY HOME Germs Lurk Wherever a Fly is Allowed to Settle.

    A few years ago the common house fly was regarded merely as an insect to be flicked casually from any food upon which it happened to alight. ...

    Article : 350 words
  8. HOW DO YOU JUDGE SUCCESS? Money, Fame, National Achievement —Any of These Things May Not be

    You ask for my secret, of success! If I have made a success of my life, how is one to define success? Mr, Henry Ford is a success because ...

    Article : 925 words
  9. A LAUGH AT HIS EXPENSE Mr. Graham Moffat Acts the Generous Scot!

    To a person of thrifty habits the spending of money becomes in course of time a matter of mental agony. Two Scotsmen came to London with a ...

    Article : 589 words
  10. LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN.

    The authenticity of many phrases attributed to the dying is seriously In doubt, but some ring so true that even the most confirmed sceptic will find it ...

    Article : 175 words
  11. RULES FOR READING ALOUD.

    A clergyman, writing in the "Manchester Guardian," gives the following good rules for reading aloud:—(a) Be careful to say every word, taking care ...

    Article : 167 words
  12. SELF-PROTECTION.

    "Mr. Scrimple," said the commercial magnate to the young lawyer, "I want to make use of your services." "very well, sir," said Scrimple, as ...

    Article : 76 words
  13. AND THAT WAS THAT.

    A certain mineowner prided. himself on the fact that he never forgot the name or face of any man in his employ. ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. BAD FOR THE OTHER.

    They were two newly arrived immigrants, and having wandered far from the path of civilisation, had fallen into the hands of a dusky savage chief. ...

    Article : 120 words
  15. THE RIGHT BAIT.

    A parson was the guest at the home of a friend who had two charming daughters. One morning the parson, accompanied by the young ladies, ...

    Article : 332 words
  16. SECOND THOUGHTS.

    A Scot applied for a rise, stating that he was getting married. At the end of the week he found a fairly substantial rise in his pay envelope. ...

    Article : 103 words
  17. THE EXERCISE HE NEEDED.

    "My dear sir," said the specialist after a careful examination, "what you need is plenty of exercise. In a case like yours there is nothing better than ...

    Article : 62 words
  18. HIS MISTAKE.

    A visitor to the wax works turned to an attendant just inside the door. "Could you direct me to the chamber of horrors?" he asked. ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. LIKED THE VARIETY.

    "Freddie, dear," said the blonde young woman after he had turned the gas down to a dim glimmer, "there's something I wish you would explain ...

    Article : 71 words
  20. HIS HALF.

    A clergyman met a man carrying a bottle of whiskey. "Are you going to drink all that yourself?" he asked, in horrified tones. ...

    Article : 224 words
  21. POINTED.

    They were discussing the imperfection of man. The sceptical fellow held that human beings weren't very wonderful after all, and the parson ...

    Article : 212 words
  22. HIS CHOICE.

    "Yes, sir, I've been a soldier, and once came mighty near being mixed up in a battle, and if it hadn't been for obeying the orders of our old colonel, ...

    Article : 218 words
  23. SAFER.

    Repairs were being carried out on the roof of the asylum by a local builder, who had asked for an inmate to assist him. ...

    Article : 139 words
  24. EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS.

    Mr. Biggins had a scheme for protecting his house against burglars during the holidays, but in spite of that his friend Mr. Higgins met him ...

    Article : 114 words
  25. BAD LUCK.

    "Yes," said Mrs. Lackpenny, dramatically, "dear Claude is going to set up in business on his own. He leaves the office next week. He has burnt ...

    Article : 75 words
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