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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 28 words
  3. KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.

    Attention is a habit of mind. You can force yourself to pay attention and observe, but if you wish to become an effective consistent observer, you ...

    Article : 532 words
  4. HE MUST NOT DO IT!

    "Some years ago a man in my town served me a very shabby trick, and ever since I have been waiting to pay him back in his own coin. If he had ...

    Article : 572 words
  5. THE BEST PEOPLE.

    At a dinner the other evening a young married lady, who had recently come to town, made the remark in the course of table talk, that she was. ...

    Article : 378 words
  6. THE IDEAL HOME.

    A wise man is he who takes his courage or a pick-axe in both hands, and, following the example of the tortoise, the beaver, the wasp, and the Brazil ...

    Article : 662 words
  7. EXCUSES.

    It would be a new experience for me if a day passed without two or three excuses—some silly, some queer, some unconsciously humorous—being ...

    Article : 590 words
  8. DON'T GET THE HUMP.

    I can say, and with truth, that I haven't been "down in the dumps" for certainly twenty years. No, I haven't five thousand a year ...

    Article : 515 words
  9. THE INSTINCTS OF A MOTHER.

    Why does a woman, just before the arrival of a new baby, make such a point of thoroughly cleaning her house and setting things in order? ...

    Article : 524 words
  10. GRACE BEFORE MEAT.

    The custom of saying grace at meals had, probably, its origin in the early times of the world, when dinners were precarious things, and a full meal was ...

    Article : 179 words
  11. THE IMPORTANCE OF "NOW."

    Look after the present and the future will look after itself. It is what you do now, and the way you handle your immediate affaire, ...

    Article : 515 words
  12. WHAT HE HAD BEEN.

    Said I to an old man all silvered with grey, And a poor man, as fortunes are reckoned to-day; ...

    Article : 235 words
  13. WEDDING SUPERSTITIONS.

    More superstitions pertain to the marriage ceremony than to any other occasion in life. They have to do with the month, the day, and the hour of ...

    Article : 182 words
  14. WHAT IS A BLUE-STOCKING?

    We often hear the expression, "Oh, she's a blue-stocking," used in reference to a woman who is unusually learned; but probably not one person ...

    Article : 161 words
  15. MAKING YOUR MIND.

    Has it ever occurred to you that each day you are helping to make your mind? For instance, you're probably in the ...

    Article : 205 words
  16. A BILL FOR BABY.

    Little Grace lived in a district where scarcely a day passed when an agent or canvasser did not call at the door. One day when Grace was called ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. IN FOR A WARM TIME.

    Young Binks was a traveller for a cotton goods firm. He was also very fond of billiards. One day he set forth from the warehouse in search ...

    Article : 196 words
  18. ONE WAY OF PUTTING IT.

    The young man was about to put the momentous question to the girl of his heart. "Edith," he said at last, breaking ...

    Article : 74 words
  19. DEEP BREATHING.

    It is not easy to enumerate the benefits of deep and rhythmic breathing. According to a lady who has made a life-study of physical culture, ...

    Article : 143 words
  20. DRAWING A BLANK.

    The manager was gratified to see that his advertisement had attracted the attention of three promising characters. His keen eye quickly noted ...

    Article : 224 words
  21. TURNING THE TABLES.

    He had been out of work for a long time, but eventually he secured a position as bus-conductor. On the morning of his first day's ...

    Article : 216 words
  22. AN ALSO RAN.

    The bookmaker was paying out on the last race of an unfortunate day. He had been hard hit, and he was honest enough to confess he had only ...

    Article : 191 words
  23. HE FORGAVE HER.

    Mr. and Mrs. Yearwed both made resolutions for the New Year. He promised to give up the harmful and expensive habit of smoking, and she ...

    Article : 186 words
  24. SENSATIONAL DIET.

    The mistress of the house was continually reprimanding her servant girl for her laziness. This seemed to have no effect; in fact, things got worse. ...

    Article : 132 words
  25. PUZZLING.

    The women's choir was competing in a choral competition, the two items being "Orpheus With His Lute" and "The Little Brown Bird." ...

    Article : 99 words
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