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  3. THE DISTINCTIVE TOUCH.

    The other day I found Gertrude seated on her bed with part of her wardrobe spread out on the coverlet. A very plain white tennis frock of ...

    Article : 578 words
  4. HAIR'S A NUISANCE.

    People are never satisfied. It their hair grows briskly and luxuriantly they shave it off: it it doesn't grow they spend good money in trying to ...

    Article : 523 words
  5. MY IDEAS ON MANNERS.

    Among my early recollections is that of spending many hours Writing the words "Evil communications corrupt good manners" in a large round hand ...

    Article : 1,032 words
  6. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    A FAT woman is often a charming girl gone to waist. FRIEND: "This is your fourth daughter ot get married, isn's it?" ...

    Article : 798 words
  7. SELECT WORK YOU LIKE.

    So very wide is the range of employment, and so easily may boys discover to what their bent inclines them, that every boy should be helped to ...

    Article : 228 words
  8. THE FOLLY OF KEEPING COMPANY. Handicapping Love.

    One of the things that appear to trouble young men and women of to-day is the difficulty of deciding just what jurisdiction each has over the ...

    Article : 546 words
  9. TROUBLES OF A TWIN.

    "My brother and I are twins, and as like as peas in a pod. This causes a good deal of embarrassment. My brother is a shy man and has few friends, ...

    Article : 540 words
  10. ADVICE TO A BRIDE.

    "So you are to marry," her grandmother said; "To-morrow in church will you two be wed. ...

    Article : 187 words
  11. THE ALARM.

    The hew lodger at Mrs. Jenkin's boarding-house had to be early astir. The first morning he stumbled over a tin bath on the top stair. Lodger ...

    Article : 124 words
  12. SOMEBODY SCORED.

    "I hear you lent Biggs five shillings last night," said Tompkins. "True," replied Simmons, "but it was only an investment. It will come ...

    Article : 111 words
  13. NERVES AND BREATHING.

    To breathe deeply requires concentration, and concentration means immediate steadying of the nerves. Just try it the next time you feel upset and ...

    Article : 419 words
  14. GOING TO EXTREMES.

    The wealthy merchant had taken his twenty-year-old son into his business, but was disappointed to discover that town pleasures were proving ...

    Article : 132 words
  15. JUST WHAT HE WANTED.

    The Scottish principal of the college was proud of his good English. And so he was particular when choosing his teachers; they must speak ...

    Article : 89 words
  16. SAVED.

    The Scot hurried along the road. He cast an anxious glance behind him. Ah! There it was, thundering over the hill-top. ...

    Article : 86 words
  17. DON'TS.

    Don't long for to-morrow. If you do yon will waste to-day. The failure shakes his head in pity and despair when the successful man ...

    Article : 323 words
  18. NO DOUBT.

    At an English agricultural show a man who had come across the "herring pond," and was making himself conspicuous, at last broke out: ...

    Article : 264 words
  19. INDEBTED FOR EVER.

    Jones looked coldly at his friend Brown. "A short time ago I thought you never meant anything you said, Brown, ...

    Article : 252 words
  20. HE WAS A BRICK.

    An Indian. Babu (Bandali Clerk) in Calcutta performed a task so worthily that his chief commended him with the words, "You're a brick, Babu." ...

    Article : 224 words
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