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  3. THE DEGENERATION OF CULTIVATED PLANTS.

    The plants on which man depends for food are growing feebler, more subject to disease. So asserts Louis Ranguy in an article contributed to "Le ...

    Article : 1,117 words
  4. I VOTE FOR THE WIFE.

    I am fourteen years younger than my husband, and I think that is the reason my mother-in-law does not approve of me. We first tried living ...

    Article : 591 words
  5. THE VITAL SPARK.

    Many authorities on the subject have said that a good mental state is fifty per cent, of the victory against disease. ...

    Article : 509 words
  6. SELECTED RECIPES.

    Here are three ways of preparing eggs that will provide tasty breakfast dishes. Egg Cutlets. ...

    Article : 467 words
  7. Poisons we Eat

    "What do we live on?" asked my old friend Wiseman, looking very fierce. He is a great reader, and always stuffs himself with the newest ideas on any ...

    Article : 612 words
  8. ALL MUST FACE IT.

    It one asks the average man or woman if they dread death, they answer without thinking, "No." I do not answer without thinking, and I answer ...

    Article : 840 words
  9. CHILDREN'S CORNER.

    It's a pretty big story, but it's true, and the minister will tell you so (writes Penn Shirley in "Our Little Ones"). It is about Deborah, the ...

    Article : 624 words
  10. THE COMMON-SENSE MAN.

    I'm for the man of common sense, Who looks on joy and sorrow As part of life's experience And does not either borrow. ...

    Article : 194 words
  11. CLEVER FELLOW.

    At the club a new member caused a great sensation. He walked about smoking a cigarette with a silk handkerchief tied tightly round his eyes. ...

    Article : 118 words
  12. FIRED.

    A negress walked into an insurance office and inquired: "Does you hab any ob dat fire assurance heah?" "We do," said the clerk. "What do ...

    Article : 75 words
  13. "GOOD NONSENSE!"

    Good nonsense, we are told, is "good sense in disguise"; gravity "the wisdom of fools." Velocity, to quote a schoolgirl, "is what a man puts a hot ...

    Article : 117 words
  14. ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

    John Smith, the cobbler, was quite up to date in his business methods. Over the door of his establishment appeared one of the new daylight ...

    Article : 96 words
  15. THAT SPARE MOMENT.

    One of the secrets of doing things is never wasting a second. If we discover this secret, there is very little reason why we shouldn't become ...

    Article : 217 words
  16. NOT ON THE TOTE.

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

    Article : 104 words
  17. VANISHED.

    Joe Brook was unfortunate enough to have one of his legs crippled by an accident, which left it stiff at the knee, in a bent position, leaving him ...

    Article : 108 words
  18. PHILOSOPHY OF A WOMAN.

    Cuthbert 'as just made friends with a very tall chap. But 'e was very short when I tackled 'im for five bob. Fannie 'Opkins tells me she 'as been ...

    Article : 138 words
  19. EACH FOR ITS USEFULNESS.

    Everything in nature has its keynote, and is attuned to one particular musical sound. This fact can be very easily verified in everyday life. ...

    Article : 296 words
  20. TOOK LONGER.

    The young subaltern had been thirty seconds late on parade, and was incurring the wrath of the C.O. later, in the orderly-room. ...

    Article : 67 words
  21. RUBBING IT IN.

    The poet returned home with a doleful look on his face. "Well," said his wife, "did the editor accept your verses?" ...

    Article : 80 words
  22. OFF THE DEEP END.

    Everything had been done to make the meeting a success, and a large hall and a good speaker had been engaged. When the later arrived he ...

    Article : 168 words
  23. OBVIOUS.

    An elderly gentleman approached one of the attendants in the travelling menagerie. "Can you tell me what that hump ...

    Article : 148 words
  24. THE RIGHT MARRYING AGE.

    "The older a young man gets, the more likely he is to marry, says the "Minneapolis Star," "whereas the older a young woman gets, the less ...

    Article : 168 words
  25. A FAMILY FAILING.

    It was the day of the school concert, and the audience consisted chiefly of proud parents anxious to see their children perform. ...

    Article : 132 words
  26. WORTH HIS WHILE.

    During a shoot on the hillside in Sutherlandshire, one of the most sparsely-populated districts in Scotland, an English visitor became ...

    Article : 135 words
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