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  2. BIG CROWDS.

    It is said that 80,000 people were present at the King's investiture at Ibrox Park, but more have assembled for a football-match when ...

    Article : 223 words
  3. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Post Office Clerk : "We can't pay you the five pounds on this money-order until you are identified. "Man: "That's rough! There's ...

    Article : 99 words
  4. NO WATER ON THE MOON.

    There is no water on the moon. There never was any to speak of. Astronomers are positive of this. A strong telescope brings the moon ...

    Article : 635 words
  5. THE AMBER FAMINE.

    More people than ever before are using cigarette-holders, and not a week passes without a new type of tube appearing in the tobacconists' ...

    Article : 365 words
  6. HER BEST AGE.

    Women themselves probably are under the delusion that their best age is something under twenty-five and something over eighteen. At any ...

    Article : 228 words
  7. NOTES ON NAILS.

    Lead-coloured nails denote melancholy. Red and spotted nails are said to indicate choleric martial men, who ...

    Article : 225 words
  8. HIS LUCK WAS OUT.

    He was very affable and free with his opinions, was this young man, hut that was about all he was free with. To the man who had carried ...

    Article : 116 words
  9. RUBBISH MACHINES.

    One of the most remarkable machines in the world has been invented by an Anglishman, Mr. W. P. Hoyle. It converts dust into ...

    Article : 203 words
  10. SORRY TO MENTION IT.

    An airman had been taking up passengers for short trips, and by the time his last trip came was absolutely fed up by being asked silly ...

    Article : 158 words
  11. "GOLDEN" WEDDINGS.

    If many an American multi-millionaire has not been able to spend the equivalent of a £5 note on his own wedding, he is ready to squander a ...

    Article : 371 words
  12. PRODIGIOUS!

    There is probably much that is mythical, and more that is exaggeration, in many of the commonly accepted records of feats of memory; ...

    Article : 402 words
  13. SINS OF THE CINEMA.

    Wherever in the world the silent drama finds its way, a "board" consisting of one or more individuals is granted the motherly task of seeing ...

    Article : 563 words
  14. TRUE TO SEX.

    A shriek! A Splash! People ran frantically along the pier towards where a lady waved her hands to the skies and wailed that ...

    Article : 132 words
  15. YOUR FEATURES.

    In many instances it will be found that a person's features are not at, all regular. When photographed, with only one ...

    Article : 258 words
  16. WHO DOES PROPOSE?

    I do not believe that ten per cent, of the married men in this country ever proposed to their wihes. Men, I am convinced, drift into marriage ...

    Article : 472 words
  17. OUTWITTED.

    Sarah Simpson is a very strong-minded woman. If you don't believe it ask her husband. The other day they went to call on ...

    Article : 187 words
  18. OBSOLETE.

    Once upon a time she had been a fine fightingship. To-day, though her four twelve-inch guns still frowned from their armoured turrets on the ...

    Article : 802 words
  19. MINDING HER BABY.

    Many a father is far more competent to look after a baby than the mother. He simply looks' at it and the baby smiles. ...

    Article : 321 words
  20. A THRILLING SPORT.

    The toboganning enthusiast will tell you that no man can know what sport really is who has not felt the maddening exhiliaration of rushing ...

    Article : 302 words
  21. WRITE TO YOUR RATS.

    Rats are a great plague, and just now we are suffering from them to an unusual degree. They are difficult indeed to get rid of. ...

    Article : 248 words
  22. NOT WANTED.

    Mr. Smith-Farman acquired great wealth by the death of a relative, and his wife immediately became anxious, to act into society. Her ...

    Article : 209 words
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