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  2. This is WHERE WE SMILE

    A WELL-KNOWN author was being put through a searching interrogation by a rather garrulous acquaintance. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 105 words
  3. Listening-In

    MAN at theatre (to talkative occupant of peat in front): "Excuse me, but we can't hear a word of what's ...

    Article : 600 words
  4. Wirelessed

    TWO loud knocks heralded the arrival of the rent collector. A little girl answered the door, and said, blushingly, "Please, ...

    Article : 55 words
  5. QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED.

    A well-dressed youth stopped a tattered newsboy and asked him: "Do you think I could sell papers as easily as you do?" ...

    Article : 101 words
  6. HIS OWN FAULT.

    The platform was crowded with passengers and luggage, for the express was about to start for the North. "Hi, hi!" called an old man from a ...

    Article : 98 words
  7. GAVE THE GAME AWAY.

    They were talking of a sister hockey player in the ladies' pavilion. "Let me see," said the first girl "didn't" Gertrude Gadalotte marry a ...

    Article : 109 words
  8. A SIGN OF THE TIKES.

    "Times have changed," remarked the guest to his host, and he nodded towards the magnificent wireless cabinet in a corner of the room. "A few years ...

    Article : 109 words
  9. THE SIMPLE TRUTH.

    It had already struck the midnight hour when Brown heard a clattering noise outride his house. He investigated and found his neighbour moving. ...

    Article : 73 words
  10. DISCRETION.

    He was rather a pathetic figure. He had the soul of the real sheikh, but could by so means be called good looking. ...

    Article : 87 words
  11. A DANDY JOB.

    At a family reunion, when the children were gathered with the grown-ups, a benevolent uncle turned to his nephew and asked: "Well, Johnnie, what do you ...

    Article : 57 words
  12. HOWS THE DAY.

    "Mother writes that she will be here to-morrow for a holiday, dear," announced Mrs. Jones one morning. "Very well," said her husband, quietly. ...

    Article : 69 words
  13. THEN THE FUN BEGAN.

    With his hair streaming is the wind and his tongue hanging out a wildeyed young man flung open the doors of the village inn and strode straight ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. NOT AN ACROBAT.

    Everything was ready, and the stage manager rubbed bis hands in eager anticipation. He took one swift look round, and ...

    Article : 90 words
  15. THEN HE BUMPED.

    Mrs. Smart had two "stars" at her social gathering—Schpuntz. the pianist, and Bumpfeller, the phrenologist. "Listen!" said Mrs. Smart, just ...

    Article : 162 words
  16. MAGNA EST VERITAS.

    The schoolgirl flapper, possessing a long pigtail and plenty of cheek, had been spending her holidays in Germany. Before returning home she wrote and ...

    Article : 116 words
  17. OVER AGAIN.

    A countryman who had come to the city and prospered in business invited a friend from his native village to spend a holiday with him. On the first day ...

    Article : 77 words
  18. THE TEST ASPIRANTS HOPES ARE CRUSHED

    RETIRED "HURT" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 11 words
  19. BRIEF SORROW.

    A man was describing his feeling of distress over some happening to a relative. "But I sent him a telegram right away." ...

    Article : 57 words
  20. HIS MISTAKE.

    The landlady was carving the skinny three-pound chicken, while a dozen hungry boarders sat around the table eyeing it anxiously. In quick succession she ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. HIS MANIA.

    A sorry-looking individual was up before the magistrate. "What is this man charged with!" asked the pompous official. ...

    Article : 70 words
  22. THE INSTALMENT AGE.

    All the morning the teacher had bees trying to teach her very small pupils the mysteries of simple addition. One small boy seemed far behind the ...

    Article : 104 words
  23. A GILT-EDGED APOLOGY.

    Freddie was five years old, had opinions of his own about everything, and had insulted his kindest aunt at tea-time. His mother remonstrated with him ...

    Article : 84 words
  24. A Real Flesh Builder For Thin People

    Thin men and women—that big. hearty, filling dinner you ate last night. What became of all the fat-producing nourishment it contained? You haven't ...

    Article : 299 words
  25. TOUCHING OBEDIENCE.

    It was almost breakfast-time, and the eggs were just being brought to table. "Mummie," ventured little Marjorie, after cracking the shell of her choice, ...

    Article : 80 words
  26. SURPRISE IN STORE.

    An old gentleman, who was in[?] to be fussy, engaged a new valet Oh the morning of his first day of service the valet brought has master's ...

    Article : 115 words
  27. HER MISTAKE.

    A young man had bought a motorcycle and was demonstrating its powers to his pretty pillion-rider. But suddenly the machine began to lag ...

    Article : 90 words
  28. Advertising

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    Advertising : 593 words
  29. POTTED HISTORY.

    Two men engaged on some repairs inside a City building came across the [?]: "Honi soit gui mal y pense," and "Dieu [?] mon droit." ...

    Article : 163 words
  30. TIRESOME.

    She hurried down the stairs to join her husband. who was waiting to go with her to the theatre. "Oh. Jack!" she cried, "wait a ...

    Article : 127 words
  31. HIS LITTLE TROUBLE.

    Two friends who had not met for a long time sat in a restaurant talking. "How is old Snaggs, the company promoter, getting on?" inquired one. ...

    Article : 73 words
  32. HIS FIRST CHANCE.

    The foreman of the roadmenders had been taken ill suddenly, and his righthand man Patrick O'Casey, was duly promoted to the post temporarily. ...

    Article : 99 words
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