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  2. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 587 words
  3. Wirelessed

    SHE kissed her husband very sweetly and didn't ask him for a new hat, or a new coat, or a new dress; in fact, she kissed ...

    Article : 53 words
  4. Listening-In

    MISTRESS: "I'm glad to hear yon will be staying on with me after you're married. Do I know the lucky man?" ...

    Article : 754 words
  5. This is WHERE WE SMILE

    AN American restaurant, in search of new ideas for attracting custom, had as automatic weighing machine installed in its ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 109 words
  6. WONDERS OF NATURE.

    She was touring in Switzerland, and it was the first time she had been out of her native land. Consequently, she asked questions about nearly ...

    Article : 90 words
  7. NOT WHAT SHE MEANT.

    Lady: "I think there's something so romantic about a night-watchman." Night-Watchman: "You're right, ma'am. It settles in me pore ol' legs ...

    Article : 31 words
  8. NOT WHAT HE WANTED.

    Weary Willie was out of work as usual, and he was exploring a new neighbourhood. He rapped timidly at the door of a ...

    Article : 95 words
  9. BREAKING IT GENTLY.

    Little Joyce had just got over a spell of crying that her mother knew nothing about. As the day wore on she became her usual cheery self. ...

    Article : 92 words
  10. WHAT IMPRESSED HIM.

    Bunkum had just returned to his native village after his first visit to London. "Well, Jarge," said one of his ...

    Article : 71 words
  11. THE DEMAND.

    The theatre magnate was engaging actors for the new production, and interviewed a young player who seemed perfectly satisfactory for the ...

    Article : 63 words
  12. CONFIDENCE.

    Garden enthusiasts are weird people. They believe that anything will grow and also believe is most nursery men. A certain lady wanted some oak trees ...

    Article : 96 words
  13. LACK OF ENERGY.

    A worried-looking man drove up to the doctor's surgery. "I am Farmer Hayseed," he told the medical man. "and I'd like you to ...

    Article : 105 words
  14. TRUE TO HIS WORD.

    The music swelled louder and louder, and then suddenly dwindled down to nothing once again. "You were quite right about your ...

    Article : 72 words
  15. A SUBSTITUTE.

    "I'm afraid you" won't suit us," said the foreman. "What we require is a watchman with big, powerful muscles, a watchman who'll always be ...

    Article : 83 words
  16. No title

    Musical Foreman: Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Tempo! Tempo! ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 7 words
  17. HABIT.

    Father had been in the habit of warning his little daughter regarding her conduct as he left home. One morning he kissed the child and ...

    Article : 43 words
  18. TIT FOR TAT.

    As the doctor hurried down the garden-path he paused to look at the work of the local builder who was making a few alterations to the house. ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. THE GALLANT GENERAL.

    "Among the prettiest girls present was Brigadier-General Blazer," wrote a young reporter in his account of a garden party. ...

    Article : 53 words
  20. THE APOLOGY.

    A councillor in a Swedish town lost his temper during a meeting, and remarked that half of his colleagues were fools. ...

    Article : 67 words
  21. A PARDONABLE ERROR.

    Stevens was taking his small boy for a ride through the city on top of the bus. As was only natural, the boy asked question after question about the places ...

    Article : 77 words
  22. OFF THE CHAIN.

    At an election meeting a persistent interrupter was effectively silenced. The speaker had scored off him several times, but in the end the audience ...

    Article : 64 words
  23. BEST OF SEASONS.

    Mr. Sharpe returned from the whist drive in rather, a bad frame of mind. "Really, Ruby," he said in his wife, as she filled the hot-wat bottles— ...

    Article : 93 words
  24. THE HELPING HAND.

    Sergeant Simpson was talking seriously to a new recruit. "Under comradeship," he continues, "we put oil that one man would do for ...

    Article : 77 words
  25. SOAP AND WATER.

    With a very dirty face a little girl was trudging wearily home when the happened to run into a friend, to whom she confided her troubles. ...

    Article : 68 words
  26. Bottled Wisdom

    us we would probably never want to take another look. There are a lot of skins in the leather business. ...

    Article : 381 words
  27. JUST FOR A NIGHT.

    Little Lucy had been shown her mother's new evening gown which had only arrived from her dress-maker's that afternoon. ...

    Article : 98 words
  28. MISUNDERSTOOD.

    "You're back early, Michael," remarked the farmer's wife to the farm hand who had been to a theatre. The other sodded a silent agreement ...

    Article : 70 words
  29. MISCALCULATION.

    Jimmy giggled when the teacher read the story of the man who swam across the Tiber three times. "You do not doubt that a trained ...

    Article : 58 words
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    Grandpa (to Grandma): "And another thing—I will not have you going out pillion-riding !" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  31. BOO?

    She had been turning over every article the weary salesman had placed before her on the counter, but nothing seemed to be exactly the thing she ...

    Article : 89 words
  32. WHAT HE WANTED.

    A well-set-up young man was Walter Wheeler Always buying new suits, and so on. His tailor was fitting a new pair of ...

    Article : 86 words
  33. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 312 words
  34. NEAR ENOUGH.

    Modern education was the topic of conversation in the drawing-room. Mrs. Miggs was saying that it was of little use, while her hostess, ...

    Article : 91 words
  35. REPARTEE.

    At a dinner party a bishop was seated next a woman who made a somewhat lavish display of her charms. When dessert arrived the bishop placed an ...

    Article : 66 words
  36. MANY MISGIVINGS.

    Nervously, with many misgivings, an old lady hailed a taxi. "Now, driver," she cautioned, "you must be very careful. Don't go on ...

    Article : 55 words
  37. POP ANSWERS AN ARITHMETICAL QUESTION

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 5 words
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