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  2. Listening-in

    ARTIST (irritably, to farmer looking over his shoulder): "Well, like it!" Hayseed: "No sir; I cant say as it is." ...

    Article : 800 words
  3. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 469 words
  4. Wirelessed

    THE orderly officer was doing the round one morning, and after be had asked the men if there were any complaints, one ...

    Article : 70 words
  5. This is WHERE WE SMILE.

    AFTER many years they met again, the old tragedian and the woman who bad once been a lovely Rosalind, and, since they ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 85 words
  6. A JUNGLE TALE.

    Along came a big she-elephant trudging through tho deep, deep jungle of Darkest Africa. Suddenly she stepped accidentally on a mother partridge ...

    Article : 81 words
  7. MOTHER'S FAULT.

    Peggy bad been to a music-hall and witnessed the antics of several performing animals. "When dogs and ponies and monkeys ...

    Article : 69 words
  8. FISHY.

    He had opened a fish shop, and ne ordered a new sign to be painted. It read: "Fresh Fish Sold Here." "What did you put the word 'fresh' ...

    Article : 130 words
  9. INQUIRY.

    A young negro walked into a police station and asked: "How much for beat in up a fella !" The policeman replied that it would ...

    Article : 85 words
  10. ONLY TEMPORARY.

    An old and grey-haired clerk who had bees employed by his firm for over 40 yean was summoned to the manager's office. ...

    Article : 101 words
  11. HIS PHILOSOPHY.

    "How dare you throw stone at my little dog" shrieked the ancient spinster to a coal man. "The brute bit me, that's why." ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. ANNOYING.

    "Hallo!" cried the first man. "What's the matter with you? You're looking pret'ty blue." "Yes." growled his friend; "I was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 150 words
  13. THE ONE REGRET.

    The good vicar had preached an inspiring sermon on Sunday morning. It was all about the beauties of married life, and the two old women were ...

    Article : 87 words
  14. METHOD IN IT.

    At the dinner party one man caused a great sensation. He was seen to be walking about smoking cigarettes with silk, handkerchief tied, tightly round ...

    Article : 128 words
  15. ESSAYS.

    The children, after having read a discription of the oncoming of night, had been asked to put the same into their own words, a request .that resulted in ...

    Article : 78 words
  16. CIVILISATION.

    A missionary, captured by cannibals, and stripped of most of his clothing, managed to escape. Half-clad, he fled throngs the jungle, and after many hours ...

    Article : 87 words
  17. NOT YET.

    Tommy had been playing truant from school, and had spent a long, beautiful day fishing. On his way back he met one of his young cronies, who ...

    Article : 55 words
  18. ATISHOO !

    A Scotsman and an American were boasting about their respective countries. The latter stated that in America there lived a woman who was so big that ...

    Article : 81 words
  19. QUITE IN ORDER.

    The angry customer rushed into the tailor's' shop and brandished his fist under the nose of the astonished wielder of the shears. ...

    Article : 94 words
  20. RELATED.

    The two friends living in the tame boarding house were making their morning ablutions. "George," began the first, "were ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 103 words
  21. THE LAST STRAW.

    Two members of the club were discussing the table manners of a new member. "Well, what do you think of him" ...

    Article : 57 words
  22. CAUGHT!

    In desperation the unemployed Irishman decided to take to highway robbery. In a lonely valley he spied a victim. ...

    Article : 125 words
  23. PUZZLING.

    Educated Egyptian: "You have no wonderful hieroglyphics in America, no mysterious inscriptions, no indecipherable relics of an ancient literature whose ...

    Article : 57 words
  24. ALL IN VAIN.

    A teacher had dealt with wearisome iteration on the part played by carbohydrates, proteids, and fats respectively in the upkeep of the human ...

    Article : 73 words
  25. A POSER.

    Larkin was an impatient landlord, and when the rent from a certain tenant was two days overdue he sent the offender this very curt letter: ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. HE REMEMBERED.

    The absent-minded professor suddenly remembered. He looked at his watch. It said 2 o'clock. "Oh," he said, snapping his fingers; ...

    Article : 52 words
  27. THE COLD SHOULDER.

    The wayfarer came to the butcher's and paused outside, eyeing the homekilled produce hungrily. Presently the proprietor came bustling ...

    Article : 89 words
  28. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 574 words
  29. MORE TROUBLE.

    Aunt Jane was in the middle of her work when her niece called with the budget of family news. She listened calmly to the recital. ...

    Article : 67 words
  30. FAMILY PRIDE.

    A coster and bis bride were discussing the wedding of an acquaintance of theirs. "But did you read the list of ...

    Article : 110 words
  31. GAVE IT UP.

    Mrs. Brown's big, grown-up son, George, bad brought an office friend home with him to spend the week-end at the Browns' house. Unfortunately, ...

    Article : 113 words
  32. QUALIFIED.

    The quiet country member of a Brisbane club was reading one afternoon when he was approached by a stranger, who said: "Excuse me, but we're ...

    Article : 68 words
  33. CHINESE LOGIC.

    He had employed a Chinese cook for many years, and one day, after a particularly good dinner, decided to raise the man a wages. ...

    Article : 83 words
  34. LOOKED LIKE IT.

    He was a cautious young man and a firm believer in eugenics, but when he met the doctor's lovely daughter ho fell In love with her, and finally threw ...

    Article : 121 words
  35. POP'S WORST FEARS ARE CONFIRMED

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 5 words
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