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  2. WHEN MEN FIR[?]

    In these days of aeroplane [?] to Australia and across the Atla[?] and the repeated assertion that [?] security of the British Empire is [?] ...

    Article : 376 words
  3. THE CORD OF DEATH.

    An extraordinary method is employed for hanging criminals in the San Quentin Penitentiary, California. No photographs have ever been ...

    Article : 100 words
  4. TWISTED TERMS!

    Britons are the most shameless robbers and mutilators of words in the world. We take a foreign word, but not content to use it as taken ...

    Article : 252 words
  5. GIVING LIFE TO GEMS.

    What natural product is most improved by man ? Beyond doubt, the diamond. In the rough, before it is "dressed," it is a ...

    Article : 769 words
  6. MILES OF FLAMING GAS.

    The recent appearance of large groups of spots on the sun recalls the fact that the biggest spots usually show themselves in February or ...

    Article : 217 words
  7. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Jingleby Jackall threw down his hat, and looked appealingly at his wife. "Popsy," he began, addressing his ...

    Article : 726 words
  8. THE CURATE FLED.

    One of the first tasks they set the new curate, who was handicapped by youth and inexperience, was to investigate the "bona-fides" of a woman ...

    Article : 240 words
  9. "SEEING" ONE'S OWN STORY.

    Many a film artiste has given his or her—mostly her—impressions of how it feels when first they see themselves as others see them. "Is that ...

    Article : 441 words
  10. FILM UNDERSTUDIES.

    Cinema understudies are by no means unknown in the film-world. Where seemingly dangerous exploits are to be indulged in by the hero and ...

    Article : 124 words
  11. A BALL OF WATER.

    A soap bubble is merely a hollow ball of water containing air. The soap, partly dissolved, forms a very thin film or skin over the air ...

    Article : 165 words
  12. SCENERY ABOVE THE CLOUDS.

    Those civilians who intend to venture to a good height during the coming flying season will see a great deal both to interest and astonish ...

    Article : 263 words
  13. HOUSEHOLD HINT[?]

    Spread your tea leaves be[?] them on a sheet of white [?] place in a warm oven, not [?] for twelve minutes or so. T[?] ...

    Article : 233 words
  14. WHY MAUNDY THURSDAY ?

    Maundy Thursday—the day which precedes Good Friday—at one time played a prominent part, as far as the poor people were concerned. For ...

    Article : 141 words
  15. MACHINES THAT BEAT MEN.

    To count the number of people in the United Kingdom and record the particulars required for the Census, would, if human labour only was ...

    Article : 70 words
  16. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Until 1555, farthings were made of silver. Linen fabrics have been found in tombs-thousands of years old. ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. PREPARE TO PERSPIRE.

    The average man is more or less physically inactive during the winter. The result is that poisons [?]cumulate in his body. That is why there ...

    Article : 53 words
  18. FORTUNES BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS.

    "Charley's hunt" yielded a yearly income of £2,000 and upwards to the widow of the [?] Thomas, who made some £[?],000 out ...

    Article : 442 words
  19. SOUNDS THAT BOUNCE.

    Like light, sound is formed by a vibration or a moving of the atmosphere. "These sound waves travel through ...

    Article : 43 words
  20. WHY WE YAWN.

    Oxygen is one of the elements of the air which is essential to the healthy, normal action of the lungs. Unless a sufficient quantity is taken ...

    Article : 20 words
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