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  2. A TYPICAL VILLAGE SCENE IN WILTSHIRE.

    This old timbered cottage is at Upton. Scudamore, which, though not far from the main road, is still unspoiled by modem "improvements." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 39 words
  3. TROPICAL DIET.

    The international concern developing about the influence of diet upon the health of the people within "the Pacific zone" recalls years of observation of and at times necessary ...

    Article : 1,395 words
  4. DRUMLANRIG CASTLE.

    The fact that the Duke of Buccleuch, whose daughter has recently become affianced to the Duke of Gloucester, includes Drumlanrig Castle as part of his Scottish estates is due ...

    Article : 1,223 words
  5. DIAGHILEFF.

    In 1895, when he was only twenty-three, Serge Diaghileff wrote to his stepmother, saying, half in earnest, half in Jest: "I am firstly, a great charlatan, though with brio; secondly, ...

    Article : 1,233 words
  6. THE TANKS.

    On September 15. 1916, the weird military contraption now known as the tank went into action for the first time, and that classic messa[?]e came from an R.F.C. observer: "A tank[?] ...

    Article : 1,037 words
  7. BENNY BOY.

    Benny is a small silver black and tan Yorkshire terrier, and a much adored member of our family. His coat is not all it should be[?] chiefly because he will scratch it out, but his ...

    Article : 327 words
  8. WHEELBARROWS

    Freak wagers have brought the humble wheelbarrow out of the woodshed into the glare of public notice. Nobody really knows very much about wheelbarrows, nor as far as ...

    Article : 725 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    We've read about the butcher bird, the curlew, and the swan, The bell bird and the pelican have had their homage due; ...

    Article : 199 words
  10. THE PARSEES.

    On a clear spring morning, some thirteen centuries ago, a solitary fisherman was casting his net on the west coast of India, near the little town of Sanjan. As he wearily ...

    Article : 1,062 words
  11. MY SCOTTIE.

    Oh little brindle dog, whose [?]ear brown eyes, So full of love, look up and smile at me, Whose wee, short legs stand firmly planted, while ...

    Article : 119 words
  12. BILLY BULBUL.

    If a voice should awaken you at daybreak calling "There's plenty to do, there's plenty to do," do not imagine it is some restless poet urging you to be up and doing, for it will be ...

    Article : 227 words
  13. JOSEPHINE JO.

    Josephine Jo Had a beautiful bow, Tied round the neck of her big Teddy-bear; At night she untied it. ...

    Article : 72 words
  14. RESCUED BLOSSOMS.

    There was nothing to indicate to the customers that they were in the presence of [?] man of an unusual quality of mind, when they hurried into the little shop on the ...

    Article : 502 words
  15. THE BATH.

    There's Master canmg me. I know its my bathday, so I just wont answer him. I suppose he'll catch me, though, and then I'll have to have that nasty soap rubbed all over ...

    Article : 162 words
  16. MR. AND MRS. SPARROW.

    Little Mr. Sparrow Wears a dove-grey vest, Sober tie and collar Even for Sunday best; ...

    Article : 68 words
  17. RUSHCUTTER BAY.

    Morning, and a heavy mist blots out the foreshore with its myriad dwellings that spoil the view aesthetically. The thick vapour has not quite veiled a tiny gabled boathouse ...

    Article : 196 words
  18. THE RAILWAY.

    During the hours of sunlight, the Central Station is a most depressing place. Even when, on these cold mornings, the sky is a crisp, hard blue over the rest of the city, ...

    Article : 315 words
  19. A SHANGHAI WHEELBARROW.

    The Chinese battow is admirably balanced. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 9 words
  20. MOONRISE

    "It was a beauteous evening, calm and free." The moon rose a deep yellow in colour—like a huge orange, set in a sea of dark blue. Night strode in, and the moon changed from deep ...

    Article : 171 words
  21. LOVE'S SHADOW.

    Fear is the shadow cast by Love (Oh, why should Love a shadow cast?). Blue-crystal is the sky above. And sweet the mate-call of the dove, ...

    Article : 145 words
  22. VALUES.

    Upon the hill there stood, as in a painting, The old white house, the palm-tree, and the star, Leaning so near, it seemed, so close together, ...

    Article : 53 words
  23. TO SOLITUDE.

    Time was I found thee will-o-wisp and shy, But, having won thee, do I wish thee by? In dream-dimmed woods, [?]ow tender seems thy grace— ...

    Article : 40 words
  24. ACTION.

    Thought dwelling in the heart. With stimulus of deed. May flourish till it form a part Of surcease, for a tired world's need. ...

    Article : 30 words
  25. BUILDERS.

    Men toil with stone and cleave the sky To make my house; yet, In yon tree A dainty wren, with straw has built A home that holds more joy for mel ...

    Article : 42 words
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