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  2. OPERA.

    Originating in Florence about the year 1600, opera soon became both fashionable and popular. At first there were no theatres. Opera, the plaything of the rich, was performed as ...

    Article : 1,287 words
  3. OFF CAPE HORN.

    Christmas Day, 1905—How well I remember it! We were on passage from Tal TalChile, to Bilboa, Spain, with R cargo of nitrate. The vessel was the barque Bay of ...

    Article : 1,554 words
  4. CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS

    Once again the year is ending and the spirit of Christmas encircles the earth Every Christian nation prepares to celebrate the saviour's birth and little children, the world ...

    Article : 813 words
  5. ENGLAND'S EAST COAST

    From Bridlington Quay right down to Spurn Head, [?] distance of just over thirty miles, there are no large seaport towns, only fishing villages, some of them near the sites of ...

    Article : 1,510 words
  6. FISHING BOATS ON THE COAST OF LINCOLNSHIRE.

    This coast scene by Turner was one of the many by which, on various toura, he illustrated the features of England. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. "RANJI."

    His Highness Ranjitsinhji Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar was known to the English-speaking world as "Ranji," cricketer incomparable, a batsman '"immense, audacious, ...

    Article : 1,095 words
  8. CHRISTMAS LAUGHTER.

    In unnumbered homes little children will laugh and shout with joy at Christmastide. The debt that children owe to the Child of Bethlehem is enormous; for through Him ...

    Article : 683 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Hark! The bells their peals are ringing, Telling of our Saviour's birth: Peace and all goodwill are spreading Far and wide across the earth. ...

    Article : 96 words
  10. DEMOCRACY IN LILIPUT

    You would think they were tiny pieces of land severed from the verdant island of Ceylon and dropped haphazard into the Indian Ocean within a radius of a hundred miles. For if ...

    Article : 903 words
  11. A NOTE TO FATHER CHRISTMAS

    I'm wilting to you To ask [?] please, you could leave just two New dollies for me: both with cully hair. But one must be dark and the other one fait! ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. CHRISTMAS.

    Christmas is not what it used to be! Forgive me for beginning with such an obvious truism. The inevitable retort is, of course, "It never was." Even Sir Walter Scott, ...

    Article : 607 words
  13. THE CHRISTMAS DUCK.

    The Christmas duck Has got no luck— The Christmas duck's Unlucky. ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. THERE ALWAYS IS SOMETHING

    Old Santa Clans has come South again. In spite of the weather, the wind, and the rain. He's climbing the housetops and peeping to see The easiest way to each dear nursery. ...

    Article : 171 words
  15. THE NEW CAR.

    At last it had arrived, the car the family had been looking forward to. No. not our family, the family next door, which was mainly composed of menfolk very interested in ...

    Article : 268 words
  16. CREED.

    Reggie was a gieedy child And wanted lots of toys. He hung a pillow slip instead Of socks like other boys. ...

    Article : 44 words
  17. MY DREAM HOUSE.

    Many miles of nature's rich green carpel —a river wending its way through the panoramic majesty of Mother Earth. Such were the thoughts which crowde[?] ...

    Article : 278 words
  18. THE LIMIT.

    I'm feeling so sorry for all the young chooks Now taking particular care of their looks, And gathering avoirdupois day by day— For Christmas is only a few days away. ...

    Article : 104 words
  19. WINDOW PANES.

    Two windows are built in the cottage by the sea, one red, the other yellow. I gaze through the red pane, a scene is revealed wherein the sea is stained with a ...

    Article : 133 words
  20. FIVE SHIPS.

    Five ships lie anchored side by side Within green Athol Bay, I wish I were a little wind To hear what five ships say. ...

    Article : 167 words
  21. ON THE MAIDAN, MALE.

    The building flying the Maldivian flag is the Guard-house. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 15 words
  22. THE MIRAGE.

    A scene, the like of which nor earth nor [?] Nor mortal eye had gazed upon befofe— White palaces and towers soaring high, Dream cities on a sunlit, surf swept shore ...

    Article : 192 words
  23. THE DREAMER.

    The soft hours struggle through the drowsy noon Kissed to enchantment by December's sun; But in the shadow, dreaming earth is young, ...

    Article : 132 words
  24. HYDRANGEAS.

    Beside the path a rock-girt garden grows; Here, in, the tiny plot the rocks enclose, Hydrangeas rise from out their leafy green, Pink, blue, and mauve; bright-headed 'gainst ...

    Article : 95 words
  25. THE PIPE.

    I am the pipe of an author, I! That he is a smoker great is seen In my Ethiop or Kaffir sheen By any observant passer-by. ...

    Article : 99 words
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