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  2. DANCE STEP RECORDS.

    Dancers can now have their steps recorded, on gramophine records. All step-dancing heard hitherto has been "faked" on Chinese drums ...

    Article : 110 words
  3. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    Valued at £2,000 a private collector has 16,000 moths. Thin slabs of cork are used in Rome as a substitute for straw in ...

    Article : 382 words
  4. YOURSELVES FROM ABOVE.

    From my vantage point high up on telegraph poles when I am testing or repairing the lines I see a lot of things without being seen myself. ...

    Article : 1,053 words
  5. STEPPING IN SNAKE-SKIN

    Snake-skin shoes, the latest novelty in the footwear of the smart woman, are causing havoc among the snake population of Mexico, from ...

    Article : 300 words
  6. QUEER PUNISHMENTS.

    "The Press Laws of Foreign Countries," published recently by the Stationery Office, records the extraordinary penalties to which authors ...

    Article : 623 words
  7. DENTISTS AND PATIENTS

    An American dentist has been making public the results of his observations on the behaviour of his patients. He is accustomed, for ...

    Article : 207 words
  8. RIVALLING MOSES' MIRACLE.

    Whenever I read of Moses' miracle of striking water from the rock, I am forcibly reminded of my own job, for extracting rates from unwilling ...

    Article : 955 words
  9. SAVAGE CUSTOMS.

    Among the wild peoples of the Philippine Islands is a tribe known as Tingians. When the husband of one of these Tingian women dies the ...

    Article : 58 words
  10. CATCHING SNAKE POISON.

    Remarkable work in the direction of reducing the mortality due to snake-bite in tropical countries is being carried out by Dr. Afranio do ...

    Article : 157 words
  11. SILENCING THE RIVETER.

    The terrific nerve-racking din of riveting guns in the construction of steel buildings will be silenced within a few years. Are welding will ...

    Article : 147 words
  12. PICTURES ON YOUR SKIN.

    Nowadays, when commercial folk are so candid about the merits of the goods they Bell, and the services. they render, a business man who ...

    Article : 603 words
  13. WHY BLUE-EYED BABIES?

    Babies born with blue eyes, as the majority are, usually acquire a different colour of eye before they have grown up. What is the cause of the ...

    Article : 311 words
  14. HINTS-FOR EVERY HOME.

    Darn Stockings on the cross instead of up and down. The darn will much better. When pressing garments that have ...

    Article : 552 words
  15. HOW TIPS MOUNT UP.

    A bed opened in the men's surgical word of the Charing Cross Hospital a short time ago was endowed by tips received by the staff of a famous ...

    Article : 113 words
  16. RELIGIOUS FEARS.

    The best story of the dark days of Europe comes down to us from the Monk of Padua, who, in 1920, wrote as follows:— ...

    Article : 207 words
  17. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Bobby (to voracious guest): "Hurry up and do it!" Guest: "Do what?" Bobby: "Eat your head off; dad ...

    Article : 258 words
  18. ARE YOUR DIAMONDS REAL?

    In one of the most frequented parts of London, unsuspected by the millions who pass by, there is an "Aladdin's Cave." It is known as ...

    Article : 234 words
  19. WEEDS ON INDIAN RAILWAYS.

    In India, and, indeed, in many tropical countries, one of the great difficulties with which the railway people have to deal is the keeping ...

    Article : 190 words
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