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  2. PEACE HATH HER VICTORIES.

    An ex-poilu said to me the other day:—"I have killed ten Germans, and was twice mentioned in despatches. I cannot now get the ten pounds the ...

    Article : 223 words
  3. THE WIDOW'S WEEDS.

    The bride who's selecting her trousseau, The debutante planning her frock; The soldier, his uniform fitting. ...

    Article : 149 words
  4. The Commonest Fault in a Guest

    My point of view is that of the busy house-mother who likes to entertain her friends, but is forced to admit, that she must pay a high price in time and ...

    Article : 728 words
  5. What the A.I.F. Educational Scheme in Europe Meant[?]

    Brigadier-Gen. W. Ramsay McNicoll, who was Inspector-General of Education In France, 1918, and Director of Education, A.I.F., 1919, has, since his return ...

    Article : 1,773 words
  6. PRIMAL INSTINCTS.

    There is, something of the savage in every man, for we know and read: Many an editor kills a paragraph, And many a conductor knocks down a ...

    Article : 151 words
  7. WHAT IS WISDOM?

    The whole question of insect intelligence baffles me, and that though I have only to stretch out my hand and take down books which tell me all that ...

    Article : 425 words
  8. HIGH COLLARS.

    My friends tell me that I am a very sunny-tempered man, and that I retain in the eventide of a rather crowded life a singular sweetness of disposition. ...

    Article : 313 words
  9. PUT HIM ON.

    If a fellow clad in khaki, Olive drab, or sailor blue, Walks in and asks to see the boss (Of course that boss is you). ...

    Article : 212 words
  10. ADVT.

    There is a disreputable old cockatoo living in Balmuin who indulges in the most atrocious language on the smallest provocation—or without any. ...

    Article : 180 words
  11. THE SALT OF THE EARTH.

    The insatiable hunger of the Jews for turning over their money and making profit was the driving power behind all national organisations ...

    Article : 112 words
  12. INCONSISTENT?

    An Australian airman had brought down a well-known German fighter, and during the letter's surviving days visited him each day at the hospital. ...

    Article : 625 words
  13. UNANIMOUS FINDING.

    The editor asked seven different men on his staff to interview a prominent man whose opinion under normal conditions was worth printing. He would ...

    Article : 142 words
  14. ADVICE.

    Advice is what you deal out to others in order to influence them into believing that, your opinion is valuable. No advice is really acceptable, ...

    Article : 248 words
  15. No Mistake.

    The editor had sent the young reporter but to a political meeting where two rival factions were expected to make a sharp struggle for supremacy. ...

    Article : 155 words
  16. RETURNED WITH INTEREST.

    Two women of uncertain age, who had long been rivals in love, quarrelled over a trilling gift which the object of their adoration had indiscreetly ...

    Article : 131 words
  17. All That Is Left.

    Mr. Cyrus Curtis, the famous American editor, who is now on a visit to England, is no believer in prohibition. "I don't know," he whimsically ...

    Article : 56 words
  18. Censored.

    The new play was in rehearsal, and a delegation of actors approached the manager. On being received the spokesman said: "Sir, we have come ...

    Article : 74 words
  19. That's Different.

    Mr. Fausett: "I am a bachelor from choice." Miss Prune: "But isn't that rather ungallant?" ...

    Article : 32 words
  20. How He Fell.

    Landlady (sympatheticaly): "How did you fall downstairs, Mr. Lanks?" Boarder (with dignity): "Unexpectedly, ma'am." ...

    Article : 18 words
  21. Not Dangerous.

    Pat: "Oi hear yer woife is sick, Moike. Is it dangerous she is?" Mike: "Not at all. She's too weak to be dangerous any more." ...

    Article : 27 words
  22. Caught!

    A young bridegroom, after the wedding was all over and the bride's oldfather had gone off to the club, began to search anxiously among the wedding ...

    Article : 73 words
  23. Felt Safe.

    A gentleman dropped into a state of coma, and it was several days before he fully recovered. Later he spolte of his experience to a party of friends. ...

    Article : 111 words
  24. More to the Point.

    Evelyn: "My father made his fortune when he was quite a young man. Would you like to know how he did It?" ...

    Article : 42 words
  25. A Head for Business.

    "Yes, lady, I have seen better days." "No doubt. You were a proud and successful business man. You held your head high as the highest. Then ...

    Article : 123 words
  26. The Best Advocate.

    "It's pretty expensive to keep one's own lawy r." "Yes; but it doesn't cost much to keep one's own counsel." ...

    Article : 24 words
  27. Identified.

    "This," smiled the fond young wife, as she passed, a plate of pudding to her husband, "is cottage pudding. I made it myself." ...

    Article : 58 words
  28. Found a Way of His Own.

    The burglar cautiously raised the window and climbed In. "And I used to be fool: enough to pay a dancing master," he muttered to himself, "to ...

    Article : 39 words
  29. Appreciation.

    A minister in the course of his sermon illustrated his point by Saying: "You know you plant roses in the sunshine, and heliotrope and geraniums, ...

    Article : 110 words
  30. Changed.

    Housewife (to tramp): "Are you the same man that ate my mince pie last week?" Tramp: "No, ma'am, I'll never be the ...

    Article : 41 words
  31. Slightly So.

    An American lawyer once endeavored to make a witness give an illustration of absent-mindedness. "Well," said he, "I should say that ...

    Article : 59 words
  32. Society Manners.

    After being with the Swanksons for some years as "general" Mary married. She was a good housewife, but she had become imbued with lofty ...

    Article : 104 words
  33. Is to Accuse One's Self.

    "The excusable man is not uncommon.... and to a superior this attitude of justification is the most irritating of happenings," says a ...

    Article : 62 words
  34. His Only Asset.

    "Are you going to spend the summer at the shore?" "I fear I wouldn't enjoy myself." "Why not?" ...

    Article : 112 words
  35. Easy.

    Two small children had gone to the corner shop for milk for mother. On the way back one of them gave a glance into the pitcher, and exclaimed: ...

    Article : 82 words
  36. In a Western Court.

    Prosecuting Attorney: "Your honor, the bull pup has gone and chawed up the court Bible." Judge: "Well, make the witnesses ...

    Article : 67 words
  37. Our Strenuous Life

    First Barber (sotto voce, in a crowded shop): "I should like to 'take on' the next customer wanting a shampoo." ...

    Article : 51 words
  38. No Use.

    Cole: "They say your divorced wife has made up her mind to marry a struggling young lawyer." Wood::"Well, if she has made up ...

    Article : 38 words
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