"Well, old boy, you're 'fitted out' in style, positively Just off for your holidays?" "Aye, just off, my lad." ...
Article : 219 wordsMen admire in their wives the virtue of sympathy, which means a heart that is readily touched with a tale of joy or sorrow. They like intelligence, but if they ...
Article : 214 wordsThree things to admire-intellectual answer, dignity, gracefulness. Three things to love-courage, gentless, affection. ...
Article : 136 wordsThey met at the Christmas dinner for the first time since their meeting in London at the Coronation. "And did you have a pleasant voyage ...
Article : 70 wordsThe colored preacher was a higher critic and denied all miracles. "But, Caleb, how about the Hebrews crossing the Rod Sea?" ...
Article : 75 wordsI live for those who love me, Whose hearts are kind and true; For the heavens that smile above me, And wait my spirit too; ...
Article : 201 wordsI like to loaf in the kitchen while Jane, in her wifely way, Is puttin' the finish on knick-knacks for the dinner on Christmas Day: ...
Article : 419 wordsHe went into a store to buy his friend a comb for Christmas. He was an Adelaide man and careful of his grammar and of other folk's grammar. He asked for ...
Article : 64 wordsA solemn-looking Irishman entered business house and, walking up to one of the men employed on the lower floor ...
Article : 188 words"Mary," cried Mrs. Johnson to her maid, as she was dressing for the Christmas dinner, "what shall I do?" I've just had a most dreadful accident and don't know ...
Article : 87 wordsOh, Christmas is coming again, you say, And you long for the things he is bringing; But the costliest gift may not gladden ...
Article : 254 words"Father," said the little boy at the dinner-table on Christmas Day, "what is a suffragette?" "Well, boy," replied the father, "a ...
Article : 42 wordsA man who lived in a suburban town was asked by his wife to help with the Christmas shopping by buying her a shirt-waist while he was in the city. ...
Article : 150 wordsFor a Sailor-Anchored. For an Auctioneer-Gone. For a Watchmaker-Stopped. For a Telegrapher-Dispatched. ...
Article : 242 wordsMrs. Goodwan: I wish to select a Christmas present for my husband, and I can't think of anything. He doesn't smoke nor drink, nor go out nights nor play cards. ...
Article : 42 wordsBriggs and Smithers were once friends, and shared the same diggings. Smithers could, or at least thought he could, sing; and, to his infinite delight, he ...
Article : 145 wordsNow here's a recipe for a particularly [?] Galatino of Turkey. I have heard it said that this was the favorite lish of a Viceroy.You won't wonder ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 423 wordsThine own wish wish I thee in every place, The Christmas joy, the song, the feast, the cheer: ...
Article : 223 wordsNot long ago a clergyman was called upon to conduct the services at the funeral of a man with whom he had had no acquaintance. So, thinking to glean a ...
Article : 106 wordsTommy's mother had made him a Christmas present of a toy shovel, and sent him up to the nursery to play with his baby brother. "Take care of baby, now," said ...
Article : 99 wordsLittle brother (who had just been given some candy): If I were you I shouldn't take sister yachting this afternoon. Ardent Suitor: Why do you say that? ...
Article : 53 words"That is an eight-day clock, Madam." explained the antique dealer to a Christmas purchaser from the country. "It will go eight days without winding." ...
Article : 41 words"Papa," said Freddle, "what is a fortification?" "Why, a big fort," replied his father. "Well, papa, is stratification a big" ...
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The Cobar Herald (NSW : 1899 - 1914), Fri 22 Dec 1911, Page 1
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