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  2. THE PASSING SHOW

    The orderly officer went an extra round of the camp to see that all the sentries were at their posts. He came on one man lying fast asleep on the ...

    Article : 131 words
  3. RHYMES AND KIDDLES

    Asking riddles is a form of torture which has been practised in all parts of the world from prehistoric times, but is now, fortunately, confined to ...

    Article : 92 words
  4. POETS' CORNER

    Through my gray web of hours and days, The thought of you—a golden thread Weaves in and out; a hundred ways ...

    Article : 90 words
  5. WHY HE MADE GRIMACES.

    After the Christmas party they both felt very pleased with themselves and things in general. They sat together in a cosy little ...

    Article : 141 words
  6. TEN COMMANDMENTS.

    In a recent Y.W.C.A. bulletin from Gatesville, Texas, was the report of a field day for the rural school girls, a part of the programme for which ...

    Article : 167 words
  7. EAST ONES.

    The following simple old rhyme may not be known to some modern youngsters:— There was a man rode through our ...

    Article : 89 words
  8. CAT RIDDLES.

    Another famous rhyme was this: A hypocrite's eye Can you toll me why Can better desery ...

    Article : 90 words
  9. AT EVENTIDE.

    At eventime, when vesper bell is calling Prayer-wending feet along the songless way, ...

    Article : 148 words
  10. ANYTHING TO OBLIGE.

    A number of children from the slums of a big town were being entertained to a Christmas dinner. A hearty meal was thoroughly enjoyed, and when the ...

    Article : 132 words
  11. THE QUEEN'S BOUQUET.

    A good story is going the rounds about Queen Mary. It appears that Her Majesty recently sent a beautiful bouquet that had been presented to her ...

    Article : 129 words
  12. SOMETHING WRONG.

    The day was drawing to a close. Judge, jurors, witnesses, and lawyers all were growing weary. Counsel for the prosecution was cross-examining the ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. HE CAME PREPARED.

    The following is one of many good stories told by Mr. Clyde Fitch, the famous American author. He was once sitting in the smoke-room of a ...

    Article : 196 words
  14. IN RHYME.

    Perhaps you would like to try your hand at answering the following puzzling questions:— Do "plants" for making pretty gifts ...

    Article : 100 words
  15. TONGUE-TWISTERS.

    By way of a change, see how you get on with these two tongue-twisters. Say them quietly, and you will be amused to find how easily you can get your tongue ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. A PRODIGY.

    A gentleman living just outside of Sydney went into the city to his office each day. When he was leaving home on the morning before Christmas, his ...

    Article : 122 words
  17. HIS FORTUNE MADE.

    Two young Irishmen in a Canadian regiment were going into the trenches for the first time, and their captain promised them five shillings for every ...

    Article : 92 words
  18. NOT VERY LIKELY.

    "You sign this deed of your own free will, do you, madam?" asked the lawyer. "What do you' mean by that?" demanded the large, florid-faced ...

    Article : 71 words
  19. RANDOM READINGS.

    "I see you live next door to Mrs. De Style." "We do." "Has she ever called on you?" ...

    Article : 252 words
  20. A SCHOLAR'S EFFORT.

    A charade which, had for its author no less famous a man than Scott, of Greek Lexicon fame, was based on the word "toast-rack." Mr. A. E. ...

    Article : 112 words
  21. THE WRONG TUNE.

    The tragedian was in a terrible rage. "What's the matter?" asked a friend. "Mattter!" shouted the eminent ...

    Article : 96 words
  22. A GENERAL CATECHISM.

    Now comes your general catechism. Stand up and answer the questions if you can: What is that which has a beard ...

    Article : 156 words
  23. A CAREFUL IRISHMAN.

    At the close of a lecture on the care of arms, the usual questions were asked, and the first question was put to an Irishman. ...

    Article : 102 words
  24. HIS NOSE WAS LEFT.

    "Morning, sir! Hair-cut, sir? Shave, sir?" sang the obsequious barber. "Shave, please," said the client, seating himself in the chair. "And I'm in ...

    Article : 114 words
  25. TOMMY'S OPINION.

    Tommy was watching the files on the window. Turning to his mother, he said, "Didn't you say God made everything?" "Yes, Tommy, everything." ...

    Article : 56 words
  26. BRAIN-RACKERS.

    Now try your friends with these brain-rackers: I went to the wood and got it, I sat down and looked at it; the more I ...

    Article : 84 words
  27. HEREDITARY TRAIT.

    The school teacher had punished Tommy so often for talking during school, and the punishment had been apparently without effect, that, as a ...

    Article : 75 words
  28. WELL SEASONED.

    "Nurse," said a soldier when he recovered consciousness, "what is this on my head?" "Vinegar cloths," she replied. "You have had a rever." ...

    Article : 78 words
  29. UNANSWERABLE.

    Little Bruce was rather greedy, and very much resented his little sister Elsa, who was a year younger, being helped first to dinner. At last one day ...

    Article : 64 words
  30. HE WANTED OUT.

    A motor 'bus stopped near Westminster Bridge, and every seat was full, when a young lady entered. At the same moment an old gentleman ...

    Article : 130 words
  31. PLEASANT DREAMS.

    The section formeman sent one of his men to the car for a tamping bar. The man failed to return, and after a decent interval the foreman went to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 77 words
  32. IN RETURN.

    She was bubbling over with Christmas spirit. She could keep it no longer. "Dearest," she exclaimed to her ...

    Article : 101 words
  33. BRIGHT ANSWERS.

    Among the answers to questions at a school examination appears the following:— "Gross ignorance is 144 tons as bad ...

    Article : 70 words
  34. WORTH REMEMBERING.

    He—See that man over there[?] He is a bombastic ass, a windjammer nonentity, a false alarm, and an encumbrance of the earth! She—Would you ...

    Article : 54 words
  35. SOME EMBROCATION.

    Yank—"I guess you won't have heard of that embrocation we have in America? You just simply cut off a cow's tail, rub the embrocation on the ...

    Article : 84 words
  36. CHANGED HIS COURSE.

    The wounded Tommy ws sitting up in bed when the nurse brought him in tea. He stared at his plate, and just [?] the nurse was leaving him, he said: ...

    Article : 71 words
  37. THE KNUT'S CATECHISM.

    The would-be lady-killer entered a restaurant, glanced at the menu, and then looked at the waitress. "Nice day, little one," he began. "Yes, it ...

    Article : 147 words
  38. HOW HE GOT IT.

    Premier W. M. Hughes, of Australia, says that he once said to a friend of his: "That's a swell umbrella you have got there. Did you come by it ...

    Article : 114 words
  39. SHE KNEW, SWEET DEAR.

    The young bride went to the grocery store to do her Christmas marketing. She was determined that the grocerr should not take advantage of her youth ...

    Article : 93 words
  40. KNEW HOW TO CATCH 'EM.

    A minister, with two lovely girls, stood entranced by the beauties of a flowing stream. A fisherman happening by, and mistaking the minister's ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 217 words
  41. THRIFT.

    The schoolmaster was giving the boys a lecture on thrift, and pointed out that even animals exercised that quality, instancing how squirrels always stored up ...

    Article : 74 words
  42. A MORTAL BLOW.

    "What's the matter with your wife[?] She's all broken up lately." "She got a terrible jar." "What has happened?" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 43 words
  43. SOME CHRISTMAS BOX.

    "Talking about Christmas boxes," remarked a commercial traveller, "the one I got last year would be hard to beat. Our guv'nor never gave us a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 178 words
  44. THE PLACE TO GO.

    A certain bishop was delivering a missionary address to the children of a Sunday-school. In his most expressive tone he said, "And now, children, ...

    Article : 88 words
  45. PHILOSOPHY OF HUSBANDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 words
  46. A DIAPHANOUS REJOINDER.

    The prim and proper young woman sailed into "Makem and Wearem's." "Will you kindly show me," she requested, "the thinnest thing you have ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 49 words
  47. HE KNEW HER.

    When little Ernest was out walking with his mother one day he suddenly pointed to a lady across the road, and said: "Oh, mamma, I know that lady ...

    Article : 99 words
  48. A COMPLIMENT.

    Mother of Twins—"That was Mr. Smythe who passed, dear. He's the gentleman who complimented us on the children. ...

    Article : 50 words
  49. WHAT ELSE COULD HAPPEN.

    "This is a very sad case, very sad indeod," said the doctor. "I much regret to tell you that your wife's mind is gone—completely gone." ...

    Article : 56 words
  50. WHERE.

    A woman wrote to an editor: "Will you kindly tell me into what I can put my money where it will be perfectly safe?" ...

    Article : 43 words
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