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  2. MOVING PICTURES OF THE MIND.

    The perfect child is coming. Every scientist admits that every child may be developed infinitely beyond the average normal child of the present. ...

    Article : 1,357 words
  3. SOME GOOD STORIES.

    There are all sorts of curious bits of out-of-the-way lore in Lady Dorothy Nevill's "Under Five Reigns." The Sussex stories are delightful. ...

    Article : 368 words
  4. LADIES' COLUMN.

    Here is illustrated a very smart coat and skirt, suitable for making up in white linen, poplin, or tussore, trimmed with Cluny insertion. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 149 words
  5. FOR AVIATORS.

    Awful accidents like the one that happened to Chavez, might nave (we will not say would have, for too many chance elements enter into the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 176 words
  6. OUT ALL NIGHT.

    Mr. Jerome K. Jerome, in one of his amusing articles on cats, describes an old tom cat slinking home in the early morning after being out ...

    Article : 503 words
  7. AMONG THE SUBMERGED TENTH.

    The small crowd of grimy loafers lounged weakly in the little circle of light from the fitfully-flickering lamp about the door. Two or three of ...

    Article : 355 words
  8. THE "SWEATER."

    Most people think that the heat given out from steam radiators employed to warm rooms in some parts is that which results from the hot ...

    Article : 851 words
  9. AWFUL BLUNDER.

    "I never did like that suit." Bigley jumped up from the breakfast table with a show of impatience. "I can't help it if you don't," he ...

    Article : 503 words
  10. INTELLIGENCE OF A DOG.

    A gentleman once had a very handsome and intelligent collie in his possession. One day he lost the dog when taking it through the city. The ...

    Article : 211 words
  11. CIGAR HOLDER FOR HATS.

    A very unique device for holding cigars has recently been patented. It consists, as shown, of a plate of sheet metal formed with bent up ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 114 words
  12. HOAXING HOUSEHOLDERS.

    There must be a great number of persons who earn a regular and profitable living by hoaxing householders, especially inexperienced ...

    Article : 630 words
  13. MEN AND WOMEN MAY SEEM 'SHORTER THAN THEY ARE.

    These illustrations show persons of the same height but whose heads are different in size. Comparing them you find if you increase the bulk of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 350 words
  14. AEROPLANE PROPELLERS

    The first aerial screw was proposed and used by Leonardo da Vinci, the great artist architect, and man of learning of Italy, who, like Giotto ...

    Article : 434 words
  15. WHAT SAVED HIM.

    The village cricket team was doing pretty well, and their crack batsman—the local architect—had yet to make the big innings which was ...

    Article : 127 words
  16. ENERGY FROM TIDES.

    The question is frequently asked as to the possibility of using tidal energy. It is, however, not seriously realised how much water is ...

    Article : 186 words
  17. THE RULING PASSION.

    Here is a storyette about a dying man. This time an editor. Fortunately, it is not the editor of this paper. ...

    Article : 183 words
  18. AN ADVENTURE AT SEA.

    Mr. Stanhope Hall, author of "Twenty Years at Sea," was not much more than a boy when he had the following curious and terrifying ...

    Article : 396 words
  19. DRYING POTATOES FOR FOOD.

    A German company has undertaken to save the odd 5.000,000 tons of potatoes lost annually in that country through lack of immediate market by ...

    Article : 271 words
  20. A CURIOUS CUSTOM.

    It is customary in Germany to mark the attainment of fifty years of wedded bliss by the couple being married again, and a great gathering ...

    Article : 242 words
  21. KING EDWARD AND THE GAMEKEEPER.

    Not all the people of the district knew how to address the late King, and many were the merry laughs he gained through their lack of ...

    Article : 238 words
  22. CATCHING A TRAIN.

    The portly gentleman hailed the passing cab. "Cabby," he said, "five shillings if you drive me to the station in less ...

    Article : 188 words
  23. HIS PRIVATE OPINION.

    "Ah," exclaimed the sentimental maid, as she sat on the moonlit balcony in blissful proximity to the man after her own heart, "how I ...

    Article : 58 words
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