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  2. "TURANDOT."

    Before Puccini died in Brussels on November 29, 1924, it is reported, he said farewell to Turandot, in a letter written to Adami, one of the librettists of that opera. "Here ...

    Article : 1,374 words
  3. THE PRAYER BOOK.

    It's doubtful whether a more confused series of issues had ever been presented to the Commons as they crowded into the lobbies for their vote; and a good many of the thirty ...

    Article : 1,228 words
  4. AUGUST 4, 1914.

    "You are ordered abroad as a soldier of the King to help our French comrades against the invasion of a common enemy.... The operations in which you are engaged will, for ...

    Article : 1,161 words
  5. ROALD AMUNDSEN.

    Ro[?]ld Amundsen' was a grent man. He was a great man not merely because of his achievements in Arctic exploration, because he conquered the North-west Passage, reached the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. A FATEFUL MOMENT IN PUCCINI'S OPERA "TURANDOT."

    The Princess, in the centre of the staircase, is shown propounding the three famous enigmas, addressed to all her suitors. Prince Calaf, who at the moment of the photograph has replied successfully to the first of these questions, is standing to the right, near the foot of the staircase. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 69 words
  7. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    In Slumberland the streets are wide, And misty gold from side to side. The soft voiced people, happy faced. Have never known the need of haste. ...

    Article : 113 words
  8. THE CONTEMPTIBLES.

    There had been so many scares of European war, all of which faded away, that the British public did not at first pny serious attention to the happenings of July, 1914; ...

    Article : 874 words
  9. PETER PAN.

    May I add just a memory to that delightful article in to-day's "Herald," "Peter Pan, Sir George Frampton Gone," by T.B.? Three years ago I had an introduction to Sir George ...

    Article : 518 words
  10. SANDY.

    One bright moonlight night I was walking home, when I saw a little half-starved kitten making its way across the road. When I got close up, it mewed. I said: "Good-night; you're ...

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  11. THE SUGARPLUM.

    The rain is pouring on the town. And running rivers down the street; And boys are splashing up and down The gutters, with their hare brown feet. ...

    Article : 109 words
  12. THE DANCING LESSON.

    The day was sultry, humid, warm. The clouds seemed earthward stooping; The leaves in silent fear of storm Their heads were lower drooping. ...

    Article : 146 words
  13. GREAT BARRIER REEF

    The following extracts from the journal of Sir Joseph Banks, who was with Captain Cook when the Great Barrier Reef of the east coast of Australia, was discovered in 1770, may ...

    Article : 572 words
  14. UPSIDE DOWN.

    It's quite true, as the grown-ups say, That wonders never cense! For I am eight, and Peggy's two, And I am Peggy's niece! ...

    Article : 76 words
  15. THE FALDOODLES.

    One evening when all the Faldoodle family were at home listening to the wireless. Ma said to Fen[?], "Tune int the drawingroom." ...

    Article : 423 words
  16. FROM DAWN TO EVE.

    The eastern sky was flushed with pink. The dew lay wet upon the lawn. The magpie carollod in the tree, And it was dawn. ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. OLD ST. MATTHEW'S.

    I was amongst the fortunate ones who succeeded in gaining entrance to the last se[?] vice in Old St. Matthew's, Manly, last Sunday evening. ...

    Article : 236 words
  18. THE BRITISH STRIKING FORCE.

    O little mighty force that stood for England; That, with your bodies for a living sheild, Guarded her slow awaking, that defied. The sudden challenge of tremendous odds, ...

    Article : 174 words
  19. A MOB OF ALL BLACKS.

    This morning there passed along the stock route between paddocks of sun-bleached grass, a mixed mob of black cattle. There were calves of various ages, and most of ...

    Article : 189 words
  20. A BOON.

    We who were young, with laughter and with song, Went forth upon the road that led to France. ...

    Article : 110 words
  21. THE OLD SEA CAPTAIN.

    He is the last of all men, living, Who sailed the coast in 'sixty-three; Now, in a room with window giving On his one ancient friend, the sea. ...

    Article : 113 words
  22. THE GIFT.

    My friend I have a gift for you, Of violets wet with early dew; Over these flowers, so sweet and fair, There blossomed the start of a friendship rare. ...

    Article : 65 words
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