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  2. COMIC CUTTINGS

    Mrs. Subbubs: "I'm going to lot Bridget off for a couple of weeks." Mr. Stbbus: "What! Why, she's not entitled to a vacation." Mrs. Surbbubs; "No; but I ...

    Article : 714 words
  3. "Ideal Pirates" and Their Methods.

    "Why ever should I bother my brains about inventing entertainment material when I can always borrow it from others? True, those others ...

    Article : 1,215 words
  4. SPRAY THE NEW BABY.

    Employer: "Late again, John. Can't you manage to get here in time?" Employee: "I can't sleep o' nights, sir, and am apt to be late in the morning." ...

    Article : 67 words
  5. THE SKETCHER

    Flirting is by no means always the aimless pastime which it appears to be. Cynical persons may look upon it as a kind of madness, but, if it deserves that ...

    Article : 936 words
  6. The Navies of the World.

    In ten years the money devoted by the eight first-class Powers to naval munitions of war has, says "Engineering," almost doubled; to be precise, the ...

    Article : 760 words
  7. SHORT STORY

    Fire! Fire! Fire! A whole street ablaze with it, the heavens lit with it, the air scorching with it, bodies of men and women and children maimed, scarred, destroyed with ...

    Article : 2,561 words
  8. AWFUL SUDDEN.

    "If you'd your choice," he asked, "would you For health or wealth decide?" She puzzled looked a while, and then— ...

    Article : 58 words
  9. SYMPATHETIC.

    Mrs. Blows: "And what's the matter with my little Tommy?" Little Tommy: "Pup pup-puppa's tumtum-tumbled downstairs! Boo-hoo!" ...

    Article : 43 words
  10. VERY RICH.

    Johnny: "Mother, is father rich?" Mother: "Yes, very rich, Johnny. He's worth two millions and a-half." Johnny: "How, mother?" ...

    Article : 68 words
  11. DON'T WORRY.

    When things go contrary, as often they do. And fortune seems burdened with spite. Don't give way to grieving, all dismal and ...

    Article : 134 words
  12. THE RIVAL SINGERS.

    Two conceited amateurs, proud of their vocal abilities, having laid a wager between them which could sing the best, referred it to the decision of a friend. ...

    Article : 146 words
  13. SCIENCE AND MATRIMONY.

    He the (accepted one, enthusiastically discussing their projects for the future): "I think it would be a splendid idea, when we marry, to have the kitchen fitted ...

    Article : 81 words
  14. "SOON FIND HIM."

    At a concert given in —, the orchestra, which comprised a violin and violoncello, were not well up in reading from sight. A tenor, who had been engaged ...

    Article : 83 words
  15. Red Rain and Duststorms.

    In a recent issue, of "Nature," Professors T. E. Thorpe and P. Marshall, the latter of Otago University, New Zealand, contribute in separate papers some ...

    Article : 356 words
  16. Without a Comma.

    "I do wish you'd be prompter to your meals, Julius," complained Mrs. Junius, as her husband opened his napkin. "I'm quite put out with you." ...

    Article : 415 words
  17. THESE LATTER DAYS.

    "I think it's about time old people like me went to their last roasting-place," said Mrs. Muddiledde disgustedly; "the world seems all tipsy-turvey nowadays." ...

    Article : 102 words
  18. A COMPROMISE.

    The recent report of the death of Dr. Ludwig Mond, the distinguished chemist, which the living doctor "cannot understand," he being perfectly well, recalls ...

    Article : 120 words
  19. Life's Mirror.

    There are loyal hearts, there are spirits brave, There are souls that are pure and true; Then give to the world the best you have, ...

    Article : 168 words
  20. A Scotchman and His Sixpence.

    A Glasgow man's desire to have his money back at Egremont was so sincere that he took it by force, and in consequence spent some time in the custody ...

    Article : 256 words
  21. BASHFUL REGAN.

    Bashful Regan (after a long pause): "I'm a-thinking I shall go an' 'list for a sojer, Widow Skelly." "Faith, thin, it's a poor sojer you'll ...

    Article : 72 words
  22. THE CARE OF SOLES.

    Sir Francis Burnand was at one time with the Oblates of St. Charles at Bayswater when Manning was Superior and Vaughan was Novice-master. For a jest ...

    Article : 167 words
  23. Auchinleck.

    The village of Auchinleck, in Ayrshire, had some distinction in the first quarter of last century as a centre of the snuffbox-making industry. At a time when ...

    Article : 248 words
  24. Two Little Boys.

    A bad little boy, with a cross little face, Came slowly downstairs in the morning, Of fun or good nature he showed not a trace. ...

    Article : 201 words
  25. Lunatics' Costly Toys.

    A peculiar profession is that engaged in by a London gentleman whose select vocation is that of constructing toys to the order of wealthy madmen. One of ...

    Article : 233 words
  26. Old Remedies.

    Faith-healing is by no means the last of the beliefs in the cure of disease apart from medicinal or surgical aid. Some of the older notions on this point are still ...

    Article : 152 words
  27. TONING IT DOWN.

    One story, characteristic of Mr. Phil May's extreme and sometimes disquieting frankness concerning himself has recently been told. He was asked to a ...

    Article : 129 words
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