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  2. JOKELETS.

    "Wanted, plain family's wash."—Advt. in Southport paper.—"Punch." She: "Will you have anything to follow that, m'sieur?" Customer: "Yes. ...

    Article : 624 words
  3. SPRAY.

    A certain barrister, who was [?] his meanness, had a small farm, which he ran partly as a hobby and partly for profit. He was anxious to be on friendly ...

    Article : 1,309 words
  4. FACTS & FANCIES.

    "The reason why stamp-collecting has such a fascination for the genuine collector," said a well-known stamp-dealer, "is because he knows that at any moment ...

    Article : 260 words
  5. THE SKETCHER.

    Few people have any idea of the cost of "running" a modern first-class hospital. At the London, in Whitechapel, for instance, there was expended in 1903 for ...

    Article : 861 words
  6. THE TALE FOR TO-DAY.

    Deborah Millick was a widow who took life soberly. Her late husband, on the other hand, had expended a good deal of his substance on joviality. Dying, he had ...

    Article : 3,101 words
  7. WITH HIS OWN PETARD.

    A mischievous young fellow at a restaurant amused himself by lighting the brandy he was drinking with this coffee, and dropping into the spoonful of flaming ...

    Article : 226 words
  8. WHAT INVALIDS HAVE DONE.

    That bodily infirmity as not necessarily an excuse for lack of success in life is amply proved in history. Green wrote his famous work, "The Making of England," ...

    Article : 182 words
  9. BABY OFFICERS.

    Of baby officers of from 1 to 5 years there have been several. In 1684 the twelve months old son of the famous Colonel Piercy Kirke, of "Kirke's Lambs." ...

    Article : 680 words
  10. AUTHORS' FIRST CHEQUES.

    Large as the sums are which the successful novelist now makes, no cheque probably gives him half so much genuine pleasure as did the receipt of his very first ...

    Article : 184 words
  11. DON'TS FOR WORKING GIRLS.

    Don't expect drawing-room courtesies in the workroom or office. Don't expect too many favours. The average employer is ready to sometimes ...

    Article : 172 words
  12. WEATHER AFFECTS CHARACTER.

    Is there any connection between weather and crime? "Most certainly," was the verdict of an authority on such matters. "And not ...

    Article : 204 words
  13. STONE-BREAKING AS AN ART.

    Those who have watched stone-breakers at work on the roadside must have been struck with the hardness of the task and its monotony, and those of the ...

    Article : 208 words
  14. FOR TALL AND SHORT GIRLS.

    One of the chief causes why so many women fail to look their best is the well-known attraction people have towards their opposites. ...

    Article : 138 words
  15. FOR THE PUBLIC EAR.

    Stoical and undemonstrative as the Chinaman appears, he is when roused capable of outdoing the proverbial fish porter in the matter of abuse. ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. DISEASES WORTH HAVING.

    The medical profession includes many enterprising men—doctors who are always anxious to investigate any symptoms of a new disease and to actually pay for the ...

    Article : 152 words
  17. MIMICS AMONG BIRDS.

    "The roar of the ostrich resembles the roar of the lion, because the ostrich stole this sound from the lion." An ornithologist made this statement ...

    Article : 170 words
  18. LOVE CURES INSANITY.

    While love has been stigmatised as a sort of malady, there are not wanting evidences that it has in some cases an absolutely curative effect. ...

    Article : 152 words
  19. SUPERSEDING BOOKS.

    A remarkable new experiment in educating children is being tried in a certain school, where books and slates have to a large extent been superseded by models ...

    Article : 127 words
  20. DIPLOMATIC.

    "Poor, dear Llewellyn—"The caressing way in which she pronounced the name made it sound like a beautiful chord of music. "—is such a bad writer! ...

    Article : 111 words
  21. THE KING'S PIGEONS.

    Everyone knows that a large number of wild pigeons live in and about the trees in St. James's Park, but every one does not know where they came from. It was the ...

    Article : 106 words
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