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  2. From Various Sources.

    So many funds nowadays. And now they've started another one. It's to purchase umbrellas for politicians to get in out of the wet. ...

    Article : 464 words
  3. Surrounded by War.

    All neutral countries have learned what it is to be neutral, but Switzerland's is a notably, hard case. No State has felt the unforeseen ...

    Article : 1,000 words
  4. Confessions of a Censor.

    One of the oddest things about censoring is the easy way in which one takes to reading other people's private correspondence. Shades of the ...

    Article : 723 words
  5. Flying Machines.

    The smoke of war, says a writer in the "Weekly Scotsman," assuredly hides marvellous progress in the manbird way. For these aerial engines ...

    Article : 1,137 words
  6. Moving Pictures

    Even the "movies" have gone to war! The value of the cinematograph in military tactics has developed until, in these later stages of the ...

    Article : 909 words
  7. France Must Rebuild 3000 of Her Ruined Cities.

    France has made preparations for the reconstruction of the towns and villages of the north-east, almost 3000 in number, destroyed or seriously ...

    Article : 502 words
  8. Generous Indian Princes

    In contradistinction of the many reports of the disloyalty of India to the British Government, the Government of India at Delhi has issued a ...

    Article : 994 words
  9. DAINTY.

    Blobbs: What a dainty little handkerchief she carries. It looks like a cobweb. Slobs: Yes, a thing like that isn't ...

    Article : 71 words
  10. THERE'S NOTHING AT ALL IN THE PAPERS TO-DAY.

    Only a list of our wounded and outed; Russia's advance and a push on the West; Italy busy; the Austrians routed; ...

    Article : 114 words
  11. WOULD HELP SOME.

    "What—er—what sort of a part has she in your show? Do you think she'll please the audience?" he queried anxiously. ...

    Article : 262 words
  12. THAT FIRST DAY OFF TO SCHOOL.

    His mother gave his hair a pat and put his hat on straight And tucked his satchel in his arm and said to hold it tight. ...

    Article : 395 words
  13. Stranger Than Fiction.

    All exercise at Diamond Creek State School on Friday afternoons is to write letters to soldiers. One little fellow, after writing his letter on July 19, ...

    Article : 296 words
  14. THE LITTLE VILLAGE.

    Its peasants live drowsily; its children play; its women spin in the shade of the trees. The little village is happy in its ...

    Article : 306 words
  15. Champagne in Stone Bottles.

    A novel idea was introduced at a Melbourne cafe shortly after the new closing Act became law. Champagne was served in ginger-beer bottles and ...

    Article : 132 words
  16. Suspense.

    Once an American army nurse who had returned from Cuba to Washington declared that never again, would she go to a country whose language ...

    Article : 229 words
  17. Effect of the War on Newspapers.

    The European war has had the effect of killing off a few newspapers in the British Isles, but the great majority of the publications continue to ...

    Article : 140 words
  18. Taken from the Mails.

    The most interesting museum in the world is closed to the general public. It is the museum of the censor, where various attempts to get past the ...

    Article : 236 words
  19. Usually Trouble.

    One of the best stories of regimental life told by a well-known British general concerns a certain "Tommy" who was more noted for his wit than ...

    Article : 237 words
  20. USED SCIENCE TO STOP WIFE'S TALK.

    Some men ask for divorces when their wives tare talking too much. Some of them have been known to administer beatings. Leave it to John ...

    Article : 182 words
  21. Nearly Hopeless.

    A doctor came up to a patient in an insane asylum, slapped him on the back, and said: "Well, old man, you're all right. You can run along ...

    Article : 180 words
  22. WRONG FONT.

    "She married a printer. Now she wants a divorce." "Ah. I see—she made a typographical error!" ...

    Article : 222 words
  23. Just What He Expected.

    It was an exceedingly hot day, when the tight-waisted young woman dropped her shop-bag and fainted on the pavement. ...

    Article : 128 words
  24. Then the Trouble Came.

    In shutting down the lid of his wife's big trunk, locking it, and tying it up securely with ropes and leather straps for the purpose of ...

    Article : 105 words
  25. Cure For Love.

    "I remember once," the silent man said, "hearing two very ordinary men discuss love in a smoking compartment. ...

    Article : 66 words
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