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  2. THAT DUD ENGINE.

    When we had nearly finished the work of reconnaissance over enemy territory our engine went dud. Instead of a rhythmic and continuous ...

    Article : 1,531 words
  3. "ALL FARES, PLEASE!"

    Why did I become a conductorette? Because before the war I had a sort of personal grudge against all 'bus conductors. ...

    Article : 668 words
  4. "SEED-POWER."

    Never before have seeds been be scarce. It behoves us all, therefore, to take very special care this season to sow our seeds as sparingly as we ...

    Article : 340 words
  5. A COMB-OUT REQUIRED.

    A curious state of affairs exists on one of the Chinese railways. On the Peking-Hangkow line there are no signals, and as only one express ...

    Article : 315 words
  6. UNCLE SAM'S SAYINGS.

    "In most happy homes you'll find that the well-behaved child is the one that's asleep."—" Binghamton Press." ...

    Article : 256 words
  7. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    An intensely bashful young man was driving one evening with a young lady whom he had been previously colling on for some time. ...

    Article : 232 words
  8. STILL IN THE FAMILY.

    The scene was the golf links and the parson and the doctor were having a friendly match—at least, the match had been friendly till the ...

    Article : 133 words
  9. GIRLS WHO WON'T WED.

    The tables are turned. From badgering our comfort-loving, selfish bachelors, we attack, the bacholorwomnn. It is a fact that, at the ...

    Article : 716 words
  10. FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS. PENCILS FROM JAPAN.

    An unthought-of result of the war has been the creation of a lead-pencil industry in Japan. In 1911 Japan imported 65,000,000 ...

    Article : 141 words
  11. WHAT A WAR ALLOTMENT IS WORTH.

    A war allotment usually consists of 10 rods or poles of land, equal to 300 square yards. If the potato is planted in rows two feet apart, and ...

    Article : 731 words
  12. SHRINKING TO ORDER.

    "Mein fader," asked John Simpson (otherwise Ja[?] Schlosky, junior), of the second-hand clothes emporium, "a shentleman wants to know if dot ...

    Article : 358 words
  13. SOLDIERS OF THE SNOWS.

    Sir William Robertson has described the Italian Alpini as "the most amazing soldiers in the world." These mountain fighters have ...

    Article : 411 words
  14. JELLICOE OF SCAPA.

    The name by which Viscount Jellicoo has chesen to be known has puz[?]led more than a few of us. What does "Scapa" mean? Is it a place ...

    Article : 159 words
  15. SHELLS AS MESSENGERS.

    For some time past the Germans have been making use of a special "message" shell both for liaison work within their lines and for ...

    Article : 149 words
  16. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    A cinema has been secured for use in the camps surrounding Jerusalem. There are 21[?] million pounds worth of £1 nnd 10/ notes in circulation. ...

    Article : 335 words
  17. WHAT IGNORANCE!

    The next time Johnnie Cocksure is telling you all the things he knows, cut him short and tell him some of the things he doesn't know. Say to ...

    Article : 235 words
  18. MAKES ARTIFICIAL FLIES.

    The title of world's champion artificial fly maker is proudly claimed for Miss Alice Sherwin Coleman, of New York, who for more than a ...

    Article : 215 words
  19. A JOKE WHICH FAILED.

    On one of the "varnishing days," as they are called, when artists give finishing touches to their paintings at the Academy, Landseer once cut a ...

    Article : 80 words
  20. HIS CREDITORS.

    "My father objects to you because he says that you are unable to meet your creditors! Is that true, Algy?" "No, dear, 'pon my honour," ...

    Article : 44 words
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