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  2. Short Story.

    When Robert Kester's wife died at the age of 65, leaving a tolerably good-leaking widower some twenty years her Junior, everybody said that as he had ...

    Article : 1,620 words
  3. Blow They Made Up.

    He was a very nice-looking young man, but he appeared nervous, and all the clerks in the office looked at him curiously when he rushed in and asked ...

    Article : 323 words
  4. Raiment.

    The most difficult age to dress is the domi-season of life, whether it be spring or autumn. With girls this is most particularly difficult; they may be too ...

    Article : 641 words
  5. The Sketcher.

    The Marcheasa Capranica del Grillo, alias Adelaide Ristori, has had the honour of being invited to a grand dinner given recently by Queen Isabella ...

    Article : 1,400 words
  6. Spray.

    "Isn't this perfectly delightful?" she asked as they sat on the sofa with their arms intertwined, and the brilliantine on his moustache not very far from the ...

    Article : 94 words
  7. A Dog's Status.

    The Berlin courts have just decided an interesting question relating to the status of dogs. A cabman having demanded 25 fennigs from one of his ...

    Article : 172 words
  8. Mr. Gladstone on Immortality.

    The January issue of the "North American Review" has the first of a series of articles from the pen of Mr. Gladstone on "The Future Life and the ...

    Article : 976 words
  9. They Got Off.

    The writer boarded a 'bus the other day, but it was already full, the majority of the occupants being ladies. "It's all right, sir," the conductor ...

    Article : 265 words
  10. An Attentive Waiter.

    Guest : Got any good roast beef ? Waiter : Yes, sir. Guest: Bring me one of your best cuts. I want it tender, juicy, not too well done, ...

    Article : 73 words
  11. The Queen and the Lord Mayor.

    "Success" tells the following curious story:—"It will be known to very few that her Majesty took the initiative in the settlement of the great London dock ...

    Article : 208 words
  12. Tennyson and the Critic.

    A writer of the critical kind once assured Tennyson that he could always tell what lines wrote themselves from pure inspiration, and what others had ...

    Article : 65 words
  13. A Whist Joke.

    Dr. Jones, better known to scientific whist-players as "Cavendish," had a Curious adventure during his trip across the Atlantic (says "Success"). On board ...

    Article : 178 words
  14. Like a Ghost.

    Sir Henry Irving has frequently been the victim of ludicrous mistakes on the part of his fellow-actors. On one occasion, during the run of "Hamlet," a ...

    Article : 208 words
  15. A Dutch Cow Byre.

    We were ushered straight into the byre, one end of which was the farm kitchen, where, round a glowing fire in a dark chimney recess, several people ...

    Article : 230 words
  16. Pearls as Big as Filberts.

    Casual mention has been made of the beautiful pearls which Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt gave her daughter, Miss Consuelo, when she became Duchess of ...

    Article : 273 words
  17. Belt Buckles.

    Belt buckles are becoming more and more a feature of the feminine costume, and have become real jewels, voluminous, sparkling, and startling. Ladies ...

    Article : 91 words
  18. Illuminating Power.

    A means of increasing the illuminating power of gas about fifteen times is claimed by M. Denayrouze, a French physicist. A spherical metallic body and ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. Impromptu Weddings.

    A few years ago, when an emigrant steamer reached New York, a young English woman was alone, and in doubt, having missed her friends. An ...

    Article : 499 words
  20. An Electric Meating Pad.

    The fact that asbestos plays a remarkably useful part in electrical work is not generally recognised. For purposes of insulation this unique material meets the ...

    Article : 269 words
  21. Mrs. Hemans.

    Mr. Mackenzie Bell has addressed the following letter to the "Liverpool Mercury":—"Today (25th September) is the 102nd anniversary of the birth of Mrs. ...

    Article : 144 words
  22. Ladies' Fashions.

    The woman question just now is, What shall I wear? The fashion editor of "Tld-Bits" says that the new fall bonnets will be ...

    Article : 342 words
  23. Books and Weather.

    The connection between the tempetarure and the sale of books is not very apparent to the ordinary man. It has been reserved for one of the largest Paris ...

    Article : 217 words
  24. All Unpleasant Trade.

    Only one man is known to the writer as carrying on the most unpleasant trade in the world. He lives in a squalid street near Limehouse, and a dirty card in the ...

    Article : 199 words
  25. Socialism in Austria.

    Adele Popp-Dvorzak, the lady Socialist leader of Vienna, was tried before a jury there recently for an article on marriage and property which she published in her ...

    Article : 150 words
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