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  2. THE PENALTIES OF PATERNITY.

    When recently I became a proud father for the first time it was but natural that I should wish to proclaim the fact to the world; and with this ...

    Article : 925 words
  3. WOMAN'S WORLD.

    The American "Ladies' Home Journal" writes upon the lack of discrimination in girls' dress and points out how American girls often follow the ...

    Article : 1,466 words
  4. CHAMPION AXEMEN.

    It was a sad day for the big trees of Curzon Park when Les McIntosh and "Jock" McCarthy (the champion axemen of N.S.W. and Victoria ...

    Article : 655 words
  5. LIVING FOSSILS.

    When the first specimen or a platypus was taken from Australia to London many naturalists believed that some practical joker had made the ...

    Article : 793 words
  6. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    Mrs. Smith: "When did you first become acquainted with your husband?" Mrs. Brown: "When I first asked him for money." ...

    Article : 27 words
  7. Wise Boss.

    Employer (to clerk): "If that bore, Smithers, comes in, tell him I'm out— and don't be working or he'll know you're lying." ...

    Article : 26 words
  8. Commerce.

    A certain regiment at the front never seemed to be able to get any prisoners, so at last one of the men volunteered to nab some if he was allowed to go out ...

    Article : 152 words
  9. A New Kind of Kiss.

    Brown: "I gave my wife a rainbow kiss when I left home this morning." Jones: "What in the world is a rainbow kiss?" ...

    Article : 35 words
  10. The Brave Constable.

    Inquisitive Stranger (to constable): "I understand the measles broke out here recently?" Constable (proudly): "Yes, but our ...

    Article : 27 words
  11. A New Trumpet.

    Smart Youth (with calabash pipe): "Here, what do all you kids want?" One of the Kids: "Please, sir, we're waiting to hear the music." ...

    Article : 29 words
  12. Encouragement.

    Father.: "Has your young man given, you any encouragement?" Daughter: "Oh! yes, dad. He asked me last night if you and mother were ...

    Article : 29 words
  13. Appropriate.

    Hobson: "The bride's name was Gratia, but the local paper printed it Gratis." Greene: "Well, she was given away, ...

    Article : 27 words
  14. Proof.

    "I wonder if there were any poets among the antediluvians?" queried the long-haired visitor. "Undoubtedly," rejoined the weary ...

    Article : 30 words
  15. What Stopped Him.

    First Tramp: "Once I was in a fair way ter becomin' a millionaire, but a labor-savin' device ruined me." Second Tramp: "How was that?" ...

    Article : 48 words
  16. Then Willie Got It.

    Willie: "Say, grandpa, will you make a noise like a frog?" Grandpa: "What for, my boy?" Willie: "Why, cos pa says we'll ...

    Article : 32 words
  17. Couldn't Help It.

    A professor, whilst examining the students, objected to a candidate who was a native of Ceylon, on the ground of faulty spelling. ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. NAPOLEON OF CROOKS.

    There is a small but exceedingly clever detective force entirely unconnected with the police, which is waging perpetual warfare against a gang of ...

    Article : 741 words
  19. Rather Puzzling.

    The missionary was lecturing on his travels. "Yes, my friends," he said, "there are vast primeval forests in Africa, ...

    Article : 35 words
  20. A Business Mode.

    "Who is that benevolent gentleman giving marbles to boys?" "He is a tailor." "I suppose he gives them to lads ...

    Article : 51 words
  21. Burying the Hatchet.

    "By the way, George, what shall we get Mabel for a wedding present? She gave us that plush upholstered chair that's in the attic, you know." ...

    Article : 45 words
  22. Moving Targets.

    The Scottish bagpipe players were breaking the atmosphere into thousands of fragments with their instruments. "Why do those pipers keep walking ...

    Article : 48 words
  23. The Lead Swinger.

    Wife to Husband: "The man Ethel and I saw at the circus last night supported his wife and two children on one arm." ...

    Article : 52 words
  24. A Self Starter.

    Merchant (interviewing applicant for position of traveller): "Do you really feel you could sell my goods?" Applicant: "Sure. Anything from a ...

    Article : 56 words
  25. Disgraceful.

    Mrs. Brown: "My husband is a perfect brute." Mrs. Jones: "You amaze me!" Mrs. Brown: "Yes, he is. Since the ...

    Article : 55 words
  26. Attention.

    A reckless golfer had just hit one of the ladies. "Why didn't you warn her you were going to drive?" somebody asked. ...

    Article : 54 words
  27. Luck.

    Mrs. Riley: "Do yez remember the talk about signs an superstitions the other night?" Mrs. Brannagan, "Oi do. Have yez ...

    Article : 72 words
  28. HINTS FOR YOUR HOME.

    Do not rub silk while washing it. Knead it in warm, soap water. Strong soap hardens and shrinks woollens and causes colored materials ...

    Article : 346 words
  29. A Promise.

    Tommy, sam grandmamma kindly, "what would you like Santa Claus to bring you to-morrow?" The small boy grinned sheepishly. ...

    Article : 53 words
  30. Auld Acquaintance.

    The constable was very young, and had just arrived in a certain Scotch town. In the course of duty he found it ...

    Article : 417 words
  31. Up-to-Date.

    The master of the house heard a violent ringing and knocking at bis door in the middle of the night. He came down, shivering and with his teeth ...

    Article : 73 words
  32. George's Bombshell.

    "Until I met you, Matilda," he murmured, in a voice husky with emotion, "I believed that all women were deceitful, but when I look into your clear, ...

    Article : 112 words
  33. Didn't Want One.

    "I have here," said the pedlar on the doorstep, "a patent mechanical dishwasher, the greatest invention of the age. It relieves the housewife of ...

    Article : 77 words
  34. Her Consolation.

    An excited, middle-aged lady bounced into the local police station the other day and accosted the inspector on duty. "Where's my Jim?" she demanded. ...

    Article : 201 words
  35. A Woman's Drink.

    A little two-year-old girl was sent to her grandmamma's on the' advent of a new little sister. She had always been called "Baby." ...

    Article : 216 words
  36. When He Comes In.

    A small boy was surrounded by his friends and was asked the following Questions by his auntie:— Auntie: "Whom do you love best?" ...

    Article : 66 words
  37. "A Public House."

    Jock M'Kay be of the rubicund nasal appendage, tendered half-a-crown in payment of an ounce of tobacco. The shopman rattled the coin on the ...

    Article : 75 words
  38. Eligible for the Job.

    The animal trainer having been taken suddenly ill, his wife reported for duty in his stead. "Have you ever had an experience ...

    Article : 71 words
  39. Buried.

    "What about that New Year resolution of yours?" asked Smith, "the one about never going to quarrel again with your neighbors about their dog, which ...

    Article : 67 words
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