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  2. Random Readings.

    Perhaps a gentleman is a rarer man than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his circle, men whose aims are generous ...

    Article : 155 words
  3. Wise and Otherwise.

    "How did you persuade your daughter to learn kitchen work?" "By calling it domestic science." "His heart is as black as his ...

    Article : 867 words
  4. For Young Folks.

    Bobby, a little London child, was staying in the country for the first time. One evening he was watching the farmer's wife plucking a chicken. ...

    Article : 60 words
  5. SOME NEVERS.

    Never leave home with unkind words. Never laugh at the misfortunes of others. Never give a promise that you do not ...

    Article : 90 words
  6. New, Odd & Interesting.

    Only 11 per cent. of flowers emit a perfume. Nearly 30 per cent. of all flowers are white. ...

    Article : 761 words
  7. IN SEARCH OF LADYBIRDS.

    The State of California has recently discovered the great value of the ladybird as a destroyer of the plant lice that kill the fruit buds. These ...

    Article : 219 words
  8. DANCING QUEENS.

    The King is not greatly addicted to dancing, and when he attends a ball his Majesty usually plays bridge during the early part of the evening ...

    Article : 228 words
  9. LITTLE GOLD FISH.

    It was a bright morning in the last week of April, and the Princess of Callow—whose real name was Matilda—the Princess Matilda—was walking in ...

    Article : 953 words
  10. FLOWERS IN JAPAN.

    The arrangement of flowers in Japan is not done haphazard, but is governed by rules. There are certain flowers that are used for festivals ...

    Article : 279 words
  11. ST. SWITHIN'S DAY.

    A writer in the "People's Friend" tells how St. Swithin's Day originated. Croker, he says, in his "Legends of Killarney," claims St. Swithin as an ...

    Article : 335 words
  12. SAILOR SUPERSTITIONS.

    Why doss a seafaring man—captain, cook or cabin boy—consider it unlucky to ship with a man who neglected to pay his laundry bill? ...

    Article : 772 words
  13. A HOZE NOZZLE HANDLE.

    A handle for a garden-hose nozzle is easily made of a piece of wire and the wooden part of a package carrier. The wire is bent to receive the hose ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 79 words
  14. A GOOD RECOVERY.

    The subject of "kissing before engagements for marriage" came up at a little party of half a dozen married couples. It turned out that not one of ...

    Article : 147 words
  15. FARMER OF SEAWEED.

    The inhabitants of the Isle of Grain and the neighboring parts of the east coast of Kent are asking for a "close season" for seaweed. They ...

    Article : 528 words
  16. ABOUT THE SPONGE.

    It is curious how exceedingly little is known of the life-history of some objects in common use among us, and of no article is this more true than of ...

    Article : 508 words
  17. BREATHING EXERCISES.

    Breathing exercises are of great value, most easily practised, and give excellent results. It is not necessary to have an elaborate system. The ...

    Article : 255 words
  18. PUZZLING.

    A banker who had lived for some time in China, in the course of a letter to friends at home, once wrote—"The things that puzzle and perplex ...

    Article : 166 words
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