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  2. ACCEPTING A PROPOSAL.

    One of the most important occasions in a girl's life is when some brave, strong, rich and handsome young gentleman of an aristocratic family ...

    Article : 1,162 words
  3. LIFE'S KEYNOTE.

    The keynote is the note which dominates, controls, orders, sustains, unifies and harmonises a piece of music. Love has been called life's keynote, ...

    Article : 594 words
  4. AIRLESS BEDROOMS.

    The folly that lies in the modern house-building economy of omitting the chimney without substituting an adequate ventilating flue is the ...

    Article : 419 words
  5. SOME GOOD STORIES.

    An amusing story is current just now in racing circles concerning Steve Donoghue and an elderly lady who was travelling in the same railway ...

    Article : 146 words
  6. TUG-OF-WAR HOMES.

    "I'm always trying to make Johnny behave better—but it's no good when his dad only laughs and says it's his high spirits," a tired mother confided ...

    Article : 1,006 words
  7. THAT SIX O'CLOCK SMILE.

    Did you ever consider how you meet your wife or your husband of an evening? It never struck you as a matter of the slightest importance, did it? Yet ...

    Article : 640 words
  8. HOW TO BATHE.

    The curious old custom of using the sea to make oneself all wet still persists at most seaside resorts. One might almost say that it is not so much ...

    Article : 659 words
  9. HOPELESS.

    One of the best of many good stories told by Sir Philip Gibbs, well-known war correspondent, concerns an artist who was sent abroad by the editor of ...

    Article : 189 words
  10. TIME-TABLE TIME.

    The man in a hurry to catch his holiday train was worried by the station clocks. There was twenty minutes' difference between the one in the ...

    Article : 82 words
  11. TOO SMART.

    The professor of mathematics prepared to set out on a short journey on horseback. He was absent-minded, and while saddling the animal he was ...

    Article : 93 words
  12. SATISFIED.

    A short-sighted man who was also very inquisitive was walking in the country one day when he saw a notice nailed on a tree that stood in a field. ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. MAKING IT CLEAR.

    "You have heard what the last witness said," persisted counsel, "and yet your evidence is to the contrary. Am I to infer that you wish to throw ...

    Article : 73 words
  14. MISSING!

    It was the drawing lesson and the boys were supposed to bring some article—a hammer, a flower, a box, or a what-not to serve as a model. ...

    Article : 74 words
  15. VITAMINES AND FOOD.

    Our knowledge of the properties of food increases daily. The discovery of vitamines is the most important ever made in connection with diet. ...

    Article : 510 words
  16. THE DIPLOMAT.

    "Then you accept me, Angela? Oh, what happiness!" "Yes, but you must see father and mother, George." ...

    Article : 199 words
  17. THE RACEHORSE.

    From a schoolboy's essay on the racehorse:— "The racehorse is a noble animal used very cruel by gentlemen. Races ...

    Article : 70 words
  18. WAS HE A SCOT?

    A newly-appointed stage-manager decided to save expenditure wherever possible. Having discovered that two shillings ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. HE UNDERSTOOD.

    A young man fell in love with a girl who did not return his affection. After he had proposed to her several times she lost her temper and replied:— ...

    Article : 85 words
  20. HIS TAKINGS?

    Shortly after the theatre had opened its doors and admitted the playgoers, who had been listening to a succession of street entertainers, a young man ...

    Article : 76 words
  21. RAN NO RISKS.

    In the annual cricket match, Married v. Single, the single men could not get rid of their opponents' crack batsman, try as they would. ...

    Article : 104 words
  22. THE STICKER.

    An author was present at a gathering of artists, and during the evening he rose to make a speech. "Gentlemen," he said, "as this is an ...

    Article : 343 words
  23. A BRIGHT IDEA.

    A managerial position at a factory was about to become vacant and a number of employes were discussing the situation. ...

    Article : 283 words
  24. AN EASY WAY OUT.

    A Spanish writer, with an aversion to things English, tries to avoid acquaintances of that nationality. One day, however, he was stopped in the ...

    Article : 252 words
  25. MISUNDERSTOOD.

    One morning the chaplain was being shaved outside his tent by the regimental barber, who showed unmistakable signs that he was unnerved ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. MIND AND MATTER.

    "Hello, Dyson!" said Thompson "How's everything?" "Doing swimmingly, thanks, old chap. Couldn't be better. I was never ...

    Article : 149 words
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