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  2. SOME GOOD LAUGHS.

    Six sailors were stranded on a desert island. They were of three nationalities. When the sun rose the picture on the island was this:— ...

    Article : 1,068 words
  3. YOUR GIRL'S SWEETHEARTS.

    "My father will not let boys come to our house, so I meet them elsewhere and go with them to places of amusement. I hate to lie to my parents and ...

    Article : 556 words
  4. WIRELESS NOTES.

    The large amount of research work which has been carried out on the high-frequency resistance of tuning coils has produced some revolutionary ...

    Article : 1,164 words
  5. WOMAN'S WORLD.

    It is a mistake and false economy to dash off for a day's shopping and to buy a lot of unwanted articles because they are cheap, hoping they will "come ...

    Article : 273 words
  6. MOTHER'S BIG JOB.

    No complaint is more general—possibly no belief is more prevalent—than that a woman of intelligence wastes her energies and abilities in being a ...

    Article : 576 words
  7. MACHINE THAT "READS YOU."

    Extraordinary claims are made for a new instrument, the "diagnoscope," invented by a Berlin scientist. It is said to register mental ...

    Article : 196 words
  8. A PRIZE-WINNER.

    Mrs. Black was an ardent worker in the temperance society, which was to meet that afternoon. She dressed hurriedly and came downstairs panting. ...

    Article : 156 words
  9. BUSINESS FIRST.

    "Johnnie, come in to dinner!" Mrs. Slater stood at the door of her cottage, looking, towards a small boy who was fishing in a stream with a ...

    Article : 87 words
  10. Buying Second-hand Furniture.

    Now and again one will see in a second-hand shop "just the thing" in the way of a piece of furniture needed to complete a room. But before ...

    Article : 305 words
  11. THE WRONG BUS.

    Bus-conductors need to be patient souls at times. An old lady got into a bus, and took several minutes to settle herself ...

    Article : 91 words
  12. CONVINCING HIMSELF.

    Two backwoodsmen in Maine knocked at the door of a house at the edge of the forest. "Hello, Ed!" said one of them to the farmer who came to ...

    Article : 121 words
  13. JUST WHAT HE WANTED.

    When Thomas placed a rosy apple near the garden gate and then secreted, himself behind a hedge he thought he had done so unobserved. But he ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. MERELY MAKE-BELIEVE.

    Little Enid refused to eat a dish of rice pudding that was placed before her. "Eat your pudding, dear," her ...

    Article : 477 words
  15. AUNT MARIA SAYS—

    Pity Mrs. Iggins is so stout. She's deaf. you know, and you can't get close enough to give 'era chance to 'ear what you're saying. ...

    Article : 521 words
  16. THE REMAINDER.

    The following is a good example of "things children say." A passenger on a liner met one morning on the promenade deck two little girls who ...

    Article : 107 words
  17. DESPERATE MEASURES.

    Did you ever get up in a terrible hurry one morning, rush out without breakfast or even a shave, and then find the clock was fast, and you had ...

    Article : 155 words
  18. 'Ware Monotony!

    Don't let monotony kill the most delightful impulses in your life. Break the bonds of routine occasionally, and take the children for a bus ride or a ...

    Article : 356 words
  19. DRESSED FOR THE PART.

    He was awakened about two in the morning by his valet. "There's a burglar downstairs, sir," said the valet. ...

    Article : 376 words
  20. HE SUFFERED MOST.

    Josiah Binks, Justice of the Peace and adviser of the poor, was just retiring for the night when there came a frantic knocking at his front door. ...

    Article : 321 words
  21. Things Worth Knowing.

    When washing silk, estimate how much water will be required and allow one potato to every pint. Pare and grate the potato and place it in ...

    Article : 345 words
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