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  2. Under the Shadow

    A man who had not paid his board bill for three weeks sat in the sittingroom of the "parlour floor" suite in a lodging-house in Elbury-street. ...

    Article : 4,850 words
  3. THE WOWL—A PEST WE ALL KNOW.

    Two-thirds of woe and half of howl Make up the pest that's called the Wowl. Its face, a dismal shade of green, ...

    Article : 401 words
  4. SOME GOOD STORIES.

    An amusing story is going the rounds just now concerning the Duchess of York. When staying at Balmoral for the ...

    Article : 869 words
  5. INDUSTRY MORE EFFICIENT.

    American industry has become more efficient during the past decade, says Magnus W. Alexander, of the National Industrial Conference Board, as ...

    Article : 195 words
  6. AN EXPENSIVE AUDIENCE.

    A candidate for Parliament who was giving his views one evening in a country town, found his audience small at the beginning, but it became ...

    Article : 160 words
  7. DIFFERENT NOW.

    Employer: "I am very suspicious of you men nowadays. You can't tell how they are going to turn out. Why, in six months they know a great deal ...

    Article : 85 words
  8. PLENTY OF TIME.

    A commercial traveller from the Midlands had been kept waiting in a village shop in Wales while the proprietor listened to the fervent ...

    Article : 212 words
  9. SOLVING THE PROBLEM.

    Hubbard was tired of the frequent changes of servants in his house, and he decided that he would settle the problem now and for all. ...

    Article : 114 words
  10. REASONABLE SPEED.

    Just a century ago, when George Stephenson was discussing with counsel for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Bill the question of speed, he ...

    Article : 98 words
  11. TAKEN AT HIS WORD.

    The junior partner had been on a visit to a distant branch office, and was giving his father a full account. "The manager there," he said, "is ...

    Article : 86 words
  12. WORRY BRINGS WRINKLES!

    The car was crowded and the conductor was irritable. "Where's the fare for the boy?" he snapped, as Mr. Cohen handed him a ...

    Article : 168 words
  13. A QUICK CHANGE.

    A man was going round the colliery village taking the names of the householders and ascertaining how many of a family dwelt in each house. At the ...

    Article : 124 words
  14. "WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS—"

    A Cockney tourist, finding that privileges seemed to be shown to Americans visiting a certain place of interest, decided to pose as a citizen of the ...

    Article : 115 words
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