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  4. Can You Translate London "English"?

    Familiarity has so accustomed us to the cockney's colloquiallisms, contraction, and that [?]pid pronunciation which suggests that half the words have been ...

    Article : 522 words
  5. Spray.

    A troop of yeomanry were passing through a certain town on their way to drill, and two street arabs were playing, in the gutter. One of them looking up ...

    Article : 97 words
  6. The Table.

    To every dozen pears add the rind of a lemon, cut thin, and half the Juice, also a small stick of cinnamon, and a little ginger. ...

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  7. The Home.

    Some people seem to possess the idea that gratitude is only called for where some special attention is shown, where the courtesy is one of magnitude. We ...

    Article : 150 words
  8. Comic Cuttings.

    Men of "Mettle"—Millionaires. "I shall cut him dead," as the butcher replied when some one inquired what he was going to do with her calf. ...

    Article : 938 words
  9. Short Story.

    I pride myself that I have very few enemies, and that I only know personally one of them. And it wasn't altogether my fault that he was my ...

    Article : 2,190 words
  10. Sponge Cake Pudding.

    Split two sponge cakes into three slices, spread with raspberry jam, put those together again, and place in a p[?]dish. Beat an egg with sugar to taste ...

    Article : 63 words
  11. Bottled Teari.

    The Persians still adhere to the old custom of bottling tears. In that country it constitutes an important part in the funeral ceremonies performed over ...

    Article : 99 words
  12. Soda Scones.

    Take half-teaspoonful soda (bi-car), one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half-teaspoonful salt, and one cup cream or milk. Put into a large bowl the cream ...

    Article : 127 words
  13. All Offer of Marriage.

    Where a girl receives an offer of marriage by letter she should answer it without delay. A short concise reply is all that is required, which should not ...

    Article : 107 words
  14. The Yellow Jacket.

    The Chinese decoration of the Yellow Jacket was first instituted during the present dynasty for award to princes, statesmen, and famous generals, the ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. Boston Baked Beans.

    Pick over and wash the beans, and soak them overnight; in the morning parboil them, then put them into a bean pot, or any small-necked earthen jar ...

    Article : 125 words
  16. A Novel Mirror.

    One, of the latest of fashion novelties for ladies is a small but perfect mirror, fitted neatly into the palm of a glove. The bearer of it can survey her bonnet ...

    Article : 275 words
  17. Christening Gifts.

    Gifts to infants at their christening are of ancient origin. Formerly the sponsors generally offered gift spoons to the child. These spoons were called apostle ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. Ginger Ber Powders.

    A wholesome and effervescing drink may be quickly made from the following directions:—Two drachms of white sugar, five grains of powdered ginger, and ...

    Article : 64 words
  19. Coffee Cream.

    Soak half-an-ounce of gelatine in cold water sufficient to cover it, for half-an-hour then place it over boiling water, add one tablespoonful of coffee extract ...

    Article : 79 words
  20. Fame.

    "Who is that little man talking to all those people crowding about him ? He's been attracting no end of attention to-night" ...

    Article : 86 words
  21. Women Whom Men Like.

    The woman whom men like as a friend is a woman who never dreams of complaining to them of trifles ; she keeps her troubles to herself, and has ...

    Article : 92 words
  22. An Inexpensive Sponge Cake.

    This recipe is made without eggs, and is certainly about the least extravagant you can have. Take one cupful of sugar, one of milk, two of flour, and two ...

    Article : 48 words
  23. Paderewskl's Teacher.

    Since Paderewskl's advent, Leschetitsky, his teacher, has been overrun with pupils; but no offer, however, tempting, will lure him from his beloved Vienna. ...

    Article : 94 words
  24. The Summer Arm.

    As oft as the summer comes around, I view with much alarm A certain mystic malady, That settles in my arm ...

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  25. In an Electric-light Bath.

    An electric-light bath is now proposed to take the place of the steamroom of the Turkish und Russian bath establishments, and if the hopes of the ...

    Article : 602 words
  26. Work After Marriage.

    The other day (says a correspondent of the "Weekly Scotsman") I lighted upon a letter on this subject, written by a young woman who is about to be ...

    Article : 256 words
  27. Baroness Bardett-Coutts.

    The charities of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts have been colossal ever since her twenty-third year, when, in company with Dickens, she visited some of the ...

    Article : 123 words
  28. They Eloped Safely.

    "Come," said the hero; "let us fly." Looping the train of her white satin dress over her arm the heroine hastened with him. The lights of the great city ...

    Article : 172 words
  29. Breeches O'Brien.

    Mr. O'Brien has no longing to return to the House of Commons. Give him in preference to it his cottage in the wild heart of Mayo, where the daffodils ...

    Article : 113 words
  30. Throwing Away Money.

    It is inconceivable what a deal of money is thrown away by young people in what are called "trifling sums"—in shillings, sixpences, threepences, and ...

    Article : 251 words
  31. For Company's Sake.

    He was a very young man; single of mind and heart, and many miles away from home and friends. He had a room in one of those big tenement houses so ...

    Article : 419 words
  32. My Barometer.

    My delicate barometer! From warm to cold she ranges. And I am duty warned by her Of coining weather changes. ...

    Article : 152 words
  33. A Bond of Sympathy.

    They were discussing profound subject with the cynicism that only youth can develop. "I have given the subject serious ...

    Article : 204 words
  34. Street Musicians.

    Mr. J. Cuthbert Hadden writes on street musicians in the current issue of the "Nineteenth Century." He gives a very remarkable account of the ...

    Article : 105 words
  35. A Matter of Taste.

    Lecturing recently on "Great Orators and Preachers I Have Known." Dr. Rogers found occasion to tell some very amusing anecdotes belonging to the ...

    Article : 169 words
  36. Fickle Fashion.

    The wasp waist is no longer to be in vogue. In future the desire will be to emulate the outline of the Venus de Milo, with her waist of generous ...

    Article : 150 words
  37. An "Umbrella."

    "Cassell's Saturday Journal" describes a burglar's "umbrella" thus:—Among a collection of articles that were used by burglars when engaged in their calling ...

    Article : 191 words
  38. They Go Somewhere.

    Pianos seem to disappear from the world almost aa mysteriously as pins; perhaps considering their size, the fact that the streets are not blocked with ...

    Article : 171 words
  39. Slept in the Hen-coop.

    "Papa, is Mrs. Bigelow very poor?" "No, Cedric Mrs. Bigelow is well off; don't you known what a nice house she has?" "But she sleeps in the hen-coop ...

    Article : 86 words
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