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  2. Our Illustrations.

    We present this week three models of evening toilettes for little girls from 9 to 12 years. No. 1 is of ivory Liberty silk smocked in gold-coloured silk. The bodice has a square bib inserted in the front of ...

    Article : 536 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,253 words
  4. The Absurdity of Appearing "Correct."

    Seldom have men or women the faculty of grasping all the details of their own appearance; were the ability to do this less rare, we should not be amused or pained, as the case may be, by absurd ...

    Article : 316 words
  5. Sea-sickness: an Important Remedy.

    Dr. G. Yeates Hunter, retired Brigade-Surgeon, Bombay Army, writes to a contemporary:—As a retired officer of the Indian medical service, well acquainted with the action of "kreat," I can fully ...

    Article : 266 words
  6. Horrible Practical Joke.

    The Berlin papers tell the story of a most horrible "practical joke." The manager of the insurance office of the Grunen Weg had given a party in honour of the eighteenth birthday of his only ...

    Article : 266 words
  7. The Same Treatment.

    When an Arab widow has determined to marry she watts until the night before the bridal day, and then repairs to the grave of the dear departed, accompanied only by a donkey, which bears two goatskins full ...

    Article : 164 words
  8. Edelweiss.

    "He who aims at the highest, is as one who strives to pluck the Edelweiss." Upon the highest alpine peaks, Groweth a flower the climber seeks, ...

    Article : 313 words
  9. To Play Musical Whist.

    In these days, when it is the fashion to understand and study whist, it is interesting to know that as a novelty for a bazaar the game has been introduced as "Musical Whist with Living Cards." Four ...

    Article : 370 words
  10. Some Well-known Mottoes.

    Everybody is familiar with the motto "Dieu et mon droit," but very few know its origin—that it was the parole or password given by Richard Cœur de Lion to his army at the battle of Gisors in France. ...

    Article : 414 words
  11. Hints for the Married.

    The husband and wife should study each other's weak points, for the same reason that skaters look out for air-holes in the ice, in order to keep clear of them. Unfortunately, however, they often use their ...

    Article : 273 words
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