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  2. VIOLET LISLE.

    The afternoon after his interview with Violet the Earl of Granthorpe told her that he was called to London on important business, asking, at the same time, ...

    Article : 1,651 words
  3. WHY THE LEAVES FALL.

    It appears that the process of the fall of the leaf is one of natural severing of the attachment between the leaf-stalk and the twig. This is the fact, but it is ...

    Article : 446 words
  4. WIT AND HUMOUR. UPSIDE DOWN.

    "What is the matter with you people, anyhow?" said an irate merchant as he rushed into the counting-room of a newspaper office. ...

    Article : 140 words
  5. WOMAN'S WORLD. A HUSBAND'S LOVE.

    Some men seem to think that their duty to their wives ends with a bountiful supply for the table and the wardrobe; but what they crave most, and should ...

    Article : 151 words
  6. INFLUENCE OF GOOD WOMEN.

    There is nothing of such value to young men—yes, and to old men, too—as the chastening and powerful influence for good which women bring into their lives. ...

    Article : 196 words
  7. WHAT IS A LADY?

    A lady is simply the highest type of woman. She will be gentle and modest, mistress of temper and curiosity. She will know and honour her own place in ...

    Article : 127 words
  8. AN AMERICAN DUEL.

    The late James Payn was very fond of telling about what he called an American duel, wherein two duellists, with one second, met within doors and drew lots to ...

    Article : 121 words
  9. A LITTLE HINT TO WIVES.

    Good husbands cannot be spoiled by petting. Bad ones will not be made worse by the process. They may be made better. One and all, they like it. Not ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. OUR CHILDREN'S READING.

    It must not be forgotten that the child's mental life is an imaginative one; that imagination must be fed. It is best fed by books which enter into the ...

    Article : 206 words
  11. SCOTT AND THE BEGGAR.

    A Scotchman living in San Francisco tells this story of Irish wit in a paper of that city: As Sir Walter Scott was riding with a ...

    Article : 558 words
  12. CHAPTER XXXVII.

    The Earl of Granthorpe was better than his expectation in the matter of returning home, though, as he had said to Lady Westall on leaving her, he was ...

    Article : 3,301 words
  13. WHOLESOME NEGLECT.

    A great Swedish statesman once said that the world is governed too much. Whether true or not of nations, it is certainly true, in many cases, of children. ...

    Article : 259 words
  14. BEING "FRANK [?]

    Whenever people boast of being "frank," we always feel inclined to shudder. We know by experience that they mean they have taken upon themselves ...

    Article : 279 words
  15. A QUEER MARRIAGE CUSTOM.

    An odd marriage custom appertains to parts of Northern Europe. The Scandinavian bridegroom gives his betrothed a prayer-book, and many other gifts, which ...

    Article : 137 words
  16. ONCE DIAMOND ALWAYS DIAMOND.

    A jeweller recently found a precious treasure in a peculiar place. His coffee mill at home was broken and he took it apart to find what was the trouble. He ...

    Article : 223 words
  17. WHEN A BOY LEAVES HOME.

    The supremest test of the value of home training comes when a boy is old enough to leave home, and to have the cold, hard, unsympathetic yardstick of ...

    Article : 195 words
  18. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.

    "I'll do my best," says a man whose friends are urging him to attempt a certain thing. "I'll do my best [?] know I shan't succeed." What a [?] ...

    Article : 198 words
  19. THE TIMID LED BY THE BLIND.

    A really remarkable incident occurred on a street in Cleveland, Ohio, the other day. An eye-witness recounts it. He says:— ...

    Article : 263 words
  20. AMUSEMENT.

    Amusement is not an end, but a means —a means of refreshing the mind and replenishing the strength of the body. When it begins to be the principal thing ...

    Article : 158 words
  21. A WORD TO WIVES.

    Do not allow yourself to be unduly disturbed when "he," as one droll woman puts it, "up and says things." Remember, the good and true wife must always ...

    Article : 191 words
  22. If You Want to Be Loved.

    Don't find fault. Don't contradict people, even if you're sure you are right. Don't be inquisitive about the affairs of ...

    Article : 181 words
  23. THE ROOT OF HAPPINESS.

    Only the utterly selfish or the utterly ignorant can be happy with the happiness of savages or children, however prosperous their own affairs. For to the rest, ...

    Article : 227 words
  24. Rich for a Moment.

    The ship "Britannia," which struck on the rocks off the coast of Brazil, had on board a large consignment of Spanish dollars. In the hope of saving some of ...

    Article : 239 words
  25. BRIEF HINTS FOR BRIGHT GIRLS.

    Someone has suggested certain things that every girl can learn before she is fifteen. Not every one can learn to play or sing or paint well enough to give ...

    Article : 142 words
  26. GREAT WAS THE REWARD.

    No good deed is ever forgotten. An incident is related of a little girl whose mother was an invalid widow, and who stopped a young man in the street and ...

    Article : 240 words
  27. Advertising

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    Advertising : 73 words
  28. Energy is Necessary.

    Many men fail to get on in the world because of their lack of mental energy. Their mind seems incapable of independent action. If someone would give them ...

    Article : 150 words
  29. THE VALUE OF EXERCISE.

    The woman does not exist who has not some wish, however small, to appear to her best advantage in the eyes of the world, knowing so well that "a good ...

    Article : 134 words
  30. "WINTER IS COMING."

    Winter is coming; who cares? who cares? Not the wealthy and proud, I trow; "Let it come!" they cry, "what matters to us, ...

    Article : 61 words
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