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  2. WOMAN'S WORLD. LABLACHE AND QUEEN VICTORIA.

    There is a good story of that same Lablache, the scene of which is sometimes laid at the Court of Naples, and sometimes in the Court at Windsor. ...

    Article : 160 words
  3. Mistress Betty Carew. BEING SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF MR. GEORGE BASS, SURGEON OF H.M.S. RELIANCE.

    Betty, seeing that resistance at that stage was useless, said nothing. Her hands were still tied effectually with the soft silk kerchief, and she must ...

    Article : 935 words
  4. THE HOUSEHOLD.

    Eggs au Gratin.—Mix together two ounces each of bread-crumbs and grated Parmesan cheese. Add to them one ounce of butter, a pinch of salt, one of ...

    Article : 577 words
  5. THE SPEECH OF A TWO-YEAR-OLD.

    Two scientists have recently been counting the number of words used by children of the age of two. One of them made observations upon his own ...

    Article : 225 words
  6. SUPERSTITIONS FOR MOTHERS.

    There is a world-wide prevalence of superstitions concerning babies that mothers are most careful to observe. For instance, a German child is ...

    Article : 176 words
  7. A PEACEFUL HAVEN.

    Is there any happiness so sweet, so dear, and so much like heaven as that of home? No; there is not another place in the wide, weary world, where unrest ...

    Article : 80 words
  8. WIT AND HUMOUR. TOO MUCH.

    Customer: "I want a shoe that is both comfortable and st[?]sh." Shopman: "I'm very sorry, madam, but the age of miracles is past." ...

    Article : 33 words
  9. CHAPTER VII.

    Each morn a thousand roses brings you say, Yes, but where lives the rose of yesterday? ...

    Article : 2,751 words
  10. VERY THOUGHTFUL.

    Clubby: "Most thoughtful host, that man Potkins." Cholly: "Weally?" Clubby: "Yahs. At the close of the ...

    Article : 37 words
  11. TO CLEAN PIANO KEYS.

    The keys of your piano may be kept clean, and discolouration of the ivory prevented if they are nibbed with a piece of muslin dampened-with alcohol. ...

    Article : 131 words
  12. HIS BUSINESS.

    A lawyer, trying to serve his client by throwing suspicion on a witness in the case, in the course of his cross-examination, said: ...

    Article : 325 words
  13. THE LOOM OF LIFE.

    "Man's life is laid in the loom of time To a pattern he does not see," While the weaver works and the shuttles fly ...

    Article : 177 words
  14. QUEENLY ADVICE.

    Elizabeth, Queen of Roumania, better known as Carmen Sylva, in the course of some advice to wires and mothers, says: "Of all the terrible ...

    Article : 177 words
  15. CHAPTER VI.

    There was the door to which I found no key; There was the veil through which I might not see ...

    Article : 3,544 words
  16. A TOILET AID.

    The following appeals to one's love of sweet cleanliness: Oatmeal bags as bathing sponges are highly recommended for giving a velvety softness and whiteness ...

    Article : 157 words
  17. JOHN ELWES, THE MISER.

    One of the most remarkable characters ever admitted to Parliament was John Elwes, who consented to stand for Berkshire on condition that the election ...

    Article : 293 words
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    Advertising : 69 words
  19. SUBSTITUTE FOR A CRADLE.

    In his account of the "Chinese Heroes" of the recent uprising, Mr. Headland incidentally mentions a matter of domestic economy which is ...

    Article : 160 words
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