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  2. MUNITIONETTES.

    "Would you like a little salt with that egg?" "The girl in the dark blue overall pushed a small paper packet towards ...

    Article : 746 words
  3. Nitric Acid from Air.

    All the explosives used in war are formed from such apparently harmless bodies as cotton, glycerine, and tar products, by treating them with ...

    Article : 168 words
  4. Ladies' Column.

    With eight ounces of flour, mix a teaspoonful of baking powder, two ounces of butter, or substitute, and one ounce of grated cheese. Moisten ...

    Article : 149 words
  5. Nominating Cardinals.

    The ceremony of nominating Cardinals, which takes place at Rome, is not without its picturesque side. The Consistory of the Sacred College ...

    Article : 196 words
  6. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    For the whole of one Sunday a certain party of the Voluntary Training Corps had been engaged in learning the art of bridge-building. ...

    Article : 113 words
  7. WATTLE BLOSSOM.

    Thou cam'st last night from distant lands By post, a flower for me. Plucked by the fairest of fair hands ...

    Article : 167 words
  8. "BANG GABS SAXPENCE."

    "Good-morning, Mr. McIntosh!" said the lady courteously, as she entered the grocer's shop. "Would you like a ticket for our concert ...

    Article : 137 words
  9. CROQUETS OF HARICOT BEANS.

    Soak a quart of email white haricot beans in tepid water for twelve hours, then drain, and put them in a stewpan with fresh water, and boil ...

    Article : 173 words
  10. About the Navy.

    What is the Navy doing ? is the question one constantly hears. Here is a fact, apart from Admiral Beatty's great achievement off Jutland ...

    Article : 691 words
  11. Curing a Cold.

    'Snawful cold I had. I think I must have caught it one day in the City. I entered a Mecca and sat too near some men playing draughts; or ...

    Article : 787 words
  12. SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF SUN SPOTS.

    On some high mountain peak, probably of the Andes, near the equator, an observatory is about to be erected which, it is said, will make ...

    Article : 1,215 words
  13. A FEEBLE EXCUSE.

    Anxious to win the heart and hand of a local school teacher, a youhg miner concealed his true occupation from her, letting her imagine that he ...

    Article : 130 words
  14. POSSIBILITIES OF ENGLISH.

    M. le Comte Robert de Montes quious Fezensac, a well-known lecturer on French literature, met with a surprise the other day at a ...

    Article : 272 words
  15. SAVOURY POTATOES.

    Required: One pound of cooked potatoes, 2ozs. of grated cheese, loz. of butter, one egg, one onion, some breadcrumbs, salt and pepper to ...

    Article : 147 words
  16. Why is the Sky Blue ?

    Sunlight, which we call white, is composed of light rays of different colours—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. It can be ...

    Article : 394 words
  17. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    When cooking turnips add a teaspoonful of white sugar to the water. This greatly improves their flavour. Add a little drop of salad oil to ...

    Article : 349 words
  18. Famous Serials.

    It is said that the Old Lady of Shoe Lane, as the now defunct 'Standard' was nicknamed, was the first English newspaper to print a serial ...

    Article : 601 words
  19. WHY RATS GNAW.

    Some years ago a German scientist began to study rats and mice, with the object of ascertaining why they are so fond of gnawing wood ...

    Article : 115 words
  20. A WASP STORY.

    A story of how one wasp cared for another that had been injured is told by a gentleman, who, while reading the newspaper, felt bothered ...

    Article : 433 words
  21. WAR-TIME WITTICISMS.

    Soldier stories? I know just a few, and I'm given to understand that the following are true ones, but I really must leave it to the Editor ...

    Article : 834 words
  22. Patching up Soldiers.

    In one of the limb-shops of the Queen Mary Hospital at Rochampton, London, where artificial limbs for wounded heroes are made ...

    Article : 263 words
  23. IT WENT HOME.

    It was a minstrel performance, and in the intervals between the songs the usual jokes were being perpetrated. ...

    Article : 202 words
  24. AN EASY CATCH.

    With pathetic tears on her baby cheeks, little Ethel ran up to the big policeman. "Please, sir," she sobbed, "will ...

    Article : 167 words
  25. LOOKING AHEAD.

    Bargain-hunting was a pet weakness of Mrs. Johnson's, and her husband was always being shown the wonderful purchases she had made. ...

    Article : 128 words
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