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  2. IN HER OWN RIGHT

    James Ferder, the butler, was sitting in his sanctum enjoying an after luncheon glass of port. The great house was completely silent; one ...

    Article : 4,227 words
  3. The Empty Saddle Appeals at Country Shows.

    In the past many methods have been adopted to stir up the patriotism of eligible men. The average Australian is inclined to be sentimental, and when ...

    Article : 611 words
  4. Married Their Housemaids.

    A distressing fact for hero-worshippers is that famous men often make inexplicable marriages. Indeed, the number of distinguished men who ...

    Article : 662 words
  5. Reinforcements Referendum

    When, after three years' war, the United States of America were in the trough of the Civil War, a Northern writer spoke of "the times that try ...

    Article : 804 words
  6. The World's War-Workers.

    As instructed by your Oily Spryness, I have this day investigated the working of the great department which deals with the feeding of this ...

    Article : 683 words
  7. FACTS ABOUT FATHERS.

    The North Country farmer, who has recently qualified as a father at the ripe age of eighty-two—while his eldest son, a man of sixty, is a ...

    Article : 313 words
  8. REBUILDING SOLDIERS' FACES.

    A well-known English sculptor, who felt the call to do his bit, but who was well past military age, joined the Royal Army Medical Corps some time ...

    Article : 224 words
  9. THE EYE OF THE SUBMARINE.

    During his recent visit to the Grand Fleet the King inspected one of the latest submarines, and after penetrating into every part of the ...

    Article : 212 words
  10. A Witty Critic.

    A good story concerns a witty but eccentric Scotch minister, Mr. Walter Dunlop. Two children making a butt of the ...

    Article : 132 words
  11. WHY HE RAVED.

    "People think I am an ass, sir!" thundered the irate caller. "Yes," said the editor mildly, playfully jabbing at a fly with the office ...

    Article : 299 words
  12. "DO IT."

    There's many a hard task to he done, So do it. Through Failure, Success may be won, So do it. ...

    Article : 165 words
  13. KING'S WAR MAP.

    With regard to the ever-changing panorama as evidenced by the long struggle between the Allies and the apostles of Kultur, there is a most ...

    Article : 145 words
  14. Why She Cried.

    A couple of men were talking about their respective wives the other day at the club. "You have a very sympathetic ...

    Article : 133 words
  15. A Story With a Moral.

    "I left England a political slave; I shall return to it a free woman," remarked Mrs. Pankhurst recently at a meeting of Russian suffragists. ...

    Article : 159 words
  16. Like the Brook.

    "Excuse me," said the new neighbor, as he leaned over the fence, "you have a daughter who plays the piano, I believe?" ...

    Article : 249 words
  17. Appreciation.

    Sir Charles Mathews, Director of Public Prosecutions, is said to be the only member of the English Bar who ever managed to draw tears from the ...

    Article : 261 words
  18. Poor Cook.

    There was company at dinner, and father was carving his prettiest on a fine roast. Suddenly, though, the knife struck a skewer, made a sliding ...

    Article : 109 words
  19. Might Have Pretended.

    Mr. Douglas Sladen, in "Twenty Years of my Life," tells the following good story illustrative of the retort courteous. ...

    Article : 160 words
  20. Mother Knew.

    Dean Inge, of St. Pauls, is generally christened "the gloomy Dean," but I heard a rattling good story credited to him the other day by one ...

    Article : 177 words
  21. Out of Sorts.

    "Don't think there can be anything meaner than a man who tries to make profit at the expense of his country," said Mr. Jimson. ...

    Article : 64 words
  22. Matrimonial Bliss.

    He: What an idiot I was when I married you. She: Don't you think you're an idiot now? ...

    Article : 40 words
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