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  2. Odds and Ends.

    She — Too many cooks spoil the broth. He—Far too many!", Sa[?]pa! What is it? Can a rearadmiral go to-the front? ...

    Article : 598 words
  3. SHORT STORY.

    Old Dav[?]i stopped half way up the hill, and turned round to look at the sunset, the gorgeous Western sunset. But it, was not the sunset itself that ...

    Article : 2,222 words
  4. LISTENING TO A LECTURE 1,600 MILES AWAY.

    During the annual alumni dinner of Yale men in Chicago, held at the Blackstone Hotel, a small "watchcase" telephone-receiver was placed at ...

    Article : 180 words
  5. THE ART OF LISTENING.

    The art of listening is one of the most difficult for a girl to learn. She is naturally enough, rather occupied with her own concerns at so ...

    Article : 77 words
  6. RIBBONS AND SILK.

    Here is the recipe to clean ribbons and silks. If only narrow ribbons, they must be washed in the same manner as the ...

    Article : 181 words
  7. Scientific Notes.

    According to recent reports the amount of water power which is in the way of preparation in Norway is 500,000 horse power, in addition to the ...

    Article : 94 words
  8. EASTERN LOVEMAKING.

    Mr. Shridkar V Ketker had at, the subject of a lecture in London recently "The Art of Making Love in Ancient India." In the course of the lecture ...

    Article : 336 words
  9. Miscellaneous.

    A non-stop passenger train from London to Birmingham consumes about 2½ tons of coal on the journey. Records for skipping have been made ...

    Article : 340 words
  10. STEEL BELTING.

    After being abandoned for the last few years, endless steel belts are coming into use in Germany. According to Engineer Silberberg, the belts ars ...

    Article : 122 words
  11. HASTY WORDS.

    Most of the friction which makes the machinery of living more rough and discordant is caused by things too petty, to be noticed if we were in our ...

    Article : 285 words
  12. ELECTRIC COOKING ON RAILWAY TRAINS.

    Electricty has been applied in a new way to increase the comfort of railway travel by the introduction of electric cooking devices on the dining cars of ...

    Article : 151 words
  13. MAHOMMEDAN NAMES.

    Mahommedana have no surnames, only patronymics. The most frequent names are those of the prophets and patriarchs, such as Ibrahim ...

    Article : 228 words
  14. THE SAND BLAST.

    A new use has been found for the sand-blast. The cutting and wearing power of a stream of sand driven by compressed air is now employed for ...

    Article : 131 words
  15. BEAUTY IN DRESS.

    The one object of dress is to beauty; the problem of dress is to bring into relief one or two fine points, and conceal the many deficiencies. ...

    Article : 250 words
  16. HISTORIC MOVEMENTS IN CANADA.

    The Canadian Government proposes to extend the soope of the Quebec Battlefields Commission so as to include all the battlefields and historic ...

    Article : 84 words
  17. THE HOTTEST AND COLDEST PLACE.

    Bahrein, one of the Aval Islands, in the Persian Gulf, is believed to be the very hottest place in the world, though some swear to Aden. The mean ...

    Article : 151 words
  18. HAS DONE THE OTHER THING.

    A Frenchman, who had not found "life on the ocean wave" all he could have wished, was sinking, pale and haggard, into his deck chair when a ...

    Article : 57 words
  19. A 2,000,000 FOOT-TON CRUSH.

    The terrific force of the impact of the Titanic with the iceberg was given in figures to an "Empress" representative by an engineer. He estimated that ...

    Article : 80 words
  20. Housekeeper.

    To prevent potatoes becoming black when cooked put them into cold water and, when brought to the boil, squeeze a little lemon juice in. They will then ...

    Article : 318 words
  21. Items of Interest.

    Time and eternity touch me for I am both.—J. Pulsford. "Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity." ...

    Article : 222 words
  22. RECIPES

    An Orange Salad: Slice some oranges and remove all the pith, then place them over-lapping one another in a round glass dish. In the centre pile ...

    Article : 394 words
  23. THE FIRST SQUALL.

    When a certain couple were married last June they decided to spend part of their honeymoon on the water. He had bought a skiff and was anxious to ...

    Article : 150 words
  24. WELL WATCHED.

    The Tsar tells of an episode that occurrcd during his visit to Queen Victorial at Balmoral many years ago. When out one-day in Ballochbuie ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. MAGIC OF THE MACNET.

    Those who have watched a toy magnet, lift up pins and needles, and mar velled not a little at the unseen power that cause the bits of metal to imnp, ...

    Article : 558 words
  26. CHINESE WOMEN'S FEET.

    One theory is that the custom of binding Chinese women's feet began during the reign of an empress who had club feet, and that foolish niethers ...

    Article : 186 words
  27. SOLD.

    An eccentric old man kept a pork shop, and some young fellows out for fun asked him what his pork was a yard. The old man replied promptly— ...

    Article : 81 words
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