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  2. Spray.

    An amusing story is told of Mendelssohn which should fully establish tha[?] gentleman's right to the term Genius inasmuch as it proves beyond a doubt ...

    Article : 206 words
  3. Fighting in Africa.

    The trading stations of the Oil Rivers in West Africa are the scene of many fierce conflicts between the European traders and the war-like black races. ...

    Article : 955 words
  4. Short Story.

    I had received an invitation to spend my Christmas holidays at Hollydale, my friend Victor Colliss's residence at Mervale—a little out-of-the-way village that ...

    Article : 2,161 words
  5. The Home.

    A home governed by gentle influences is when compared to a home governed by man's authority, as different as a person is from a machine—one is life and ...

    Article : 232 words
  6. Raiment.

    Fur-trimmed gowns promise to be very popular, and though they cannot be recommended as economical, there is no denying the warm and cosy look they ...

    Article : 669 words
  7. The Sketcher.

    Salt Lake City. December 18.—It was yet an hour before the train was due here to-day when having read the last page of the la[?] magazine and ...

    Article : 736 words
  8. An Unknown.

    Whistler—one does not prefix "Mr." to so great a celebrity—wrote to the L[?]d Chamberlain objecting to the caricature of his august personality in ...

    Article : 72 words
  9. Mother's Sympathy.

    Considering, from the very commencement of education, how important it is that personal sympathy should be evoked for the encouragement or ...

    Article : 240 words
  10. Paderewski's Hair.

    The story that Paderewski is growing bald has been contradicted. An experienced representative of an American paper has inspected his hair, and is ...

    Article : 69 words
  11. Donald's Number.

    Donald, our policeman from Tobermory, wanted a pair of gloves. "She's inveetit to a weddin to-morro'," he explained to the young lady ...

    Article : 106 words
  12. The Queen's Letter.

    Mr. Arthur Balfour follows Mr. Gladstone's example in writing the Queen[?]letter on his knee in the House of Commons. Sir William Harcourt wrote his ...

    Article : 87 words
  13. The Care of the Hands and the Skin.

    A paste of magnesia and water applied to the skin lightens the colour. Gloves should he worn while doing housework or gardening—old gloves that ...

    Article : 774 words
  14. The Boots.

    To make a tight boot easy in the shortest possible time has puzzled many, but it can be quickly done if they are put on. laced or buttoned carefully, and ...

    Article : 503 words
  15. Lord Charles Beresford.

    A enaracteristic incident of Lor[?] Charles Beresford is related concerning his early career in the navy. Many years ago, when he was but a middy [?] ...

    Article : 191 words
  16. The Japanese Baby.

    Every woman in Japan above the age of 15 years seems to own a baby, and usually carries it about on her back, Japanese babies never cry—they never ...

    Article : 499 words
  17. "Our Earl."

    There was a time in this very century when women and children worked twelve and fourteen hours a day in English factories. Men scoured the ...

    Article : 470 words
  18. Growing on the Sabbath.

    "Quaint Sayings of Children" is [?] title of a little volume compiled by [?] Rev. David Macrae. He has one [?] of a little girl in Aberdeen, who bro[?] ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. His Security.

    "Will you do me a favour," [?] young George Brooks to his wea[?] friend, Simon Hanson. "What is it, George:" said Han[?] ...

    Article : 114 words
  20. Slang Sayings in High Places.

    It is astonishing how a popular phrase, like a popular tune. will, even against the better judgment of the wisest men. run in the heads of the latter and ...

    Article : 291 words
  21. An Old Time New Woman.

    Women who pride themselves to-day upon their all-round ability and knowledge of everything must sit in humility before the accomplishments recorded of ...

    Article : 238 words
  22. His Reason.

    The humbler class of the Irish [?] prone to pleasantry that even the [?] distress cannot quell the pre[?] humour. A miserable beggar in a [?] ...

    Article : 87 words
  23. Military Accuracy.

    An Irish drill instructor was [?] recruits through the first stages of [?] drill. "Oyes roight!" shouted the inst[?] ...

    Article : 92 words
  24. Would Return the Favour.

    Father: "My dear, sir, you performed a noble act of heroism this morning in saving my daughter from drowning." Young Man: "It was a narrow escape ...

    Article : 87 words
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