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  2. CHINS AND CHARACTER.

    If with a weak chain there is also a retreating forehead, it is useless to look for a very great mental capacity. The strong chain of self-control is ...

    Article : 169 words
  3. NATURE'S PLOUGHS.

    Earthworms are Nature’s ploughs, and on the heayler soll work has an enormous mp value. In gardens, generally spe ...

    Article : 155 words
  4. CAN WE BOYCOTT GERMANY?

    As most people are aware, British seamen have resolved to punish Germany for her submarine crime by a boycott, the length of which will be ...

    Article : 326 words
  5. FLAPPERS!

    I would give more for one good God fearing, pant patching, sock-darning, bread making, praying mother in Israel than I would for a whole train ...

    Article : 196 words
  6. AMUSING INCIDENTS.

    “Father, was writing done on tablets of stone in the old days?" “Yes, my son,'' replied the dutiful parent. ...

    Article : 46 words
  7. WOMAN'S WORLD.

    A Suet Pudding with Jam.—Chop a quarter of a pound of suet not too Small, dust with flour while chopping, then add six good ounces of flour, mix ...

    Article : 905 words
  8. OUR BABIES

    . “Maternal Instinct” does not tell human mother how long or how often she should suckle her baby. Yet prevention of overfeeding on the one hand, ...

    Article : 553 words
  9. Military Force of Habit.

    He held her tightly in his khaki-clad arms till she wondered at his silence and gently murmured: "Do you love me, my hero?" ...

    Article : 65 words
  10. Not a New Idea to Him.

    "Now, Lieutenant Tompkins,” said the general, “you have the battalion in quarter column, facing south—how would you get it into line, in the ...

    Article : 61 words
  11. Cut their Tongues Out.

    Little Johnny, aged four year a greet. liking for the quarries. father, who worked in them, warn lad he would get a good hiding ...

    Article : 166 words
  12. Where Ignorance Is Bliss.

    The preacher in the village church had just intimated that a collection would-be, taken in aid of a new. heating apparatus, when Mrs. ...

    Article : 67 words
  13. Absent -Mindedness.

    Young Mr. Bardington, was going on a fortnight's visit to his wealthy aunt, and was receiving his wife's final in structions. "Now , James." she said. ...

    Article : 150 words
  14. A. GHOSTLESS HAMLET.

    A man rushed into one of the Ford car factories in America one morning and told the manager there that he wanted-to-buy a car at once. He ...

    Article : 278 words
  15. It Joggled Just Right.

    A friend of the poet Bryant chanced to be alone in his study when a cabinet-maker brought home a chair that had been altered. When Mr. Bryant ...

    Article : 102 words
  16. The Trouble.

    Efficiency Expert: "Here’s who ough to have—a system by wh’ customer has a separate index report sheet, data card and n' ...

    Article : 63 words
  17. A Shrewd Soldier.

    It was the general’s inspection day, and his remark was heard all over the square. “Splendid!” he exclaimed, as F Company passed the flagstaff. ...

    Article : 187 words
  18. Johnny Knew.

    Last summer little Johnny paid his first visit to a farm. All his life he had lived in the heart of a great city, and when he suddenly came in sight of a ...

    Article : 92 words
  19. A Snap for Son.

    “Do you find that poultry keeping pays?” “Well, no; I can’t say that It - pays me, but it pays my boy." ...

    Article : 54 words
  20. Conservation.

    Tramp: “Lady, do you mind poor wretch hangs himself in o your trees?” Lady “if yon do, please use ...

    Article : 47 words
  21. No Use for Them.

    I ain' t got no use,” said Uncle Eben, for one o dese optimises dat simply grins an hopes for de best while somebody else does all do work." ...

    Article : 46 words
  22. Great Difficulty.

    A Tommy in France had a five-franc piece given to him by a shopkeeper. Next day be went into the shop again and complained that he had been given ...

    Article : 92 words
  23. A Gentle Beginning.

    A well-dressed youth recently sti a tattered newsboy and asked him you think I' could sell papers as as you do?" ...

    Article : 625 words
  24. REMINDED HIM OF HOME.

    " Hey, private, what's the idea of this lady’s hose hanging here?” " Well ,you see, sir, I just wanted a home-like touch.”—"Upton Trench ...

    Article : 35 words
  25. Tit for Tat.

    A noted wag met an Irishman in the street one day and thought he would funny at his expense."Hello, pat!” he said. "I'll give ...

    Article : 78 words
  26. TOO MUCH OF A SHOCK.

    The chauffeur had been haled into court for speeding and running down pedestrian. “Your Honor,” said the chauffeur, ...

    Article : 484 words
  27. Strict Economy.

    Economising Wife : Be careful with a that coal, Jim : It will be scarce; enough this winter. "How do you make that out?" asked w ...

    Article : 66 words
  28. A Pleasant-Task.

    Eccentric addresses to individual students are traditional in a certain university, and one day the Professor Latin, having detected a student ...

    Article : 504 words
  29. At the Head of His Class.

    "Well,” said the square-jawed old gentleman who was a member of sixteen boards of directors and the payer an income tax that gave him the ...

    Article : 249 words
  30. Satisfied.

    Father: "Is the teacher satisfied with you?" Tommy: "oh, quite." Father: "Did he tell you so?" ...

    Article : 57 words
  31. At a Boarding House.

    Miss Flutter (shyly): “I did not mean to show discourtesy, Mr. Brown, when you spoke to me on the. landing this morning, but I really couldn’t stop ...

    Article : 80 words
  32. Preparing for Emergencies.

    An American general tells a story of a corporal in a regiment under his command on the French front. This corporal was much chaffed by his ...

    Article : 132 words
  33. Good Advice.

    The lecturer was the “great . lady" of the neighborhood, and the audience was composed of, the tenants, mostly: ...

    Article : 164 words
  34. His speciality.

    Absent-mindedness was links's speciality. He could ever do the wrong even at home. He was also conscious of the fact. Nevertheless. he tried hard ...

    Article : 219 words
  35. Private Use Only.

    In one of our large hospitals a wounded Tommy, while convalescent, was approached by a society lady, who handed him a case containing a ...

    Article : 94 words
  36. Knows Now.

    Two weary tramps met after a lengthy separation, and sat down to compare experiences. "Have yer bin to the front?” asked one; “ain’t seen ...

    Article : 116 words
  37. Probably.

    (Scene: Small Cafe in France.), British Tommy: Yus, I allus said conscription in our country was only a. half-hearted affair. ...

    Article : 212 words
  38. Dad' “Consolation.”

    A widower, while away from home a business trip, met and married a lady who, though famed for her. goodness of heart, was spoken of, even by ...

    Article : 161 words
  39. Deceit.

    The Groom: By Jove, I was frightfully rattled. The pride: And you acted so cool and collected. Oh, Jake, how could ...

    Article : 90 words
  40. Happy Thought.

    Michael and Donald, reconnoitring round an old farmhouse in France, found a war-weary chicken. Michael was overjoyed. He was tired of ...

    Article : 65 words
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