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  2. The Sculptured Portrait

    If the oldest inhabitant remembers an exhibition of sculpture by Nelson illingworth he has not made any mention of it. Certainly. It is an event so ...

    Article : 820 words
  3. Just a Little Jesting

    For nearly an flour the talkative man had bored his fellow-passenger in the railway carriage with accounts of his dog Caesar. Caesar could stand up on ...

    Article : 148 words
  4. Political Tangle

    Mr. John Humphreys, secretary, Proportional Representation Society, writes as Billows in the Melbourne "Herald": The result of the general ...

    Article : 630 words
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    Advertising : 175 words
  6. BOOKS OF THE DAY

    The late Viscount Morley of Blackburn did his best to discourage any person from willing his life, and the writer of the present life is forced to ...

    Article : 969 words
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    Advertising : 15 words
  8. IN THE GARDEN

    The Iceland poppy is the most popular of herbaceous winter Howering plants. The light graceful blooms produced upon long stems are ideal for ...

    Article : 1,005 words
  9. A LOVELY CHEEK.

    The chemist's shop was quite close to the dancing-hall; but the chemist was not a dancer, and had been in bod many hours when he was awakened by ...

    Article : 130 words
  10. POOR FATHER.

    Bridget returned to her mistress in a terrible state of concern. She had been to consult a fortune-teller. "Did she say something terrible is ...

    Article : 103 words
  11. AN EXCUSABLE MISTAKE.

    A countryman went into a West End restaurant, and on looking over the bill of fare found a sole was 4s., a chop 2s., and other things in proportion. ...

    Article : 103 words
  12. THE CURE.

    "Es a nice pup, isn't 'e?" said Jim, the village idiot, gazing proudly at his pet terrier. "I 'aven't 'ad 'im long. I seed Farmer Giles one day takin' 'Im ...

    Article : 103 words
  13. THE CAUSE.

    I remember (writes Stephen Leacock in "College Days") a parent who did not do his boy's exercise, but, after letting the boy do it himself, wrote ...

    Article : 85 words
  14. AUSTRALIA'S DANGER.

    Mr. Marks's previous books on "Napoleon and the War," "How Foch Makes War," and "Merit and Democracy," attracted considerable ...

    Article : 505 words
  15. SPARING HIS FEELINGS.

    A famous author and an ambitious beginner arrived together at a small hotel. On the second day of their stay, the author took the landlord aside and ...

    Article : 110 words
  16. "Laying" a Ghost

    On January 13, 1804, there was placed on trial at the Old Bailey on a charge of murder, a young man named Francis Smith. The prisoner was a short, well ...

    Article : 1,378 words
  17. THINGS M.P.'S MUSTN'T DO

    At the recent general elections many seats were won by candidates who had not previously earned the right to the magic letters "M.P." arter their ...

    Article : 350 words
  18. EGGS-ACTLY.

    Little Jackle was highly entertained by everything he saw in the barn and farmyard. The old hen's cackle to announce that she had laid an egg was ...

    Article : 128 words
  19. 3,000 YEARS LATE

    X-rays and modern knowledge make an autopsy on an Egyptian mummy perfectly possible, says Watson Davin, of Selene Service, writing in the New ...

    Article : 508 words
  20. JEWS IN AMERICA.

    Mr. Burton J. Hendrick needs no introduction to British renders. He was the writer of the life of the late Dr. Walter If. Page, and the compiler of ...

    Article : 1,248 words
  21. VERY FRESH.

    The young and newly-appointed reporter was very keen on his job. He was determined to make govt, and no effort was too much for him if only ...

    Article : 129 words
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  23. THE DECEIVER.

    It was not the loss of the half-crown that made Wilkins look so sad as be left dimly-lit portals of the magician's tent. ...

    Article : 178 words
  24. DU POISSEY.

    It would be useless to ask who Du Polssey was. His editor says of him that we should not doubt that Dn Polssey was an actual character living ...

    Article : 440 words
  25. SAVING TIME ON TAXI JOURNEYS

    Some remarks made by the "Commercial Motor" on the genuine need for revision of the general instructions issued to drivers of taxi ends to take ...

    Article : 262 words
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    Advertising : 37 words
  27. TIT FOR TAT

    She was a very gaudily dressed lady, and she tendered the bus conductor half a crown for her pent fare with the air of a grand ductless. ...

    Article : 56 words
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