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  2. Miscellaneous.

    THE 'elephant beetle' of Venezuela is the largest insect. A full-grown one weighs about half a pound. In some Russian cafes fish are kept alive ...

    Article : 463 words
  3. Housekeeper.

    AN obstructed throat generally demands the speediest possible medical interference. In the interval a little may be done. Where through carelessness, as in ...

    Article : 132 words
  4. PERSIAN CROWN JEWELS.

    Of all the Persian crown jewels the peacock throne is the most magnificent. It is entirely of Silver, a great camp bed structure, but modelled in lovely designs. ...

    Article : 242 words
  5. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES

    Ingredients:-- 1lb scraps of bread, 1 quart milk, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoonsful each of sugar, currants and raisins, 2ozs, chopped suet. ...

    Article : 122 words
  6. HEALTH AND THE SKIN.

    Have you not often noticed the effect of bad health on the skin ? Perhaps no part of the body is so quick to show it. Physicians are realising more and more the ...

    Article : 148 words
  7. THE CORSET AND X-RAYS.

    The Queen of Portugal, it is said, has become interested in the X-rays, and has been experimenting with them in various ways. One of the weird and interesting ...

    Article : 182 words
  8. TREACLE PUDDING.

    Ingredients:--½lb flour, ½lb breadcrumbs, ½lb suet, ½ teaspoonful carbonate soda, 1 teaspoonful of ground ginger, pinch salt, good half a cupful each of treacle and ...

    Article : 111 words
  9. Items of Interest.

    DEATH is but the door from the first room to the second of the long gallery of existence. Prosperity is a great teacher adversity ...

    Article : 404 words
  10. PLUM PUDDING (VERY GOOD).

    Ingredients :--7ozs flour, 5ozs. breadcrumbs, ¼lb suet, ¼lb raisins, ¼lb currants, 2ozs. peel, 2ozs. brown sugar, 1 teaspoonful of baking powder, 2 eggs, ¼ pint milk. ...

    Article : 105 words
  11. HARD BEDS AND SMALL PILLOWS.

    No matter how comfortable a soft bed and large, soft pillows may be, says Dr. A. S Barnes, they are not healthy, and women especially would do well to avoid them, for ...

    Article : 302 words
  12. A SUNLESS VILLAGE.

    For six months of the year the little village of Elm, in the Canton of Glaris, Switzerland, although standing 3,300 feet above the level of the sea, is an entire ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. BOILED LEMON PUDDING.

    Ingredients :-- ½lb breadcrumbs, 2ozs. flour, ¼lb suet, ¼lb brown sugar, 1 egg, 4 tablespoonsful milk, rind and juice of 2 lemons, ¼ teaspoonful baking powder. ...

    Article : 96 words
  14. PEARLS FROM MUSSELS.

    A ball of beeswax introduced into the shell of a living fresh-water mussel has resulted in producing the most remarkable 'artificial' pearl in existence. It is about ...

    Article : 116 words
  15. JAM ROLY POLY.

    Ingredients:--1 cupful each of flour, breadcrumbs and suet, 1 teaspoonful of baking powder, enough milk to make into a firm paste, jam. ...

    Article : 211 words
  16. THE DARKEST HOUR.

    The idea that the darkest hour is just before the dawn is poetical but incorrect. The darkest hour is midway between sunset and dawn, and the legend is of a piece ...

    Article : 110 words
  17. WHEN AND HOW TO EAT FRUIT.

    To obtain most benefit from fruits they should be eaten at the end of the chief meal. This is a general rule, laid down by Dr. Gordon Sharp, but there are some ...

    Article : 298 words
  18. WILD ELEPHANTS AND GIRAFFE.

    Vast herds of all kinds of the grass-feeding game animals live in amity and wander far and wide together over the East African plains. They strike up ...

    Article : 154 words
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