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  2. FROM DOOR TO DOOR.

    I did not touch wood when I told myself that my husband would be [?] from unemployment because of his 15 year' continuous service with one firm. ...

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  3. RATIONALISATION.

    There is a certain amount of antipathy to the word rationalisation. If the word is going to stand in the way of the proper process because the public have been ...

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  4. THE FAUX PAS.

    Everything would have been all right if it hadn't been for dad. But, then, it was just like dad. Every time he opens his mouth—yon know the rest. ...

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  5. THE NEWSPAPER.

    The newspaper is an intrinsic part of our normal life and surely will not be displaced by radio or wireless bulletins as some harsh prophets wildly predict. It is ...

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  6. A WOMAN OF SOCIETY.

    It has ever been my wont to frequent secondhand book shops which the average person would be dubious of entering. In one of these musty little places the other ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 646 words
  7. AUSTRALIAN POETRY.

    The horse has always been a vital source of inspiration to Australian poets. It is a subject which, like few others, may be readily treated in narrative, dramatic, or ...

    Article : 1,560 words
  8. INDIA.

    Those who would understand Britain's meaning to mankind must look to the East and gaze upon India. Our destiny and India's go hand in hand; how much ...

    Article : 846 words
  9. UNITED STATES OF EUROPE.

    In one of those eloquent orations for which he is famous and of which animal Assemblies of the League of Nations have perhaps too frequently been the occasion, ...

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  10. SHOES AND SHIPS.

    "You might," said Phyllis, as I reached for my hat. "change these shoes I got for baby. They're too small." "Right-oh!" I replied, "which shop?" ...

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  11. THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA.

    Sir,—In your issue of June 19 appears an interesting account of a manuscript, recently translated, written by Captain Don Prado, purporting to be the first detailed ...

    Article : 572 words
  12. THE PRINTED PLAY.

    There are some fine dramatic moments in "The Last Enemy," a play by Mr. Frank Harvey, but the work as a whole places a strain upon the credulity of the ...

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  13. "VERY UNUSUAL."

    "Well"—a hesitant pause—"it's very unusual!" Passing along a city street at lunch time. I heard that phrase pronounced by ...

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  14. WHY DO WE SAY IT?

    A man, determined to discover the truth of some mysterious happening or anxious to find some piece of information, will often say: "I'll leave no stone unturned until ...

    Article : 154 words
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    A lady was choosing a hat. After trying on nearly every hat in the shop she pounced with glee on one lying on one counter. "How will this do?" she asked ...

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    Lady Colin Campbell had the reputation of being able to hold her own in any contest of wit. On one occasion she had invited Whistler to dinner and he ...

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    A certain club in the West-End of London recently engaged a new hall-porter. One of the members, on meeting him for the first time, scrutinised him very ...

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    Cecil Clay and Colonel Newnham Davis. "The Dwarf of Blood" of the old "Pink "Un" staff, were standing outside the Portland Club one day in a peasoup fog, while ...

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    A man was being tried for an agrarian murder. Several witnesses swore positively that they saw him commit the murder; but despite this the jury gave a ...

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    When the late Sir Herbert Tr[?] was a Manchester he was asked by a clergyman how he liked the town. "I made a bet," said Tree, "that I'd meet five hundred ...

    Article : 68 words
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