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  2. BRITAIN AND EGYPT.

    The prominence which cable writers have of late been giving to the Naval Conference has naturally tended to distract attention from another set of negotiations at ...

    Article : 1,453 words
  3. EASTER FOR JOY.

    If most churches prefer to solemnise no marriages in Lent, then it must be admitted that the six weeks preceding Easter constitute harvesting time for ...

    Article : 587 words
  4. THE PASSING OF SUMMER.

    This week brought a welcome change in weather conditions. A long and oppressive period of warmth and high humidity was terminated abruptly by a cold snap which ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,241 words
  5. MISS BADEN POWELL.

    Miss Baden-Powell has been asked to write her reminiscences. An outstanding personality in London, to-day, she will at-ways be gratefully remembered for her ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 891 words
  6. "THE DAY."

    It was yet dark when I parted from my comfortable couch. I had awakened on the last ring of the repeating alarm. I dressed in record time. The Day had ...

    Article : 760 words
  7. "EXIT SPEECH!"

    The prophets who claim that the talkies are only a phase, a temporary toy, are probably right—but they hardly look far enough into the future to realise how right ...

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  8. MOVING DAY.

    "Tomorrow," announced Janet firmly, looking up from the letter in her hand, "we pack." I regarded her with amazement. ...

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  9. THE FIRE SHIP.

    Murgatroyd was a pessimist, also he was cultivated—that is to say, self-cultivated. His idiom was a peculiar imitation of the old English manner. ...

    Article : 1,113 words
  10. FAMILY NICKNAMES.

    Most surnames were originally what we should now call nicknames. When it was necessary to distinguish between one man and another of the same name the ...

    Article : 751 words
  11. BILL AND POLITICS.

    "I dunno," said Bill, looking up from his paper. "It's diff'rent to when I was young. I remember they didn't talk about one party having had too much money to ...

    Article : 743 words
  12. EASTER CUSTOMS.

    In contradistinction to Australia, Easter time is spring time in the old country, when people begin to forget the dull, dark days of winter. It is a time of ...

    Article : 784 words
  13. NOVELS IN AUSTRALIA.

    Sir,—My article of April 5, on the subject of the Australian novel, was an appeal, not an accusation. Mr. Horne, in his reply, has painfully misconstrued ...

    Article : 618 words
  14. ARTISTIC COMMON SENSE.

    In a world which has for a long time been the playground of artistic "isms," that leave the lay mind either bewildered or exasperated, it is refreshing to take up ...

    Article : 445 words
  15. NEW BOOKS AND REPRINTS.

    "The Colonial Service," by Sir Anton Bertram. (London: Cambridge University Press). 10/6. "Madame de Maintenon," by Maud Cruttwell. ...

    Article : 325 words
  16. BOOKS IN DEMAND.

    "Mons, Anzac, and Kut," by A. Herbert. Publishers, Messrs. Hutchinson. "The Seventeenth Century, by G. N. Clark. Publishers, The Oxford Press. ...

    Article : 103 words
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    Referring to Bessie Bellwood, that typical music-hall artist of her period, and her remarkable gift of repartee, Mr. J. B. Booth says: "Rarely indeed was she unable ...

    Article : 136 words
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    A high official at the Admiralty once complained that a warship had not rescued certain castaways from an island, although the vessel had passed within two inches ...

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    Seymour Hicks was singing a song one night in a Gaiety piece. Two ladies in the front of the stalls were talking quite loudly. Hicks paused. "Shall I finish my ...

    Article : 59 words
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