It is not always easy to tell cotton from linen these days, and sometimes the unsuspecting housewife buys what she thinks is linen— and pays the price. ...
Article : 219 wordsIn recent years it has become the habit of certain thrill-hunting tourists in the Alps to get “lost” deliberately so that they may be “rescued” by the ...
Article : 189 wordsPenn Virton’s first meeting with vitamins was not portentous. Displaying only a slight quickening of interest, [?] became conscious of their existence ...
Article : 860 wordsThe “International Review of Missions” contains an interesting study of the spread of secularism in India by Dr. A. J. Appasamy, who has been ...
Article : 364 words“The English road has a charm and a beauty that has no likeness any-where,” says Mr. Thomas Sharp in a recent newspaper article. ...
Article : 329 wordsAcquaintances of Jennie Barnard usually regarded her as a girl whose head was screwed on the right way; quick-witted, efficient, and so forth. ...
Article : 1,755 wordsRaymond Carter is aged only eight years, but he is a hero (says the “News Chronicle”). He did not cry or scream when his left arm became caught in ...
Article : 629 wordsThere have been many reasons put forward during the last couple of years to account for the falling off of church attendance, some blame the talkies, ...
Article : 187 wordsOne day a few months ago two working men went to a firm of cable cover manufacturers in Nottingham, England, with an idea. It was just a little ...
Article : 248 wordsOne part of the world where gold and jewels take second place to a tree is Iraq, where the date palm is protected by tribal laws more rigorous than ...
Article : 193 wordsA very stout man mounted the scales of a weighing machine and dropped a penny in the slot. There was a clanking and rattling, and finally the ...
Article : 422 wordsThe teacher was impressing on her pupils the importance of honesty. “Now Freddie,” she said, “if you found half a crown, what would you ...
Article : 54 wordsSomebody should write the exploits of Count Jean de Salis in America, they are astounding, but then the good count is an astounding man. Count de ...
Article : 317 wordsAn ambitious hostess was introduced to a distinguished singer. She asked him to sing at a party she was giving, and he inquired what fee she ...
Article : 208 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: