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  2. TELLING LINEN FROM COTTON.

    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 words
  3. HEROES OF THE FOUNTAIN PASS.

    In 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 words
  4. VIRTON’S CONCENTRATED VITAMINS.

    Penn Virton’s first meeting with vitamins was not portentous. Displaying only a slight quickening of interest, [?] became conscious of their existence ...

    Article : 860 words
  5. IN INDIA.

    The “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
  6. THE ENGLISH ROAD.

    “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 words
  7. Matched!

    Acquaintances 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 words
  8. A STOIC AGED EIGHT.

    Raymond 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 words
  9. LACK OF BEST CLOTHES.

    There 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 words
  10. JUST A LITTLE IDEA.

    One 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 words
  11. A MARVELLOUS TREE.

    One 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 words
  12. BUMP!

    A 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 words
  13. IN OTHER WORDS.

    The 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 words
  14. ANOTHER EINSTEIN.

    Somebody 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 words
  15. NOTHING DOING.

    An 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 words
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