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  2. DON’T TALK ABOUT

    Money, unless you have to. Money always frays the temper and disturbs contentment. Or friends, unless you have ...

    Article : 154 words
  3. USES FOR GLYCERINE.

    Glycerine, is a remedy for burns and scalds miked with borax and linseed oil. In cases of illness when sugar is forbidden, glycerine is a substitute. ...

    Article : 195 words
  4. DISTURBERS OF THE NIGHT.

    It is worth noting that man taught fogs to [?] at any rate, that dogs’ association with man has brought about this vocal accomplishment. Wild ...

    Article : 405 words
  5. MODELS AND MANNEQUINS.

    Displays of new season fashions by leading firms for the benefit of their women customers and as a means of advertisement are now so well ...

    Article : 287 words
  6. ANXIETY ABOUT HEALTH.

    “Any doctor will testify that the Idea of ill-health is a handicap in itself, quite apart from pathology. If a man is told he has a weak heart he ...

    Article : 323 words
  7. A CONJURER IS BORN.

    A crab which reaches maturity is a fortunate creature. Its mother probably laid five thousand eggs, and of these perhaps less than half a dozen ...

    Article : 495 words
  8. PROUD OF IT.

    An annuity to a certain Mr. Patrick Rafferty had been running for a long time. Indeed, when the officials came to count the time they estimated that ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. HER LOAD.

    The holiday train was crowded. In one carriage was a woman accompanied by a little girl and a boy. The children were full of high spirits and ...

    Article : 101 words
  10. VEGETABLE MOULD.

    Ingredients.—1 level teaspoonful salt, 1 cup diced ham, 1 teaspoonful lemon juice, ½ oz. gelatine, ½ pint water, 2 to 2½ dessertspoonfuls castor ...

    Article : 110 words
  11. FORESTS OF THE SEA.

    Trunks of seaweed eighteen inches in circumference, with branches and leaves like a tree, were discovered recently by a botanist in the Antarctic ...

    Article : 138 words
  12. THE SOLID FACT.

    The family were assembled in solemn conclave on the momentous topic of naming the baby. “I think Dolorosa is a beautiful ...

    Article : 115 words
  13. MR. BACHELOR BROWN.

    A bachelor gay is Mr. Brown; Nobody waves to him from the gate When he goes up to town. But, after all, who wouldn’t be gay, ...

    Article : 217 words
  14. A SURPRISE FOR GEORGE.

    The fence in front of the farm was sadly needing repair, and the farmer’s wife spoke to her husband about it. “When are you going to repair that ...

    Article : 71 words
  15. WHY IS THE SEA SALT?

    Sea Water contains an enormous amount of mineral salts. It is computed that if the ocean were entirely evaporated the amount of salt left ...

    Article : 216 words
  16. OUT !

    Doublex is noted for his nerve, his shortness of temper, and his scarcity of cash. While seated at a lonely breakfast in his club one morning a ...

    Article : 140 words
  17. NAMELESS.

    It was the first night of the new show, and the producer was hurrying from the dressing-rooms to the front of the house. In the wings he found ...

    Article : 434 words
  18. VERDICT.

    A man was charged with kissing a girl against her will, and during the proceedings the girl went into the box. “You say,” said counsel for the ...

    Article : 490 words
  19. JOCKEYS DON’T COUNT!

    The strangest horse-race in the world, the historic Palio of Siena, is run round the cathedral square of this little town every August, usually in ...

    Article : 174 words
  20. WHO TOLD THE BIRDS.

    That rats will desert a ship before the beginning of what is to be her last voyage has long been the belief of sailors, who have no doubts but that ...

    Article : 232 words
  21. A LESSER EVIL.

    He was consulting his solicitor on the making of his will. “And let me see,” he said. “Oh, yes — I wish to leave my business to Gerald, my eldest ...

    Article : 381 words
  22. SOLD!

    It was market-day. Prices had been high, and the man leaning over the fence round the sale ring was looking a little disconsolate. Suddenly a ...

    Article : 332 words
  23. ONE OF THE CROWD.

    A rich young man became engaged to a film star better known for her wild ways and her looks than for her talent. When he broke the news to ...

    Article : 358 words
  24. WRONG COLOR.

    A young mother just returned from India had engaged a new nurse for her baby. The nurse came to her and said: “I don’t know what’s the matter, ...

    Article : 315 words
  25. TALL ORDER.

    The golfer stepped up to the [?] and drove off. The ball sailed straight down the fairway, leapt on to the green, and dived into the hole. ...

    Article : 169 words
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