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  2. How the Clouds Foretell the Weather

    There is a stage on which the curtain never rings down, where an endless and absorbing drama is enacted a drama that is free for everyone to ...

    Article : 811 words
  3. What’s in a Name?

    All my life I have been the target for gibes. Because my name happens to be William Shakespeare everyone I meet ...

    Article : 468 words
  4. German Motorists Are Using Wood Fuel

    We often read strange stories of queer happenings and ideas from far-off off countries Sometimes we smile and murmur, “I wonder.” ...

    Article : 247 words
  5. Screen Celebrities

    The fact that most film players attain stardom through personality does not prevent them from outwardly resembling many other people, and this ...

    Article : 347 words
  6. Unlucky Fridays and Cats

    “Kinks” really are very amusing in others (writes Jeanette). I don’t possess a kink myself —at least not to my knowledge, and the family haven’t ...

    Article : 650 words
  7. Famous Diamonds and Their Stories

    Eighty-six years ago the world’s most famous diamond, the Koh-i-Noor, which Queen Mary sometimes wears, was presented to Queen Victoria by ...

    Article : 825 words
  8. The New Age of Miracles

    To rise from the dead is not impossible! During the last year there were at least 30 cases of the kind in Great Britain alone authenticated by ...

    Article : 252 words
  9. MAY LIVE TO 100.

    John D. Rockefeller, sen., reputed to be the world’s wealthiest man with a fortune of £500,000,00, will live to be 100 barring accidents. This opinion ...

    Article : 157 words
  10. MY FIRST OPERATION.

    As a hospital nurse I was instructed to attend my first operation case, one which was to be carried out under X-ray. The sister and two other nurses ...

    Article : 308 words
  11. MAKING THE BEST USE OF POTATOES.

    No vegetable repays care in cooking and serving more than the potato, and it is probable that no vegetable is more frequently badly cooked and ...

    Article : 283 words
  12. ELECTRIC CHAIR FOR LANDLADY

    A young radio engineer, living in a Chicago boarding house, got very annoyed about his landlady’s insatiable curiosity, and decided to teach her a ...

    Article : 117 words
  13. NUTRIA FARMING.

    The latest thing in farming is the breeding of nutrias, little beaver-like animals that come from South America. Sussex has the only farm in ...

    Article : 113 words
  14. Fortunate.

    “There’s one thing I like about that boy of yours, Imerson,” said Holtby, after he had patiently listened to all the latest achievements of the child. ...

    Article : 43 words
  15. POLISH AND HEALTH.

    Recently the price of leather increased and now people are obliged to pay more for leather goods such as handbags, purses, cases, belts, and, ...

    Article : 146 words
  16. NEW METAL PROCESS.

    Tarnished silver ornaments will soon disappear. “Rhodanizing,” a new metal process, is enabling jewellers to make both old and new silver ...

    Article : 120 words
  17. “Chumley.”

    A fellow whom girls nicknamed “Cholmondeley” Went dining with one who was colmondeley; ...

    Article : 29 words
  18. ROBBING THE DOG OF ITS BARK.

    From Sydney we learn that a remedy has been discovered for the intolerable nuisance caused by the incessant barking of dogs. ...

    Article : 86 words
  19. Learned a Lesson.

    A small boy was seen sitting moodily on his front doorstep. “What makes you so miserable?” a friendly neighbor inquired. ...

    Article : 245 words
  20. Chicken Curry.

    Served with boiled rice, this is delicious. You require 1 chicken, 1 large 2 oz. butter, 2 oz. sweet almonds, 2 tablespoonfuls curry powder, ...

    Article : 123 words
  21. Easy.

    An Irishman crossed the Atlantic to try his luck in America. When he arrived in New York a sailor came up to him and Inquired: “Are you a ...

    Article : 182 words
  22. FOR HOLIDAY-MAKERS.

    The local authorities of a certain popular seaside resort has endeavored to combine humor with its injunctions to thoughtless visitors. ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. Running No Risks.

    “Now, ladies and gentlemen,” said the cheap-jack, holding up a shilling, “here’s a chance for everyone. A new silver shilling. How much will you ...

    Article : 75 words
  24. Well Meant.

    The kind old lady had just used the public telephone for the first time, land had given the operator quite a lot of trouble. After she had finished her ...

    Article : 54 words
  25. Surplusage.

    Johnny; “And there, son, you have the story of your dad and the Great War. Son: “Yes, dad. But why did they ...

    Article : 96 words
  26. Mother Knew.

    He came home in the evening to find his young wife in tears. “I’ve been Insulted,” she sobbed. “Insulted by your mother.” ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. Just So.

    The man with the camera was “taking” a party of factory girls who had decided to enter for a newspaper “beauty competition.” A young girl, ...

    Article : 94 words
  28. Lost His Reason.

    A speaker at a meeting rose to support a motion that a year ago he had opposed. “Some of you,” he said, “may ...

    Article : 88 words
  29. Matchless.

    It was a dark and stormy night when a weary husband returned home. “I’ve been to every shop in town and they can’t match that bit of ribbon for [?] ...

    Article : 27 words
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