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  2. Sundered Lives

    [?] do wish you would change your [?] and stay on with us for a while, [?] said Mrs. Bude, as they sat to [?] in the drawing-room at ...

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  3. DOOMED TO BE SPINSTERS.

    An old superstition of obscure origin is responsible for imposing a severe handicap on Japanese girls who are twenty-years old this year. It is said ...

    Article : 137 words
  4. SCHEMES FOR WORKMEN.

    In the “Quarterly Review,” writing on “Profit Sharing and Share Purchase for Employees,” Mr. W. Howard Hazell makes a practical suggestion ...

    Article : 648 words
  5. BREAKING THE BANK.

    One often hears certain people referred to as men who have “broken the bank at Monte Carlo,” and accordingly they are thought to be the ...

    Article : 853 words
  6. THE THINNEST THINGS IN THE WORLD.

    Perhaps the thinnest thing in the world is the gold leaf lettering on books and memo. pads. It is usually only 1/280,000 of an inch in thickness. One ...

    Article : 143 words
  7. THE LUCKY BRIDE.

    At a recent society wedding the bride, as she was being escorted to the chancel by her father; caught her foot in the carpet, and stumbled. “How ...

    Article : 234 words
  8. THE ONLY WAY.

    “On private business,” said Charles to the office-boy as he handed in his card. With a quaking heart Charles was ...

    Article : 124 words
  9. THE WRONG TUNE.

    A young man was showing his cousin the sights of London. The cousin came came from Aberdeen. After a somewhat exhausting day, they entered a ...

    Article : 141 words
  10. LABOR IN VAIN.

    Three little boys entered a village shop, the keeper of which was very old. Asking the first what he wanted, the boy replied, “Pennyworth of ...

    Article : 109 words
  11. THE TRAVELLER’S TRICK.

    He rushed back to the waiting-room, snatched up his bag, and burst precipitately on to the platform again. The effect was electric. There was a ...

    Article : 73 words
  12. POT LUCK.

    Of course, their visitor would come on a Thursday night; when all the shops were closed and there was next to nothing in the house. And, of course, ...

    Article : 114 words
  13. MAKING QUITE SURE.

    “Anything for the Murphys?” inquired a freckle-faced girl, putting her head in at the post-office door. “No, nothing,” replied the clerk. ...

    Article : 87 words
  14. OBVIOUS.

    A particularly sour and plain-looking woman had come to consult the doctor, and was explaining her symptoms. “Do you know, doctor,” she said, ...

    Article : 647 words
  15. HIS MONEY’S WORTH.

    Bill Curry was butcher. What’s more, an enterprising butcher, who was determined to extract from his business every penny that could be ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. BETRAYED!

    The young husband had arrived home to find his wife in tears. “Whatever is the matter, darling?” he inquired. ...

    Article : 46 words
  17. BUSINESS FIRST.

    The stockbroker was very ill, and at times delicious. In one of his apparently lucid moments he asked the what the last reading had shown ...

    Article : 455 words
  18. UNABLE TO GIVE MONEY AWAY.

    An interesting experiment concerning the value of that publicity which takes the form of the distribution of leaflets to passers-by has been carried ...

    Article : 476 words
  19. MARRIAGE RISKS.

    An elderly and a young member of a certain club met in the smoking room. “I hear, Mr. Jones,” said the former, ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. EASY.

    Uncle John watched his nephew and some other little boys playing at soldiers; they were attacking a fort. “Tommy,” he said, “If you and your ...

    Article : 377 words
  21. NO APPEAL.

    A journalist, his wife and child, little Alice, were having lunch together. “Can I have some more pudding, mother?” inquired the child. ...

    Article : 325 words
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