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  2. WOMAN’S WORLD,

    A most attractive jumper for day for sports wear can be adapted from an old-fashioned shirt blouse. The sleeves can be made either short or long, but ...

    Article : 353 words
  3. Paying the Penalty

    But in her haste and misery she had not noticed which way she had taken and in her endeavors to get back to the right path, only seemed to get ...

    Article : 3,288 words
  4. UNDER THE TREES.

    This is a suitable time of year to talk about trees. I am a great lover of trees; there is something so friendly about them. ...

    Article : 482 words
  5. WE HURT OUR FINGERS MOST.

    The number of simple accidents that occur in our homes and workshops is surprising. Some little time back a record was ...

    Article : 268 words
  6. HOW TO DIG A HOLE.

    So rar as we know, digging was the first work of any sort that man ever did, and my only regret is that it wasn’t finished at the time. Nowadays ...

    Article : 1,332 words
  7. THE SUNNY SIDE.

    “Let’s walk on the sunny side; summer’s too short to miss any of its brightness.” That was the remark of a friend of ...

    Article : 448 words
  8. HE DESERVED IT.

    As the Scotch express neared, Carlisle the traveller in the corner seat laid down his paper, when a thin man with an aggressive moustache bent ...

    Article : 97 words
  9. That Bottom Drawer.

    Following tradition, the bottom drawer is the place where wives to be lay by their dainty edged cloths and confections of silk and ribbon for the ...

    Article : 391 words
  10. SURPRISED THE BRIDE.

    He had been invited to the wedding of an old friend. He had never seen the bride before, but when he was presented to her he tried hard to be ...

    Article : 98 words
  11. COMING BACK.

    They had quarrelled seriously. Finally the wife declared, angrily: “I’m going home to my mother!” The husband maintained his calm ...

    Article : 64 words
  12. STILL ON TOP.

    A man entered a chemist’s shop in Glasgow, and asked to have a cough mixture made up. He refused a patent because of the “fancy price.” ...

    Article : 96 words
  13. THE OPTIMIST.

    She wanted some oak trees in her garden, and the local dealers promised to plant them. Later in the day they sent a man, ...

    Article : 75 words
  14. THE SAFEST WAY.

    A newly-appointed policeman was hailed by a passing tramcar conductor. “Officer,” said the latter, “this man here,” pointing to a surly-looking ...

    Article : 72 words
  15. SAFETY FIRST.

    The other evening a Scotsman was taking a walk in a Melbourne Suburb, and wondering at the same time how he could make a little easy money, ...

    Article : 91 words
  16. HE HADN’T LEARNT THAT.

    Tommy had just completed his first term at boarding-school. On the evening of his return home, wishing to impress his little sister with the vastness ...

    Article : 85 words
  17. HER LACK OF FAITH.

    One night or morning, rather—Mr. Brown returned just as dawn was breaking. “What time is it?” called his sleepy ...

    Article : 141 words
  18. Things Worth Knowing.

    You can quickly exterminate moths by wiping the insides of cupboards and boxes with a rag dipped in turpentine. A brilliant polish can be given to ...

    Article : 173 words
  19. STILL THE SAME.

    “And what’s happened to old Joe Coates?” asked the traveller who had not seen his native village for many years. ...

    Article : 409 words
  20. WHAT DID IT.

    A slater, who was relating to a company of brother workmen the, account of an accident that had befallen him, said he slipped off the roof of a ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. THREE DAYS’ HOLIDAY.

    When you are utterly fagged out, when your nerves are all a-quiver, and when every little task which the day brings seems more than you can ...

    Article : 425 words
  22. RECOMPENSE.

    Messrs. Smith and Johnson, lawyers, were busy, and the chief clerk was nearly run off his feet. A portly woman entered the office ...

    Article : 331 words
  23. GOING TOO FAR.

    Architect: “Now, where would you prefer the drawing-room, sir.” Mr. Strukile: “Look here, young man, I’ve let you put up a ...

    Article : 325 words
  24. AUNT MARIA SAYS:

    My nevvy ’as been away at the seaside, but ’e only stopped there one day ’E said ’e. couldn’t stand the sight of all that water. ...

    Article : 274 words
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