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  2. THE HOUSEHOLD.

    Soak one ounce of gelatine in a pint of cold water. Let this stand twenty minutes. Then dissolve over the fire, add the thinly-pared-rind pared rind of ...

    Article : 427 words
  3. IN GOLDEN JANUARY

    But that is when my story ends. It began in the heart of an English June; that is to say, the part of It which interests us particularly began then to ...

    Article : 2,683 words
  4. BARON ROTHSCHILD’S GOLDEN RULES.

    The formula for success in life which the late Baron Rothschild laid down for young men was:— Shun liquor. ...

    Article : 102 words
  5. A BOVINE CRITIC.

    In his “Life and Letters of Whittler,” Mr. Samuel T. Pickard gives an-anecdote about an ox, called “Old Butler,” as related by the Quaker poet: ...

    Article : 122 words
  6. A WONDERFUL WOMAN.

    There died recently at Bradford, at the age of seventy-six a remarkable woman named Elizabeth Dawson. For sixty-four years she had carried on a ...

    Article : 97 words
  7. NO BRIDEGROOM A HERO.

    A wedding is the one occasion where the woman always outshines the man She is the heroine, and there Is no hero. The role of bridegroom is far ...

    Article : 115 words
  8. VARIETIES.

    Practical wisdom consists in saying the obvious thing at the right time. True courage consists doing the obvious thing in an emergency. ...

    Article : 837 words
  9. WORDS OF WISDOM.

    We are all in favour of peace, but there are some hot disagreements about how to get it. He who tells me of my faults is my ...

    Article : 486 words
  10. THE UP-TO-DATE HUSBAND,

    I know my husband really tries, A pleasant home to make, But he can’t seem to make such pies As father used to bake. ...

    Article : 127 words
  11. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The first grand opera was produced in Florence three hundred years ago. Russia is increasing in population faster than any country in the world. ...

    Article : 1,002 words
  12. HOT WATER.

    Under many conditions hot water is one of the most potent remedial agents that can be employed, and often, when intelligently used, it accomplishes ...

    Article : 412 words
  13. CORAL REEFS.

    Every ocean traveller is familiar with those curious tropical formations, coral reefs. To the geologist they have a special interest as the occasion of ...

    Article : 298 words
  14. Jam Sandwiches.

    Beat 3 eggs well together with 1½ teacupful of castor sugar, then gradually stir in 2 teacupful of self-raising flour. Fill 2 flat sandwich tins and ...

    Article : 99 words
  15. Gingerbread Loaf.

    A change from the ordinary gingerbread cake: Take half. pound flour and mix half ounce ground ginger with it; warm half pound treacle, two ...

    Article : 172 words
  16. CAUSES OF WRINKLES.

    The thing that has impressed me most during these last few weeks is the almost universal careworn expression of the women everywhere, and the ...

    Article : 476 words
  17. HUMUS lN THE FRUIT GARDEN.

    There is no place where humus is more important than in tie fruit garden. The soil needs to be loose and full of vegetable matter. This will ...

    Article : 205 words
  18. HER OLD SELF.

    She was a woman white-haired, thin, un comely, and with few traces of beauty, for her life had been full of hardship, disappointment and ...

    Article : 147 words
  19. Brown Cake.

    One pound of flour, half a pound of butter and lard mixed, half a pound of sultanas, half a pound of currants, quarter of a pound of candied mixed ...

    Article : 113 words
  20. MISTRESS MERRY FACE.

    Little Mistress Merryface Dances down the way With a fairy’s airy grace, Cheerful all the day. ...

    Article : 147 words
  21. ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTION.

    A young man from the country had applied to his physician for advice. After prescribing the regimen he wished his patient to follow, he added— ...

    Article : 81 words
  22. “MUSIC HATH CHARMS.”

    The truth of the proverb as to the power of music over human passions has seldom been more strikingly illustrated than in an incident either ...

    Article : 202 words
  23. EASILY SETTLED.

    Lady (engaging servant): “You seem to possess every necessary qualification. Have you a sweetheart?” Pretty Servant: “No, mum, but I ...

    Article : 334 words
  24. HUFFY PEOPLE.

    One of the oddest things to witness, If not one of the most disagreeable to encounter, Is the faculty some people have of taking offence when no ...

    Article : 264 words
  25. NUNS WHO NEVER SPEAK.

    The famous Trappist monks near Antwerp, among whom speech is punishable [?] a bread and water diet, have their counterpart in the ...

    Article : 268 words
  26. MR. CARNEGIE’S ADVICE.

    Mr. Carnegie has lately been at Dundee opening a new gymnasium and fives-court provided for the University College by Mr. Robert ...

    Article : 245 words
  27. JEALOUS MAYBE.

    First Comedian: “Did you score a hit with your new speciality?” Second Comedian. “Did [?] Why, the audience gazed in open-mouthed ...

    Article : 43 words
  28. TRICKS OF THE TRADE.

    “The goods we are putting on the market now, said the manager, “are not as pure as we have been selling:” “They’e not !” exclaimed the ...

    Article : 132 words
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