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  2. VARIETIES

    She: Do you prefer an ugly woman with brains, or a pretty woman without any? He: Madam, I prefer present ...

    Article : 815 words
  3. John Wybert’s Daughter Or “THE ROPE OF PEARLS,” All Rights Reserved.

    Hugh Branston did not relish the position he occupied in his motor car in such a prominent place as the crowded corner at the Marble Arch. ...

    Article : 1,821 words
  4. WOMAN’S WORLD. A WIFE’S DUTIES.

    A girl should marry when she is capable of understanding and fulfilling the duties of a true wife and thorough housekeeper, and never before. No ...

    Article : 282 words
  5. COMMON-SENSE AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY.

    Malicious innuendo and ridicule are cowards’ weapons. Many a life has been wasted by parents preference and false estimates ...

    Article : 374 words
  6. A TALK TO ENGAGED GIRLS.

    Above everything, let your household linen be of the best quality, and commence housekeeping with a good supply. Pinch in other departments ...

    Article : 147 words
  7. THE SIN OF BEING TIRED.

    The sin of being tired! What do you mean? Just what I say:—“Selflove, my liege, is not so vile a sin as self-forgetting.” ...

    Article : 397 words
  8. AMERIGO VESPUCCI.

    The Marchesa Amerigo Vespucci, who recently died at Florence, was said to be the last descendant of Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian ...

    Article : 370 words
  9. ABOUT POLITENESS.

    The reason that the French people enjoy the well-earned reputation of being the politest people in the world is because la politesse, or good breeding, ...

    Article : 157 words
  10. DRAPED COSTUME.

    For a dressy gown there is nothing prettier than one with some graceful drapery, and this is a style which is almost universally becoming. This ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 242 words
  11. CHAPTER XII.

    Harry Onslow, who had played such an unselfish part towards Ethel, was about twenty-five years of age, fairly good-looking, as has been said, and of ...

    Article : 3,754 words
  12. UNPOLISHED RICE AS A CURE FOR INDIGESTION,

    One-half of the human race makes rice their chief food. The people of India, China, and Japan are rice-eaters. A medical correspondent who ...

    Article : 184 words
  13. MEN CALLED IT CAOUTCHOUC.

    Nearly everybody is talking rubber, or buying or selling rubber, just now. Yet 140 years ago the very name was unknown, although we had the sub ...

    Article : 254 words
  14. SILK CATERPILLAR.

    A new kind of silk-producing caterpillar is about to be introduced to the world. In Assam, where the natives call it “erl,’’ it has been used for ...

    Article : 133 words
  15. Among the Militants.

    Bill: Jake said he was going to break up the suffragette meeting the other night. Were his plans carried out? ...

    Article : 29 words
  16. Kipling’s Corn-Cob.

    “Did Kipling ever steal one of my corn-cob pipes?” said the late Mark Twain once. “Never; and if he says so he’s ...

    Article : 57 words
  17. His Last Word.

    A dyspeptic-looking man had taken his seat in a railway-carriage, when a fellow-passenger bent forward With a confidential “Pardon me, sir, but what ...

    Article : 200 words
  18. The Specifications.

    Lady (looking for a cook): Now, I want a girl who will be able to think for herself—one that I won’t have to watch and correct every minute of the ...

    Article : 85 words
  19. Advertising

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  20. How Pat’s Dog Died!

    A certain Irishman was very proud of a huge bulldog he possessed, which was his Constant companion. One day a friend met him without the dog, and ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. Advertising

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