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  2. Then He Was Silent

    Short of stunning him with my suitcase or throwing him bodily through the carriage window, I could think of no way of checking the steady flow ...

    Article : 446 words
  3. Preparation of Food

    Food may be proper in amount and in quality and yet fail in its object through lack of good cooking. The more attractive and palatable the food, ...

    Article : 329 words
  4. Fill Up Those Cake Tins

    Cockles.—3 cups flour, 1 teaspoonful baking powder, 1 cup dripping, 1 cup sugar. Rub flour, dripping and sugar ...

    Article : 421 words
  5. A Matter of Credit

    “You say that your credit in the town is still good, do you?" thundered the young man’s rich relative, as he surveyed Clarence Wiltshire from ...

    Article : 533 words
  6. [Short Story] A Battle of Wits

    A garden, a man, and a girl. Morning in rose-time. “You needn’t snip the roses so savagely, Edna. You’re not guillotining ...

    Article : 1,007 words
  7. Regarding Other Things

    Most of our desires are best and most quickly accomplished, not by headlong chase after them, but by due regard to other things. ...

    Article : 300 words
  8. LUCK OR PLUCK

    “Joan is always lucky,” remarked Marion enviously on hearing that her friend had been promoted to a position of trust. ...

    Article : 432 words
  9. WORTH!

    Give me the man of sterling worth, Who thinks less of the pride of birth Than of that higher heritage Inscribed on duty’s golden page, ...

    Article : 339 words
  10. THE COMEDIAN’S “BIBLE”

    Over 200 jokes are broadcast by radio comedians in each week’s British broadcasting programmes. As you listen to them do you ever wonder ...

    Article : 385 words
  11. ATTENTION, MOTHERS!

    “Being a mother doesn’t mean that you have to stop being yourself—but you have to work at it. You can’t let yourself go and expect to leave the ...

    Article : 265 words
  12. DISMISSED

    I have a lady typiste, it’s quite a change for me. (You see, I’m still old-fashioned; I’m nearly forty-three), ...

    Article : 120 words
  13. GUNS OF MERCY

    We have discovered a gun that is not used to maim, murder, and massacre, and a famous gunsmith who devotes his entire time and abilities to ...

    Article : 372 words
  14. SLEEP, GENTLE SLEEP

    He was inclined to fret and fuss because he was insomnious. And he was always looking for some method of obtaining rest. ...

    Article : 184 words
  15. Tatters

    An irate customer called at the laundry with a parcel. Opening it, he said—“Look at that.” The manager fingered the contents ...

    Article : 49 words
  16. Rise in the World

    “This metamorphosis of animals is a marvel. Just think of the ugly caterpillar which becomes the lovely butterfly.” ...

    Article : 217 words
  17. PAY AS YOU RIDE

    Inventors often come into a fair amount of chaff for their extravagant ideas, but sometimes their ideas, although at first blush they seem rather ...

    Article : 243 words
  18. Early Bird

    “You look done up to-day, Bill. What’s the trouble?" asked an office friend. “Well," explained Bill. “I didn’t get ...

    Article : 172 words
  19. Making Sure Of It

    She was elderly, not very goodlooking, and quite unmarried. And, as usual, she went to a well-known seaside resort for the holidays. ...

    Article : 167 words
  20. APHORISMS

    Nothing ages like laziness. The innocent seldom find an uneasy pillow. We can do nothing well without ...

    Article : 114 words
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