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  2. BRITAIN’S FAMOUS JEWS.

    Appreciated in some countries, persecuted in others, but everywhere a people to be reckoned with. Over twenty centuries have rolled ...

    Article : 563 words
  3. WORLD’S GREAT MOTOR RACE.

    Each January, when the greater part of Europe is under snow, is held the most romantic and adventurous motoring event in the world—the Monte ...

    Article : 530 words
  4. A BUSY AIRPORT.

    The "star turn” at Croydon Airport, England, every night is the departure, at 10 o’clock, of the Continental air mail. The big Junkers three—engined ...

    Article : 491 words
  5. [Short Story.]

    “Of course,” said Dorothy’s aunt, Mrs. Morgan, in her coldest tone. “Of course, Dorothy, I am astonished that you should so far forget what you ...

    Article : 976 words
  6. SELECTED RECIPES.

    Potato Cake.—Take cold floury potatoes, beat them up with a little butter, and some salt, mix in a small proportion of flour, and with milk work the ...

    Article : 460 words
  7. WHAT ARE YOU WORTH, ANYHOW?

    From your chin down you are worth about 12/- a day. From the chin up you are worth —anything—there’s no limit. ...

    Article : 225 words
  8. GUARDING AGAINST INFLUENZA.

    One person, suffering from a cold, or about to break out with influenza, can start an epidemic among his defenceless fellow workers. If, however, the ...

    Article : 199 words
  9. WOMANLY LOVELINESS.

    “A wise woman, whose wisdom outspans time and renders her more amiable and beautiful as the years go by, replied to my compliment on ...

    Article : 324 words
  10. TURKEY STRENGTHENING THE DARDANELLES

    An echo of the European armaments race comes from the region of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. Turkey is concentrating her military ...

    Article : 181 words
  11. OWNED A COLLAR STUD FOR THIRTY YEARS.

    Robert Whyte, of Newcastle (England) much be one of the most careful men in the world. He has owned a collar—stud for thirty years, and the ...

    Article : 116 words
  12. BOY HEIR TO FORTUNE.

    At school in Somerset is a twelveyear-old boy named Arthur Brocklehurst Luttrell. He is heir to a fortune of £200,000, but he will not be ...

    Article : 191 words
  13. BRITAIN’S RICHEST MAN.

    Aged 80, Britain’s richest man, who has given more than £1,000,000 to charity, has just given £300,000 to form a trust fund to provide pensions ...

    Article : 190 words
  14. STATUES FOR FICTION WRITERS.

    Few people have had the experience of becoming world—famous as the original of an immortal character in fiction. ...

    Article : 342 words
  15. THE LETTER “E.”

    Someone has advanced the opinion that the letter “e” is the most unfortunate character in the English alphabet, because it is always out of cash, ...

    Article : 323 words
  16. PRINTER AND HIS PRESS.

    All honor to the printer with his press, Whose toil through centuries has been to bless. He led the world from darkness into ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. EGG—SHELL ARTISTRY.

    One day Miss Nellie Isaac was working in her kitchen at home when her sister dropped an egg. The broken shell gave her an idea. ...

    Article : 115 words
  18. TO SPLICE ROPE.

    Unwind a single strand from each piece one for 2ft., the other for 15in. Then lay the long strand in where the shorter one was lifted from, ...

    Article : 294 words
  19. A SUBSTITUTE FOR GOLD.

    A French journal describes a new and promising substitute for gold. It is produced by alloying ninety—four parts of copper with six of antimony, ...

    Article : 89 words
  20. NOT A FRIEND.

    I was walking down our road the other day, and seeing someone pass the end of it, I felt sure it was a friend whom I had not seen for some time. So ...

    Article : 193 words
  21. CHATTERBOX.

    An Englishman and an American were travelling in the same compartment on a Liverpool express. The former spoke not a word to his ...

    Article : 172 words
  22. BEWARE LOST PROPERTY SALES!

    I some time ago bought an umbrella at a railway lost property sale. The other day I was travelling up to town, when suddenly a lady seated ...

    Article : 153 words
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