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  2. A PAGE The Western Mail OF FUN Clothes and the Man.

    When the Orient express reached the Turkish frontier the strange sight of a traveller gesticulating wildly to the guard of the train, dressed only in his jacket ...

    Article : 168 words
  3. By the Way.

    [?]en shillings will be paid for the best brief [?]ory, incident, or epigram of the week used in this column. "The Western Mail" reserving the right to publish any others received. The name ...

    Article : 826 words
  4. Safety First.

    The young man had had no experience in collecting debts, but he was desperately in need of a job, and was willing to tackle almost anything. The merchant to whom ...

    Article : 145 words
  5. Waiting for Orders.

    He was one of those people who think that other people cannot be entrusted to do anything. They give so many directions that muddles are inevitable. ...

    Article : 108 words
  6. His Unlucky Day.

    A tea-party was being given at the Laurels, and little Leonard had been given special instructions with regard to his behaviour during the afternoon. ...

    Article : 98 words
  7. Keen on a Bargain.

    She was keen on a bargain, was Mrs Sharpe. The other day she went into a draper's shop to buy a piece of silk to renovate ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 119 words
  8. Those Wireless Wires.

    Mrs. Marvel was very angry with her new maid and resolved to give the girl a severe lecture. She had been into the drawing-room after the girl was supposed ...

    Article : 116 words
  9. Solved It Easily.

    The Browns lived at a corner house, and were constantly annoyed by people ringing the door bell to ask where other people in the road lived. ...

    Article : 118 words
  10. A Good Reason.

    "Now, sir," said the cross-examining counsel, "be careful! Do you swear that this is not your handwriting?" "I'm quite sure it isn't," came the ...

    Article : 83 words
  11. Plenty of Wear.

    Giles had been sent by his master, a wealthy farmer, to make a few purchases in the town. Among the shops he had to visit was his master's tailor. ...

    Article : 105 words
  12. All the Difference.

    The grocer was busily engaged attending the wants of his customers when he suddenly caught sight of a small boy gazing at a large crate of oranges with ...

    Article : 82 words
  13. Strategy.

    "Boy, take these flowers up to Miss Dolly Footlights, room 12." "Gee! You're the fourth guy wot's sent her Howers to-day." ...

    Article : 67 words
  14. His Only Fear.

    The old Scotch "commercial" was listening patiently to the shopkeeper's tale of woe. "I wadna worry," was his sympathetic ...

    Article : 83 words
  15. Eclipsed.

    They were talking of the new member in the travellers' club, a Scotsman. "Yon know," observed one humorous soul, "a Scotsman once he gets to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 149 words
  16. Safety First.

    An old country woman went into a bank, threw down her deposit book, and said she wished to draw out all her money. ...

    Article : 72 words
  17. The One Regret.

    A young married woman was telling her friends of her first quarrel with her husband, and how, after making it up the couple had planted a tree in ...

    Article : 60 words
  18. Considerate.

    Little Johnny had, as usual, been very naughty, and his father took down a cane. "Ah, Johnny, my lad," he sighed, "this, I can assure you, is going to hurt ...

    Article : 53 words
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