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  2. Berlin's Watchwomen.

    One of the most remarkable services which the war has forced on German women is that of night ' watchman' These officials in ordinary times are men of good physique and ...

    Article : 210 words
  3. Girl's Letter in a Sandbag.

    Outside King's Cross (London) a lank and limping Australian trooper from Gallipoli, stepped up to a man and asked for a light. He seemed just a bit strange and forsaken, ...

    Article : 235 words
  4. What Time D Meant.

    Mrs Giles came up to London, on a visit and passing through, a suburban street noticed a card with a big D upon it placed in the window of a villa. ...

    Article : 107 words
  5. A Brave Frenchman.

    A gallant deed on the part of the Mayor of Vacquemoulin is described by the' Petit Journal.' When the Germans were in the ...

    Article : 456 words
  6. Finding the Key.

    Mrs Mode had just returned home after, spending a few days with a friend in the country to discover her previously well stocked wardrobe empty. ...

    Article : 145 words
  7. How Numbers on Houses Came.

    It is surprising to know that no one happened to think of numbering houses in cities before the year 1512. But we should remember that they had little need of house ...

    Article : 394 words
  8. Police Court Tit-Bits.

    Two stories of the police courts demand record. The first comes from a prosecution for assault, ' What? ' said the magistrate.' You assert that a physical wreck like that ...

    Article : 129 words
  9. A Sufficient Reason.

    Sir Arthur Chance, the famous physician, tells an amusing story, according to Mr J. C. Percy, in his book, 'Bulls and Blunders,' about the Midland Great Western Railway ...

    Article : 235 words
  10. That's All.

    "Please state to the court exactly what you did between eight and nine-o'clock on Wednesday morning,' said a lawyer to a delicate looking little woman in the witness ...

    Article : 217 words
  11. Treasured Hearts.

    Before the Russians left Warsaw they sent away from that city its most precious relic, the heart of Chopin, which had been kept in a casket in the Church of the Holy ...

    Article : 185 words
  12. Facts About Twins.

    Take 900 average babies. There will be ten pairs of twins among them. This remark applies to England and the United State. In Italy or Brazil the ...

    Article : 498 words
  13. Out of Place.

    He was a very shy young man. For two long years he had been paying her attention, and had not yet even squeezed her hand. One evening, as they lingered in the shadow ...

    Article : 103 words
  14. A Wounded German and his Lieutenant.

    A representative of the ' Petit Journal,' in giving an account of a visit to a hospital in which German wounded are being treated, tells the following :— ...

    Article : 207 words
  15. A Strange Calculation.

    Among the different ways of finding out a person's age with only trifling data, here is one that is rather extraordinary. You inform a friend that if he ,will give ...

    Article : 380 words
  16. The Clever Rifle Bird.

    Of, all the quaint, cunning and self-protective devices employed by wild creatures for the purposes of keeping off enemies, perhaps there is none that equals the efforts ...

    Article : 274 words
  17. Do Men Exhaust their Originality at Sixty.

    Ehrlich and von Behring have reached that age, and from all over the world congratulations have poured in upon them. The great demonstration seems tinged with a sad note as ...

    Article : 255 words
  18. Simply Explained.

    Scientific Parent (on a stroll)—You see and there in the street, my son, a simple illustration of a principle in mechanics. The man with that cart pushes it in front of him. ...

    Article : 78 words
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