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  2. IN DEFIANCE.

    The bustling housekeeper led the way about the rooms. It's all kept neat and tidy for your return, Miss Eleanor," she said. ...

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  3. ADVICE TO WOMEN.

    Very few people realise how completely the mechanism of the human brain is injured by any excess. Yet so absolute a fact is this that it ...

    Article : 920 words
  4. HORTICULTURAL.

    Early strawberries are fruiting freely. If the beds are given a liberal application of manure water, the bearing season will be prolonged, and the crowns ...

    Article : 625 words
  5. HEALTH HINTS.

    Bed sores are always regarded by nurses as preventable evils, and great precautions are taken against them. Every day the patient's beak and ...

    Article : 110 words
  6. A SINGULAR REVERSAL.

    Briggs: I notice that somebody says that Marie Corell writes for moonstruck, hysterical woman, while Rudyard Kipling appeals to the animal nature by glorifying fighting in every form. ...

    Article : 43 words
  7. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    The present season has undoubtedly been a good one for roses, and good blooms have been obtained with only moderately good treatment. The beauty ...

    Article : 361 words
  8. SHE SAW HIS FEET.

    An honest young man, who had escaped a great peril by an act of heroism was much complimented for his bravery. One lady said: "I wish I could have seen your ...

    Article : 54 words
  9. AN UNFORTUNATE WISH.

    He (sentimental):I wish I were a star. She: I wish I were one, too. He: May I dare to guess why? She: Because it is known that every star is ...

    Article : 43 words
  10. TRY THIS FOR A COUGH.

    Flaxseed lemonade is very good for a cough or cold and may be taken freely. It is made as follows:—Blow the dust out of four tablespoonfuls of flaxseed ...

    Article : 87 words
  11. A VOICE FROM THE CROWD.

    Hyde Park Orator: My friends, if we were each of us to turn and look ourselves squarely in the face what should we each find we needed most? ...

    Article : 42 words
  12. WHAT PASSED.

    Magistrate: What passed between yourself and the complainant? O'Brien: I think, sor a half-dozen bricks and a lump of paving stone. ...

    Article : 23 words
  13. TO DISPERSE A COLD.

    When one is first conscious of having caught cold one can often get rid of it by prompt measures. It is a good plan to have a hot bath, and then to ...

    Article : 168 words
  14. CRUEL.

    "John," said Mrs Meekton, "the doctor says you must be careful and not take anything that does not agree with you." "Where do you suppose you would be now, ...

    Article : 40 words
  15. WIT AND HUMOR.

    The Earliest Comb-makers.—Bees. No Risk Whatever.—A safe robbery. A Buy Election—Where the seat is sold. The ideal husband—some other woman's ...

    Article : 1,206 words
  16. DUBIOUS.

    Adorer (meeting his adored's small sister) : Did your sister say whether she enjoyed herself at the dance last night? Small Sister: Oh, yes, indeed! Flo can ...

    Article : 33 words
  17. THE TEST.

    Is that a good dog? I used to think so, but I'm beginning to have my doubts now. Why? ...

    Article : 36 words
  18. SOUND ADVICE.

    Do you know of any way by which young writers like myself can make money in literature? Magazine Editor: Um—there is one. ...

    Article : 39 words
  19. NURSERY NOTES.

    oHw to Carry a Baby.—Always remember when carrying a baby that for the first few months after birth the spine is soft and will bend very easily; therefore, ...

    Article : 565 words
  20. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    The song the robin sings in May. It is the one I sing; He has the same sweet words to say Across the fields of spring. ...

    Article : 166 words
  21. MORE CAREFUL AFTER THAT.

    An amusing story is told at the expense of one of her Majesty's officers. He was the colonel of a well-known regiment. He displayed such exceptional indifference with regard ...

    Article : 134 words
  22. PUTTING HIS FOOT IN IT.

    The Lady Bountiful of the parish was going her rounds, and called at a small cottage occupied by a "model" peasant, whose wife had been an Invalid for some years. ...

    Article : 126 words
  23. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    Advantage should be taken of any dull showery weather to proceed with the work of cowing seeds and transplanting cabbages, celery and plants of this class. ...

    Article : 356 words
  24. WORRYING WOMEN

    A great deal of precious life is frittered away worrying over trifles and over things that cannot be helped. Of course, sound nerves and a good digestion have ...

    Article : 231 words
  25. BRAVE LITTLE NANNIE

    "Whatever is to be done?" sighed poor Mrs Fraser, helplessly. "As if it wasn't enough to have the twins to mind and father and the lads coming home from work too late to do a ...

    Article : 828 words
  26. SOME WAYS OF USING EGGS.

    Egg Nogg.—To a pint of ale add some stick cinnamon, grated nutmeg, and ground ginger, and make hot. Beat up the yolks of two eggs with a little moist ...

    Article : 708 words
  27. LADIES' GOSSIP.

    Lack of appetite for breakfast, as well as many cases of anaemia and worse diseases, are due to the breathing over and over again of the same air in restricted ...

    Article : 420 words
  28. THE CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    The fernery will need an abundance of water on hot wirdy days. The ferns are making their new growths, and are easily ruined by a dry atmosphere. ...

    Article : 556 words
  29. TALE OF TRAFALGAR.

    Mr Laird Clowes, in his new volume of the "History of the British Navy," relates the following story, on the authority of an eye witness aboard the ...

    Article : 383 words
  30. HUNGER AND CRIME.

    A painful story was related on Saturday, at Marylebone, in connection with a prosecution in which a good-looking and neatly-dressed young woman, named ...

    Article : 354 words
  31. SUMMER DISHES.

    Spring Soup.—Required: Two ounces of butter, two lettuces, two onions two quarts of stock, one carrot, one turnip, one pint of water, three yolks of eggs, ...

    Article : 944 words
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