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  2. Complete Short Story. THE HUNDREDTH CHANCE.

    Simeon Dorf had known for several weeks that the crash was almost inevitable. He knew also that it would probably mean at least seven years ...

    Article : 2,932 words
  3. OUT OF TUNE.

    There comes a time to all of us when the skies are dark. Friends are scarce, money gone; things are twist- ed—everything is out of Joint. ...

    Article : 569 words
  4. BIRTHDAYS IN HOLLAND.

    The Englishman has no idea how It feels to have a birthday until he has celebrated one or participated in the festivities of someone else's natal day ...

    Article : 426 words
  5. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

    It was the late Mr. Shakespeare, I think, who once described the English language-as the most beautiful thing on earth; and there is no doubt that, ...

    Article : 616 words
  6. THE WILY WAITER.

    According to a friend of mine who ought'" to know, Englishman are the best waiters in the world. There have been times, especially when my wife ...

    Article : 974 words
  7. HOW PEOPLE DIFFER MENTALLY.

    The slow worker is not the accurate worker. The old adage of "Slow but sure," or "Haste makes waste" has been found untrue—although it may ...

    Article : 1,156 words
  8. A COMEDY OF ERRORS.

    As I had a touch of plumbago Lydia and I bartered a taxi to delay us to the theatre. We sat in the dress circle. Looking down upon the stalls ...

    Article : 542 words
  9. FACING UNPLEASANT FACTS.

    It is human nature to avoid facing unpleasant facts. But it is also human nature to be dogged persistently by those facts ...

    Article : 674 words
  10. WHEN INSTINCT PLAYS TRICKS.

    Although we rightly pride ourselves on being able to govern our own actions we are still largely governed by our instincts; and this applies ...

    Article : 358 words
  11. DANCING MAD.

    I am very fond of dancing a fox-trot I do not profess to be a good dancer, but I enjoy it. It is a stimulus to the body; a tonic to the mind. ...

    Article : 480 words
  12. SUCCESS POINTS.

    The secret of success is no secret at all. Will a man pay the price of success? That is the point. There is only one certainty—hard work. ...

    Article : 275 words
  13. POLITICS AND YOUR HEALTH.

    "Never talk politics before bedtime.' was the advice given by Mr. Clement Jeffrey, the spinal specialist, at a lecture on "Nerves." ...

    Article : 164 words
  14. HARD TO FOLLOW.

    At a small country church a newly-married couple were receiving some advice. "You must never both get cross at ...

    Article : 174 words
  15. CORRECT.

    Little Harry's mother had taken him to church and they sat in the second row of the gallery. Harry seemed particularly interested in two girls seated ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. AN EASY ONE.

    A down-at-heel individual applied for a super's Job at a theatre. "Where were you last engaged," the manager asked, "and what is your ...

    Article : 84 words
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