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  2. Short Story.

    Christmas Eve—I was lifting the brownest piece of the Christmas goose to my lips when she looked at me. She was pretty—bewitchingly pretty. ...

    Article : 2,031 words
  3. How to Keep Young.

    If procrastination is the thief of time it is no less the thief of youth and beauty. Women grow old by putting off from week to week, and year to year, the use of ...

    Article : 1,154 words
  4. Household Hints.

    After buttering a tin for a boiled pudding dust it with pounded breadcrumbs. Baking pans can be treated with flour in the same way, and the cake will never stick. ...

    Article : 372 words
  5. Cava[?]y [?]Modern War[?]are.

    Sir Evelyn Wood is a great believer in the possibilities of cavalry. He does not think its importance has been impaired by the general employment of ...

    Article : 888 words
  6. The Home.

    Starched linen should be placed next to only those skins that have the firmness and perfect texture of youth. If elderly women would have their sleeves finished at the ...

    Article : 238 words
  7. Comic Cuttings.

    Docked Tales.—Shortened stories. Always keeps its hands before its face.—A clock. Women marry to got into society ; men to ...

    Article : 1,079 words
  8. Common Mistakes.

    It is a mistake (says a writer in "Home Words") to think that the more a person eats the healthier and stronger he will become. It is a mistake to go to bed at ...

    Article : 160 words
  9. Give of Your Kind.

    If you do not have the luxuries of life, if you do not possess much money, you can still give, and give lavishly, because you can give of your kind. The half-day spent ...

    Article : 200 words
  10. Serving Afternoon Tea.

    Afternoon tea may be served in a variety of ways. The hostess may brew it herself in a teapot upon her tea table in the parlour ; she may make it by pouring boiling ...

    Article : 71 words
  11. To Clean Zinc Articles.

    Rub them well all over with paraffin oil ,applied on a piece of fiannel. Then make a lather of hot water and soap, and wash them in it. This treatment will render them ...

    Article : 41 words
  12. Honey for Cooking.

    Honey may replace sugar as an ingredient in the cooking of food. In rice puddings the writer invariably uses honey instead of sugar ; the flavour is much more delicious. ...

    Article : 157 words
  13. The First Love.

    A writer says :—Oftentimes that first love, which you liken to the rose-coloured clouds that stain the morning sky at sunrise," braves the fierce glare and heat of ...

    Article : 163 words
  14. To Clean Gloves.

    Make a lather with Castile soap and warm water, in which put a spoonful of ammonia to each quart. When the water is tepid, put the gloves in it ; let them soak for a quarter ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. About Nursing.

    All girls should know a little about nursing, so as to be of use in time of sickness. One of the most important things to see to is the bed. Very few people really know ...

    Article : 231 words
  16. To Clean Lace.

    requires very careful treatment especially if it be of a delicate make, and to attempt to wash it in the ordinary way can only re suit in failure. A safe and effective method ...

    Article : 187 words
  17. To Clean Windows.

    Use tepid water and ammonia. About a teacupful of ammonia to a bucketful of water will be quite sufficient. Wash them with a sponge or cloth dipped in the water and ...

    Article : 82 words
  18. May a Man Ever Break an Engagement?

    It has so long been recognised by society at large that the breaking of an engagement should come from the lady's side, and that a man is bound in honour to his word, that ...

    Article : 311 words
  19. Some Strange Accidents.

    There are many people in the world who would not travel on a railroad or on a steamboat through fear of accidents. They never seem to realise that an accident may ...

    Article : 145 words
  20. British Stolidity.

    The London correspondent of the "Journal des Debats" admires the calmness of Government officials add British merchants, &c., during the crisis in the East. With ...

    Article : 304 words
  21. High-speed Locomotive Engines.

    Within the past few months there has been a forward movement in connection with the development of the locomotive, originating undoubtedly in the stimulus given to ...

    Article : 297 words
  22. A Candid Diagnosis.

    An old lady, prim, precise, and prudent, discovered an alarming number of gray hairs appearing in her still silky, abundant tresses, that, too, in spite of the daily use ...

    Article : 265 words
  23. Dogs as Warming Pans.

    A curious account is given of the use to which dogs are put in the cutlery works of Thiers, France. Each grinder, man and woman, takes a dog to the grinding-room in ...

    Article : 274 words
  24. Naturally Formed.

    In the church of St John at Pisa, in Italy there is a piece of stone heavily marked with read, blue, and yellow spar, the lines representing an old man with heavy white ...

    Article : 262 words
  25. The Faults of Others.

    Many people have a genius for seeing the faults of others ; b[?]rt there is one peculiarity about this faculty which should be an interesting study for the ...

    Article : 185 words
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