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  2. WORLD'S GREAT STREETS

    After ten years of travel under foreign skies, I find myself once more in this my native city, Melbourne. At the first opportunity I stroll out to have a look at ...

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  3. MATHILDE BONAPARTE

    An impressive and picturesqpe figure passes from the world's stage by the death recently of Princess Mathilde after a prolonged ...

    Article : 1,311 words
  4. THE HUMORIST'

    The wisest men will gladly borrow, From wit' and mirth. 'surcease from sorrow. Motto for Women.-Nothing succeeds like distress. ...

    Article : 1,162 words
  5. HORTICULTURAL.

    Owing to the wet season strong rooted strawberry plants will be plentiful now, even where no special attention has been given to the runners. These may now be ...

    Article : 325 words
  6. THE LADIES' COLUMN

    It may be for only a season, It may be for a year and a day; It may be for ever and ever, We are some of us sailing away. ...

    Article : 185 words
  7. LOST DINNER TICKET

    A poor woman of Islington ate her Christmas dinner with her four fatherless children in a spirit of deep thankfulness to another woman, also ...

    Article : 385 words
  8. GOSSIP

    The Sydeny "Band of Mercy" gives a cipe for protecting horses against the annoyance caused them in summer by flies. Captain Gibben, M.R.C.V.S., of ...

    Article : 162 words
  9. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    Cut vegetable marrows when of small size, for when allowed to form seeds and develop to a large size the bearing capability of the plants is soon exhausted. ...

    Article : 327 words
  10. TO RENOVATE LEATHER FURNITURE.

    If leather furniture be washed with a little soap and water, allowed to dry, then rubbed over by the hand with some vaseline, and next day polished with a ...

    Article : 54 words
  11. A SERVICEABLE APRON.

    At one time aprons were in vogue. Mother and daughter of the household wore an apron always. For the afternoon the mother's was a black silk, the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 176 words
  12. BELLE AND THE BOW

    The Matinee Hat was bad enough; the Bow of the Evening, with which woman, lovely and otherwise, now completes her theatre coiffure, is even worse.—Daily Paper. ...

    Article : 381 words
  13. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    Canterbury bells may now be transplanted direct from the seed bed to the places where they are to flower. These come in very handy for filling gaps ...

    Article : 238 words
  14. ENFANT TERRIBLE.

    Family Doctor: I hope my lady that you are all the better for your long holiday and thorough change of air. The Patient: It has done all the good in the ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. THE QUESTION OF THE DAY.

    First Worthy: Where do I get my opinions from on this ere Fair Trade From Squire of course E gave me two partridges when my ole 'ocman were bad, an'— ...

    Article : 77 words
  16. HER IDEA.

    Belle: My husband insists that I drove him to drink. Lena: Well, what are you going to do about it? ...

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  17. EVERYBODY'S.

    She: Is she a business woman? He: Yes. She: What business is she interested in? He: Everybody's. ...

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  18. THE FAMOUS FARTHING

    Some amusing details of the sequel to the libel action Corelli v. Winter appear in the "Daily Express." It appears that Mr Winter proffered the ...

    Article : 408 words
  19. ORDER.

    The Chair Person struck the desk violently with her gavel. "The club," she exclaimed, "are not in order! The fit of coughing should come ...

    Article : 63 words
  20. THE CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    Re-pot young plants or gardenias before they become pot-bound. The pots In which they will flower need not exceed Sin, in diameter, and unless the available ...

    Article : 454 words
  21. USEFUL HINTS.

    To Clean a Silver Inkstand.—Inkstains that have been left on too long to come off when washed in hot borax and water can be removed by rubbing with a piece ...

    Article : 509 words
  22. ABOUT CATS

    Mr Louis Wain, as everybody knows, Is a great authority on cats. From an interview with him in "Great Thoughts" we take the following:— ...

    Article : 430 words
  23. TOLD ONE TOO MANY.

    Mrs Stayholme: You visited Venice, I suppose? Mrs Struckoyle: Oh, yes, indeed! We had a. delightful time wheeling about the streets of ...

    Article : 31 words
  24. OBEDIENT.

    "Bessie," said a mother to her four-year-old daughter, "did you peel your apple as I told you to before eating it?'" Yes, mamma," replied Bessie. ...

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  25. COULD HUNT NO MORE.

    While Owen Galloway was driving a cow to the fair, he encountered his land agent, who, upon noticing how old the animal appeared, said, "Going to sell, Owen, I suppose?" ...

    Article : 115 words
  26. THE SHADOW OF THE PAST.

    She laid her face against her mother's breast, and sobbed. "My poor child, what is it?" the older lady asked. "Has Reginald been cruel to you? ...

    Article : 123 words
  27. ONE PLACE WHERE HE WAS BORN.

    Mrs Robert J. Burdette, the humorist's wife, is a great traveller. She has in her California home a collection of bells from every quarten of the world, and she has in her memory a ...

    Article : 140 words
  28. WOULD WARM HIM.

    For some time Patsey Corr went to school barefoot, and his kind-hearted teacher, wishing to befriend him, ventured to inquire one day: "How is it you have no clogs for the ...

    Article : 905 words
  29. FLOATING PROPERTY.

    Among the many good stories to be found in Mr W. E. Adams "Memoirs of a Social Atom" is the following:— During one of the periodical depressions in ...

    Article : 86 words
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