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  2. WOMAN'S WORLD.

    How often do we find the notion fixed in people's heads that because women are middle-aged, beyond that period, say elderly, they should not dress well. We do ...

    Article : 473 words
  3. VIOLET LISLE.

    [?] were not many persons on the [?] at the time, and, moreover, [?] had drawn the ladies under the low [?] shading the walk, so that they were ...

    Article : 5,266 words
  4. MRS. BAILEY'S CARRIAGE.

    There was nothing remarkable about the appearance of Mrs. Bailey's carriage. It was simply a heavy, old-fashioned vehicle, high swung above the wheels, and ...

    Article : 509 words
  5. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    In a large meadow a good old Baptist deacon was mowing. In the swath just ahead of him was his man. The deacon always kept the man just ahead of him ...

    Article : 183 words
  6. OUR YOUNG FOLKS

    Twenty times a day, dear, Twenty times a day, Your mother thinks about you, At school or else at play. ...

    Article : 134 words
  7. IN A COUNTRY CHURCH.

    Many years ago two sailors were one Sunday sitting in the gallery of an old country church, paying very great attention to the service. ...

    Article : 124 words
  8. A PERSIAN FABLE.

    A young fox asked his father if he could teach him some tricks to defeat the dogs if he should fall in with them. The father, who had grown grey, and ...

    Article : 95 words
  9. SIX "MINDS."

    1. Mind your tongue! Don't let it speak hasty, cruel, unkind, or wicked words. 2. Mind your eyes! Don't permit ...

    Article : 86 words
  10. AN AWFUL REPRIMAND.

    Professor Drummond relates the following incident in his work, "Tropical Africa":—On one occasion four of his carriers ran away. There were three others ...

    Article : 135 words
  11. WHICH?

    Here are two little hands, What can they do— Good things or bad things, The whole day through? ...

    Article : 73 words
  12. A LESSON IN POLITENESS.

    The late Professor Morren related once, in our bearing, a rebuke which he gave to a high-strung damsel, which is worth repeating for the moral it carries. The ...

    Article : 341 words
  13. A LONG JOURNEY.

    An official on a Scotch railway, once got leave of absence to get married, and was given a pass over the line. On his way back, in place of the pass, ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. THOUGHTS FOR THINKERS.

    A tale-bearer revealeth secrets. The true measure of the dignity of man is his unselfishness. There is no better relation than a ...

    Article : 258 words
  15. JUVENILE INVENTORS.

    Children have always been a fruitful source of invention, though they do not often get any credit for it. The adult prefers to receive it all himself, and the ...

    Article : 223 words
  16. NOTHING.

    A farmer one day asked a boy to hold his horse while he was shopping. The boy did so. Like all little boys he expected something, but was sadly ...

    Article : 687 words
  17. HEARING THE CLOCK STRIKE.

    Lying awake in those still hours which come between midnight and dawn, the sound of the familiar clock strikes on the ear with a strange, solemn emphasis, ...

    Article : 252 words
  18. WITH INDIANS IN ALASKA.

    When we grow discontented, as we sometimes do, with our own home; annoyed because the carpets are shabby, and the purse too fiat to replace them ...

    Article : 287 words
  19. OUR EARTHLY HEAVEN.

    The home life is the basis of all life, and a happy home is essential to safety and success in any department of life. A man is prepared to stand almost any ...

    Article : 124 words
  20. TASTE IN FURNITURE ARRANGEMENT.

    In arranging furniture it cannot be too often emphasised that the first element to be considered in the use of the article is the place in which it is put. For ...

    Article : 135 words
  21. AT NIGHT.

    Here is one of Thackeray's pleasant touches:—"It is night now, and here is home. Gathered under the quiet roof, elders and children lie alike at rest. In ...

    Article : 166 words
  22. TOO SEVERE A TEST.

    An eccentric clergyman in Cornwall was much annoyed by the habit which some members of his congregation had of looking round to see late comers. After ...

    Article : 191 words
  23. ANSWER LETTERS PROMPTLY.

    The most satisfactory correspondence between friends is that which is prompted and carried on by inclination, and not from any sense of duty. ...

    Article : 176 words
  24. THE TWO CLAIMANTS.

    A gardener had reared a cauliflower with great care. It was a fine plant, and ripe for the market. It happened that a caterpillar wandering about lighted on ...

    Article : 168 words
  25. HE GOT IT.

    A nurse in a railway car was trying to prevent the very troublesome little fellow in her charge from catching a bumble bee that had flown into the car. ...

    Article : 75 words
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