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  2. MISPRONUNCIATION

    "What does 'vehemently' mean?" a child asked me on hearing me using the word (says Robert lynd in the London "Daily News") I told her. "Oh," she said ...

    Article : 631 words
  3. HEALTH IN TEA?

    Tea-drinkers are finding a fresh chere in the cup that "not inchrintes." For years the medical profession has issued solemn warnings that tea [?] ...

    Article : 248 words
  4. THE KEMALIST MOVEMENT

    Major-General Sir F. Maurice, writing in the "Daily News" on the flight of the Sultan, says:—"The flight of the Sultan is an event for ...

    Article : 399 words
  5. HORSEPLAY IN ITALY

    The Fascisti, who have now come into power in Italy, have not scrupled to use [?] kinds of violence against their enemies, the Socialists. One of their most ...

    Article : 633 words
  6. SHOPPING IN BERLIN

    In Germany shopping has sunk from a fine art to a mass movement, and the prudent and the deliberate are they who buy most [?]lessly and specdily. The ...

    Article : 610 words
  7. AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL HOUSES.

    In a previous article of this series dealing with the foundation of the wholesale seftgoods business of G. & R. Wills & Co. in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,740 words
  8. THE HEART OF THE INSURANCE WORLD.

    The news that Lloyd's is now insuring lecturers and actresses against sore throats must have made many people suddenly realise their ignorance and ask, "What is ...

    Article : 435 words
  9. NORTH SEA MYSTERY.

    That North Sea currents have entiraly changed their course was the astontshing staement made by Alderman Thomas Darling at the mayor dinner at Berwick ...

    Article : 122 words
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  11. EASILY REMEDIED.

    Old Lady—"He's certainly a fine parrot, but does he sweet?" Dealer—"No, lady, but he's that bright you could teach him in no time." ...

    Article : 28 words
  12. APPLE-BUTTER.

    When fruit is plentiful we hear many compl[?]nts that the demand is far less than the supply (writes S. L. Bensusan in the London "Daily News"). Growers tell ...

    Article : 523 words
  13. ITALY'S DICTATOR.

    "Even those whom Signor Mussolini calls the melancholy worshippers' of the constitutional proprieties will not deny that the author of the 'black-shirted' ...

    Article : 419 words
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  15. ANIMALS AS FILM ACTORS.

    A film which will appear to children like a fairy take book come true is now being prepared at Nice on [?] Wallchleger and Alfred machin, a well-known ...

    Article : 372 words
  16. AUTOMATIC AEROPLANE CONTROL.

    An entirely new departure in aeroplane control wsa recently tested over Etampes, in France. It is hoped that it will soon be possible to sent an aeroplane without a ...

    Article : 256 words
  17. SPLENDED.

    An ambitious young man heard of the death of a partner in his friend's business. He went round at once, and said. "Look here, how about my taking your parther's ...

    Article : 45 words
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