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  2. Housekeeper.

    There is no more convincing proof of the alterations which modern conditions demand than the relations which mothers and their girls stand ...

    Article : 230 words
  3. Short Story.

    "JAMES, I wish your brother would pay a little more attention to his nails. I declare I was quite ashamed of them when he was here last night. I saw Mrs Peacock looking ...

    Article : 2,298 words
  4. Odds and Ends.

    EASTES—THREE [?]floffipm pewi. Mrs. Rashun: "That new bechive hat of yours mates your face look very short." ...

    Article : 277 words
  5. MUSHROOMS ON TOAST.

    Although mushrooms are obtainable throughout the year, one usually looks for them in the autumn. As no doubt all are aware, they may be cooked in ...

    Article : 127 words
  6. INDIA A LAND OF VILLAGES.

    To the passing visitor the romance and glamor of Indian life are found in the large cities with their crowded bazaars and monuments of ...

    Article : 149 words
  7. Science & Invention.

    A new ship's rudder that has given remarkable results on motor-boats is in two hinged halves, opening like a book. When closed, it is an ordinary ...

    Article : 96 words
  8. AN ELEPHANT CARRIAGE.

    The Hindoo princes and rajahs are very proud of their elephants, horses and camels, and on State occasions vic with each other in the ...

    Article : 157 words
  9. THE IDEAL HUSBAND.

    The man a girl should choose for her husband, says a woman of experience, is not the acknowledged wit and favourite of his chums. It is not ...

    Article : 262 words
  10. IMPORTANT ROMAN CITY TO BE DUG OUT IN HERTFORD.

    The Earl of Verulam, it is stated, who owns the land upon which was built the ancient Roman city of Verulamium, has given permission to the ...

    Article : 178 words
  11. ONLY A TRAP.

    A gentleman was walking down a street when he saw a boy place a large apple on some steps and then retire some distance away. ...

    Article : 94 words
  12. DOWN THE DANUBE.

    The charm of a holiday spent on the waters of a big river, amid everbanging scenery, is well exemplified in an article by Mr. Algernon ...

    Article : 312 words
  13. NO HIMS.

    The other evening Miss Y., a maiden lady of uncertain years, suspecting the cook was entertaining her beau downstairs, called Martha and inquired ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. BURIED CITY NEAR LONDON RESEMBLES POMPEH.

    In the course of centuries earth has been washed down from the hill-side and earth-worms have been busy, and where once laid the proud and ...

    Article : 217 words
  15. WHERE WOMEN PROPOSE.

    In the remote island of New Guinea it is leap year all the time in one important sense, for out there all the proposals of marriage are made by ...

    Article : 324 words
  16. WEAK SPOT IN HIS DEFENCE.

    A religious worker was visiting a Southern penitentiary, when one prisoner in some way took his fancy. The prisoner was a negro, who evinced a ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. WHAT A RELIEF!

    "See me scare that milkman half to death," the joker said to three or four men who were waiting at the corner as a milkcart was coming up. "Hey, ...

    Article : 133 words
  18. NEVER DESPAIR.

    'No,' said Mrs. Woods, decidedly. 'I ain't a going to hear about it, Mary! I ain't got anything to say against Jack Edwards, except that he ain't good enough for any ...

    Article : 1,931 words
  19. WAS CALILEO THE INVENTOR OF THE TELESCOPE?

    When one onsiders the marvellous revelations made by the telescope, it seems strange that there has been no celebration of the tercentenary of its ...

    Article : 202 words
  20. Items of Interest.

    He who pays as he goes always finds a warm welcome on his return. The noblest question in the world is, What good may I do in it?—Benjamin ...

    Article : 286 words
  21. LIBERAL DISCOUNT.

    A cyclist on a holiday tour called for his bill at a country hotel, and, upon receiving it, requested to be allowed 2d. in the shilling discount as a ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES

    Ingredients.—½ dozen kidneys, 1 oz. butter, 1 tablespoonful of chutney, 1 teaspoonful of mustard, salt and cayenne, 3 or 4 tomatoes, slice of toast. ...

    Article : 124 words
  23. WHEN SMARTNESS DOESN'T PAY

    A city clothier was never known to acknowledge that he didn't have anything a possible customer might ask for. One day a customer entered the ...

    Article : 145 words
  24. Miscellaneous.

    Two centuries ago not one person in a hundred wore socks or stockings. Grafting alfalfa, or lucerne, roots on roots of the strawberry vine is the ...

    Article : 71 words
  25. Savoury Tomatoes.

    Ingredients.—½ dozen large tomatoes, 1 set brains, 2 ozs. ham, 2 ozs. breadcrumbs, chopped parsley, salt and pepper, butter. ...

    Article : 132 words
  26. A CHURCH FROM ONE TREE.

    A larpe Baptist church that stands in the city of Santa Rosa, California, enjoys the distinction of having been constructed entirely from a single tree. ...

    Article : 130 words
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