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  2. Housekeeper.

    FILL a small oup with boiling vinegar. Dip a piece of cotton wool into the vinegar, and rub the gum; let the vinegar be as hot as you can endure. Stop the ...

    Article : 59 words
  3. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES

    As so many poople prater savouries to sweets, I will this week give a few welltried recipes for some savoury dishes:— ...

    Article : 30 words
  4. BAD TEETH AND CANCER.

    Mr Walter Whitehead, the well-known surgeon, believes it possible that cancer may be due to bad teeth. Addressing the students of the Victoria Dental Hospital ...

    Article : 73 words
  5. KING CARLOS SLEPT.

    An embarrassing episode occurred at an informal royal interview in Portugal a few years ago. A rather shy and exceedingly young Englishman receoved invitation to ...

    Article : 352 words
  6. CHEESE SAVOURY.

    Ingredients:—¼lb grated oheese, 2oza breadorumbs, [?] pint milk, 2 oggs, salt and oayenne. Method.—Beat eggs; add to them salt, ...

    Article : 48 words
  7. THE TROUBLE.

    Elderly Patient: 'Yes, doctor, it stil' hurts me to breathe—in foot, the only trouble now seems to be my breath.' Doctor: Oh, well, I'll soon give you ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  8. KEEP THE CHILDREN BUSY.

    Children should be furnished with employment, which is sometimes difficult to provide. What we call a natural love of mischief is nothing more than activity. ...

    Article : 81 words
  9. WHAT HE FEARED.

    During the encampment of three bat talions of Fusiliers at — the wood and turf were supplied by the neighbouring farmers. One day a donkey-cart of turf was ...

    Article : 92 words
  10. ANCHOVY EGGS.

    Ingredients:— eggs, 1 dessertspoonful anchovy sauce, cayenne, salt; about 1 dessertspoonful of butter, egg and breadcrumbs; small rounds of fried bread. ...

    Article : 94 words
  11. WHEN CREAM IS DANGEROUS.

    It is not, we believe, generally known that even in cream there lurks a danger when in conjunction with certain fruits, for example, cherries. Cream has valuable ...

    Article : 151 words
  12. PRAWN CREAMS.

    Ingredients:—1 pint shelled prawns, 3 ozs batter, 1oz flour, [?] pint milk, salt, oayonne, lemon juice slices of toast. Method.—Melt 2ozs of butter, add shelled ...

    Article : 87 words
  13. Miscellaneous.

    THERE is at Cassel a library probably unique in the world. It is bound in timber, printed on timber pages—possibly from wood blocke[?] deals ...

    Article : 67 words
  14. DIARRH[?]A IN CHILDREN.

    Dianhcea is a common complaint among children, and unless accompanied by increase of temperature in the body, is not dangerous. It generally arises from the ...

    Article : 157 words
  15. HOW LONG DO WE LIVE?

    Of European nations, the Norwegian and Swedish are the longest lived, the Spaniards the shortest. According to a statistical return recently issued, the average ...

    Article : 86 words
  16. CHEESE FINGERS.

    Ingredients:—3ozs flour, 3 ozs dry grated cheese, 2ozs butter, yolk of 1 egg, lemon juice, ½ teaspoonful baking powder, salt and oayenne. ...

    Article : 97 words
  17. A PICH JEWEL CASE.

    The late King of Saxony left the richest collection of Crown jewels in Europe. One glass case in the 'green vaults' at Dresden contains assorted sets of the most costly ...

    Article : 83 words
  18. DONE.

    In a grocer's shop in the centre of the city a little boy came in one day for a loaf of bread. 'Well,' said the man in the shop, 'go ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 74 words
  19. MODES IN MILLINERY.

    The greatest variety exists among fashions in hats. The crownless hat and the hat with the high directaire crown are alike fashionable, the toque and the picture ...

    Article : 160 words
  20. MACARONI CHEESE AND TOMATOES.

    Ingredients:—3 or 4 tomatoes, 1 onion, 1 dessertspoonful butter or clarified fat, 3 tablespoons grated cheese, ¼lb macaroni, salt and cayenne, 1 tablespoonful of ...

    Article : 125 words
  21. A VALUABLE NUT.

    The candle-nut is a native of the Pacific Islands, and the name is derived from the fact that the kernels are so full of oil that, when dried, they can be stuck on reeds and ...

    Article : 108 words
  22. HOW TO HEM VELVET.

    When piece velvet is used in millinery the stitches should never be allowed to show on the right side, as they would mark the material. Velvet is only tucked down ...

    Article : 133 words
  23. A SOURCE OF BEAUTY.

    Mabel: 'Where does Madge get her good looks from, her father or her mother?' Edythe: 'From her father. He is a chemist.' ...

    Article : 28 words
  24. ALGY SCORED.

    Flo and Algy had parted after a row, but he met her at a Cinderella, and asked her it he might have a danoe. 'Thank you,' she said, haughtily; 'but ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. THE TOP HAT PENALISED.

    Now that a movement is once more on foot in England to bring the top hat into disrepute, it may be of interest to recall that its first wearer, a haberdasher of the Strand, ...

    Article : 119 words
  26. CAULIFLOWER AU GRATIN.

    Ingredients: — 1 cauliflower, 4ozs of cheese, ½ pint white sauce (recipe as in Prawn Creams), 1 dessertspoonful mustard, browned breadorumbs, oayenne. ...

    Article : 67 words
  27. BLINKING.

    Opticians and oculists will perhaps, find some help in the following paragraph, whiah bears on a habit quite common among persons of a sedentary occupation. ...

    Article : 178 words
  28. Odds and Ends.

    TWO miners were engaged laying rails at the foot of a pit shaft when one of them, in straighteniug a nail, made a slip and hit his thumb, and, showing it to ...

    Article : 74 words
  29. Items of Interest.

    LET us then think nobly of our life and of its issues. Let us endeavour adequately to appreoiate and to appraise its splendid possibilities of personal character ...

    Article : 492 words
  30. THE BISHOP MARVELLED

    The late Sir John Macdonald, Premier of Canada, was at a reception in the West, and among the gathering was a bishop from Belgium. While the party were ...

    Article : 96 words
  31. CARRIED AWAY.

    'Well,' said the monkey to the organgrinder, as he sat on top of the organ,' I'm simply carried away with the music.' ...

    Article : 25 words
  32. TWO SAMPLES.

    Boarder: 'Well, if this is a fair sample of the dinner you provide I should like to stay for six weeks.' Landlady (anxiously): 'Very good, sir; ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 112 words
  33. THE WELL-MADE BED.

    The well-made bed may present a very attractive appearance during the day, but the average chambermaid has little knowledge of hygiene, and often cares little for ...

    Article : 229 words
  34. NOTHING NEW.

    A minister and a rather bumptious traveller occupied the same stateroom on a voyage aorose the Atlantic. At breakfast on the first morning the traveller said: ...

    Article : 81 words
  35. THE POTENTIALITIES OF RADIUM.

    Sir W. Ramsay recently lectured at the Alhambra Theatre, England, on Radium. After a recapitulation of the circumstances of the discovery of radium, Sir W. Ramsay ...

    Article : 232 words
  36. MIGHT.

    Wife: 'Do you believe that absence makes the heart grow tender?' Husband: 'I don't know. Suppose we try" ...

    Article : 20 words
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