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  2. Raiment and Gewgaws.

    Who does not admire a zephyr gown? So fresh, so dainty, so soft in colour, so girlish, so charming are they, that every young woman in England ought to have ...

    Article : 350 words
  3. Short Story.

    This is all about it. Mrs. Pennyfeather is my wife; the best little woman in the whole world, and the prettiest. But then, of course. ...

    Article : 1,043 words
  4. The Sketcher.

    Emerson somewhere describes a weed as a plant whose virtues we have not yet discovered. Whatever we may know of its virtues, we think we are too well ...

    Article : 1,894 words
  5. Great Events from Small Causes.

    A whole column might be filled with illustrations to the point, e.g., Murat, by the sneers of two Englishmen, was driven out of service as a waiter to ...

    Article : 263 words
  6. Entertaining Extracts.

    Gallup: "Do you think I can safely trust a business secret to Banks?" Highbee: "I should say so. I lent him a sovereign last Christmas Day, and he ...

    Article : 92 words
  7. Animals In Sumatra.

    A writer in "Chambers's Journal" says:—The tiger is plentiful enough in Sumatra, but is not held in much dread. They are much more frequent in the ...

    Article : 969 words
  8. A PRESENT UNAPPRECIATED.

    Little Tommy passes for a very practical youth. The other day his uncle John brought him, as a birthday present, a "word-game," which Tommy had ...

    Article : 111 words
  9. A NEAT TURN.

    A gentleman who was once canvassing tor a surgeoncy at the Bristol Infirmary waited upon a grocer who happened to be a subscriber, and, making his how, ...

    Article : 149 words
  10. French Heroines.

    The Legion of Honour was founded by Napoleon I. in 1804, and it awards the order of merit to persons of both sexes. Within six years after its foundation, ...

    Article : 948 words
  11. Plumes from Slaughtered Animals.

    You may hunt through old fashions for thousands of past years and fall to discover that prevalent ornament in modern millinery, the bird's corpse. ...

    Article : 195 words
  12. UNDER LOCK AMD KEY.

    On a Sunday morning not long ago a bridal party put in an appearance at St. George's Church, Shrewsbury, to assist at a marriage ceremony which had been ...

    Article : 307 words
  13. Wide Skirts.

    In Paris the new skirts are not being made quite so wide as they were. This is good news, for they are very difficult to raise out of the mud or dust when too ...

    Article : 235 words
  14. On Kindness and Good Breeding.

    Sincerity is a virtue much to be admired, but it often is sadly maligned by people who possess it only to abuse It. I mean in this way. There are ...

    Article : 242 words
  15. A Discipic of the Mahdi.

    Lord Wolseley recently told a number of amusing anecdotes, the best of which was as follows:- One of the officers who happened to ...

    Article : 119 words
  16. An Ideal Material.

    A good deal of the Queen's income appears to be spent in buying British goods, to be given away as presents, and in this way many an industry is ...

    Article : 108 words
  17. Court Form[?]ies.

    The revival of a somewhat minute system of etiquette in the German Court, and particularly in the adoption of rules for the settlement of the ...

    Article : 496 words
  18. Airing of Garments.

    All garments should be thoroughly aired after wearing. Under no circumstances should they be hung up in cupboards, or folded away in drawers, until ...

    Article : 124 words
  19. Youthful Thoughtlessness.

    There is a great deal of selfishness shown very often by the younger members of a family about the matter of visitors. It is quite natural that to ...

    Article : 440 words
  20. "On Suspicion."

    Judge: Where did you find this coloured man, officer? Officer: I found him last night hanging around Develin and Co.'s clothing stores. ...

    Article : 334 words
  21. Artists' Shorthand.

    Of coursr, the phonography employed by the artist is not a system like that of the reporter, though it is materially similar, as far as it consists, of dashes, ...

    Article : 301 words
  22. A Story of Douglas Jerrold.

    At one of the meetings of Our Club, to which Douglas Jerrold belonged, two gentlemen of opposite political views happened to meet, and to enter ...

    Article : 130 words
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