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  2. Two Women. Have Ten Tired Hen on Toast.

    The comportment was crowded when the [?] women entered, and several men were already standing up. How ever, that did not seem to worry the ...

    Article : 371 words
  3. Comic Cuttings.

    The saying is attributed to Von Balow that a tenor is not a mail; he is as Hiness. She: "This road is very sleep. Can't ...

    Article : 1,116 words
  4. Spray. A Womanly Feat.

    The crowd was transfixed. "And now," announced the lecturer, "this wonderful woman will closs her thrilling entertainment by entering a den of mice ...

    Article : 72 words
  5. PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT. COLONEL THORNDYKE'S SECRET, CHAPTER XV.—(Continued.)

    WHEN every detail had been ...

    Article : 605 words
  6. Raiment. Fashion Hints.

    Sleeves continue to grow, and only those that are described by shopkeepers as "extreme" are looked upon with favour. The soft, drooping effect of the ...

    Article : 526 words
  7. Mr. Gladstone's Hand.

    In reference to the paragraph which appeared recently in this column giving a lady chrologist's description of Mr. Gladstone's hand, "Nordska," of ...

    Article : 177 words
  8. Cleverness in Conversation.

    A man well known in society says that to be clever at conversation one must have a good memory. He must keep in mind so much as he knows of the tastes ...

    Article : 232 words
  9. A Supposition.

    He had been trying all the winter through To speak the fateful words; and well she knew He had been trying—but what could she ...

    Article : 312 words
  10. Full Skirts.

    The new skirts are as full as ever, and of many different shapes. There will be no special cut that will exclude all others, as during recent reasons. The tendency ...

    Article : 353 words
  11. The Anxieties of Burglary.

    "If you want a real sensation," suggested an old convict, "just break into a house and wait until you hear a door open, or the stairs creaking as some one ...

    Article : 198 words
  12. Turning the Tables.

    A worthy laird in a Perthshare village made the, for him, wonderful journey to see the great Exhibition of 1851. On his return his banker, a man who was ...

    Article : 172 words
  13. How Edison Proposed.

    According to an American paper this is the manner in which Edison proposed marriage to the lady who is now his wife:—When the great electrician was experiment ...

    Article : 257 words
  14. Some Vagaries of the Memory.

    The most singular cases of memory loss are in connection with language. It is quite common in our hospitals to see a sick German unable to speak a word ...

    Article : 419 words
  15. CHAPTER XVI.

    AT FOUR o'clock Mark put ti his ...

    Article : 2,620 words
  16. Valuable ideas.

    Small ideas are sometimes worth fortunes. The Patent Office records are full of trifling suggestions that have won riches for lucky thinkers. More ...

    Article : 190 words
  17. Keeping a Promise.

    Much is said in these days about the want of obedience to parental authority displayed by the rising generation, but an incident in which the contrary spirit was manifested ...

    Article : 287 words
  18. A Baby Market.

    A French writer, M. Louis de Gramont, seriously proposes the establishment of a baby market in Paris (says the "Daily, News). How many people are there, ...

    Article : 211 words
  19. Analysing Laughter.

    A Frenchman has been analysing the sound of laughter. Here are his conclusions:—"Children who laugh oh A (the broad sound, as in father) laugh ...

    Article : 114 words
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