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  2. SLAVE OF THE BROOM.

    She always kept everything perfectly clean, From the cellar clear up to the top; For neatness and order she surely ...

    Article : 186 words
  3. LETTING THE WITCH OUT.

    Cooking is such practical every day work that it seems strange for superstition to invade the kitchen. Yet probably there is not a cook in the ...

    Article : 337 words
  4. THE REAL HUNS.

    Historians are not agreed as to the origin of the Huns, those migratory, military savages from Central Asia. whose exploits. the Kaiser was not ...

    Article : 220 words
  5. Her Father's Daughter

    "Marry you? Oh, Mr. Debonair, do you mean what you are saying—really mean it ?" Rosa gave a great start. Quite suddenly—quite unexpectedly— ...

    Article : 4,018 words
  6. WHY DOGS BARK.

    Curiously enough, barking, which seems to us so characteristic of the dog, is not one of its natural sounds. Wild dogs do not bark. They howl ...

    Article : 164 words
  7. On Sallsbury Plains—Soldiers' Camp Comforts.

    In a letter just received, Private T. H. Parker, of the Headquarters Staff, 43rd Battalion A.I.F., writes from Salisbury Plains, "I have been struck," ...

    Article : 380 words
  8. WIDOWS' DOLLS IN SERVIA.

    Talking of Servia's curious marriage customs, Mrs. Gordon in her book, "A Woman In the Balkans," speaks of a queer-looking doll she ...

    Article : 186 words
  9. The Bowler Scored.

    A good story is told of the Bishop of London. He was batting in the grounds of Fulham Palace for a charity cricket match when the bowler ...

    Article : 72 words
  10. HEREDITARY ATTRIBUTES.

    Numerous instances are recorded in history of heredity, Uncommon gifts possessed by the parents being supposed to be transmitted to the ...

    Article : 226 words
  11. The Retort Courteous.

    Admiral Lord "Charlie" Beresford is noted for his pungent and ready wit. Once in the Lobby of the House of ...

    Article : 93 words
  12. WHY THE NEGRO'S SKIN IS BLACK.

    The baby negro is not born black. Even so long ago as 1765 Le Cat noticed that the newly-born negro is of a reddish color. That observation has ...

    Article : 292 words
  13. MATERIAL SUCCESS.

    You want success, you crave for success, you pray for success, but the test of fitness of success is aggressiveness. You may be very comfortable ...

    Article : 197 words
  14. Quite Satisfied.

    Returning home from a scientific lecture one night, a college professor, who was noted for his absent-mindedness, was still pondering deeply the ...

    Article : 82 words
  15. CHARACTER IN THE WALK.

    The belief that the state of the mind influences the walk is expressed in the proverbial saying "A light heart and a light pair of heels." The man ...

    Article : 327 words
  16. He Meant Having Him.

    Customer: "That was splendid insect powder you sold me the other day, Mr. Oilman." Mr. Oilman (with justifiable pride): ...

    Article : 93 words
  17. Then Everybody Laughed.

    Sir George Reid has an effective gift of repartee. One night he was almost continuously interrupted during a speech by ...

    Article : 96 words
  18. THE CASTLE OF HAPSBURG.

    There is a legend that the ancient castle of Hapsburg, overlooking the Rhine, was founded in 1020, and was without surrounding walls for ...

    Article : 166 words
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  20. What He-Wanted.

    Mr. H. G. Wells, the famous author, detests interviewers, and will never willingly submit to unburden himself to them. ...

    Article : 143 words
  21. Everyone Pleased.

    A young man was walking in the garden with his sweetheart, when she asked him if he would have a glass of lemon. ...

    Article : 191 words
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