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  2. RUSSIAN SOCIETY GIRL.

    The tragic death of Mlle. Olga de Neveroff, described at the Marylebone inquest proceedings, prematurely ends the story of a beautiful Moscow society ...

    Article : 407 words
  3. THE HAVEN OF REST.

    The march of the men to their Haven of Rest," after a spell of trench warfare, is vividly described in the appended letter, written by a ...

    Article : 831 words
  4. A 36-INCH GUN.

    During the Crimean war, Robert Mallet designed and constructed a 36in gun or, rather, mortar. Preparations for the trial were not completed till ...

    Article : 360 words
  5. SHORT WAR STORIES.

    One morning recently a party of Highlanders on their way back to the front entered a tube train at King's Cross, and travelled to Piccadilly. ...

    Article : 103 words
  6. MANCHURIAN FINANCE.

    While the Chinese, like the German Government, may be short of funds, it has not been able to turn its currency to account in the same fashion as the ...

    Article : 356 words
  7. SEMISTEEL.

    In foundry circles there is now much discussion regarding the properties of what is called by some persons "semi-steel," supposed to be produced by ...

    Article : 328 words
  8. FOR WOMEN.

    The tailor-made costume can be carried out in all kinds of material, and is seen in so many styles, varying from the most up-to-date models to those ...

    Article : 471 words
  9. THE MUD OF FRANCE.

    There is still more mud than dust in France it seems At a recent inspection by Sir Douglas Haig, an unfortunate north country regiment was ...

    Article : 126 words
  10. HEROES OF VERDUN.

    The battle of Verdun has given occasion for innumerable deeds of heroism. collective and individual inmost of which will never be known to the general ...

    Article : 477 words
  11. SMART.

    The story is told of it staff officer at the War Office who was much annoyed by one man who wanted a job as messenger at the headquarters. After the ...

    Article : 99 words
  12. IN A WARM CORNER.

    How a company of the Sussex Regiment got past a warm corner is recorded by a war correspondent. Rifle fire in front, rifle fire from our left, and ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. DARE-ALL AIRMEN.

    The youngest flying men in the British air services to-day are the most dashing and daring in the world." So said Mr. J. L. Hall, the chief of a ...

    Article : 317 words
  14. THE CHAUFFEUR'S STORY.

    The chauffeur was home on leave for a few days, and he was quite the greatest man in the village. For he had had the honor of driving General ...

    Article : 147 words
  15. THE TEST OF MEN.

    An interesting letter from a soldier writing home is quoted in the 'Times.' do says:— "Here I am still alive; that's the ...

    Article : 530 words
  16. "HEART OF STEEL."

    "Heart of Steel" has been sentenced to 12 years' penal servitude, followed by 20 years' police supervision She is a slim little body of a women, ...

    Article : 388 words
  17. USEFUL BEAUTY HINTS.

    Are your hands red in winter? If so, remember that both oatmeal and lemon-juice whiten and soften the skin. You should always use one or the other for ...

    Article : 537 words
  18. THE "ORIENTYPE."

    A new invention, designed to set the thousands of [?] characters used by Japanese, Chinese and Chosan printers, has been set up recently in the printing ...

    Article : 97 words
  19. WHOSE DUCK WAS IT?

    "We were in the trenches one morning with nothing doing,'' said the subaltern, when a lot of wild duck came overhead. Some of our chaps opened ...

    Article : 198 words
  20. [?] THE GERMAN.

    Mr William G. Shepherd, special correspondent of the United Press of America, says:— A hospital is like heaven to a sick or ...

    Article : 312 words
  21. SAFETY OF ST. PAUL'S.

    "The critical part of the work in connection with securing the safety of St Paul's dome will be finished in a few weeks," said Canon Alexander, ...

    Article : 289 words
  22. NERVOUSNESS.

    The symptoms of nervousness vary in nearly every case. But underneath them all is one common fundamental condition—an undue consciousness of ...

    Article : 377 words
  23. CUB AND A COLONEL.

    Frenchmen who have read with horror and indignation the sufferings inflicted on British prisoners at Wittenburg camp, sympathise with the ...

    Article : 298 words
  24. NIGHT DUTY ROUND.

    A subaltern sends home in the course of a letter the following account of his nightly duty round in the Flanders trenches:— ...

    Article : 515 words
  25. WHY ELECTRIC LAMPS GLOW.

    When you heat irons in a forge, it becomes cither red hot or white hot, depending on how hot it is. It sends forth light. The hotter it is, the more ...

    Article : 264 words
  26. THE PIG "JIMMY."

    An officer writing home from Salonika says:—The soldier servants here have a tame pig named Jimmy. He is a great character. He was a tiny fellow ...

    Article : 172 words
  27. PRESIDENT'S EASTER EGG.

    L'Oeuvre tells a story regarding the President of the Republic's visit to the Belgian front lust Easter, which it says the censor has hitherto refused ...

    Article : 139 words
  28. MARKETS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 words
  29. NORTH MAGNETIC POLE'S MOTIONS.

    The north magnetic pole, it appears from late observations, cannot be precisely located, as it is not at a fixed point. From his uncompleted study ...

    Article : 75 words
  30. GATHERING FOOD FOR BEES.

    A clever scheme that appears to have originated in Scotland, is to gather pollen from flowers with a vacuum cleaner, for use as food for bees. The ...

    Article : 58 words
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