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  2. FOR SUNDAY READING.

    "Know, therefore, this day, and consider it in thy heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none ...

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  3. WHEN SHE LEARNED SHE WAS PLAIN.

    A girl, plain of features, once overheard by Chance a conversation discoursing on her plainness. The words cut her to the quick. She went to ...

    Article : 285 words
  4. LEFT ON THE SEAT.

    "It is really astonishing how absent-minded some folks are," said an old taxi-driver, who was a Jehu in the metropolis long before taxis came into ...

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  5. SCOTLAND FOR SHELLS.

    Shell-town, on the Clyde, covers two hundred acres. It sprang up in a week or two a few miles from Glasgow, and even now grass ...

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  6. TRY A CHANGE!

    Can one ever realise the true value of a change? Even if it's only to the extent of a change of the room wall-paper, of a new suit, or the position ...

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  7. RHODOMONTADES OF THE KAISER.

    Reports of the Kaiser's speeches to his troops, which are being received in New York, are causing widespread discussion whether he has been driven ...

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  8. THE CONFESSIONS OF A COWARD.

    I am an out-and-out coward. I am afraid to enlist! And, so surely as there is a sky above us, so surely shall I end my life unless ...

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  9. WONDERFUL WAGES FOR WORKERS.

    Prophets were two a penny at the beginning of the war; but did any one of them predict that in a short time the workers of this country would be ...

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  10. OUR WOMEN MEAN BUSINESS!

    "For women must work, while men do fight." That might well be the paraphrase for the familiar quotation in these times of vigorous straining of ...

    Article : 738 words
  11. THERE WAS PLENTY LEFT OVER.

    One Sunday morning a certain young pastor in his first charge announced nervously: "I will take for my text the words, ...

    Article : 163 words
  12. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    An army cook had been very busily engaged preparing a substantial meal for the troops at the front, and at an awkward moment he missed a pudding ...

    Article : 94 words
  13. SHE LEFT HER FEET BEHIND.

    A good old Scotch minister, calling unexpectedly on a widow who lives in a cottage on the outskirts of the village, surprised her in the midst of ...

    Article : 120 words
  14. WHICH?

    A noted politician has a facility for repartee that he sometimes turns to good account. He was addressing a meeting on one occasion, when a portly ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. MADAME MELBA'S MEMORIES.

    Mme. Melba celebrated at Covent garden, London, on May 22, the twenty-fifth anniversary of her first appearance in grand opera in London. ...

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  16. THE LIGHT COMEDIAN.

    "What's yer son Billy doin' now, Mrs. Smith?" "He's on the stage. He's a light comedian." ...

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  17. HAD HIM.

    A visitor to a Scottish village went out on the links to play golf. After trying in vain to hit the ball, he became enraged because the caddy laughed at ...

    Article : 73 words
  18. THE NEW LODGER.

    A gentleman with long hair and soft hat was negotiating with the lady who let apartments. "Might I ask you, sir," she said, ...

    Article : 74 words
  19. COULD GET IT OUT.

    Willie had swallowed a penny, and his mother was in a state of much alarm. "Helen," she called to her sister in ...

    Article : 75 words
  20. TWO OF A KIND.

    Harold Wiblits had a brain-wave. This happened occasionally. "I'll hypnotise the widow and then propose!" he thought. "It won't take ...

    Article : 210 words
  21. QUITE SO.

    "There is a happy land, far, far away," echoed through the schoolroom as the scholars gave an exhibition of their vocal powers. ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. "CLOTHES TICKETS."

    Recently a new decree came into force in Germany, providing that from now onwards suits for men and dresses for women, as well as underwear for ...

    Article : 166 words
  23. EXPLAINED.

    Little Boy: "A penn' 'orth each of liniment and liquid cement, please." Chemist: "Are they both for the same person, or shall I wrap them up ...

    Article : 57 words
  24. JOHNNY'S PUZZLE.

    "Grandpa, do hens make their own eggs?" "Yes, indeed they do, Johnny." "An' do they always put the yolk in ...

    Article : 72 words
  25. FATHER'S OPINION.

    The following amusing passage took place between counsel and witness in a disputed will case:— "Did your father give you no ...

    Article : 163 words
  26. WHAT MONEY CAN DO.

    He was a self-made man, and his great ambition was to be considered high-class. He purchased a beautiful house, furnished it with antique ...

    Article : 177 words
  27. AWKWARD FOR FATHER.

    A gentleman and his son were walking down the Adelaide Road, Dublin, one evening, and, as they passed the Eye Hospital, the son inquired:— ...

    Article : 98 words
  28. HIT ON THE DANGER POINT.

    A tippler with a very red nose got a day's work as a labourer in a boiler works. The same day he appeared before the surgeon at the hospital with ...

    Article : 94 words
  29. ON THE WRONG TRACK.

    Little Willie were his dad's clothes, which his mother cut down for him as best she could. As little Willie was getting into a ...

    Article : 79 words
  30. HAD DONE HER BEST.

    A woman in a railway waiting-room the other day had a great deal of trouble with one of her children, a boy of seven or eight; and a man who sat ...

    Article : 109 words
  31. A TRIAL OF LOVE.

    Little Gladys one day turned to her mother, who was a widow, and said, "Mamma, do you really and truly love me?" ...

    Article : 67 words
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