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  2. THE "UMPTY-IDDY-UMPTIES."

    A lot of coveted honors have been won by signallers in this war. This fact tells its own story of both the importance and the hazardous nature ...

    Article : 970 words
  3. WHO IS "EVERYBODY'S DOG"?

    Like our own soldiers, the American "Rookie" has a vocabulary rich in words which you will find in no dictionary. He may, for example, ...

    Article : 200 words
  4. WONDERFUL WAR SURGERY.

    If one goes round the hospitals one finds absolute miracles of healing, cures which appear utterly impossible, wonders that put the marvels ...

    Article : 1,028 words
  5. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Tommy was home on leave, and he'd been asked questions from the moment he arrived in Blighty to the end of his stay. Now he was in the ...

    Article : 100 words
  6. EXTRAORINARY FAMILIES

    The remarkable case of the North Country family of Calvert, of which as reported in the papers, eight brothers and sisters have reached an ...

    Article : 249 words
  7. GOING OVER "THE TOP."

    "The battalion will parade outside billets at 3 p.m. on the 12th., and move up to its position as detailed. The field-kitchens will pass ...

    Article : 1,304 words
  8. NOT BIG ENOUGH.

    Edwin and Angelina sat side by side, and Edwin used all his wiles to make Angelina say " Yes." " It you'll only marry me." ...

    Article : 66 words
  9. A WHITE SPOTTER.

    An old Scotch woman was famous for speaking kindly. No sheep was so dark but she could discover some white spot to point out to those ...

    Article : 71 words
  10. FLYING MEN'S FUNNY FADS.

    "I hate having my lunch in the air : it's such hard work eating when you are 'up' that it always makes my jaws ache." ...

    Article : 240 words
  11. WHEN THE GUNS TALK.

    The casual mention in the British despatches from the Front of artillery duels, aids the imagination but little as to what these particular ...

    Article : 731 words
  12. A DEADLY NAME.

    Softly the nurse smoothed the sufferer's pillow. He had been admitted only that morning, and now he looked up pieadingly at the nurse who ...

    Article : 113 words
  13. REASONING POWER OF CATS.

    A lady friend of mine told me a very remarkable story the other day regarding a cat she has. One day she was out in the yard behind the ...

    Article : 413 words
  14. SUSPECT.

    A priest announced that a collection would he taken up to defray the cost of coal for heating the church. Everybody contributed but Tim ...

    Article : 139 words
  15. A RAINY DAY AT THE ZOO.

    Have you ever visited the Zoo on a rainy day, and noticed the effect such weather has on certain animals ? Like the domestic cat, the bigger ...

    Article : 186 words
  16. SACRED DUST.

    Good Minister (awaiting the appearance of the lady of the house) : "What is that, my little dear ?" Little Girl : "My apron. I'se going to ...

    Article : 57 words
  17. TERRIBLE HEROES.

    Two little children were boasting about their respective soldier fathers. "My father's a soger," said one little girl. ...

    Article : 134 words
  18. PADDY AT THE 'PHONE.

    Father O'Halloran had a telephone put into the parsonage in connection with the church, parochial school, &c. Patrick M'Fee, his reverence's handy ...

    Article : 322 words
  19. JEWELS AS MEDICINE

    Certain precious stones are still regarded as talismans, the believers in destiny and the influence of mascots pinning a good deal of faith to them. ...

    Article : 271 words
  20. WHERE THE BOTTLE WAS.

    Cashley had only recently bought a new sixty horse-power "Diehard," and when his chauffeur ran into the garage with all the tyres cut to ...

    Article : 116 words
  21. "IF YOU KNOWS—"

    The fugitive from the law rushed wildly into the office, declared dramatically that he was being closely pressed by the police. ...

    Article : 108 words
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