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  2. THE BATTLE

    From small disputes great strife may rise That every rule of peace defies. One day a Burying-Beetle fround ...

    Article : 215 words
  3. IN SWITZERLAND

    We were travelling along in one of those beautiful big Swiss trains. Mother and father had decided to visit Pontresina before we left again ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 591 words
  4. WILL DOGS EVER TALK?

    A surgeon once advanced the thought-provoking suggestion that by a simple operation on the larynx dogs might be made capable of ...

    Article : 396 words
  5. GAMES TO PLAY

    This is quite a new game. Two or three players can take part, but first of all you must get a nice, big card-board box lid, which is plain white ...

    Article : 171 words
  6. WHAT HAPPENED TO VALERIE

    "Shan't," said Valerie, crossly, and threw her party clothes on the floor. "Oh, dear," sighed mummy, "you are a naughtly little girl!" ...

    Article : 334 words
  7. CHILDREN'S CORNER

    My dear Nieces and Nephews.— The "Family Puzzle" proved a teaser for many of you. The puzzle was "Mr. and Mrs. Simpson have a certain number of sons and daughters. Each son has twice as many sisters as he has ...

    Article : 185 words
  8. A LONDON IMPRESSION

    Four Tasmanian devils, fiends in animal shape, whose life is one unceasing anger against everybody and everything, have arrived at the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 211 words
  9. THE DONNEY-RIDING PROBLEM

    During a visit to the seaside Tommy and Evangeline insisted on having a donkey race over the mile course on the sands. Mr. Dobson ...

    Article : 198 words
  10. MUSICAL STICK.

    This is something like musical chairs, but is often more convenient, as it does not take up so much room. Get your guests to stand next ...

    Article : 179 words
  11. A DIFFICULT TASK

    Ask someone to stand straight up and then cross his legs above the knees. Now place a chair behind him and ask him to sit down without uncrossing his legs and without ...

    Article : 83 words
  12. BOOK RACE.

    Here is a jolly game to play if you have to stay indoors at a winter party. You will need eight or ten players. ...

    Article : 166 words
  13. SNAKES AND LIZARDS

    The sleep into which snakes and lizards sink at the approach of winter is called cold-coma, to distinguish it from the true hibernation of ...

    Article : 137 words
  14. PLEASE AND THANK YOU.

    This is a game that causes lots of fun. Get a pack of cards and deal them all out. Any number of players can join in. The child ...

    Article : 128 words
  15. A NECKLACE

    A very original necklace can be made from corks cut into various shapes and painted with, poster paints. ...

    Article : 160 words
  16. A CATCHY COUPLET

    This little test of memory affords much, amusement, too. One in the company, who has the following rhyme well off by heart ...

    Article : 122 words
  17. WHEN WILLIE GOES TO BED

    When Willie goes upstairs to bed, The noises that he makes Would rouse the prehistoric dead. Floors rock, the ceiling shakes ...

    Article : 192 words
  18. ELFIN TOWN

    Elfin Town is full of woe, And has been seven years, For Gnomes attacked the little Elves, And made them full of fears. ...

    Article : 100 words
  19. NESTLE'S W.A. FACTORY

    The tender of J. Hawkins and Sons, contractors, of Perth, has been accepted to-day, for the building of the factory of the Nestle's and ...

    Article : 143 words
  20. NURSERY PIRATES

    It's fun to play we're pirates bold, Upon the sea arocking. Our ship's a wicker cradle, so, Its rolls are simply shocking. ...

    Article : 52 words
  21. THE MOON BOAT

    I went for a sail in a crescent moon, A pretty boat so new, The clouds all bright were wavelets white ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. A GOOD PARTY GAME

    Two teams, each consisting of six or eight players, take part in this game. The teams sit on chairs in rows so that they face each other ...

    Article : 146 words
  23. JUSTLY INDIGNANT

    The profiteer was talking at dinner about his California visit and about Santa Catalina, with its wonderful glass-bottomed boats ...

    Article : 78 words
  24. THE DOG IN THE SNOW

    Some people dislike Alsatian dogs, but nobody dislikes them in the district round Morgins, Switzerland. Two Swiss Custom officials were ...

    Article : 158 words
  25. THE SHEPHERD LAD

    How many things I'd like to be! What things I'd like to do! I'd like to be a sailor lad And cross the waves so blue. ...

    Article : 156 words
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  27. PLAYTIME RIDDLES

    What has a head but never thinks —A snail. What is the most inquisitive river in England?—The Wye. ...

    Article : 54 words
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    Breakfast Time for the Flamingoes.—A graceful study at the Melbourne Zoo of a pair of pink flamingoes enjoying their early morning meal. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
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  32. BACHELORS' BUTTONS.

    You will want 3 oz. butter, 3 oz. flour, l oz. caster sugar, 1 oz. cocoanut, 1 oz. cocoa powder. 1. Grease a baking tin. ...

    Article : 83 words
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