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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 155 words
  3. A GERMAN GAME

    Tins is a game played by children in Germany. It is called "Adam Had Seven Sons". The children form a circle, with ...

    Article : 132 words
  4. HUNTING FOR FALLEN STAR

    On the night of June 30, 1908, an enormous meteorite or "shooting star," crashing through the air like a huge ball of fire, struck the ...

    Article : 391 words
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  6. MARVELS OF NATURE

    Most people know that a lightning flash is a very large and powerful electric spark, passing between a cloud and the earth, or ...

    Article : 432 words
  7. THE MATCHSTICK TRICK

    Place two matchsticks side by side on the table and on top of them place two more crosswise. Then say to your friend: "Can you ...

    Article : 81 words
  8. A GIANT CHEESE

    A giant cheese was an unusual ex-hibit at the Empire Exhibition, held recently at Johannesburg, in South Africa, It was so huge that it would ...

    Article : 113 words
  9. ENTERTAINMENTS

    Five lilting melodies, "Could I be in Love?" "Paradise in Waltz Time," "Merry-Go-Round," "When is a Kiss Not a Kiss," and the ...

    Article : 525 words
  10. LEONORA HOSPITAL

    The monthly meeting of the Leonora Hospital committee was held on Thursday last, when there were present Messrs. P. Hill (chairman), ...

    Article : 177 words
  11. CONDUCTED BY AUNT BESSIE

    My dear pieces and Nephews,— The correct answers to the "Twin-Words" competition were:—Train, crown, crane, palm, corn. I received many correct solutions, but the neatest was that sent in by Helen Jones, of 76 ...

    Article : 118 words
  12. A CATCH

    "When you meot your chum say to him or her;—"Eighty cups were on a shelf, three fell down and were broken. How many were left?" ...

    Article : 60 words
  13. BISCUIT PASTRY

    Ingredients: ½ lb. flour, 5 oz. butter, 1 egg. Method: Rub the butter into the flour with the tips of the fingers. ...

    Article : 79 words
  14. BEHEADED WORDS

    Though small am I, such is may might, I'd set the whole wide world alight, Without may head I'm straight away ...

    Article : 54 words
  15. TEA-TIME AT THE ZOO

    Mok and Moina, the gorillas at the London Zoo, like then cup of tea-it is their, great weakness, in fact. This is the story of how their ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 210 words
  16. Coronation Contingent

    Colonel E. F. Lind, a Victorian, will be Commanding Officer of the Australian Defence Contingent at the Coronation, which will be led ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  17. RAINBOW WOOD

    In a remote region of Central Europe there is a forest where the trees, instead of being green, have leaves coloured brilliantly in all ...

    Article : 104 words
  18. A MAGIC TURN

    Take a glass of water and place inside the glass a strip of black silk which will reach to the same level as the water, so that the glass ...

    Article : 114 words
  19. A PARTY PUZZLE

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 words
  20. LEONORA-GWALIA

    The Gwalia Tennis Club has experienced a revival since the appointment of Mr. W. Daws as secretary. Membership has consider ...

    Article : 201 words
  21. INTERESTING FACTS

    Brazil nuts are not eaten in Brazil. Celery grows wild in England. There are twice as many licensed ...

    Article : 40 words
  22. WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

    In olden times people were given Christian names to indicate their characters or to describe their appearance, and their names thus had ...

    Article : 150 words
  23. KINGS AND SLAVES

    Here is a game played Toy the children in Bulgaria, which you will find great fun. It as called Kings and Slaves. ...

    Article : 188 words
  24. DO YOU KNOW?

    That wild oat seeds can walk? Choose a seed that is ripe. Wet the palm of your hand slightly and put the seed on it. It will turn over and over ...

    Article : 143 words
  25. THE "FLEA KING"

    Mr. William Heckler, the owner of a famous "flea circus" which gave regular performances in New York, and acknowledged as "kins" ...

    Article : 204 words
  26. INHERITANCE BILL

    The second reading of the Inheritance Bill has been passed by the House of Commons. It empowers a Court to provide for a surviving ...

    Article : 104 words
  27. TIME FOR A SMILE

    "Now," said the school teacher, "give me a definition of space", Little Jimmy stood up. "Space," he began, "is where there is ...

    Article : 132 words
  28. GERMAN OBJECTIVE

    "The Spanish civil war is 1914 i over again," declared the Speaker of the Belgian Parliament, M. Cammille Huysmans, after a visit ...

    Article : 72 words
  29. ARTISTIC NONSENSE

    Give each player a piece of paper with five dots marked an it at different places, and ask them to fill in an animal, human being or some ...

    Article : 57 words
  30. Ngauruhoe In Action

    For the first time for two years, the volcano Ngauruhoe, in New Zealand, is showing signs of activity. Dense ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 28 words
  31. SUCCESSION TO THE THRONE

    Mr. G. Mander will ask Mr. Bald-win in the House of Commons on Tuesday next whether he proposes legislation to remove any doubts as ...

    Article : 45 words
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    Advertising : 153 words
  33. DO YOU KNOW?

    That in the mountains in Southern Bavaria men risk their lives to bring in the hay crop from valleys far above the snowline. ...

    Article : 107 words
  34. AN AMUSING TOY

    To make this amusing balancing toy, take a-cork and cut one end roughly like a ball. Sandpaper the rough edges until the bottom of ...

    Article : 122 words
  35. Advertising

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    Advertising : 92 words
  36. GANDHI'S FUTURE

    Gandhi, interviewed regarding his withdrawal from politics, said: "I 'have been advised by an inner voice. I have no intention fo re-entering ...

    Article : 46 words
  37. LEMON GINGER BEER

    Take six lemons, slice them up, peel and all. Pour six cups of sugar over them and boil in a tin of water for 10 minutes. When ...

    Article : 51 words
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