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  2. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Biddy Malone left the Ould Country lull of joy, but imagine her consternation when, on arriving on the other side, ene found that she had ...

    Article : 92 words
  3. "SAFETY AEROPLANES.

    There are people who still think that if the engine of an aeroplane stops, or some other mishap occurs, the machine must drop like a stone ...

    Article : 316 words
  4. A BIG AEROPLANE.

    "It was lovely smash 1" said my guide, showing me a photograph of the wreckage of an aeroplane, the body of. which looked like a factory ...

    Article : 802 words
  5. GROUND SHEETS.

    If the rifle ia a soldier's best friend the ground sheet is a. good second. He puts it to a variety of uses never contemplated by the designer. ...

    Article : 386 words
  6. FRUIT-TREE FIGURES.

    We are all feeling rather depressed about oar fruit this year, for the rascally catterpillar has reined our high hopes. But although our trees ...

    Article : 155 words
  7. WITH THE BROKER'S MAN.

    I learnt very little concerning the doings of the inhabitants of the great city of London until I became a broker's man, sad then I discovered ...

    Article : 873 words
  8. DON'T HURRY !

    The telephone bell rang with anxious' persistence. The doctor answered the call. . "Yes ?" he said. ...

    Article : 85 words
  9. ANIMALS AT PLAY.

    Small birds chase each t other about in play ; but perhaps the conduct of the crane and the trumpeter is the most extraordinary. The latter ...

    Article : 302 words
  10. FULL UP "INSIDE

    By one of those strange chances one of the lady passengers inside :the motor-'bus seemed to be carrying infante, one or two of whom were ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. AT LAST.

    The nice young man, opening up a conversation with the lady okof his affections : "I made a perfect fool of myself ...

    Article : 49 words
  12. MESSENGERS OF DEATH.

    The hand grenade is by no means a modern invention ; in fact, the French used it as early as 1594, naming it after the pomegranate because ...

    Article : 252 words
  13. SOME PLAYER !

    Two golfers were discussing the merits of a lady member, and the one asked his friend how she played with him the other day. ...

    Article : 48 words
  14. CENTURIES OLD.

    If trees, which are now being felled in wholesale fashion, could speak, what stories certain of them could tell. An ancient oak in the beautiful ...

    Article : 262 words
  15. A SCANTY MEAL.

    In a certain hospital the patients were very badly fed, and looked forward to an inspection, when they could lodge a complaint. ...

    Article : 73 words
  16. IF ALL WERE SOCIALISTS.

    The man who grumbles at his share of the good things of life and thinks how much luckier he would be if they ' were only equally divided would ...

    Article : 444 words
  17. THE TRUTH.

    Her Brother (wonderingly): "I thought you were a great deal bigger than you are." The Hopeful One "What gave you ...

    Article : 40 words
  18. THE OLD TALE.

    Old Blore grew reminiscent. "You may not believe me," he rumbled on, "but many's the good story I've told under that old tree ...

    Article : 316 words
  19. BAD BOYS BUT NOTED MEN.

    Because a boy has had a bad school record, there is no reason to suppose he is beyond hope. What, for instance, was the early ...

    Article : 313 words
  20. IMPROVING ON NATURE.

    The idea that a wooden leg or a false hand can be clapped on to a wounded man and the case dismissed with a blessing is a thing of the ...

    Article : 336 words
  21. UNCLE SAM'S "MAGIC" FLEET.

    Uncle Sam's warhustling has made the world'seyes'open wide; but he has eclipsed even his own records in' his amazing effort to build a fleet of ...

    Article : 235 words
  22. THE QUEEN OF BATTLE.

    By John 8. Stecle, in Answers." Napoleon called the infantry the Queen of Battle. The Germans have degraded it to the mere handmaiden ...

    Article : 807 words
  23. THE FIRST FEKE.

    Pekingese doge have a curious history. The first one to be brought.to England was given as a present to Queen Victoria in 1861. It bad been ...

    Article : 138 words
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