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  2. JOHN GALSWORTHY.

    When, during a chat one day in London recently with David Low, I mentioned that I had interviewed John Galsworthy, the renowned cartoonist, said, "My word, you were ...

    Article : 949 words
  3. THE "TALKIES."

    There is no doubt that the "talkies" have come to stay. The pessimists and the conservatives, of course, have declared that they are only a "craze," and that after a time ...

    Article : 1,382 words
  4. IN 1812.

    It is difficult to picture the original appearance of part of Darlinghurst and the adjoining district of Paddington over one hundred years ago. The locality was then known ...

    Article : 1,104 words
  5. ON ANOTHER FIELD.

    If the 25th of April, 1915, had not been made forever memorable by the landing on Gallipo[?], events in Flanders would still have singled it out as a notable date in the history ...

    Article : 1,006 words
  6. "PIDGIN."

    The Briton arrogantly takes it for granted that everyone can speak English. Most people pander to his insularity and there are few countries in which he cannot make himself ...

    Article : 1,570 words
  7. THE MADONNA OF THE MASTERS.

    "In the earlier stages of the work it necessitated scientific composite photography invented by me, for by no means could accurate massing of line and plane be effected. About three hundred famous Madonnas were merged into one composite image, and in that unit the dominant characteristics of individual interpretation prevailed, and there were el[?]minated the extreme variants from the golden mean. Generally, similar paintings were classified into distinctive groupings, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 244 words
  8. CONFESSIONS.

    From time to time we are treated to the confessions of crooks, rogues, vagabonds, and capitalists. Therefore, why not to the true confessions of a humble and obscure working ...

    Article : 829 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    One evening Walli was missing from his suppor. So with the aid of an electric torch we began a search for him. We sought him high and low, in all sorts of likely and ...

    Article : 445 words
  10. DRAGON LIZARDS.

    We are always ready to listen to the marvellous. Any account of a new animal is generally received with great interest. Naturalists are ever hoping that the explorer ...

    Article : 713 words
  11. NANKING OR HANKOW

    Nanking and Hankow are again enemies. True to tradition, they are hating each other. and precipitating China into another war. it is a strange and long story, the history of the ...

    Article : 590 words
  12. CANBERRA.

    Public servants en masse for breakfast, dinner, and tea! Not an ideal state of affairs to the minds of most people, perhaps, but to those who have thrown all prudence ...

    Article : 396 words
  13. ADARLINGHURST FANTASY.

    Darlinghurst-road is a lady—a lady with a taste for adventure. Where she takes leave of her more stately sisters, Macleay-street and Elizabeth Bay-road, one senses her relief ...

    Article : 548 words
  14. THE PLATYKITTY.

    Out on the edge of the purling stream. Beyond the ridge of the mountain blue, Lit by the last of the sunset gleam— Where the drovers camp by the old Rarcoo— ...

    Article : 188 words
  15. FAYS.

    Oh my little Irish princess, With your eyes of laughing hazel, Shall we meet at break of morning When the dew is on the lawn? ...

    Article : 117 words
  16. SHIPS' HAVEN.

    In the bay where the old ships dreaming [?]e— The winds and the waves go whispering by— Dreaming of days and of glories past. Come to their long, quiet rest at last. ...

    Article : 91 words
  17. IN AUTUMN.

    Calm is the night and cool, The moon shines brightly; Trees by tim bushland pool Stir—O how lightly! ...

    Article : 59 words
  18. SPRING.

    The garden dons her new spring dress, And sheds her wintry we[?]ds of brown; Beneath September's soft caress, The garden dons her new spring dress, ...

    Article : 57 words
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