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  2. SLANG

    Joan had taken up a course in speech-training, or, an she preferred to cull it, phonetics. We suffered in silence for a few weeks, and smiled at ...

    Article : 290 words
  3. PLAYTIME STORIES

    Doctor, my husband is troubled with a buzzing noise in his ears." "Better send him to the seaside for a month ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 409 words
  4. THE GUM TREES' REWARD

    You all know that the gum tree is one of the tallest and loftiest trees in our big Australian bush. Grown-ups will tell you it was always so; but they are wrong ...

    Article : 961 words
  5. THE BOOKRACK

    "The Blue Castle," by L. M. Montgomery, I think I may assert is the best she has written to date. It is not a children's story, but has an appealing ...

    Article : 249 words
  6. At the SHOW

    "Ready, Con?" "Righto! Just a minute, while I borrow Laura's powder. Dunno what's happened to mine ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 601 words
  7. A CRUSHING MAJORITY.

    "There will be soon more motorists than pedestrians. They will form a majority." "Yes—a crushing majority ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  8. Prizes for Painting

    Cut out the picture, color it with paints or crayons, and send it in to the Painting Competition Editor. "Pranks," c/o "Sunday Times," cr. Brisbane and Goulburn streets, Sydney. First two correct solutions will receive a book prize ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 41 words
  9. AMBIGUOUS.

    "My husband is always up in the clouds!" "Is he as absent-minded as all that?" "Not at all. He is an aviator ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  10. IGNORANT.

    "These things come from the Bazaar at Cairo!" "Oh, do they have charity organisations there ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  11. VANITY.

    He: "Many hearts were broken when I married." She: "How many women did you marry ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  12. IGNORANT.

    "This beekstenk is very tough Do you know the proprietor of this place?" "Yes, he is the brother of the dentist opposite ...

    Article : 37 words
  13. TOOK THE HINT.

    At the top of a very steep hill a young cyclist dismounted one fine morning and addressed an old fellow who was breaking stones by the road side ...

    Article : 153 words
  14. ECONOMY.

    "But, my dear, I shall have to pay at least a shilling for keeping the taxi waiting so long for you !" "It doesn't matter. I have saved ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 35 words
  15. SUPERIORITY

    Have you ever discussed the problem of who is the more superior writer— male, or female? Of course it does not really matter as long as we possess some ...

    Article : 239 words
  16. CURIOSITY

    "When it pomes to curiosity," said Tom. "you girls take the bun." "Do we?" I asked indignantly. "Yes," my brother replied ...

    Article : 254 words
  17. THE BETTER HALF.

    "Strange. My wife was ordered to go in for Winter sports to reduce her weight—but it is I who am losing flesh ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 28 words
  18. UNREMARLE.

    "He is very unreliable." "How so?" "I made up my mind to jilt him when he proposed—but he didn't, propose ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 23 words
  19. THE HOUSE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS

    A turning in the long, white road brought into view a large house half-obscured by a clump of Norfolk pines. I felt my pulse quicken at the ...

    Article : 250 words
  20. THE SORT THEY WERE.

    Every evening the proprietor of the boarding-house was in the habit of asking her charges what they would like for breakfast. One young man, who ...

    Article : 149 words
  21. TURN ABOUT.

    A certain talkative old lady once remonstrated with the local minister concerning the amount of shirt-cuff showing from his sleeve. This failing to have ...

    Article : 160 words
  22. HONESTY.

    Teacher: "If you see a boy in another man's apple tree, what is it your duty to do?" Scholar: "Stand by and shout to him ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 31 words
  23. WRITING TO "PRANKS"

    Here I am trying to write to "Pranks." The moths are trying to got as close to the light ns they can. It I try to write a word, a moth or beetle settles on my ...

    Article : 113 words
  24. THREE MEN IN A BOAT

    It is quite impossible to adequately describe how very wonderful this book really its, or the humor, it contains. The author, Jerome K. Jerome, keeps us ...

    Article : 132 words
  25. A TAIL STORY.

    "When I grow big I shall be so big; that I can sec over that fence." "When I grow big I shall be so big that I shall have to stoop down to see ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 40 words
  26. COMPETITION CORNER

    Write down the letters and names of the objects above the dotted line, then take away the letters of objects below the dolled line, mid you will have the name of an animal left. For example: No. 1 Pin Gunn—Nun leaves Pig. Now try the others. When you have finished the list, send it with your full ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 93 words
  27. The Answer Bag

    Nancy Grenfell (Arncliffe): Send as many entries as you life. Always pleased to receive them. You are enrolled ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 330 words
  28. EXPECTATION

    I was seated in a corner of the Spinks' breakfast room. Mrs. Spinks and Amanda, with Horace, were seated at the table. Ding—d-i-n-g went the ...

    Article : 207 words
  29. BROTHERS.

    Monkey: "How did you manage to get out ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 11 words
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