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  2. POSTED BY PICKPOCKETS.

    Some little time back the postman who collected the letters from a certain pillar box regularly found empty purses or handbags among the ...

    Article : 406 words
  3. TORPEDOES' "EARS."

    Torpedoes are made in two sizes— 18in. and 21in.—this being the diameter at the middle—weigh about 28cwt., and cost £1,000, roughly ...

    Article : 143 words
  4. THE GIRL OF BAILLEUL.

    We were coming back from an outpost near Bailleul on a bitterly cold night. Hawthorn had been having a look at the Maxim and anti-aircraft ...

    Article : 2,304 words
  5. THE OLDEST SONG.

    Asked to name the oldest tune in the world, few could give the correct answer. It is that to which we now sing the words, "For he's a ...

    Article : 417 words
  6. EASTER.

    Why does Easter fall on a different date each year ? Although puzzling to many people, the question is easily answered ...

    Article : 160 words
  7. WATCH JAPAN!

    The industrial towns of the country are going through a process of business spring-cleaning. Brushing away the cobwebs left by the war ...

    Article : 808 words
  8. THE PIT-SINKER.

    At a moment when the troubles of the coal trade fill so large a space in the newspapers, it may not be inappropriate to sketch the life and ...

    Article : 823 words
  9. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    "I thought you said you knew something about cooking said the mistress. "I did say so," admitted Mary ...

    Article : 36 words
  10. Son of the House

    Son of the House—"I say, Mr. Brown, do you wear a belt like an officer wears?" Guest—"No, Bobby, I don't wear ...

    Article : 146 words
  11. SILENCE NOT GOLDEN.

    "Silence is of the gods: only monkeys chatter." 'Um ! Is it really so ? I once met a man who cursed ...

    Article : 401 words
  12. MILK FOR THE GUARDS.

    During their recent march through London the 2nd Scots Guards were accompanied by two cows, and many wondered why they were in the ...

    Article : 209 words
  13. EXPRESSIVE—VERY!

    One of the parishioners of a young minister was disgusted at the reverend gentleman's close attention to his manuscript, and was only too ...

    Article : 67 words
  14. THE INFANT PRODIGY.

    "You say your baby does not walk yet," said Brown. "Mine does, and he is not as old as yours. Has your baby cut his teeth yet?" ...

    Article : 325 words
  15. WOMEN AS ELECTRICIANS.

    It was really most impressive when attending a lecture on laundry methods in America, to note how exceptionally clearly and simply the ...

    Article : 222 words
  16. A GENTLE REMINDER.

    The new butler was most attentive to the visitor. He waited upon him most assiduously at dinner, brushed his clothes with the care of a mother ...

    Article : 143 words
  17. A WOMAN'S JOB.

    "Hair-cutting is a woman's job[?] he said to a barber who claimed exemption. "Is It ? Samson let a woman cut his hair, and see ...

    Article : 36 words
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