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  2. A COSTLY TARGET.

    For some years an old wooden hulk, named the Howden, lay in the roadstead at Jamestown, St. Helena. Latterly, she had done duty as a ...

    Article : 317 words
  3. EXCITEMENT IN REISINGERVILLE.

    "Where's that umbrella, Vogelgesang, that I left in the corner of the lobby?" demanded the cigar drummer truculently of the chubby man ...

    Article : 990 words
  4. STAGE FRIGHT.

    Among the trials of the public speaker none is quite so demoralising as "stage flight." No one can prepare himself against it; for it has ...

    Article : 268 words
  5. LADIES' COLUMN.

    There is a curious truth that some women absolutely refuse to believe: curious because it is so self-evident. It is that rouge cannot be put on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 235 words
  6. FIRST PAIR OF STOCKINGS.

    A writer in a French newspaper has been investigating the origin of stockings. It appears that Henry II., when ...

    Article : 183 words
  7. THE SLEEP OF BIRDS.

    The gamekeeper perhaps sees more of sleeping birds than most people; and makes many interesting mental notes of the resting habits of ...

    Article : 592 words
  8. IRISH HOSPITALITY.

    I happened, while on a motor tour to Corkagurney, in the Dingle Peninsula, in County Kerry, to reach camp at nightfall, and, being ...

    Article : 415 words
  9. TO THE TELEPHONE GIRL.

    The telephon[?] girl sits still in her chair and listens to voices from everywhere. She hears all the gossip, she hears all the news, she knows ...

    Article : 261 words
  10. FRICASSEE OF EGGS.

    Put two ounces of butter in a stewpan, and, when melted, add some minced parsley and a little onion chopped very small, also pepper and ...

    Article : 450 words
  11. THE GULF STREAM.

    It was the skipper's plan to cruise down to the Florida Light, lie there until early morning, and then make a dash across the Gulf Stream, if ...

    Article : 750 words
  12. HENRY IRVING.

    The most pleasant trip I ever had on the St. Lawrence, was when I was sent to interview Sir Henry Irving, who came to America by the ...

    Article : 617 words
  13. 21,200 GUINEAS FOR A PICTURE.

    A picture painted by Raeburn, and measuring 48½ins. by 38½ins.—say, 12 square feet of can as—was bought by Messrs Duveen Brothers for 21,200 ...

    Article : 397 words
  14. A WALTZ WAS WASHED AWAY.

    The famous German composer, Herr Franz Lehar, tells of a waltz he once wrote on a lin[?]n collar and lost through the "manuscript" ...

    Article : 233 words
  15. "LARKS" IN THE ABBEY.

    The upbringing of the Royal family of England has been so wholesome and unaffected that the young princes and their sister are thoroughly ...

    Article : 257 words
  16. ONLY ART.

    The studio "tea" had been a great success; the one small and very useful member of the company had walked softly about, looking at the ...

    Article : 129 words
  17. A MORNING TONIC.

    Take a pint of hot water, squeeze into it the juice of one lemon, and season it with a half-spoonful of salt. Drink slowly half an hour ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. CAREFUL ABOUT SECRETS.

    "My son," said his father, "I want to tell you that the secret of my success, as it must be of any man's, is hard work. I—" ...

    Article : 68 words
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