I Warner's Rustproof Corsets are the standard of Corset fashion, and the foundation, of a perfect-fitting gown. Stylo CO2 is strongly recommended for the averago figure—Advt. A well educated person seldom uses } more than about 3000 or 4000. words in r actual conversation. Accurate thinkers j and close reasoners, who select.Mrith great J nicety the words that exactly fit their, 1 meaning, employ a much larger 6tock, " and eloquent speakers may riso to a command of 10,000. Shakespeare, -who displayed a greater variety of _ expression ' than probably any other writer in any language, produced all his plays with about 1.1,000 words. Milton's works are built up with 8000, and the Old Testai inent says all that it has to say with, 0 50)2 different words. Many uneducated '* persons get througfl lifo with h vocabu- :, lary limited to 300 words, t Lake Superior is equal in size to the ' wliolo area of Ireland, and is the largest ' fresh-water lake in tho world. 1 How choice tho fruits of modern science, ( Which bids both time and space defiancei " Our ancestors must fairly own, We bent them with our telephone. s We prize the boom, and all enjoy - lis use. though not without alloy, l If von would seek perfection pure, a You'll send for Woods' Great ropperuimt ■•V Cur j.^Adrt," " ""
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1563, 5 October 1912, Page 14
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218Page 14 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1563, 5 October 1912, Page 14
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