Furniture is anything on which people sit, sleep, or eat. So when the early caveman slept on a wolf skin on the floor, that was his furniture. When he made a crude box in which to keep his bone tools, he made the first chest. The first records we have of furniture as we think … Read more

If you had to name the most long-lasting material made by man, would you say it was brick? Well, it happens to so, and brick will outlast granite, limestone, or even iron! Brick, of course, is a modem building material. It is being used today everywhere in the world. But actually, brick is as old … Read more

The wedding cake goes back to Roman times. In those days, among the highest members of the rich families, a special kind of cake was used in wedding ceremonies.  The bride and groom not only ate this cake together but treated the guests. It is even said that the cake was broken over the bride’s head … Read more

On a hot day in June 1859, at the close of the battle of Solferino, fifteen thousand dead and wounded lay on the battlefield. There were few surgeons, and many of the wounded died before they could receive medical attention. A young Swiss, Henri Dunant, traveling through the battle area, was appalled by the carnage and … Read more

You have probably heard people say that the only true “Americans” were the Indians. Everyone else has ancestors who went there from some other country.  The  Negroes,  too,  originally went there from other countries. But what most people do not know is that the first Negroes to come to  America came explorers! They came with the … Read more

The sailor who rolls up his sleeves and shows an arm tattooed with anchors, hearts, and mottoes, is actually wearing a form of body adornment that has been used by the most primitive peoples. Tattooing goes back to very ancient times. The Egyptians, Southern Chinese, Bast Indians, and others all knew of tattooing. In those … Read more