The Foolish Dictionary Part 25
=SUN= A yellow arrival from Way Down East, who goes west daily, operates a heating and lighting trust, draws water, prints pictures, develops crops, liquidates the ice business and tans skins on the side. Profits by his daily rays and always has a shine.
=SYMPATHY=
[Ill.u.s.tration]
Feeling for others; very noticeable in Blind Mans Buff.
=SYNDICATE= A conspiracy to extend the modest business established by Captain Kidd.
Fortune knocks only once at a mans door--And shes the worst Knocker in the world.
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Brevity is the soul of wit--and the sole charm of of a bicycle skirt.
=TAILOR= One who takes your measure on first sight, gives you a fit, sews you up and follows suit until paid.
=TALK= A continuous performance playing daily and nightly engagements, with Woman as the star and Man confined in the Family Circle.
=TELEGRAM=
[Ill.u.s.tration]
A form of correspondence sent by a man in a hurry and carried by a boy in sleep.
=TELEPHONE= From Eng. _tell_, to talk, and Grk. _phonos_, murder.
A machine in which talk is murdered.
=TENNIS= A game in which the partic.i.p.ants enjoy a racket on the side and raise the deuce over a net, while the volleys drive them from set to set and love scores as often as its mentioned.
=TEMPER= A quality, the loss of which is likely to make a knife blade dull and a womans tongue sharp.
=THERMOMETER=
[Ill.u.s.tration]
A short, gla.s.s tube that regulates the weather--and usually does a poor job.
=THIRST= A sensation immediately following a short session at the free lunch stand.
=TIDE= An old friend who comes and goes daily but is all in whenever he gets over the bay.
=t.i.tIAN= The color a poor red-headed girls hair becomes as soon as her father strikes oil.
=TIPS= Wages we pay other peoples hired help.
=TOBACCO= A nauseating plant that is consumed by but two creatures; a large, green worm and--man. The worm doesnt know any better.
=TONGUE= An unruly member that is frequently put out, yet an artist whos a hard worker at the palate and a great wag among women.
=TOUCH= A habit common to the impecunious, causing in its victim a feeling of faintness, followed by a chill or a sense of loss.
=TRANSFER= A small bit of paper of remarkable strength, being able to carry a heavy man several miles.
=TROLLEY-CAR= A conveyance filled with advertis.e.m.e.nts, and occasionally pa.s.sengers, and operated by Poles.