One learns that the masculine of vixen is vicar, and that "Polonius was a mythical savage." There is shock for devotees of Shakespeare, who. will learn that he "lived at neth, but with a red shirt a black handkerchief should be worn. A rough felt hat and a pair of riding! boots will complete the outfit, hi neither of these is essential. This! costume is very little trouble to "get. together, and is, above all, very comfort able to wear. "For those prefer a more elaborate style a vis to the costumier's will be necessary, but where powdered hair is needed it can be managed at home simply. Talcum powder will do, but, before putting it on, brush a lift brilliantine into the har, then rub in the powder the same way as for adry shampoo. The brilliantine will help the powder to adhere.
Windsor with his merry wives.
In the miscellaneous section one reads that "a Trade Union is a place. to which a workman goes when he gets the sack," and that "the chief duties of an M.P. are to go to sleep when another man is speaking, and force his party into power." Mr. G. B, Shaw will be interested to know that he is the captain of the London Fire Brigade (this bright lad Surely must have been visiting "Tolanthe"!), and that ambiguity "means tell the truthywhen you don't One learns, too, that a Soviet is a cloth used by waiters in hotels; and that to be called to the Bar is to treated to a drink.
"Elles sont_venuses" is the neat 4 perdu son amourpropre" is render-
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Im the mathematical and scientific section one learns that "avert means something that hens lay the eggs on," and-that "a phlegmatic person is one who has chronic bronchitis." Phlebitis is alleged to be a disease frequently taken by people in charge of menageries; while "gravity tells us why an apple does not go to heaven."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.