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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.

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=TALK= A continuous performance playing daily and nightly engagements, with Woman as the star and Man confined in the Family Circle.

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=TELEGRAM= A form of correspondence sent by a man in a hurry and carried by a boy in sleep.

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=TELEPHONE= From Eng. tell, to talk, and Grk. phonos, murder. A machine in which talk is murdered.

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=TENNIS= A game in which the participants 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 it's mentioned.

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=TEMPER= A quality, the loss of which is likely to make a knife blade dull and a woman's tongue sharp.

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=THERMOMETER= A short, glass tube that regulates the weather--and usually does a poor job.

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=THIRST= A sensation immediately following a short session at the free lunch stand.

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=TIDE= An old friend who comes and goes daily but is all in whenever he gets over the bay.

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=TITIAN= The color a poor red-headed girl's hair becomes as soon as her father strikes oil.

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=TIPS= Wages we pay other people's hired help.

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=TOBACCO= A nauseating plant that is consumed by but two creatures; a large, green worm and--man. The worm doesn't know any better.

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=TONGUE= An unruly member that is frequently put out, yet an artist who's a hard worker at the palate and a great wag among women.

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=TOUCH= A habit common to the impecunious, causing in its victim a feeling of faintness, followed by a chill or a sense of loss.

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=TRANSFER= A small bit of paper of remarkable strength, being able to carry a heavy man several miles.

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=TROLLEY-CAR= A conveyance filled with advertisements, and occasionally passengers, and operated by Poles.

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=TROUBLE= Something that many are looking for but no one wants.

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=TRUST= A small body of capital entirely surrounded by water.

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=TWINS= Insult added to Injury.

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=TWISTERS=

[Illustration]

An undesirable thing to have on hand.

It's a wise son who can get two birds with One Bone. _

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