way
as long as possible. Motto: No time like the future. Ambition: To
accomplish to-morrow what the other fellow is doing to-day. Recreation:
Always before business. Address: Nobody knows. Clubs: Many.

PROGRESS, Pilgrim, an Englishman who made an extensive journey
encumbered with a large pack. He visited Paris, had some hairbreadth
escapes, was stuck in the mud, but finally returned and became
respectable like all other Englishmen.

PUCCINI, Giacomo, maker of tunes and curtain calls. A musician who did
not starve, and who gave the classical name "La Faniculla del West" to
the plain "girl of the golden west."

PULLMAN, an American who invented an expensive means of travel. P. also
is responsible for the vast fortunes acquired by porters.

PUNCH, husband of Judy, and a great favorite with the children, even
if he did beat his old wife. Led a hen-pecked life. Traveled in several
European countries and spoke all the best-selling languages. His name
has been given to a serious London publication.

PYTHAGORAS, a Greek who said some people would be pigs after they were
dead.

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(9) Ed. Note: The editor apologizes for the few Q's who have been
famous.

QUIETUS, Fluvius, of Rome. Always put his name to everything when he
came around.

QUIXOTE, Don, famous knight-errant of Spain. Made some desperate
conquests for his lady-love, and was defeated by a windmill. In all his
defeats, however, he showed to the world that a laugh cuts deeper than a
sword, and that satire would kill where a lance could not penetrate. The
word quixotic is used to his commemoration.

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(10) Ed. Note: The editor apologizes for the character of the R's who
have been famous.

RALEIGH, Walt., one of the men who was permitted to hold hands with
Queen Elizabeth. His other feats were the introduction of the pipe into
England and the plug into Ireland.

RAMESES II, an Egyptian king who went about building burial mountains,
statues to himself, and permitting cigarettes to be named after him.

RAPHAEL, a decorator who took paint in its raw state and made it
worth money. Filled walls, principally in Italy, with some expensive
paintings, and, like Angelo, used the Vatican as his studio. Ambition:
Churches with larger walls. Recreation: Painting, art, and canvas
weaving. Address: All galleries.

RECAMIER, Madame, of Paris. Supplied the society column to the
newspapers. To be invited to her salon meant that you would get pl