or who was knighted for proposing that all
fossils should be ostlerized. Ambition: To murder the men who got that
story into print. Recreation: Medicine. Address: Oxford. Epitaph: He
Practised, But Not What He Preached.
OTHELLO, of Venice. Born in Morocco. Went to Venice and fell in love
with one Desdemona, an Italian girl. They were married. Mrs. Othello
lost one of her favorite handkerchiefs and was killed by her enraged
husband. Shakespeare, of England, a writer, heard of the incident and
made some money out of it.
P
PADEREWSKI, Ignace Jan, another farewell-concert giver, who wore long
red hair, a soulful expression, insured his fingers, and broke pianos.
PALLAS, a Grecian goddess who was metamorphosed into a raven perch by
Poe.
PAN, monstrosity, musical instrument maker, friend of poets. Born half a
man and half a goat. Took after the latter. Studied music under the old
masters and outfluted Apollo. Was also a sheep fancier. Fathered
fife and drum corps. Ambition: A pair of shoes or a goat's appetite.
Recreation: Hunting and falling in love. Address: Greece. Clubs:
Musical.
PAN, Peter, a little fellow who was a delightful actress, believed in
fairies, and crowded houses in England and the United States.
PANKHURST, Mrs., a celebrated English woman who terrorized a government,
starved herself, smashed windows, blew up things, and made speeches for
a living. Girlhood spent in developing muscle, pluck, and theories. She
appeared before the public and declared that the liquor traffic would be
terminated when women voted. Spent years of her life wondering why the
men would not give them the privilege. Never cared for the ministry,
although she was a very good woman. Ambition: A woman king. "Votes for
Women" in the Union Jack. Recreation: Planning the "next." Publications:
From the Cradle to the Ballot. Windows I have Smashed. Address: London.
Care Scotland Yard.
PANKHURST, Sylvia, a little Pankhurst who helps mamma break things.
PANZA, Sancho, Don Quixote's interlocutor and stable boss.
PARIS, son of the King of Tyre, who ran away with another man's wife
named Helen. A city in France has been named to do him honor.
PARNELL, C. S., father of the downfall of English ministries and Ulster.
Born of Irish parents. First man to successfully explode dynamite in
Parliament without being executed. Ambition: An Ulsterless Ireland,
a Conservativeless England. Address: Close to the English ministry.
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