gift some people have of saying the bright things which
we intended to think about later on.

OSLER. A modern abbreviation of chloroform. An up to date bogie man
invented for the purpose of chasing "has-beens" to the woods.

OSLERESQUE. The state of being ready for _Oslerizing_. See any man
over forty.

OSLERISM. The art of picking out a fit subject for the _Osler_
treatment. "You can lead an old man into a drugstore but you can't make
him drink chloroform." (Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy, page 19.)

OSLERIZE. To pour chloroform over an old man's breakfast food and
telephone for the undertaker.

OSLERITIS. An attack of hysteria which broke out at a banquet and became
epidemic in the newspapers.

OSLEROOZA. A man who believes in _Oslerism_. He is generally a
young man in love with a girl whose Papa is over forty and who wears No.
11 shoes of a high voltage.

OSLERETTA. A young woman who believes in _Oslerism_. She is the
same girl whose Papa has just been mentioned.

[Illustration: "P--Philosophy makes good reading for the man who has
his rent paid."]

Perseverance is the root of all money.

Perhaps you have met the man who is so wrapped up in himself that he
thinks he is a warm baby.

Pleasure travels with a brass band, but Trouble sneaks in on rubber
shoes.

Philosophers do not believe half the things they tell themselves.

* * * * *

###
P: The sixteenth letter of the alphabet, used principally in pickled
peppers.
###

* * * * *

PAINT. A polite name for balloon juice. See the bartender.

PALPITATION OF THE TONGUE. A disease that affects many women.

PATRIOT. A man who spends all his money for fireworks for the little boy
and doesn't hold out $2 for the doctor's bill.

PATHOS. A poor man laughing at his rich wife's poor joke.

PEACH. A bit of domestic fruit, consisting of blonde tresses, a dimple,
and three bows of pink ribbon.

PEEKABOO. A summer idea invented for the purpose of making a girl's
shirtwaist something like a barb-wire fence with a full view of the
scenery. It is constructed by making one stitch and forgetting seven.
The Peekaboo is the only friend the mosquito has on earth.

PENITENTIARY. An assembly hall which always plays to a full house
because whiskey is it's advance agent.

PHILOSOPHER. A man who can size himself up and forget the result.

PLAN. Something which any fool can lay, but it takes