Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions.

LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.

PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the Immune. The plague today . . . is merely Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless objectionableness.

RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day.