Mummy, N. - An Ancient

Debt, N. An Ingenious Substitute For The Chain And Whip Of The Slave-driver. As, Pent In An Aquarium, The Troutlet Swims Round And Round His Tank To Find An Outlet, Pressing His Nose Against The Glass That Holds Him, Nor Ever Sees The Prison That Enfolds Him; So The Poor Debtor, Seeing Naught Around Him, Yet Feels The Narrow Limits That Impound Him, Grieves At His Debt And Studies To Evade It, And Finds At Last He Might As Well Have Paid It.

Husband, N. One Who, Having Dined, Is Charged With The Care Of The Plate.

The Poor Man's Price Of Admittance To The Favor Of The Rich Is His Self-respect.

Fashion, N. A Despot Whom The Wise Ridicule And Obey.

The Gambling Known As Business Looks With Austere Disfavor Upon The Business Known As Gambling.